Contents


Descriptive Summary

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Arrangement

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Ser. 1. Correspondence, ca. 1918-1919

Ser. 2. Photograph Album, ca. 1918-1919

Ser. 3. Miscellaneous Material

An Inventory of the Robert Hoopes Maris Papers, 1918-1920

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1979

Descriptive Summary

Creator Robert Hoopes Maris (1890-1975)
Title Papers,
Dates: 1918-1920
Abstract: Robert Hoopes Maris (1890-1975) was a Quaker dentist who served with the American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I.. The collection contains chiefly correspondence with his family written while Maris was serving as a dentist with American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I. Also a photograph album and other papers.
Extent: 1 box; 0.5 linear ft.
Identification: RG 5/097
Location: For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL

Robert Hoopes Maris (1890-1975) was a Quaker dentist who served as a dentist with American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I.

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SCOPE AND CONTENT

The collection contains chiefly correspondence with his family written while Maris was serving as a dentist with American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I. Also included are a photograph album and other papers.

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SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings: Researchers are advised to search by subject and author, when applicable.

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Arrangement

The collection is divided into three series:

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Ser. 1. Correspondence, ca. 1918-1919


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Correspondence of Robert Hoopes Maris to his family ca. 1918-1919
Letters written while he was doing relief work in France as a member of the American Friends Service Committee (Friends War Victims Relief Committee), 1918-1919.

Ser. 2. Photograph Album, ca. 1918-1919


Box


1
Mostly of France after the First World War 1918-1919

Ser. 3. Miscellaneous Material


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1
Miscellaneous material, 1919-1920 1919-1920
Includes a map of Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N.J.; a newspaper article based on a letter of Robert Maris about his relief work in France, June 1919; and a copy of the minutes of the last meeting of the Friends War Victims Relief Committee in France, 4mo 19, 1920.