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Friends Service Council Collected Records

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Call Number:
CDG-B.Great Britain.Friends Service Council
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear inches.)
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: Swarthmore College Peace Collection, CDG-B. Great Britain. Friends Service Council collection..
Date:
1939-1969 (bulk)
Abstract:
The collection includes minutes of meetings (May-December 1939), annual reports and yearbooks, periodicals, and pamphlets.

Friends Service Council; FSC; formed in 1927 from a merger of the Friends Foreign Mission Association and the Council for International Service; FSC was the standing committee responsible for the overseas work of the Religious Society of Friends in Great Britain (London Yearly Meeting) and in Ireland (Ireland Yearly Meeting, formerly Dublin Yearly Meeting). In 1947, the Friends Service Council shared the Nobel Peace Prize with its American counterpart, the American Friends Service Committee; FSC later changed its name to Quaker Peace and Service, and then to Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW).

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Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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