Contents


Descriptive Summary

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Arrangement

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Ser. 1. Correspondence

Ser. 2. Writings, 1920-1922

Ser. 3. Business papers, 1917-1919

Ser. 4. Pictorial material

Ser. 5. Memorabilia

Ser. 6. Reference material

An Inventory of the William Webb Price Papers, 1917-1923

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1971

Descriptive Summary

Creator William Webb Price (1892-1961)
Title Papers,
Dates: 1917-1923.
Abstract: William Webb Price (1892-1961) was a Quaker architect, teacher, and actor, of Rose Valley, Pennsylvania. The collection contains chiefly letters written by Price to his family while serving with Friends War Victims Relief Committee in France during and shortly after World War I; together with reports, financial papers, memorabilia, and printed material relating to Quaker reconstruction activities in France.
Extent: 2 boxes; 1 linear ft.
Identification: RG 5/126
Location: For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog
Location:

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL

William Webb Price (1892-1961) was a Quaker architect, teacher, and actor, of Rose Valley, Pennsylvania.

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SCOPE AND CONTENT

The collection contains chiefly letters written by William Webb Price to his family while serving with Friends War Victims Relief Committee in France during and shortly after World War I; together with reports, financial papers, memorabilia, and printed material relating to Quaker reconstruction activities in France.

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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:

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Arrangement

The collection is divided into six series:

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Ser. 1. Correspondence


Box



1
William Webb Price to his family 1917-1919
Sent while he was working in France with the Mission de la Société des Amis (Friends War Victims Relief Committee).


Letters received by William Webb Price 1917-1923, and n.d.

Ser. 2. Writings, 1920-1922


Box



2
Outlines of talks to school children 1920-1922

Ser. 3. Business papers, 1917-1919


Box



2
Business papers concerning his équipés in France 1917-1919

Ser. 4. Pictorial material

Ser. 5. Memorabilia


Box



2
Miscellaneous memorabilia dated and undated

Ser. 6. Reference material



Pamphlets, etc., concerning reconstruction work

Box



2
Reconstruction, issues of the magazine published monthly for the Relief Missions of the Society of Friends in Europe 1917-1920


Friends Intelligencer, issues containing articles on the reconstruction work 1919