Clara Barton papers, 1805-1963

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Biographical Notes

Clara Barton

Date	Event
1821, Dec. 25	Born, Oxford, Mass.
1839-1850	Taught in local public schools near Oxford, Mass.
1851	Attended the Liberal Institute, Clinton, N.Y.
1852-1854	Established and taught free school, Bordentown, N.J.
1854	Moved to Washington, D.C.
1854-1857	Clerk, U.S. Patent Office
1860-1865	Rehired as temporary clerk, U.S. Patent Office
1861-1865	Organized and assisted in nursing and relief services for the Union Army during the Civil War
1865-1868	Organized the Office of Correspondence with the Friends of the Missing Men of the U.S. Army in an effort to locate and identify missing soldiers
1870-1871	Organized relief services during the Franco-Prussian War
1877-1882	Advocated U.S. ratification of the Geneva Convention
1881	Founder and president, American Association of the Red Cross Organized Red Cross relief aid to forest fire victims in Michigan
1882-1884	Organized Red Cross relief aid to victims of Mississippi and Ohio river floods
1883	Superintendent, Women's Reformatory Prison, Sherborn, Mass.
1886	Organized Red Cross relief aid to earthquake victims, Charleston, S.C.
1888	Organized Red Cross relief for yellow fever victims, Jacksonville, Fla.
1889	Organized Red Cross relief aid to flood victims, Johnstown, Pa.
1892	Organized Red Cross relief aid to Russia for victims of drought and famine
1893	Organized Red Cross relief aid for hurricane victims on the Sea Islands, S.C.
1896	Organized Red Cross relief aid for Armenians in Turkey
1898	Organized Red Cross relief efforts in Cuba during the Spanish-American War Published The Red Cross . Washington, D.C.: American National Red Cross
1900	Organized Red Cross relief aid to victims of a hurricane and tidal wave, Galveston, Tex.
1904	Resigned as president of the American National Red Cross Published A Story of the Red Cross . New York: D. Appleton
1905	Founder and president of the National First Aid Association of America
1907	Published The Story of My Childhood . New York: Baker & Taylor Co.
1912, Apr. 12	Died, Glen Echo, Md.

Julian B. Hubbell

Date	Event
1847, Feb. 5	Born, Sabula, Iowa
1870s	Teacher, principal, Dansville Sanatorium, Dansville, N.Y. Met Clara Barton, pledged his service to the development and operation of the American Red Cross
1881-1904	Chief field agent, American Association of the Red Cross
1881	Field agent, Red Cross relief aid to forest fire victims in Mich.
1882-1884	Field agent, Red Cross relief aid to flood victims of the Mississippi and Ohio River Valley floods
1883	Doctor of medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
1885	Field agent, Red Cross relief aid to famine victims, Texas
1886	Field agent, Red Cross relief aid to earthquake victims Charleston, S.C.
1888	Field agent, Red Cross relief aid to tornado victims, Mount Vernon, Ill. Field agent, Red Cross relief aid to yellow fever victims, Jacksonville, Florida
1889	Field agent, Red Cross relief aid to flood victims, Johnstown, Pa.
1892	Field agent, Red Cross relief aid to Russia for victims of drought and famine Field agent, Red Cross relief aid to tornado victims Pomeroy, Iowa
1893-1894	Field agent, Red Cross relief aid to hurricane victims, Sea Islands, S.C.
1896	Field agent, Red Cross relief aid for Armenians in Turkey
1898	Field agent, Red Cross relief efforts in Cuba during the Spanish-American War
1903-1904	Field agent, Red Cross relief aid for typhoid fever victims, Butler, Pa.
1904	Resigned as field agent of the American National Red Cross as a result of Barton's resignation
1929, Nov. 19	Died, Glen Echo, Md.