The SCPC is not the official repository for the Thomas papers
Document Group: CDGA
Provenance: Unknown
Size: 3 linear inches
Restrictions: None
Microfilm: None
Finding Aid: Checklist prepared by Anne Yoder, February 1998
This checklist is the property of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Historical Introduction & Contents of Collection
Edward Thomas was a patent attorney in New York City. He was married to Margaret Loring, who had been active in settlement work and a teacher of home economics. Both were involved in peace efforts connected with the American Friends Service Committee. No other biographical information is known about them.
Box 1 |
General correspondence, 1917-1931, 1934, 1952 |
Correspondence on behalf of refugees and prisoners of war, 1917-1918 [at the request of the Prisoners Aid Society (Knockaloe, Isle of Man) and the Emergency Committee for the Assistance of Germans, Austrians and Hungarians (London, England)] |
Correspondence with Harold Blickenstaff, 1943-1945 [Blickenstaff was a conscientious objector who took part as a human guinea pig, for six months, in starvation experiments conducted by the University of Minnesota; photo of Blickenstaff, taken in July 1945, removed to Photograph Collection] |
Writings by Edward Thomas |
Writings by Margaret Loring Thomas |
Writings by Edward and/or Margaret Thomas |
Work re: Institute of Politics, 1926 |
Miscellaneous |
Scrapbook of newsclippings, 1916-1923 [Removed to Oversize Scrapbook Collection] |
See also the CPS Papers of the American Friends Service Committee Collection (DG 002)
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
For more information, contact Wendy Chmielewski, Curator, at wchmiel1@ swarthmore.edu or call 610-328-8557.
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