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1. Clara Barton papers, 1805-1963

   66,000 items. 189 containers plus 18 oversize. 100 linear feet. 123 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Philanthropist, nurse, educator, and lecturer. Correspondence, diaries, reports, legal and financial papers, organizational records, lectures, writings, scrapbooks, printed matter, memorabilia, and other papers relating to Barton's work to provide relief services during the Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War, the work of the American National Red Cross which she founded, and the National First Aid Association of America.

2. Edward Shaw papers, 1847-1867

   980 items. 9 containers. 3.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States Patent Office clerk. Chiefly letters from Shaw's family, friends, and acquaintances documenting daily life of women in antebellum New England, Shaw's financial investments, and letters relating to Shaw's work as a patent clerk.

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