ICPR 244: Quaker Social Witness (HC) [Spring 2015]: Peace
Seminar course examining the commitment to social justice within the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers),
exploring its religious foundation and highlighting historical and current manifestations.
Correspondence, diaries and photographs relating to the 20th century Quakers Edith Farquhar Bacon and Francis Rogers Bacon and their social activities in the areas of peace education, AFSC child feeding program and Fellowship of Reconciliation among many others. Primary Resource.
Correspondence, journals, writings, mailings, reports and materials on the Friends Peace Service. Primary Resource.
Study war some more (if you want to work for peace)
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Presents a new strategic approach to peace work, based on 40-plus years of experience at Quaker House, up close with the Military Industrial Complex. Secondary Resource.
Into full flower : making peace cultures happen
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Throughout the book, the authors explore the dynamic qualities of peace cultures, including: peace building as a continuum from the family to global institutions; the valuing of women's contributions at all levels of society; education as a holistic, lifelong process; celebration of interdependence and a rejection of win-lose mindsets; faith in our capacity to build on already existing examples of peace cultures. Secondary Resource.
Relief Work
James A. Babbitt papers, 1917-1919, MS 910, MS 975A
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Two diaries kept by Babbitt which describe the emergency relief in France from Haverford in 1917. Also a scrapbook he created with photographs of his relief work. Primary Resource.
Haines’s papers, mostly letters to his family, cover his time working for the Reconstruction Unit of the American Friends Service Committee, including building and repairing houses and schools and assisting locals during and after World War I in both France and Germany. Primary Resource.
A service of love in war time : American Friends relief work in Europe, 1917-1919
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A classic on the subject. Secondary Resource.
A statement by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends, Third month 29th, 1918
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This is a broadside, an unusual kind of document that could be considered a Primary or Secondary resource. On line copy available linked to Tripod page.