• Clara Barton National Historic Site tulips in bloom.

    Clara Barton

    National Historic Site Maryland

History & Culture

Clara Barton NHS - Historic Furnishings Report - pdf file link; full publication of over 500 pages. (4.28 mb file)

The Historic Furnishing Plan was developed by the National Park Service/Harpers Ferry Center in 1983. It serves as the guiding document for the restoration and furnishings of the rooms at Clara Barton National Historic Site.

 

Are you looking for "primary source" documents or photographs of Clara Barton? We have some resources in this web site which you may find helpful.

We have transcriptions of some primary source materials, use this link to reach the table of contents.

We have photographs of Clara Barton posted in our photo gallery.

You may also download and print a 25 page document containing the photographs and the stories behind her receiving them. (pdf format-approx. 4 mb file)

Did You Know?

Clara Barton seated with a female nurses graduation class.

Clara Barton is probably the most famous American nurse who was never a real nurse.  She cared for wounded soldiers in the Civil War and as President of the American Red Cross she organized over 18 relief efforts, but she was a former school teacher and government clerk.