Clara Barton papers, 1805-1963

Collection Summary

Title	Clara Barton papers, 1805-1963
Inclusive Dates	1805-1963
Bulk Dates	1861-1912
ID No.	MSS11973
Creator	Barton, Clara, 1821-1912
Extent	66,000 items
Extent	189 containers plus 18 oversize
Extent	100 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	Part of the papers of Clara Barton are available on the Library of Congress website at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000021. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition. The majority of the digital images of the commemorative medals and decorations listed in the Oversize series were provided by the National Park Service, circa 2005.