Clara L. Lawrence Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

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.

Summary

Extent:
1.60 Linear Feet
Creator:
Lawrence, Clara L.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Series 4, Acc. 2010.784 contains correspondence, 1909-1923.

Biographical / historical:

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.

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.

Accruals:

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

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard