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Emma Chandler MacClelland Papers
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Emma Chandler MacClelland was a Quaker who was involved in relief work in France during World War I with the American Friends Service Committee. She was born in West Chester, Pa. in 1895, and married Lee H. MacClelland after her return from France. They had two children, Phebe and John. She was a member of Reading Monthly Meeting at the time of her death in 1965.
The collection contains correspondence of Emma Chandler MacClelland during the period, 1918-1919, in which she did relief work in France. Details her activities in Brittany, Bordeaux, and other locations. Also includes photographs of her trip.
Donor: Phebe Ripka, 1991
The donor, Phebe Ripka, is the daughter of Emma Chandler MacClelland
Subject
- International relief -- France
- Quakers -- France
- Society of Friends -- International assistance
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France
- International relief -- Germany
- International relief -- Societies, etc
- Social service -- Societies, etc
- Charities -- France
- Social service -- France
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- Publisher
- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Author
- FHL staff
- Finding Aid Date
- 1992
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
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