Marvel, Josiah P. (Josiah Philip), 1896-1959.

Josiah Marvel, a Quaker, worked for the American Friends Service Committee as a relief worker during World War II.

Josiah P. Marvel was a New York Quaker who worked with the AFSC in France in 1940-41. Borm in Indiana, the son of Charles and Amy J. Marvel, he moved to New York in 1929. Marvel married Elinore Jacobs Strettenheim in 1941, and was living in Washington, D.C. when he died in 1959.

Josiah P. Marvel (1896-1959) was a Quaker, born in Indiana and a graduate of Earlham College. He moved to New York City in 1929 and married Elinore Jacobs Strettenheim in 1941. He worked with the AFSC in France in 1940-41 and in 1942 became the chairman of Quaker Emergency Services in New York City. The Quaker Emergency Service was founded in January 1942 by members of the combined Peace and Service Committees of the two New York Monthly Meetings. Offering alternative service for conscientious objectors, it was authorized by the New York Office of Civilian Defense. After the war, the group formed the Civilian Readjustment Committee/Center and worked with psychiatric institutions. It focused particularly on male homosexuals and sex offenders. The Center was closed in 1951 and remaining funds of Quaker Emergency Services were allocated in 1961.