Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Clara Barton papers, 1805-1963 |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | 1805-1958 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1861-1912) |
| ID No. | MSS11973 |
| Creator | Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 |
| Extent | 62,000 items |
| Extent | 177 containers plus 6 oversize and 3 vault |
| Extent | 62.6 linear feet |
| Extent | 123 microfilm reels |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005010 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm80011973 |
| 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. |
| Online Content | The papers of Clara Barton are available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000021. |