Catalog Record:
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
The records of the American Friends Service Committee were given to the Library of Congress by Herbert and Jo Abraham in 1988.
The records of the American Friends Service Committee were arranged and described in 1997. The register was revised in 2008.
Photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the American Friends Service Committee Records.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the American Friends Service Committee is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The records of the American Friends Service Committtee are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, American Friends Service Committee Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The records of the American Friends Service Committee span the years 1933-1988, but are concentrated in the period 1933-1938 and consist of correspondence, an article, a diary/journal, photographs, and related documentation. The most significant item is a typescript diary with appended reports written by Herbert and Jo Abraham from daily records kept by their nine-member team of Home Service section volunteer workers serving a mining community in Letcher County, Kentucky, from June to August 1933. The American Friends Service Committee, organized by the Quakers, promotes peace and reconciliation and the relief of human suffering through its social service and relief programs. In 1933, the organization targeted rural coal mining districts as areas of special concern. The diary details the efforts of these Home Service volunteers to improve social conditions in Hemphill, Kentucky.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.