Carnegie-Vincent Library

OLIVER OTIS HOWARD PAPERS

Inclusive dates: 1850-ca. 1925; n.d.

Bulk dates: 1890-1909

Accession Numbers: 80-1428; 80-787; 80-788; 80-2137a-b

Extent: 4.7 cubic ft. (9 boxes)

Contents: Correspondence; Articles, Addresses, Reports; Miscellaneous; Scrapbook; Engagement books; Photographs; Bible

Access: open for research

Processed: May-June 1998, by Leanne Garland, Archivist

Introduction

The Oliver Otis Howard Papers were given to Lincoln Memorial University by two persons: Captain Harry S. Howard, the son, contributed chiefly the personal papers and memorabilia of General Howard, while Justin G. Turner donated various correspondences written during Howard’s military service years and Freedmen’s Bureau period.  Additional material: consisting of several rare pamphlets, were also donated by Justin G. Turner.  Other persons, such as Foreman M. Lebold, Bishop W. P. Thirkield, and Robert J. Younger are noted throughout the guide, for specific presentations.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum gratefully acknowledges the support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for providing funding to identify, process, and create descriptive finding aids and machine-readable cataloging records for the archival materials in the repository. Thanks goes to Lincoln Memorial University for contributing matching funds, and to the museum staff and various supporters who have contributed, in the past and during the present, their talents and efforts in the endeavor of acquiring, sustaining, and preserving one of the most significant 19^th century historical collections in the nation. Special recognition goes to Steven M. Wilson, Assistant Director and Curator; and Dr. Charles M. Hubbard, Dean of Lincolniana.  Special thanks are extended for support given by Dr. Edwin S. Gleaves, Coordinator of the Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board, of the Tennessee State Library and Archives, and the late John H. Thweatt, Deputy Coordinator.

Biographical Sketch

1830 (Nov. 8): Born in Leeds, Kennebec County, Maine.

1850: Graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.

1850-54: Cadet at West Point, New York.

1855:  Married Elizabeth Ann Waite of Portland, Maine.

In command of Kennebec Arsenal, Maine

1856:  Fought against Seminoles in Florida.

1857-61: Acting Professor of Mathematics at West Point.

1861: Colonel of the Third Maine Volunteers of the Union army.

Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers

1862:  Lost his right arm due to wounds received at the Battle of Fair Oaks (Peninsular Campaign).

1863: Assigned to command the 11^th Corps, Army of the Potomac.

1864: Assigned to command the 4^th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland.

Assigned to command the Department and Army of the Tennessee

1864 (Dec. 21): Named Brigadier General in the regular Army.

1865:  Brevetted Major General in the regular Army for Ezra Church, Jonesboro and the Atlanta campaign.

Served as commissioner (1865-74) of the Freedmen’s Bureau

1869: Served as Howard University’s third President (1869-73), an all-black school in the nation’s capital that Howard was instrumental in founding.

1870: Subjected to an investigation by members of the House of Representatives on charges of mishandling of funds of the Freedmen’s Bureau. Exonerated by a court of inquiry (1874)

1872: Howard was chosen by President Grant to serve as peace commissioner to make peace with the Apache Indians, a tribe then at war with the government. Howard accomplished this, along with settling numerous disputes with other tribes in Arizona and New Mexico.

1874: Assigned to command the Department of the Columbia, part of the military district of the Pacific.

1877-78: Engaged in two Indian wars: Nez Perce War (1877) and Piute and Bannock War (1878).

1877: Engaged in war with a tribe of Indians called the “Sheepeaters,” near Salmon River, Idaho.

1881-82: Served as superintendent (1880-82) of the U.S. Military Academy,

West Point, New York.

1882-86: Assigned to command the Department of the Platte, headquarters at Omaha, Nebraska.

1884: Received the decoration of the Legion of Honor from the    President of the French Republic, when on temporary duty attending the French maneuvers.

1886: Promoted to Major General in the regular Army, and passed to the Military Division of the Pacific, which included the Department of the Columbia of California and Arizona.

1888: Transferred to command the Military Division of the Atlantic.

Commanded the Department of the East, Governor’s Island, New York City, until his retirement by law

1894 (Nov. 8): Retired from the Army.

1894-95:  Spent the winter at Portland, Oregon, writing his memoirs.

1897-1909: Managing Director (and continuing as President of the Board of Directors) of Lincoln Memorial University at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee for the education of mountaineer children.

1897: During the Spanish-American War, Howard worked in the interest of the Y. M. C. A. Christian Commission, giving addresses in camps in both the United States and Cuba.

1909: Died at Burlington, Vermont.

Sources

Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1988.

Howard, Oliver Otis. Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard. 2 vols. New York: Baker & Taylor, 1907.

Sifakis, Stewart. Who was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1988.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Men of our Times. Hartford: Hartford Publishing Co., 1868.

