Bickerdyke, Mary Ann 1817-1901 creator mixed material monographic eng 1,800 5 2 Correspondence, draft memoirs, lists, biographical material, printed matter, and other papers relating to Bickerdyke's work as a Civil War nurse and agent for the United States Sanitary Commission, her activities on behalf of Civil War veterans in the years following the war, and family affairs. Includes papers relating to James H. Cook and the Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.). Family correspondents include Bickerdyke's sons, Hiram Bickerdyke and James Bickerdyke, and members of the Ball and Bickerdyke families. Correspondents include Lucien Baker, Richard Whiting Blue, Dorothea Lynde Dix, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Walden Perkins, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lucy Stone. Open to research. Nurse, agent for the U.S. Sanitary Commission, and pension attorney. Born Mary Ann Ball; known as "Mother" Bickerdyke to Union soldiers. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010292 Baker, Lucien Correspondence Bickerdyke, Hiram Correspondence Bickerdyke, James Correspondence Blue, Richard Whiting Correspondence Cook, James H Dix, Dorothea Lynde 1802-1887 Correspondence Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice 1820-1905 Correspondence Perkins, Walden Correspondence Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919 Correspondence Stone, Lucy 1818-1893 Correspondence Ball family Ball family Correspondence Bickerdyke family Bickerdyke family Correspondence United States Sanitary Commission. Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.) Military pensions United States Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical care United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Veterans United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 War work Lawyers Nurses mm 73019224 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010292 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010292.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010292 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010292.3 Open to research. DLC 740118 20260227111614.0 mm 73019224