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The staff of the New York Metropolitan Regional Office of the American Friends Service Committee in May of 1963.

Left to right, first row:  Greta Lake, Libby Davis,Beth Roy, Nancy Starr, Virginia Apsey, Terry Cannon, Esther Gilbert, Elaine Williams, Ruth Emerson.

Left to right, back row:  Roy Hanson, Dan Seeger, Susan Murray, Becky Jenkins, Gene Angstadt, Newell Sells, Sandra Carnsdale, Elaine Kerstens, Robert Vogel, Dan Murrow.  Missing:  Ann Marie Merritt.

The staff of the New York Metropolitan Regional Office of the American Friends Service Committee,

circa 1975

AFSC's past and present leadership at the time of the 100th Anniversary of its founding.  Photograph taken in 2017.

First row, left to right:  Dulaney Bennett, Asia Bennett (no relation), Phil Lord.

Second Row, left to right:  Dan Seeger, Kara Newell, Mary Ellen McNish, Shan Cretin, Arlene Kelly.

 

Additional Resources

 

Public lectures and published articles developed by Dan Seeger in the course of his AFSC service appear in the two pages of this website titled "Essays / Lectures on Religion and Spirituality" and "Essays / Lectures on Social and Political Themes and the Economy."

 

Internal documents generated in the course of his AFSC service are the property of the AFSC and are stored in its archives.  Scholars exploring Quaker history in the Twentieth Century may view these documents at the discretion of the AFSC.  The Archivist can be reached at 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102.  Included among these documents are:

Trends in the Anit-War Movement (Part One).  December 22, 1967.  Seven pages.

 

Trends in the Anti-War Movement (Part Two).  February 26, 1968.  Fifteen pages.

 

Should Representative Council Continue?  November 21, 1969.  Three pages.

 

Face to Face with Income Sharing in the AFSC.  December 4, 1970.  One hundred and twenty pages.

 

Thoughts on Salary Philosophy.  August 13, 1971.  Fourteen pages.

 

“Seizure” of the AFSC’s New York Office by the Jewish Defense League.  January 17, 1977.  Thirteen pages.

 

Ithaca Gathering Report.  September 1, 1978.  Twelve pages.

 

The Publication Speak Truth to Power 25 Years Later:  A Fatal Redefinition of AFSC?  January, 1983.  Three pages.

 

Report to New York Metropolitan Regional Office Executive Committee, September 23, 1987.  Six pages.

 

Affirmative Action and the Quaker Character of the AFSC.  May 25, 1990.  Five pages.

 

Affirmative Action and Diversity Within AFSC.  September 24, 1994.  Three pages.

 

Statement to AFSC Board of Directors. June 22, 1997.  Three pages.

 

The AFSC's Constantinian Moment.  January 6, 2005.  Five pages.

 

AFSC and the Immigration Reform and Control Act.  August 18, 2010.  36 pages.

 

 

In the public domain are two analyses of Dan Seeger's service with AFSC:

 

Ingle, Professor Larry:  Truly Radical, Non-violent, Friendly Approaches.  Quaker History, Volume 105, Number 1 (Spring, 2016).  Pages 1-21.

 

Lewy, Professor Guenter.  The Moral Crisis of American Pacifism.  William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (1988).  296 pages.  See especially pages 34-36, 228-231, and 239.