Scope Note

The Oliver Otis Howard Papers were given to Lincoln Memorial University in the early 1940’s, by General Oliver Otis Howard’s son, Captain Harry S. Howard. The collection measures approximately five cubic feet.  Some of the material was donated by Justin G. Turner, including some of the letters of correspondence written during the military command period, and several rare, published pamphlets and articles.  Turner, who has published extensively, was an investment company executive and well-known collector of manuscripts and documents relating to Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Other persons, such as Foreman M. Lebold and Bishop W. P. Thirkield, and Robert J. Younger are noted throughout the guide, for specific presentations.

The collection contains letters of correspondence from Oliver Otis Howard to his uncle, John Otis (Representative from Maine to the Thirty-first Congress as a Whig), written while he was a student at Bowdoin College (1850), and later while he was a cadet at West Point (1851); as well as correspondence by and with other members of his family, spanning the years up to October 30, 1909.

There are speeches, manuscripts, engagement books, photographs, a scrapbook, and a Bible given to Bessie, on her wedding day, from her father, General O. O. Howard.  The museum houses some of the personal items that once belonged to General Oliver Otis Howard, that were donated by his son, Captain Harry S. Howard: a saddle, saddle bags, leggings, and a desk which he used from 1896 until his death in 1909, while he was raising funds for Lincoln Memorial University.

Abbreviations used in the guide include the following: A=autograph (written by hand); L=letter; S=signed; n.d.=not dated (ALS means Handwritten, signed letter). Reference material that provides additional information on General Howard’s life and military career is available.

I. Correspondence, Family Inclusive dates: 1850-1909; n.d. Bulk dates: 1890-1909

The list follows a chronological arrangement, with the year cited in boldface type. Some of the  correspondence is in French.

Box 1-Box 2

1850 Oliver O. Howard. Bowdoin College. To “Dear Uncle” [John Otis, M. C., Washington, D.C.]. June 24, 1850. ALS, 3 pp.

1851 O. O. Howard. West Point. To [Uncle John Otis]. Apr. 13, 1851. ALS, 4 pp.

1882 Susan Warner. To Mrs. Howard. Sept. 14, 1882. ALS, 2 pp.

1884 O. O. H[oward]. Paris, France. To Bessie. Apr. 5, 1884. ALS, 4 pp.

1884 [Gen. Howard]. Rome, Italy. To “My dear little daughter.” May 27, 1884. ALS, 4 pp.

1884 O. O. H[oward]. Eure, France. To Bessie. July 2, 1884. ALS, 4 pp. In French.

1890 O. O. H[oward]. Governor’s Island, New York City. To Bessie Howard. Farmington, [Connecticut]. Jan. 18, 1890. ALS, 2 pp.

1890 O. O. H[oward]. Governor’s Island, New York City. To “Dear Bessie.” Jan. 24, 1890. ALS, 4 pp.

1890 O. O. H[oward]. Governor’s Island, New York City. To Bessie Howard. Farmington, Conn. Mar. 5, 1890. ALS, 2 pp.

1890 O. O. Howard. Governor’s Island, New York City. May 20, 1890. ALS, 4 pp.

1890 O. O. H[oward]. Governor’s Island, New York City. To Bessie. Farmington, Conn. Oct. 17, 1890. ALS, 4 pp.

1890 O. O. H[oward]. Northampton, Mass. To “My dear Bessie.” Oct. 22, 1890. ALS, 2 pp.

1891 O. O. H[oward]. Governor’s island, New York City. To Bessie Howard. Farmington, Conn. Jan. 24, 1891. ALS, 2 pp.

1891 O. O. H[oward]. Governor’s Island, New York City. To “My dear Bessie.” Mar. 17, 1891. ALS, 1 p.

1891 O O. H[oward]. Governor’s Island, New York City. To Bessie Howard. Farmington, Conn. May 7, 1891. ALS, 4 pp.

1891 O. O. Howard. Governor’s Island, New York. To Miss Bessie Howard and M. Adolph [Chauvet?] [Evreux], Eure, France. Aug. 28, 1891. ALS, 4 pp. In French.

1891 O. O. H[oward]. Chicago, Ill. To Bessie. Sept. 2, 1891. ALS, 4 pp. In French.

1891 O. O. Howard. Governor’s Island, N. Y. To Bessie. Sept. 15, 1891. ALS, 4 pp. In French.

1891 O. O. Howard. Governor’s Island, N. Y. City. To [Bessie?]. Oct. 1, 1891. ALS, 4 pp.

1891 O. O. Howard. Governor’s Island, N. Y. C. To Bessie. Oct. 22, 1891. ALS, 3 pp. In French.

1891 Bessie. Evreux, France. To “My dearest Mama.” Nov. 8, 1891. ALS, 8 pp.

1891 Bessie Howard. Evreux, France. To “My dearest Mama.” Nov. 22, 1891. ALS, 9 pp.

1891 O. O. Howard. Governor’s Island, New York. To Bessie Howard. Evreux, