Finding Primary Sources
Please find on this page a list of highly relevant primary sources at Haverford. To find additional primary sources, please see the "Finding Books & Book Chapters" page and Special Collections' finding aids.
Publications and Pamphlets
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Bulletin on Spanish Relief ConditionsPublished by the American Friends Service Committee.
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Committee on Spain MinutesJune 24, Aug. 12, Aug. 29, 1937
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Feeding Spain's ChildrenPamphlet describing the feeding program in Catalonia.
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From the devotional diary of a relief worker in SpainBy S. Emily Parker, with the American Friends' service committee in Spain (February 1938-May 1939), representative for the United Christian youth movement
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Give for Spain"You can't say no to hungry children..." proclaims this pamphlet from the Friends Service Council in London.
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Needy SpainDan West's report to the Committee on Spain, 1938.
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Quaker Service in Spain, 1936-1940A review of Quaker work in Spain throughout the wartime period, published in 1941.
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Relief in Spain: What Friends are doing, and what they might doPamphlet describing the first sixth months of Quaker relief efforts in Spain.
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Spain's AgonyWritten by Norma Jacob, who went to Spain in 1936 to begin relief work there.
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Spain Still Needs Our HelpA 1939 pamphlet from Friends Service Council in London encouraging continued help for Spain despite political changes.
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Winter in SpainEncourages help in the third winter of the war, 1938.
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Journal of Sylvester JonesPersonal narrative published by the Spanish Child Feeding Mission of the AFSC
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Estampas de la Revolucion EspanolaDrawings with multi-lingual explanations.
Manuscript materials
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John F. Rich papersRich worked for the AFSC and traveled to Spain in 1939 as part of their relief efforts. The collection includes his diary from that trip.
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Elizabeth Marsh Jensen papersElizabeth Marsh Jensen worked for the AFSC in Mexico, attempting to evacuate refugees of the Spanish Civil War.
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L. Hollingworth Wood papersWood was a member of the Spanish Child Welfare Association of America, which brought relief to children during the Spanish Civil War.
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Journal of Sylvester JonesJones was a Quaker businessman who traveled to Spain in December 1936 and January 1937.
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Domingo Ricart papersRicart was a pacifist who was in Spain when the war broke out in 1936; he later worked with Quaker relief organizations during the war.
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Graphics
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Northern Friends Peace Board- 22 Peace Posters988E. These posters are also available online by searching "Northern Friends Peace Board" in Triptych, our platform for digital collections.
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Spanish Civil War near Cerro Muriano, Córdoba frontPhotograph by Robert Capa
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Pablo Picasso and Françoise GilotPhotograph by Robert Capa taken in Golfe-Juan, France, August 1948.
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¿QUE FAIT - TU POUR EMPÊCHER CELA?A 1937 anti-war poster, which also appeared in Spanish and English.
Scrapbooks
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Elizabeth Underhill Willis scrapbookThis scrapbook of a nineteenth century New York woman includes materials from the history of Quakerism.
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Elliston P. Morris scrapbookScrapbook of a Haverford student, class of 1922.
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Scrapbook including relief workScrapbooks of James A. Babbitt, including a photo album of the Quaker relief effort organized by the American Friends Service Committee in France during World War I and a scrapbook of clippings related to Babbitt's work with the AFSC. (975 A)
Journals
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The Friend- A Quaker Weekly Journal (Hard Copies)Published in London beginning in 1843 and covering the years of the Spanish Civil War.
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The Friend- A Quaker weekly journal (Electronic Version)Published in London beginning in 1843 and covering the years of the Spanish Civil War.
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The FriendA biweekly religious and literary journal published in Philadelphia beginning in 1827 and covering the years of the Spanish Civil War.