Jenkins, Charles Francis, 1865-1951

Charles F. Jenkins was a prominant Quaker who was Clerk of Green Street Monthly Meeting (1901-43) and Treasurer of the American Friends Service Committee (1917-30), of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (1919-1934), of Friends Boarding Home Committee of the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting, and of the Quaker periodical, Friends Intelligencer. He was also active with this father, Howard M. Jenkins, in the development of the Inn and Community of Buck Hill Falls in Pennsylvania. Charles F. Jenkins was the Editor, Publisher, and Chairman of the Board of the Farm Journal, founded by his uncle, Wilmer Atkinson. He was also a Manager of Swarthmore College for 40 years, and President of the Board from 1933 to 1944.

From the description of Papers, 1865-1950. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 35987073