An Inventory of the William Webb Price Papers, 1917-1923
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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
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Encoded Archival Description
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
collection
Papers, 1917-1923.
William Webb Price (1892-1961)
Biographical History for: Papers, 1917-1923.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL William Webb Price (1892-1961) was a Quaker architect, teacher, and actor, of Rose Valley, Pennsylvania.
SCOPE AND CONTENT The collection contains chiefly letters written by William Webb Price to his family while serving with Friends War Victims Relief Committee in France during and shortly after World War I; together with reports, financial papers, memorabilia, and printed material relating to Quaker reconstruction activities in France.
International relief -- France
Quakers -- France
Quakers -- Pennsylvania
Quakers -- Societies, etc.
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- France
War relief -- Societies, etc.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- France
World War, 1914-1918 -- France
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends
France -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918
France -- History -- 1914-1940
Pennsylvania-- Family and personal papers -- 20th century
Rose Valley (Pa.) -- Family and personal papers
Society of Friends -- France
Society of Friends -- Societies, etc
Society of Friends-- War Victims Relief Committee
Price, William Webb, 1892-1961
series
Ser. 1. Correspondence
William Webb Price to his family 1917-1919
Sent while he was working in France with the Mission de la Société des Amis (Friends War Victims Relief Committee).
Letters received by William Webb Price 1917-1923, and n.d.
Ser. 2. Writings, 1920-1922
Outlines of talks to school children 1920-1922
Ser. 3. Business papers, 1917-1919
Business papers concerning his équipés in France
Creation of Business papers concerning his équipés in France
Time of Creation of Business papers concerning his équipés in France
Ser. 4. Pictorial material
Ser. 5. Memorabilia
Miscellaneous memorabilia
Ser. 6. Reference material
Pamphlets, etc., concerning reconstruction work
Reconstruction, issues of the magazine published monthly for the Relief Missions of the Society of Friends in Europe 1917-1920
Friends Intelligencer, issues containing articles on the reconstruction work 1919