MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aBecker, Florence Deakins,$d1878-1969.
245 00 $aFlorence Deakins Becker papers,$f1891-1963$g(bulk 1910-1963).
300 $a3,000$fitems.
300 $a10$fcontainers plus$a21$foversize.
300 $a8.2$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 7 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1924-1944; Series 2: Family Papers, 1891-1957; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1902-1962; Series 4: Speeches and Writings File, 1922-1933; Series 5: Subject File, 1901-1963; Series 6: Miscellany, 1891-1954; and Series 7: Oversize, 1903-1929.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, diaries, speeches, writings, subject files, family papers, scrapbooks, and other papers relating principally to Becker's volunteer activities on behalf of various health and medical causes, especially the crusade against cancer and tuberculosis. Documents her work with the George Ferdinand Becker Memorial Library, Independence, Va.; Ligue du Nord Contre la Tuberculose; Tuberculosis Association of Bengal; and Urgent Relief for France. Subjects include American efforts to render medical aid to French refugees during World War I, the Maryland tercentenary, medical conditions in veterans's hospitals, the Michigan Tuberculosis Association, and the Washington Animal Rescue League. Correspondents include American Public Health Association, Clarence W. Barron, Suzanne Earle Ogden-Jones Emmons Bartlett, George F. Becker, Joseph Colt Bloodgood, William Edgar Borah, W. Norman Brown, Edward T. Devine, William P. Dillingham, John Campbell Forrester, Florence Keen, Thomas E. Rush, and William H. Taft.
541 $cGift,$aMrs. George F. White,$d1969.
544 $3Some photographs$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 $aNurse and volunteer worker.
546 $aCollection material in English and French.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.
600 10 $aBarron, Clarence W.$q(Clarence Walker),$d1855-1928$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBartlett, Suzanne Earle Ogden-Jones Emmons,$d1861-1954$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBecker, George F.$q(George Ferdinand),$d1847-1919$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBloodgood, Joseph Colt,$d1867-1935$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBorah, William Edgar,$d1865-1940$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBrown, W. Norman$q(William Norman),$d1892-1975$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDevine, Edward T.$q(Edward Thomas),$d1867-1948$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDillingham, William P.$q(William Paul),$d1843-1923$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aForrester, John Campbell$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKeen, Florence$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRush, Thomas E.,$d1867-1947$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTaft, William H.$q(William Howard),$d1857-1930$vCorrespondence.
610 20 $aAmerican Public Health Association$vCorrespondence.
610 20 $aGeorge Ferdinand Becker Memorial Library.
610 20 $aLigue du Nord Contre la Tuberculose.
610 20 $aMichigan Tuberculosis Association.
610 20 $aTuberculosis Association of Bengal.
610 20 $aUrgent Relief for France.
610 20 $aWashington Animal Rescue League.
650 0 $aAnimal rescue$zWashington (D.C.)$xSocieties, etc.
650 0 $aCancer$xPrevention.
650 0 $aHealth.
650 0 $aLibraries$zVirginia$zIndependence.
650 0 $aVeterans' hospitals.
650 0 $aNursing.
650 0 $aPublic health$xSocieties, etc.
650 0 $aRefugees$zFrance.
650 0 $aTuberculosis$xPrevention.
650 0 $aTuberculosis$zFrance$xPrevention.
650 0 $aTuberculosis$zIndia$xPrevention.
650 0 $aTuberculosis$zUnited States$xPrevention.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xMedical care.
651 0 $aMaryland$xCentennial celebrations, etc.
656 7 $aNurses.$2itoamc
656 7 $aVolunteers.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010287