Guide to the Rowland Bailey Howard Papers, 1807-1937, undated
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Rowland Bailey Howard Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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Rowland Bailey Howard (1834-1892, Bowdoin Class of 1856), a Congregational minister, was a member of the U.S. Christian Commission during the Civil War; an associate editor and contributing correspondent of The advance, a Congregational journal, from 1875 to 1884; and secretary of the American Peace Society from 1884 until his death.
Howard was graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1860 and served as pastor to Congregational churches in Farmington, Maine (1860-1870), Princeton, Illinois (1870-1875), East Orange, New Jersey (1875-1879), and Rockport, Massachusetts (1879-1884).
Howard married twice. His first wife, Mary Ellen "Ella" Patten (b. 1836), of Bath, died in 1871, leaving three children: David Patten Howard (b. 1861); Oliver Otis Howard, Jr. (1865-1944); and Francis Gilman Howard (1869-1937). Howard was married again, in 1873, to Helen J. Graves (1836-1932) of Farmington. They had two children: Ella Howard (1875-1964) and Rowland Sewall Howard (b. 1878).
Rowland Bailey Howard died in 1892 in Rome, Italy.
Letters, diaries, journals, pamphlets, sermons, clippings and speeches from the personal papers of Rowland Bailey Howard. The correspondence is primarily from Howard to family members but also includes a significant number of letters to Rowland from his brother Oliver Otis Howard.
Rowland Bailey Howard's Bowdoin diploma can be found in Class of 1856 records.
This collection complements the papers of Howard's brothers, Oliver Otis Howard (Bowdoin 1850) and Charles Henry Howard (Bowdoin 1859).
Full transcriptions of the correspondence, as well as alphabetical and chronological correspondence indexes, have been compiled by Russell and Rosalie Howard; electronic versions of the transcriptions and indexes are available here, courtesy of the Howards (Adobe Acrobat Reader required):
Alphabetical index of correspondents (PDF file).
Chronological index of correspondents (PDF file).
Transcriptions of Letters, chronological (PDF file).
This series primarily consists of correspondence between Rowland Bailey Howard and his family. Some small number of letters between family members of the preceding generation are also included. About half of the letters were written by Howard. Non-family correspondents include Andrew Carnegie, George Frisbie Hoar, John Brown Russwurm and Theodore Dwight Woolsey.
More Howard family correspondence can be found in the collections of Rowland Bailey Howard's brothers: Charles Henry Howard and Oliver Otis Howard.
An item level chronological and alphabetical listing of correspondence (PDF file) is available here.
Arranged chronologically.
This series is available online.
1807 Nov 2 - 1812 Sep 21
1813 Feb 9 - 1814 Aug 28
1814 Sep 3 - Oct 25
1813 Dec - 1816 Jan [copy book]
1816 Jan 3 - 1817 Jun 15
1818 Jan 30 - 1819 Jun 22
1819 Jun 25 - Nov 20
1820 Mar 7 - Dec 20
1821 Jan 30 - 1822 Jul 17
1823 Jan 26 - 1824 Sep 4
1825 Jan 9 - 1840 Jul 1
1848 Oct 6 - 1849 Apr 15
1849 Jun 11 - 1850 Dec 22
1851 Jan 3 - Mar 23
1851 Apr 15 - Oct 26
1851 Dec 14 - May 30
1852 Sep 4 - 1853 Feb 7
1853 Mar 13 - Jun 26
1853 Jul 15 - Nov 13
1853 Dec 4 - 1854 Apr 20
1854 May 11 - Nov 23
1855 Feb 8 - Apr 1
1855 Apr 8 - May 23
1855 Jun 19 - Oct 1
1855 Oct 15 - Dec 21
1856 Jan 26 - May 6
1856 May 9 - 1857 Jan 20
1857 Mar 15 - May 10
1857 Jul 13 - 1858 Apr 13
1858 Apr 23 - 1862 Mar 23
