Records, 1904-1967 (inclusive).

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Records, 1904-1967 (inclusive).

Records and correspondence, 1921-1967, of the committee concerning purchase and administration of the birthplace and camps; scrapbook material, 1904-1967, including photographs, clippings, pamphlets, correspondence, etc. on Clara Barton and the American Red Cross; scrapbook material, 1921-1966, including photographs, clippings, lists, correspondence, literature on the birthplace and camp activities.

1.5 linear ft. (5 boxes).

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Barton, Clara, 1821-1912

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Civil War nurse, suffragist, and founder of the American Red Cross Clarissa Harlow Barton was born in North Oxford, MA, on December 25, 1821, the fifth and last child of Stephen and Sarah (Stone) Barton. She was a shy and lonely child, and for two years at the age of eleven she devoted her time to nursing her brother David during a protracted illness, an experience which later affected her life's work. At eighteen she began to teach in neighboring schools. In 1850 she spent a year at the Libe...

Association of Universalist Women. Clara Barton Birthplace Committee.

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Elliott P. Joslin Camp for Diabetic Boys.

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Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation. Camps Committee.

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A committee of the national organization of Universalist Church Women, known variously as the Clara Barton Birthplace Committee of the Women's National Missionary Association (1921-1939) and of the Association of Universalist Women (1939-1963), and the Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation Camps Committee (1963- ). Activities consist of supervising the Clara Barton Birthplace Memorial (1921- ), Fresh Air Camp (1926-1931), Camp for Diabetic Girls (1932- ), Elliott P. Joslin Camp for Diabetic ...

Fresh Air Camp.

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Clara Barton Birthplace Memorial (Oxford, Mass.)

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Women's National Missionary Association. Clara Barton Birthplace Committee.

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Clara Barton Birthplace Camp for Diabetic Girls.

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American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...