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Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931.
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The Barrus papers consist chiefly of letters she received,1906-1931, from her friends Elizabeth Dowden of Dublin, Ireland and Charles Fletcher Lummis of California, a preservationist and promoter of the American Southwest. The remainder of the papers include some additional letters, poems by Barrus, and her notes on a trip to Italyin 1929. There are also a small number of letters from Richard Watson Gilder and others.
Clara Barrus (1864-1931) was a physician and author best known as the official biographer of the prominent Americannaturalist writer, John Burroughs (1837-1921).
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