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Bainbridge C. Davis Papers

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
RG5.212
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
5 linear ft. (10 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], RG 5/212, Bainbridge C. Davis Papers, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1960-1993 (inclusive)
Creator:
Davis, Bainbridge C., 1910-1993, Friends World Committee for Consultation, American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library, and Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.)
Abstract:
Bainbridge C. Davis (1910-1993) was a Quaker active in many concerns and organizations. He worked as a Foreign Service Officer, serving in Venezuela, Jamaica, Chile, and Panama. He retired early, at the age of 62, to devote himself to Quaker causes. He worked to improve race relations and opposed U.S. support for dictatorships. Organizations and committees which he was active in include the Friends World Committee for Consultation, American Friends Service Committee, and Pendle Hill. He was a Philadelphia Yearly Meeting representative to the World Conference of Friends in 1979 and 1991. This collection contains the papers and documents amassed by Davis relating to these various Quaker organizations, including the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and Pendle Hill, spanning from 1960-1993. The papers document Davis's work over this 33 year period. The collection predominantly consists of correspondence and other primary information relating to the involved organizations. Various reference files are included. Series are catalogued by organization.

Bainbridge C. Davis was born in 1910 and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1932. For 26 years he served as a Foreign Service Officer in Venezuela, Jamaica, Chile, and Panama. In 1942, he and his wife, Virginia Hyde Davis, became members of the Society of Friends. Davis was actively involved with various Quaker organizations in his later life. He was a valued member of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), serving as liaison between the FWCC and Friends in Latin America and Africa. In addition, Davis served as a corporation member of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and was a Philadelphia Yearly Meeting member and representative to the World Conference of Friends in 1979 and 1991. Davis was a member of the Media Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania, and a board member of Pendle Hill, the Quaker study center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. Bainbridge C. Davis died on July 16, 1993, at the age of 83.

This collection contains the papers and documents amassed by Bainbridge Davis relating to various Quaker organizations, including the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and Pendle Hill, spanning from 1960-1993. The papers document Davis's work over this 33 year period.

The collection predominantly consists of correspondence and other primary information, relating to the involved organizations. Various reference files are included.

The collection is divided into five series:

  1. Friends Wold Committee for Consultation (FWCC)
  2. American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
  3. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM)
  4. Pendle Hill
  5. Miscellaneous

For current infromation on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

RG5/212

Bainbridge Davis

Donor: Virginia Davis, 1993; Accession number: 1993-042, 1993-054

The collection was given by the widow of Bainbridge C. Davis

Papers were sorted and extraneous material (duplicates, etc.) disposed of, according to donor's instructions.

See also:

  1. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, RG2

Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
ECM/POD
Finding Aid Date
2000
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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Collection Inventory

Quakers Worldwide: a history of the FWCC, n.d.
Box 1
Physical Description

manuscript

Fourth World Conference (Greensboro, NC), 1967.
Box 1
Conference of Friends in the Americas (Wichita, KS), 1977.
Box 1
Fifth World Conference, 1991.
Box 1
Fifth World Conference (Netherlands Meeting), 1991.
Box 1
Faith and Life Conference, 1974.
Box 1
Triennial Meeting (Sigtuna), 1972.
Box 1
Triennial Meeting (Oaxtepec, Mexico), 1985.
Box 1
Triennial Meetings (minutes), 1967 & 1982.
Box 1
Miami Meeting, 1979-1984.
Box 1
Yearly Meetings, 1989.
Box 1
Ohio Yearly Meeting Intervisitation, 1963.
Box 1
New Meetings Committee, 1975.
Box 2
New Meetings Correspondence, 1966-1969.
Box 2
New Meetings Correspondence, 1970-1972.
Box 2
World Society of Friends, 1987-1993.
Box 2
Section of the Americas Meetings (minutes), 1970-1990.
Box 2
Section of the Americas Committees, 1971-1990.
Box 2
Africa, 1979-1982.
Box 2
Barcelona, Spain, 1976-1993.
Box 2
Korea/Ham Sok Hon, 1977-1985.
Box 2
Western Hemisphere (Caribbean, Canada, Alaska), 1981-1985.
Box 2
Latin America (general), 1967-1991.
Box 2
Latin America Correspondence (general), 1977-1991.
Box 2
Latin America Program Committee, 1978-1984.
Box 2
Latin America: Other (including Puerto Rico), 1980-1985.
Box 2
Cuba, 1969-1985.
Box 3
Cuba 2, June 1983.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

