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Institution: Haverford College
Website: http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/
Creator: Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965.
Title: Clarence Pickett diaries.
Dates: 1933-1965
Extent: 1.25 linear feet
Language: Materials in English.
Biographical or Historical Note: Clarence E. Pickett (1884-1965) served as executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee from 1929 to 1950. Educated at Penn College, Iowa, Hartford Theological Seminary, and Harvard, he served as a Quaker minister in Toronto and Oskaloosa, as national secretary of Young Friends' activities, and as professor of biblical literature at Earlham College. Deeply committed to social justice and pacifism, he provided advice and service to four U.S. presidents (Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and John F. Kennedy) on a range of matters including the plight of coal-mining communities, humane immigration policies, relief for war-torn Europe and Asia, and the progress of the Peace Corps.
Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of typed copies of Clarence Pickett's diaries, along with highlighting and preliminary indices created by a researcher. The originals of the diaries are held by the American Friends Service Committee.
Personal and Corporate Names: American Friends Service Committee. /
Subjects: Quakers--Diaries. / Society of Friends and world politics. /
Genres: Diaries. /
Related collections: American Friends Service Committee Archives: Clarence E. Pickett 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.