TABLE OF CONTENTSBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALS DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS Civilian Public Service Fund Committee 1941-1945 Haverford College Quaker Collection Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College |
PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS (HICKSITE : 1827-1955). CIVILIAN PUBLIC SERVICE FUND COMMITTEEA Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
SHORT HISTORY OF THE GROUPIn 1942, the Yearly Meeting authorized its members who were already on the Executive Committee of the Civilian Public Service Committee of the AFSC to work out a plan to raise voluntary funds for maintenance of CPS Camps. In 1946, the program of Friends Civilian Public Service was officially terminated. The report of the Committee to PYM in 1947 indiactes that in six years of work, $152,752.40 was given to support civilian public service by its meetings and from individual members. Return to the Table of Contents BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDSRecords of contributions and related correspondence of the Civilian Public Service Fund Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite), 1941-1945. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccessCollection is open for research. Use RestrictionsCopyright has not been assigned to the Repositories. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader. Return to the Table of Contents SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALSThis collection is indexed under the following headings in TRIPOD, the joint on-line catalog of Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings. Subjects:Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Civilian Public Service Fund Committee.
Society of Friends --
Pennsylvania.
Society of Friends -- New
Jersey.
Society of Friends -- Delaware.
Society of Friends -- Maryland.
Civilian Public Service.
Conscientious objectors -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States.
Quaker conscientious objectors.
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationAccession informationDeposit Return to the Table of Contents DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDSNote to Researchers: These records may only be consulted at Swarthmore (SW), and are not available through inter-Library loan. To request materials on-site, please make sure to use the correct call numbers for the Library in which you wish to use the records: Civilian Public Service Fund Committee, 1941-1945
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
Correspondence, 1941-1942; Desc.: 1 folder; Affil.: H; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phy/510.
Correspondence, 1942-1943; Desc.: 1 folder; Affil.: H; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phy/510.
Correspondence, 1943-1944; Desc.: 1 folder; Affil.: H; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phy/510.
Correspondence, 1944-1945; Desc.: 1 folder; Affil.: H; Repos.: SW; Loc.: RG2/Phy/510.
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