Overseas Mission Work

viii, 400 p., [8] leaves of plates : 21 cm

Calabash water-bottle with a dark red patina, decorated with animal and geometric forms executed in white.

Photograph (b&w) of a group of seated Quakers (Indian and European), taken at an unknown place in India, in front of a row of trees. Second row from the back, sixth person in from the left (lady with a black hat), is Mrs Wood(s) to whom, at Selly Oak near Birmingham, R Tagore gave some of his paintings in about 1930. These objects were bought by the BM in 2004 and 2005 [info. from Indar Pasricha].

Strip of raffia cloth; woven with fringes along each short side.

Length of woven silk with two fringed ends; striped pattern of brown, green, light brown and black striped silk.

Silk cloth; rectangle of purple silk with fringed borders, with blue and white floating wefts on two side, and the other two sides bordered with narrow strips with geometric patterns in black and white silk. Knotted fringe along each short side.

Includes a few photos of FFMA members

Includes digitised versions of FSC pamphlets and Peace Committee posters

176 pages : 21 cm

x, 178 p. ; 22 cm

History of the work of the London Missionary Society

152 Seiten 8°

vi, 164 p. : 21 cm

Newsletter of the Society of the Friends of Armenia

This month is the 80th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) when the right-wing Nationalists led by General Franco attempted to overthrow the left-wing democratically elect…

In 1947 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the British and American Quakers for their "compassionate effort to relieve human suffering,"...

When a failed military coup provoked civil war in Spain in July 1936, British Quakers were among the first to respond to the tremendous need for humanitarian aid among the civilian population. They distributed food and clothing, set up canteens and hospitals, provided schooling and workshops, and organized the evacuation of children from war zones. Then, in January 1939, when the Spanish Republic finally succumbed to the might of the rebel forces, the Quakers accompanied thousands of refugees in their flight towards the French border. This became known as"la retirada" (the Retreat). Once in French territory, the refugees were herded into improvised internment camps. These were simply vast open spaces on the beaches encircled by barbed wire, with no shelter, no latrines and barely any food. Quakers were the first to obtain permits to access the camps in order to alleviate the suffering and deprivation found there. They distributed not only the most basic aid such as food and clothing, but also pencils and notebooks, as well as tools and materials of all kinds to work with. Thus, in characteristic fashion, they provided people with the means by which they could help themselves.

Report by Helen Grant at Cambridge University Library

Children suffered terribly during the Spanish Civil War, as author Maggie Brookes explains. Her new book, Acts of Love and War, tells the story of the dedicated individuals who stepped in to help the children