American Friends Service Committee records
Contributors: Abraham, Herbert; Abraham, Jo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Coal mines and mining; Social problems
Description: 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.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Herbert and Jo Abraham, 1988.

transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs.

Collection material in English.

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