Correspondence of Clara Barton, 1887-1900 and undated

This series consists of the correspondence of Clara Barton. The first folder contains correpsondence to Harriette L. Reed, whom Barton addresses as "sister"; Mrs. Reed was an active member of the Women's Relief Corps. These letters discuss topics of Red Cross general business, legislation to protect the Red Cross insignia and incorporation, and miscellaneous personal matters such as visits from relatives; mutual friends; personal health; the weather; and the backyard lawn and garden. Barton's general correspondence addresses the issues of the Russian famine (1887), the Carlsruhe conference (1892), the status of Red Cross auxiliaries, and efforts to address Cuban relief. The correspondence has been divided into two groupings and then arranged chronologically.