Esther Biddle Rhoads papers, 1885-1979, bulk 1917-1979.

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Esther Biddle Rhoads papers, 1885-1979, bulk 1917-1979.

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Personal and professional correspondence, documents, notes, pamphlets, clippings, memorabilia and photographs of Esther B. Rhoads. Papers relate in large part to Rhoads' work as missionary, educator, relief administrator and active Quaker, primarily in Japan, but also U.S. and Algeria. Correspondents include: Crown Prince now Emperor Akihito, American Friends Service Committee, Gurney and Elizabeth Binford, Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles, Howard and Anna Cox Brinton, Janice Clevenger, J. Passmore Elkinton, Friends School, Tokyo, Seiju Hirakawa, Allan and Elizabeth Hunter, Margaret S. James, Japan Yearly Meeting, the Japanese Imperial Household Dept., Tano Jodai, Thomas and Esther Balderston Jones, Takeshi Kabori, LARA, Tamon Maeda, Fumiyo Miho, Empress Nagako, Herbert Nicholson, Inazo and Mary Elkinton Nitobé Mariko Nittono, Lucille Nixon, Ryu Sato Oyaizu, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Caroline Paxson Rhoads, Edward Rhoads, Jonathan E. and Teresa Rhoads, Margaret Paxson Rhoads, Margaret Whitall Rhoads, Ruth Ely Rhoads, Edith Sharpless, Sarah Smith, FWCC, Germantown Monthly Meeting, Japan Yearly Meeting, Toki Tomiyama, Japanese Embassy, Masa Uraguchi, Elizabeth Gray Vining, Tayeko Yamanouchi and Prince Yoshi no Miya Masahito. Subjects include: education in Japan, including women's and princes', the Japanese royal family, Japanese history and religion, evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans, civilian relief work in Japan, conscientious objection, Algerian history, missionary work in Japan, and peace work of the Society of Friends.

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