Gertrude Applegate Wyckoff Maxwell Papers

Résumé du livre

Manuscripts, correspondence, and other papers, reflecting Maxwell's writings and activities. Includes her memoir (1930) entitled My First Decade, describing her youth in East Windsor from 1840-1850, forming the first chapters of an autobiography which was completed but never issued; articles on various local history topics written for area newspapers; genealogical materials; and letter of introduction from Mary Norton to Clara Barton, for Maxwell to take with her on a 1893 trip to Washington, D.C., and note from Barton to Maxwell, thanking her for a contribution to the Red Cross.