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Tag Archives: World War I
Quaker feeding programmes in postwar Germany and Austria
For many, the celebrations at the signing of the Armistice and the end of World War I were short lived. While soldiers went home from the front, the destruction wreaked on basic infrastructure and the civilian populations became clear. Germany … Continue reading
Friends at the end of World War I: seeking international peace
At various points during the last four years we have marked the centenary of World War I on this blog by highlighting our collections relating to aspects of Quaker work at that time, including the relief work of the Friends … Continue reading
Posted in Highlights
Tagged international relations, League of Nations, peace, World War I
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Conflicting Views: Pacifist Artists – the Otter Gallery loan
Loaning material to other institutions provides an exciting opportunity to bring our collections to new audiences around the country. Special collections curator Melissa Atkinson writes about a current loan, and describes some of the objects on view. I was approached … Continue reading
War and social order
Reimagining a True Social Order is a new AHRC funded website exploring the historic background and contemporary significance of the Eight Foundations of a True Social Order, first agreed by London Yearly Meeting in 1918. Inspired by the richness of … Continue reading
The conscience of the nation: the work of three Quaker MPs during World War I
The Military Service Act came into force on 2 March 1916, and Quakers nationally are marking the centenary. Our new online exhibition Matter of conscience: Quakers and conscription gives an overview of the introduction and impact of the Act. The story involves … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions
Tagged conscientious objection, conscription, exhibitions, World War I
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White Feather Diaries latest instalment and researching World War I
***Please note, as of 2022, this website is no longer online*** The latest instalment of The White Feather Diaries, an online project of British Quakers, goes live today. The diaries tell of the challenges faced by five people who followed their … Continue reading
Friends Emergency and War Victims Relief Committee cataloguing project: relief and reconstruction during World War I and beyond
A 15 month project to catalogue the archives of the Friends Emergency and War Victims Relief Committee (FEWVRC) has now been completed, making accessible the records of an unprecedented Quaker relief effort during and after World War I. The project, … Continue reading
Posted in Projects
Tagged archives, cataloguing, France, Friends Emergency & War Victims Relief Committee, refugees, Russia, war relief, World War I
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Library resources for researching World War I: visual resources
For the past nine months our blog has been focusing on printed and archival resources for researching World War I and its aftermath. At last it’s the turn of the Library’s “visual resources” – ever-present in the blog and on … Continue reading
World War I images: photograph album of Alan Burtt, Friends Ambulance Unit SSA19
Readers of this blog will have noticed that we have been focusing intensively on the centenary of World War I. Alongside the usual wide range of research, one in five visits to the Library this year have been by readers … Continue reading
Posted in Highlights
Tagged archives, Friends Ambulance Unit (1914-1919), Philip Alan Burtt, visual resources, World War I
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Library resources for researching World War I: periodicals
Where would you look for news, reflections, debate or comment on World War I events as they unfolded? Contemporary magazines, newsletters and reports are a fruitful resource for researchers studying Quaker thought and activity during the war and its aftermath. … Continue reading
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