1863 Jul 5 - 1865 Oct 9
1865 Oct 13 - Oct 31
1865 Nov 3 - Nov 8
1865 Nov 13 - 1870 Jun 9
1870 Jun 21 - 1874 May 23
1875 Jun 30 - 1879 Jul 24
1879 Aug 4 - 1882 Feb 15
1882 Feb 24 - Apr 22
1882 Jun 9 - Jul 21
1882 Aug 4 - Oct 6
1882 Oct 13 - 1883 Jan 18
1883 Feb 3 - 1884 Oct 25
1885 Feb 2 - 1886 Jun 7
1886 Jun 15 - Dec 10
1887 Sep 9 - 1888 Nov 25
1889 May 18 - 1890 Oct 12
1890 Nov 5 - 1891 Nov 18
1892 Jan 5 - Mar 10
1892 Mar 14 - 1893 Dec 24
1894 May 27 - 1901 May 27
1901 Aug 14 - 1908 Dec 30
1909 Oct 29 - 1937 Nov 9
Undated correspondence: fragments
Photocopies of some letters (location of originals unknown)
These documents, articles, essays, pamphlets, sermons, and other records, dating from 1854 to 1927, include Howard's writings and information on members of the Howard and related families, his Bowdoin connections, his work towards international peace, and other miscellaneous items.
Arranged alphabetically.
Addresses (including fragments)
Articles-Letters from Europe by Howard, Summer, 1879 [clippings], for The Advance
Articles-"A National Weekly Congrega-tional Newspaper", ms
Biographical and genealogical material: Charts re Howard and Otis families
Biographical and genealogical material: Craig Family of Farmington, ME, 1867
Biographical and genealogical material: Charles H. Howard: A Short Outline of a Useful Life [photocopy], 1925
Biographical and genealogical material: Everet Howard [photocopy of article]
Biographical and genealogical material: Helen Graves Howard-recommendations as teacher, 1865
Biographical and genealogical material: Address in memory of R.B. Howard by the Rev. Hugh Elder, 1892
Biographical and genealogical material: Howard's biographical form for Bowdoin Class of 1856 [ca. 1876]
Biographical and genealogical material: Biographical sketch of the life of R.B. Howard by O.O. Howard [Jr.], May 2, 1927
Biographical and genealogical material: Memorial of R.B. Howard by Dr. Darby
Biographical and genealogical material: Services of the Installation... Congregational Church, Princeton, IL 1872
Biographical and genealogical material: Eliza Otis-"Our Mother"
Biographical and genealogical material: Otis Family Record, 1764-1888
Bowdoin College material: Autograph album, 1854 and 1855
Bowdoin College material: Autograph album, June 30, 1856
Bowdoin College material: Bowdoin Poets, with Class of 1856 autographs
Bowdoin College material: Fan from Class of 1856 dinner, June 26, 1891 [35th reunion?]
Bowdoin College material: Miscellaneous
Bowdoin College material: Churches-pamplets-religious manuals, lists of members, etc., 1863-1897
Bowdoin College material: Churches-records-First Congregational Churches of Farmington, ME and Rock-port, MA, 1860-1885
Bowdoin College material: Documents, 1854-1873
Bowdoin College material: Documents-Civil War passes, 1863
Ephemera: Calling cards collected during Howard's illness in Rome
Ephemera: Clipped signatures [autograph and printed facsimiles]
Ephemera: Early nineteenth-century poems, essays, etc.
Ephemera: Gen. O.O. Howard statue, Gettysburg [photocopy]
Ephemera: Miscellaneous ms
Ephemera: Miscellaneous printed
Ephemera: Notebook with "A Sketch of...A Sentimental Traveller" and other ms entries
Essays-miscellaneous
Family library-lists of books
Freedmen's Bureau
Maps (New York, 1879 & 1884; Boston, 1889; Cambridge and Harvard, [n.d.])
Ephemera: Miscellaneous covers
Pamphlets: American Peace Society publications, 1884-1892
Pamphlets: By Howard, 1891-1902
Pamphlets: Miscellaneous, 1862-1892
Pamphlets: Peace Society (London, Eng.) publications, 1887-[1890?]
