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Institution: Haverford College
Website: http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/
Creator: Shaffer, Blanche, 1908-1974.
Title: Blanche Shaffer papers.
Dates: 1958-1974
Extent: 1 linear feet
Language: Materials in English and French.
Biographical or Historical Note: Blanche Weber Shaffer (1908-1974) was active in the founding of Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC). She married Leslie D. Shaffer, the Secretary of the American section of the Friends World Conference, in 1940. With Irene and Bertram Pickard she helped to write the FWCC publication "Quakerism in Switzerland." She was the deputy director of the Quaker International Centre and the Secretary General of FWCC from 1961 to 1970.
Scope and Content Note: This is a collection of notes and daily planners of Blanche Shaffer. Materials include: a draft of an article on world-wide Quakerism; notes of meetings of the FWCC and other related activities; notes and reports to the FWCC from visits to India, Japan, Beirut, Latin American, and East Germany; and a set of daily planners from 1958 to 1974.
Personal and Corporate Names: Friends World Committee for Consultation. /
Subjects: Society of Friends--History. /
Genres: Reports. /
Related collections: Haverford College: Edwin B. Bronner papers.
The collection is open for research. Please contact Diana Franzusoff Peterson, Manuscripts Librarian & College Archivist, dfpeters@haverford.edu, with questions or to access the collection.
The survey projects that produced these collection records were funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.