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American Friends Service Committee Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Friends Service Committee
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.
Dates:
1917-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Nancy J. Babb Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Babb, Nancy
Abstract
Nancy Babb (1884-1948) was a member of the Society of Friends who served as a field representative for the Red Cross and then as a relief worker in Russia from 1917 to the mid 1920s. On her return to the United States in 1928 Babb lectured about her work in Russia. Babb also volunteered for a number of various women's organizations, including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Babb established the National Circulating Library of Student's Peace Posters, an organization...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1921-1949
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Biddle family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-177
Overview
This collection contains the papers of Philadelphia Quaker Owen Biddle (1737-1799), his son, Clement Biddle (1778-1856), and numerous descendants. Owen Biddle, a scientist and merchant, was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and helped in the establishment of Westtown School (1799). Owen Biddle's papers, 1772-1793, (Series 1) include correspondence, and journals, some of which relate to his Revolutionary War activities. Three of his letterbooks, 1778-1779, have been microfilmed. The...
Dates:
1793-1951
Holmes-Webb Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-065
Overview
William B. Webb was a druggist and member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite). He married Rebecca Turner in 1853. Their youngest daughter, Rebecca St. Claire Webb, married Jessie Herman Holmes in 1892. Holmes was a prominent Quaker, taught philosophy and religion at Swarthmore College, and was active in AFSC relief in Europe after World War I. He also served as President of the National Federation of Religious Liberals and was an active member of the Socialist Party. The...
Dates:
1839-1972
Margaret E. Jones Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-167
Overview
Margaret E. Jones (1895-1984), daughter of William B. and Phebe Jones, was a birthright Quaker member of Moorestown Monthly Meeting of Friends in New Jersey. She was involved with the American Friends Service Committee for many years, first as a staff member, then serving on the Board of Directors. The collection contains scrapbooks kept by Margaret E. Jones while she was in Europe involved in relief work in 1933 and again from 1958-1959. Includes a number of photographs of places and...
Dates:
1937-1969
New York Quarterly Meeting Workroom Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-N478
Overview
Includes records of the Workroom, a project of the New York Monthly Meetings. Records consist of minutes, corre spondence,financial Records history, photographs and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1940-1978
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- Swarthmore College 2
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- Babb, Nancy J. (Nancy Jones), 1884-1948 1
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
- Biddle family 1
- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
- Biddle, Owen, 1737-1799 1
- Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 1
- Brinton, Anna Cox 1
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 1
- Hollingsworth, H. (Henry), 1737-1803 1
- Holmes family 1
- Holmes, Jesse Herman, 1864-1942 1
- Holmes, Rebecca W. (Rebecca Webb), 1868-1957 1
- James, Dorothy Biddle 1
- Jones, Margaret E., 1895-1984 1
- Lewis, Lucy Biddle, 1861- 1
- Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 1
- National Federation of Religious Liberals (U.S.) 1
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1958-1974 : New York, N.Y.). Workroom Committee 1
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. New York Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Workroom Committee 1
- Parke, Thomas, 1749-1835 1
- Relief Missions of the Society of Friends 1
- Richardson, Thomas, 1816-1867 1
- Rickman, Lydia Cooper Lewis, -1885 1
- Sharma, Shirpad Rama, -1879 1
- St. Clair family 1
- Stirling, Anne Biddle, -1857 1
- Thomas, Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey), 1882-1953 1
- Turner family 1
- Webb family 1
- Webb, Rebecca T. (Rebecca Turner), 1825-1900. 1
- Webb, William B. (William Barber), 1824-1894 1
- Westtown Boarding School 1
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Congress (1st : 1915) (The Hague, Netherlands) 1
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Geneva, Switzerland (International Office) 1
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