Pamphlets: Peace activities - Societ de Paix du Familistre ..., 1891
Pamphlets: Peace activities - Universal Peace Congress, 1890
Poetry by Howard
Postcards, foreign, belonging to Ella Howard Smith
Sermons (and sermon fragments) by Howard
Sermons by others
Howard's journals, 1857-1872, and annual daily diaries, 1866-1891, are supplemented by a journal kept by his wife Mary Ellen Patten Howard (Ella), 1860, a travel expense book and three unidentified fragments.
Arranged chronologically.
Diary [n.d., author unknown]
Journal, record of travel, August 20 - October 31, 1808 [author unknown]
Diary, August 15, 1833 - [September 18, 1833 ?] [author unknown]
Journal, January 1 - June 26, 1857
Journal, July 23, 1857 - March 19, 1872
Diary - 1860 [Ella P. Howard]
Diary - 1866
Diary - 1867
Diary - 1868
Diary - 1869
Diary - 1870
Diary - 1871
Diary - 1872
Diary - 1873
Diary - 1874
Diary - 1875
Diary - 1876
Diary - 1877
Diary - 1878
Diary - 1879
Diary - 1880
Diary - 1881
Diary - 1882
Diary - 1883
Diary - 1884
Diary - 1885
Diary - 1886
Diary - 1887
Diary - 1888
Diary - 1889
Diaries - 1890 (2)
Diary - 1891
Diary cover
European trip expenses book
Late 19th and early 20th century clippings concerning subjects of interest to Howard, including the American Peace Society, religion, and temperance; obituaries of Howard and others; and articles written by Howard.
Arranged alphabetically.
American Peace Society, 1873-1890
Bowdoin College, 1870-1891
Civil War - Battle of Gettysburg
R.B. Howard's writings, 1866-1884
O.O. Howard
Lincoln Memorial University
Miscellaneous, 1859-1930 (folder 1/2)
Miscellaneous, 1859-1930 (folder 2/2)
Obituaries, etc. - R.B. Howard, 1892
Obituaries, etc. - others, 1862-1908
Religious, 1871-1913 (folder 1/2)
Religious, 1871-1913 (folder 2/2)
Mrs. Nina Foster Riggs, 1848
Temperance
Index rerun
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings
Photographs and daguerreotypes of Rowland Bailey Howard and various relations including: David Patten Howard; Oliver O. Howard, Jr.; Helen Julia Howard (Graves); and others. Loose pictures, several small framed pictures, and a photo album are included in the series.
Rowland Bailey Howard (lg.)
David Patten Howard in uniform (lg.)
House of R.B. Howard in Medford, MA (lg.)
Rowland Bailey Howard (med.)
Rowland Bailey Howard, tintype with metal frame (med.)
David Patten Howard (med.)
Oliver Otis Howard, Jr. (med.)
Oliver Otis Howard, Jr. (med.)
Chancey Howard, son of Gen. O.O. Howard (med.)
Gen. Charles Howard and family (med.)
Harry S. Howard (med.)
Helen Julia Graves Howard as a girl and companions, with cover (med.)
Edmund Fry (med.)
Train -- California (med.)
Rowland Bailey Howard (sm.)
Rowland Bailey Howard (3 sm.)
Rowland Bailey Howard (sm.)
Rowland Bailey Howard, ambrotype with metal frame (sm.)
Rowland Bailey Howard, ambrotype in black oval case (sm.)
Helen Julia Graves Howard, tintype (sm.)
Helen Julia Graves Howard and Henry Graves, daguerreotype in square leather case (sm.)
Empty glass and metal frame labelled "Helen Julia Graves" (sm.)
Elizabeth Otis [grandmother of R.B.H.?], March 1854, daguerreotype in metal and leather case (sm.)
Miniature photo album belonging to Ella Howard Smith
Photo album presented to R.B. Howard June 3, 1884.