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Josiah P. Marvel papers
Collection — othertype: SC-221
Identifier: SFHL-SC-221
Overview
Josiah P. Marvel (1896-1959) was a Quaker, who worked with the American Friends Service Committee in France in 1940-41 and in 1942 became the chairman of the Quaker Emergency Service in New York City. This collection contains primarily Marvel's files on the Quaker Emergency Service, including its Civilian Readjustment Committee (a clinic that offered men arrested for soliciting sex with other men the option of psychiatric care in lieu of a prison sentence). The collection also includes a...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942 - 1966
New York Friends Center records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-135
Overview
Established in 1938 by the New York Monthly Meetings (Hicksite and Orthodox) at the 20th Street meeting house, the New York Friends Center was created initially to provide a meeting place for Quakers and to serve as a Quaker information and reception center in New York City. Lectures and social events were held. Sponsorship of service projects began in the 1940’s. In November 1962, the American Friends Service Committee assumed responsibility for the programs of the New York Friends...
Dates:
1938 - 1964
Quaker Emergency Service records
Collection — othertype: SC-192
Identifier: SFHL-SC-192
Abstract
The collection is organized into four folders: the group's general records, including the initial plan and charter; the records of the Civilian Readjustment Committee, the post-war arm of the group; information on a project in Brazil; and writings by people outside the group. Of interest are transcript talks given by Peter F. Amoroso of the New York Department of Correction, and Austin H. MacCormick of the Osborne Association. There is also a carbon copy, attributed to John S. Gough, of the...
Dates:
ca. 1941-1948
Roland F. Smith Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Smith, Roland F.
Overview
Papers of Roland F. Smith documenting his service in Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector during WWII, as well as family papers.
Dates:
1939-1946, 1981,1987-1990; 1981; 1992
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Lee Stern Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-170
Overview
Lee Stern (1915-1992), was a Quaker pacifist, conscientious objector to war, involved in peace groups and organizations, and a teacher of nonviolence.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1936-1992
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 2
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 2
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- Church work with gays -- Society of Friends 1
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- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
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- Psychiatric hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
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- Marvel, Josiah P. (Josiah Philip), 1896-1959 2
- Monthly Meeting of New York (Society of Friends : Orthodox : New York, N.Y.). Peace and Service Committee 2
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1957 : New York, N.Y.). Peace and Service Committee 2
- Quaker Emergency Service Readjustment Center (New York, N.Y.) 2
- Spears Mobile Clinics 2
- A Quaker Action Group 1
- Ahimsa Farm 1
- Alternatives to Violence Project 1
- Amoroso, Peter F. 1
- Axford, Roger W. 1
- Byberry State Hospital (Pa.) 1
- Children's Creative Response to Conflict Program 1
- Civilian Public Service 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Coleville, Calif.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
- Cousins, Norman 1
- Eastern State Hospital (Va.) 1
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
- Friends Ambulance Unit 1
- Friends Coordinating Committee on Peace (U.S.) 1
- Gough, John S. 1
- MacCormick, Austin Harbutt, 1893- 1
- Monthly Meeting of New York (Society of Friends : Orthodox : New York, N.Y.) 1
- New York Friends Center 1
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1958-1974 : New York, N.Y.) 1
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1957 : New York, N.Y.) 1
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Ortloff, C. Frank 1
- Peace and Social Action Program 1
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 1
- Quaker Project on Community Conflict of the New York Yearly Meeting 1
- Smith, Roland F. (Roland Frederick), 1917-1992 1
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