04578cpcaa2200757 4500 mm 76023523 DLC 20260227111617.0 cr ||||||||||| 761018|||||||||||| eng mm 76023523 ms 77001490 DLC DLC dacs DLC eng fre G lcmd Becker, Florence Deakins, 1878-1969. Florence Deakins Becker papers, 1891-1963 (bulk 1910-1963). 3,000 items. 10 containers plus 21 oversize. 8.2 linear feet. Arranged 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. Open to research. Correspondence, 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. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Nurse and volunteer worker. Collection material in English and French. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010287 Barron, Clarence W. (Clarence Walker), 1855-1928 Correspondence. Bartlett, Suzanne Earle Ogden-Jones Emmons, 1861-1954 Correspondence. Becker, George F. (George Ferdinand), 1847-1919 Correspondence. Bloodgood, Joseph Colt, 1867-1935 Correspondence. Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940 Correspondence. Brown, W. Norman (William Norman), 1892-1975 Correspondence. Devine, Edward T. (Edward Thomas), 1867-1948 Correspondence. Dillingham, William P. (William Paul), 1843-1923 Correspondence. Forrester, John Campbell Correspondence. Keen, Florence Correspondence. Rush, Thomas E., 1867-1947 Correspondence. Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 Correspondence. American Public Health Association Correspondence. George Ferdinand Becker Memorial Library. Ligue du Nord Contre la Tuberculose. Michigan Tuberculosis Association. Tuberculosis Association of Bengal. Urgent Relief for France. Washington Animal Rescue League. Animal rescue Washington (D.C.) Societies, etc. Cancer Prevention. Health. Libraries Virginia Independence. Veterans' hospitals. Nursing. Public health Societies, etc. Refugees France. Tuberculosis Prevention. Tuberculosis France Prevention. Tuberculosis India Prevention. Tuberculosis United States Prevention. World War, 1914-1918 Medical care. Maryland Centennial celebrations, etc. Nurses. itoamc Volunteers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010287 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010287.3 39399 39399