Correspondence, 1807-1937, n.d.
Catalog Number: M92.1
An item level chronological and alphabetical listing of correspondence (PDF file)
is available
here.
Box 1
Folder 0 Chronological and alphabetical listings
1 1807 Nov 2 - 1812 Sep 21
2 1813 Feb 9 - 1814 Aug 28
3 1814 Sep 3 - Oct 25
4 1813 Dec - 1816 Jan [copy book]
5 1815
6 1816 Jan 3 - 1817 Jun 15
7 1818 Jan 30 - 1819 Jun 22
8 1819 Jun 25 - Nov 20
9 1820 Mar 7 - Dec 20
10 1821 Jan 30 - 1822 Jul 17
11 1823 Jan 26 - 1824 Sep 4
12 1825 Jan 9 - 1840 Jul 1
13 1848 Oct 6 - 1849 Apr 15
14 1849 Jun 11 - 1850 Dec 22
15 1851 Jan 3 - Mar 23
16 1851 Apr 15 - Oct 26
17 1851 Dec 14 - May 30
18 1852 Sep 4 - 1853 Feb 7
19 1853 Mar 13 - Jun 26
20 1853 Jul 15 - Nov 13
21 1853 Dec 4 - 1854 Apr 20
22 1854 May 11 - Nov 23
23 1855 Feb 8 - Apr 1
24 1855 Apr 8 - May 23
25 1855 Jun 19 - Oct 1
26 1855 Oct 15 - Dec 21
27 1856 Jan 26 - May 6
28 1856 May 9 - 1857 Jan 20
29 1857 Mar 15 - May 10
30 1857 Jul 13 - 1858 Apr 13
31 1858 Apr 23 - 1862 Mar 23
32 1863 Jul 5 - 1865 Oct 9
33 1865 Oct 13 - Oct 31
34 1865 Nov 3 - Nov 8
35 1865 Nov 13 - 1870 Jun 9
36 1870 Jun 21 - 1874 May 23
37 1875 Jun 30 - 1879 Jul 24
38 1879 Aug 4 - 1882 Feb 15
39 1882 Feb 24 - Apr 22
40 1882 Jun 9 - Jul 21
41 1882 Aug 4 - Oct 6
42 1882 Oct 13 - 1883 Jan 18
43 1883 Feb 3 - 1884 Oct 25
44 1885 Feb 2 - 1886 Jun 7
45 1886 Jun 15 - Dec 10
46 1887 Sep 9 - 1888 Nov 25
47 1889 May 18 - 1890 Oct 12
48 1890 Nov 5 - 1891 Nov 18
49 1892 Jan 5 - Mar 10
50 1892 Mar 14 - 1893 Dec 24
51 1894 May 27 - 1901 May 27
52 1901 Aug 14 - 1908 Dec 30
53 1909 Oct 29 - 1937 Nov 9
54 Undated correspondence: fragments
55 Photocopies of some letters (location
of originals unknown)
Articles and Addresses, Family and Biographical Material, 1854-1927
Catalog Number: M92.2
Box 1
Folder 56 Addresses (including fragments)
57 Articles-Letters from Europe by Howard,
Summer, 1879 [clippings], for The
Advance
58 Articles-"A National Weekly Congrega-
tional Newspaper", ms
Volume 1 Bible
Box 1
Biographical and genealogical material:
Folder 59 Charts re Howard and Otis families
60 Craig Family of Farmington, ME, 1867
61 Charles H. Howard: A Short Outline of a
Useful Life [photocopy], 1925
62 Everet Howard [photocopy of article]
63 Helen Graves Howard-recommendations as
teacher, 1865
64 Address in memory of R.B. Howard by the
Rev. Hugh Elder, 1892
65 Howard's biographical form for Bowdoin
Class of 1856 [ca. 1876]
66 Biographical sketch of the life of
R.B. Howard by O.O. Howard [Jr.], May
2, 1927
67 Memorial of R.B. Howard by Dr. Darby
68 Services of the Installation...
Congregational Church, Princeton, IL
1872
69 Eliza Otis-"Our Mother"
70 Otis Family Record, 1764-1888
Bowdoin College material:
Volume 2 Autograph album, 1854 and 1855
Box 1
Folder 71 Autograph album, June 30, 1856
Volume 3 Bowdoin Poets, with Class of 1856
autographs
MRealia Box 2 Fan from Class of 1856 dinner, June 26,
1891 [35th reunion?]
Box 1
Folder 72 Miscellaneous
73 Churches-pamplets-religious manuals,
lists of members, etc., 1863-1897
74 Churches-records-First Congregational
Churches of Farmington, ME and Rock-
port, MA, 1860-1885
75 Documents, 1854-1873
76 Documents-Civil War passes, 1863
Ephemera:
77 Calling cards collected during Howard's
illness in Rome
78 Clipped signatures [autograph and
printed facsimiles
79 Early nineteenth-century poems, essays,
etc.
80 Gen. O.O. Howard statue, Gettysburg
[photocopy]
81 Miscellaneous ms
82 Miscellaneous printed
83 Notebook with "A Sketch of...A
Sentimental Traveller" and other ms
entries
84 Essays-miscellaneous
85 Family library-lists of books
86 Family library-folder containing lists
87 Freedmen's Bureau
88 Maps (New York, 1879 & 1884; Boston,
1889; Cambridge and Harvard, [n.d.])
89 Miscellaneous covers
Pamphlets:
90 American Peace Society publications,
1884-1892
91 By Howard, 1891-1902
92 Miscellaneous, 1862-1892
93 Peace Society (London, Eng.)
publications, 1887-[1890?]
94 Peace activities - Societ de Paix du
Familistre ..., 1891
95 Peace activities - Universal Peace
Congress, 1890
96 Poetry by Howard
97 Postcards, foreign, belonging to Ella
Howard Smith
98 Sermons (and sermon fragments) by Howard
99 Sermons by others
Diaries and Journals, 1808-1891
Catalog Number: M92.3
Box 1
Folder 100 Diary [n.d., author unknown]
101 Journal, record of travel, August 20 -
October 31, 1808 [author unknown]
102 Diary, August 15, 1833 - [September 18,
1833 ?] [author unknown]
Volume 1 Journal, January 1 - June 26, 1857
2 Journal, July 23, 1857 - March 19, 1872
Box 2
Enve. 1 Diary - 1860 [Ella P. Howard]
2-20 Diaries - 1866-1884
Box 3
Enve. 1-7 Diaries - 1885-1891
8 Diary cover
9 European trip expenses book
Clippings, 1859?-1930?
Catalog Number: M92.4
Box 4 Clippings:
Folder 1 American Peace Society, 1873-1890
2 Bowdoin College, 1870-1891
3 Civil War - Battle of Gettysburg
4 R.B. Howard's writings, 1866-1884
5 O.O. Howard
6 Lincoln Memorial University
7-8 Miscellaneous, 1859-1930
9 Obituaries, etc. - R.B. Howard, 1892
10 Obituaries, etc. - others, 1862-1908
11 Poetry
12-13 Religious, 1871-1913
14 Mrs. Nina Foster Riggs, 1848
15 Temperance
Volume 1 Index rerun
Folio 2 Scrapbook of newspaper clippings
Photographs
Catalog Number: M92.5
Box 4
Folder 16 Rowland Bailey Howard (lg.)
17 David Patten Howard in uniform (lg.)
18 House of R.B. Howard in Medford, MA (lg.)
Box 5
Enve. 1 Rowland Bailey Howard (med.)
2 Rowland Bailey Howard, daugerreotype with
metal frame (med.)
3 David Patten Howard (med.)
4 Oliver Otis Howard, Jr. (med.)
5 Oliver Otis Howard, Jr. (med.)
6 Chancey Howard, son of Gen. O.O. Howard
(med.)
7 Gen. Charles Howard and family (med.)
8 Harry S. Howard (med.)
9 Helen Julia Graves Howard and companions,
with cover (med.)
10 Edmund Fry [Fay?] (med.)
11 Train California (med.)
12 Rowland Bailey Howard (sm.)
13 Rowland Bailey Howard (3 sm.)
14 Rowland Bailey Howard (sm.)
15 Rowland Bailey Howard, daugerreotype with
metal frame (sm.)
16 Rowland Bailey Howard, daugerreotype in
black oval case (sm.)
17 Helen Julia Graves Howard, tin type (sm.)
18 Helen Julia Graves Howard and Henry
Graves, daugerreotype in square leather
case (sm.)
19 Empty glass and metal frame labelled
"Helen Julia Graves" (sm.)
20 Elizabeth Otis [grandmother of R.B.H.?],
daugerreotype in metal and leather case
(sm.)
21 Miniature photo album belonging to Ella
Howard Smith
Volume 1 Photo album presented to R.B. Howard June
3, 1884.