B.D. visit; with correspondence

Columbia 1, 1976-1986.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

mostly correspondence; Yearly Meeting reports

Columbia 2 (correspondence), 1980-1989.
Box 3
Bogota, Columbia (contains some correspondence), 1976-1986.
Box 3
Bogota, Columbia Correspondence, 1971-1988.
Box 4
Costa Rica, 1970-1986.
Box 4
Costa Rica: University for Peace, 1980-1982.
Box 4
COAL (general), 1979-1987.
Box 4
COAL: Costa Rica Conference, February, 1980.
Box 4
COAL Correspondence, 1977-1985.
Box 4
Dominican Republic, 1984-1986.
Box 4
Ecuador, 1982 & 1985.
Box 4
Guatemala, 1977-1986.
Box 4
Venezuela, 1976-1985.
Box 4
El Salvador Honduras, 1979-1989.
Box 5
Peru, 1978-1984.
Box 5
Jamaica, 1961-1983.
Box 5
Membership Lists/Organizational, 1981-1988.
Box 5
Fundraising, 1983-1992.
Box 5
Publications, 1991 & 1993.
Box 5
Tea at Kendal, 1989.
Box 5
Domingo Ricart (1901-1987), 1977-1983.
Box 5
Spanish Writings on Quakerism for Domingo Ricart, n.d.
Box 5
Spanish Literature Lists, 1977-1988.
Box 5
Herbert Hadley, 1980 & 1990.
Box 5
Robert Ramsey Bainbridge Davis Visitation Meetings, 1972.
Box 5
Random Correspondence, 1968-1975.
Box 5

General/Miscellaneous, 1970-1988.
Box 5
Conference, 3/13/93.
Box 5
ICRA 1, 1981-1989.
Box 6
ICRA 2, 1990-1992.
Box 6
CRC, 1970-1982.
Box 6
AFSC relations with the Society of Friends.
Box 6
Requests for Board Committee Membership, n.d.
Box 6
Physical Description

forms

Corporation Committee, 1984.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Orientation packet

Corporation Committee, 1981-1985.
Box 6
Corporation Committee, 1986-1987.
Box 6
Corporation Committee, 1988-1993.
Box 6
Nominating Committee, 1978-1985.
Box 6
Planning Committee, 1970-1980, 1992.
Box 7
Board and Corporation, 1974-1981.
Box 7
Board and Corporation, 1982-1988.
Box 7
Board and Corporation, 1989-1990.
Box 7
Board and Corporation, 1991-1993.
Box 7
Affirmative Action/Homosexuality, 1972-1990.
Box 7
Movement for a New Society/QAG, 1967-1978.
Box 7
Non Violence, 1981-1982, 1988.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Re: relations with groups struggling for social justice

Death Notices of Colin Bell (d.11/88) Jim Harvey (d.5/86), 1986 & 1988.
Box 7
Latin America Program, 1964-1984.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

general, with correspondence

Central America/CASA, 1979-1991.
Box 8
Nicaragua, 1979-1990.
Box 8
El Salvador, 1989-1993.
Box 8
Guatemala, 1968 & 1977.
Box 8
Mexico, 1964-1992.
Box 8
Cuba, 1963.
Box 8
Chile, 1975.
Box 8
Haiti, 1991.
Box 8
South Africa, 1977-1980.
Box 8
Middle East, 1980-1992.
Box 8
Asia, 1968-1987.
Box 8
Publications, 1991-1992.
Box 8
Membership Lists/Organizational, 1964-1994.
Box 8

1971-1993 (general), 1971-1993.
Box 8
Representative Meeting, 1971-1993.
Box 8
Community Support Committee, Media Meeting, 1970-1976.
Box 8
Finance Committee, 1970 & 1975.
Box 8
Friendly Presence, 1970 & 1976.
Box 8
Friends Suburban Project, 1970 -1971.
Box 8
Friends Suburban Project, 1976.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Police Abuse and Misconduct

"Sanctuary as a Quaker Testimony", 1986.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

report to PYM

Black Economic Development Conference, 1969.
Box 9
Black Economic Development Conference, 1970.
Box 9
Membership Lists/Organizational, 1975-1992.
Box 9

Pendle Hill 1962-1965, 1962-1965.
Box 9
Executive Committee, 1972-1985.
Box 9
Nominating Committee, 1981-1982.
Box 9
Search Committee, 1980-1986.
Box 9
General Board Meeting, 1970-1983.
Box 9
General Board Meeting, 1984-1985.
Box 9
General Board Meeting, 1986-1990.
Box 9
Racism Course, 1972.
Box 10
Friends Conference on Extension and Advancement, October, 1966.
Box 10
Latin America Students and Friends in Residence, 1986-1988.
Box 10
Willoughby letter, 1968-1982.
Box 10
General/Miscellaneous, n.d.
Box 10

Personal File, n.d.
Box 10
Friends General Conference (FGC), 1966-1989.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

includes documents from Central Committee, Religious Life Committee, and Cape May

Wider Quaker Fellowship, 1983-1991.
Box 10
Media Friends School, 1966-1967.
Box 10
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), 1980-1992.
Box 10
Peace reference file, 1977-1993.
Box 10
Blacks reference file, 1963-1973.
Box 10
Non-Violence reference file, 1969-1983.
Box 10
Justice, n.d.
Box 10
Worship and Ministry, 1965-1972.
Box 10
Invitations to Quaker Meetings, n.d.
Box 10
Dartmouth War and Peace Studies, 1985.
Box 10
Rockwell Letters, 1977-1981.
Box 10
Alaska, 1984.
Box 10

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