ContentsContainer List Article, "A Venture in 'Being Good Neighbors'" by Jo Wilder Abraham, 1934 Correspondence, 1933-1938, 1986-1988 Photocopies of photographs of mining community and volunteer camp workers, 1933 Report on Home Service Workers' Conference and program of activities, 1933 |
American Friends Service Committee RecordsA Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of CongressPrepared by Joseph Sullivan2008
Scope and Content NoteThe records of the American Friends Service Committee span the years 1933-1988, but are concentrated in the period 1933-1938 and consist of correspondence, an article, a diary/journal, photographs, and related documentation. The most significant item is a typescript diary with appended reports written by Herbert and Jo Abraham from daily records kept by their nine-member team of Home Service section volunteer workers serving a mining community in Letcher County, Kentucky, from June to August 1933. The American Friends Service Committee, organized by the Quakers, promotes peace and reconciliation and the relief of human suffering through its social service and relief programs. In 1933, the organization targeted rural coal mining districts as areas of special concern. The diary details the efforts of these Home Service volunteers to improve social conditions in Hemphill, Kentucky. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Arrangement of the PapersThis collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material. Return to the Table of Contents Container ListArticle, "A Venture in 'Being Good Neighbors'" by Jo Wilder Abraham, 1934Correspondence, 1933-1938, 1986-1988"Diary of the American Friends Service Committee Work Camp in Letcher County, Kentucky, June 26-August 23, 1933," with appended reports and correspondence, 1933-1934Typescript, undatedPhotocopy of revised transcript, 1986Preface, table of contents, corrections, and references, 1986List of documents, 1986Photocopies of photographs of mining community and volunteer camp workers, 1933Report on Home Service Workers' Conference and program of activities, 1933Return to the Table of Contents |
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