Subject: Society of Friends -- Charities - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

American Friends Service Committee Collected Records, 1917- (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.6 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was set up in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Paul M. Cope Collected Papers, 1919 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (.3 linear in.)
Abstract:: Correspondence, documents, memorabilia, and pamphlets from Cope's work in France in 1919.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Friends' Relief Committee Collected Records, 1921-1922 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Abstract:: Collection contains pamphlets, mostly undated, issued by the Friends' Relief Committee ca. 1921-1922.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee Collected Records, 1914-1942 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear inches.)
Abstract:: Collection includes pamphlets, annual reports, and periodicals.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Friends War Relief Service Collected Records, 1943 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Abstract:: Collection consists of pamphlets and correspondence, including one 1943 letter which documents, as part of the letterhead, the name change from Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee to Friends War Relief Service: "Friends War Relief Service, incorporating F.W.V.R.C. and Civilian Relief Section of F.A.U." [Friends Ambulance Unit].

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Friends Relief Service Collected Records, 1943- (bulk)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Abstract:: Collection includes pamphlets and periodicals.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Friends Ambulance Unit Collected Records, 1914-1954 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:: Collection contains pamphlets, periodicals, and annual reports.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Friends Service Council Collected Records, 1939-1969 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear inches.)
Abstract:: The collection includes minutes of meetings (May-December 1939), annual reports and yearbooks, periodicals, and pamphlets.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Records, 1818-1862 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer was a Quaker women's organization founded in 1818 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to provide relief for impoverished sick children and their mothers from the crowding and oppressive heat during the summer months. The collection contains minutes, 1818-1854 (gap 1819-1821) and other records, including acting committee minutes and workbook, 1843-1851.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Byberry Hall Association Records, 1847-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.3 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Byberry Hall Association was organized in 1854 when the citizens of Byberry township and vicinity decided to form a company for the purpose of erecting a building where residents could meet to hear lectures, hold elections, etc. This collection contains the records of the Byberry Hall Association, 1847-1981. It includes the secretary's book containing minutes (1854-1905); account books, deeds and miscellaneous papers.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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