PUBLIC "-//College of William and Mary::Earl Gregg Swem Library::Special Collections//TEXT (US::ViW::viw00389:: Clara L. Lawrence Papers, 1763-1939)//EN" "viw00389.xml" Inventory of the Clara L. Lawrence Papers 1763-1939 Lawrence, Clara L. Papers Mss. Acc. 2009.299 Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary © 2012 By the College of William and Mary. All rights reserved.

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Finding aid created by Terry Noziglia and Peter Klicker, SCRC Staff, 2009 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Clara L. Lawrence Papers, 1763-1939 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2009.299

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2012 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Clara L. Lawrence Papers 1763, 1883-1888, 1909-1939 01/Mss. Acc. 2009.299 1.60 The papers are in: English Lawrence, Clara L. arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

 Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

 Preferred Citation

Clara L. Lawrence Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

 Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from Sharon L. Zuber on 07/14/2009.

 Accruals

Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.

 Processing Information

Accessioned by Amy C. Schindler, University Archivist, in July 2009. Arranged and described by Terry Noziglia, SCRC Staff, in August-October 2009; further arranged and described by Peter Klicker, SCRC Staff, in December 2009-January 2010.  Acc. 2010.784 added by Benjamin Bromley in January 2011.

 Biographical Note

Clara Louise Walde Lawrence was a nurse in the period before, during, and after World War I. Her family lived in Rochester, New York and her two children were named Betty and Donald. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Clara L. Lawrence">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Clara L. Lawrence</a>.

 Scope and Contents

This collection primarily concerns Clara Louise Walde Lawrence's career as a nurse in the period before, during, and after World War I.  Materials in the collection include correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs and negatives, pamphlets, medical supplies, and other publications.  Most of the correspondence, photographs, and publications relate to either WWI or nursing.  Notable correspondents include a letter from Julia Cherney (Bateman) to Clara Walde while serving as a missionary in China.  Other items of interest include a 1763 Boston Gazette as well as several 19th century American newspapers.  The collection also includes Lawrence's Veterans Administration account books from the 1930s.   Transcriptions were created of the correspondence before the collection was donated to the Special Collections Research Center and are available here as PDFs. Acc. 2010.784 contains correspondence, 1909-1923, primarily

 Additional Information Related Materials

A compact disc with digital copies of transcripts of letters was pulled from this collection and was added to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection in November 2010.

 Separated Materials

A compact disc filled with digital copies of transcripts of letters was pulled from this collection and was added to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection in November 2010.

 Index Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Diaries Letters (correspondence) Negatives Photographs Scrapbooks Topical Term: Nurses--1910-1920 Women--Travel. World War, 1914-1918--Medical and sanitary affairs. Detailed Description of the Collection Correspondence id60419 1909-1937 id60824 3 Correspondence, Binder 1, 1909-1920 id60420 3 1 Correspondence, Binder 2 id60421 1917-1919 3 2 Correspondence, Binder 3, Part 1 id60825 1918 3 3 Correspondence, Binder 3, Part 2 id60423 1918 3 4 Correspondence, Binder 3, Part 3 id60424 1919 3 5 Correspondence, Binder 3, Part 4 id60425 1919 3 6 Greeting Cards id65215 1928-1937 3 7 Biographical Material id64694 1910-1939 id60827 1 Photo Album id64696 1916-1920 1 id60829 2 Souvenir Book id64697 1911-1920 2 id60835 4 Registered Nurse Certificates from the States of Michigan and New York id60836 1915, 1923 4 1 Red Cross Publication, Prayer Book, and Nurses Calendar id60837 1913-1918 4 2 Veterans Bureau Fiduciary Account Books id60838 1931-1939 4 3 Journal id60841 1918-1919 4 4 Camp McLellan Photographs id60840 1917 4 5 Negatives of Family Pictures id60839 undated 4 6 Artifacts to be rehoused id60826 1910-1939 6 Publications id64695 1763-1939 id60422 5 Maps and Brochures id60426 1918 5 1 Newspaper clippings and Documents id60427 1763, 1883-1888, 1914-1938 5 2 Nursing Pamphlets id60428 1914, 1939 5 3 Base 19 History id60843 1917-1918 5 4 Language Books id60844 1913-1917 5 5 Pamphlets id60845 1862-1928 5 6 Acc. 2010.784: Letters id82180 1909-1923