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Clara Barton: A Resource Guide

Digital Resources

The Library's website includes a variety of primary source materials related to Clara Barton including correspondence, diaries, newspaper articles, images, exhibitions.  Listed below are relevant collections and other online resources compiled from across the website.

Clara Barton Papers

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A Century of Lawmaking

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Event Videos

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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

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National American Woman Suffrage Association

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Washington During the Civil War

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Related Online Resources at the Library

America's Library

This site is designed with young people in mind, but there are great stories for people of all ages.  The following features are related to Clara Barton.

By the People

This crowdsourcing project invites you to transcribe, review, and tag digitized images of manuscripts and typed materials from the Library's collections.

Online Exhibitions

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Resources for Teachers

The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching. Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations.

Lesson Plans

Primary Source Sets

Presentations and Activities

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