Sylvia G. Loomis collection of American Friends Service Committee records, 1962-1967.

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Sylvia G. Loomis collection of American Friends Service Committee records, 1962-1967.

Summary: Collection consists of documents from Loomis's involvement in the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) and its potential development in rural areas of northern New Mexico. Includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, clippings, a planning document by Peter Van Dresser, and one folder of speeches and essays by Clark Knowlton.

.25 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7398146

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Van Dresser, Peter

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Peter Van Dresser was an environmentalist and solar energy advocate. He initiated the solar project at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico and was one of the founders of the New Mexico Solar Energy Association. He worked with the New Mexico State Planning Office on a rural rehabiliation project and was an advocate for the Decentralist Movement, a back to the land movement of the 1940s and 1950s. From the description of Peter Van Dresser papers, ca. 1950-1961. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat ...

American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

Knowlton, Clark S.

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Knowlton was a professor at the University of Utah and a researcher of Spanish Americans and the Southwest. From the description of Clark S. Knowlton papers, 1961-1979 (bulk, 1954-1977). (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37896310 Clark S. Knowlton (1919-1991) was a professor of sociology, with a research interest in the Indians of the American Southwest. From the description of Clark S. Knowlton family photographs, circa 1880s-1953. (Brigham Young Un...

Loomis, Sylvia Glidden.

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Administrator Federal Art Project Art Education Program, New York, N.Y. In addtion to various fine art and craft projects, the FAP included the Art Production Division, the Art Research Division, as well as a number of other art-related programs. From the description of Federal Art Project. Art Education Division records, 1939-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577019 ...