American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938).
- 20 items. 1 container. 0.2 linear feet.
Open to research.
Journal (1933) kept by Herbert and Jo Abraham recording experiences of American Friends Service Committee volunteers at a mining camp in Letcher County, Ky., endeavoring to improve social conditions there and in the town of Hemphill. Includes correspondence, photographs, and other papers of the volunteers and typewritten transcript (1986) of the journal with addenda appended by Herbert Abraham.
Photographs Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to
Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008126
mm 96077406
Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Hemphill. Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Letcher County. Social problems--Kentucky--Hemphill. Social problems--Kentucky--Letcher County.