Papers, 1896-1972.

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Bowles family. Papers, 1896-1972.

Title

Papers, 1896-1972.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29515348

Abstract

These papers document the 60 years of service of Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles. The collection contains both mission-related and personal correspondence. Correspondents include: Iwao Frederick Ayusawa, Gurney Binford, Gordon Bowles, Jane T. Bowles, Anna Cox Brinton, Howard Haines Brinton, Henry Joel Cadbury, Rebecca Timbres Clark, Julia Cope Collins, Joseph Conard, Clarissa Cooper, Joseph Passmore Elkinton, Errol T. Elliott, Euell Gibbons, Sidney Lewis Gulick, Henry Hartshorne, Seiju Hirakawa, Mary Hoxie Jones, Rufus Matthew Jones, Douglas MacArthur, Fumiye Miho, Abraham Muste, Helen Bowles Nicholson, Herbert Nicholson, Esther Biddle Rhoads, Theodore Richards, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Setsuzo Sawada, Floyd Schmoe, Edith Sharpless, Rabindranath Tagore, Sylvan E. Wallen. Other materials, such as reports and minutes, concern: American Friends Service Committee and American Friends Service Committee - Hawaii Branch; the American Peace Society of Japan; Church Peace Union; Friends Committee on National Legislation; Friends Girls School, Tokyo; Friends World Committee for Consultation; Honolulu Monthly Meeting; Japan Peace Society; Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia; Friends centers in Shanghai and Tokyo; Japan Yearly Meeting; Japan Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; Japan Peace and Arbitration Society; evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans; and relief work in Asia and Europe.

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28 boxes (14 linear ft)

Languages

eng,

jpn,

Holding Repository

Haverford College Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7271901

Haverford College Library

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Schmoe, F. W. (Floyd Wilfred), 1895-2001

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Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia.

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