American Friends Service Committee Coal Relief Papers, 1931-1941 (bulk 1931-1933)

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American Friends Service Committee Coal Relief Papers, 1931-1941 (bulk 1931-1933)

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The collection documents the work of the American Friends Service Committee child relief team in the bituminous coal fields of West Virginia and Kentucky, 1931-1933. Of particular interest are (carbon) letters sent regularly to the American Friends Service Committee Coal Committee headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa., recounting almost daily the activities of the team from February-May 1932 as well as the hardships and political unrest. The first year of the program concentrated on feeding and clothing; thereafter, the administration for relief was gradually transferred to local government and was focused on social and economic reconstruction.

2 boxes ; 1 lin. ft.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Kelsey, Mary

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Pacifist, suffragist, member of the Society of Friends in New York, relief worker with the American Friends Reconstruction Unit, executive secretary (1923-1925) of the Honfleur conferences (held in France). From the description of Collection, 1914-1919. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 38868528 ...

American Friends Service Committee. Coal Relief.

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Tatum, Charles M. (Charles Maris), 1903-1984

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The President's Committee on Unemployment Relief and the Federal Children's Bureau requested that the American Friends Service Committee provide relief for the children of unemployed mine workers in the poverty-stricken bituminous coal fields in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, and West Virginia during the winter of 1931-1932. The supervisor of the coal mission team in West Virginia and Kentucky was Mary Kelsey (1877-1948), a Quaker social worker and pacifist who had worked...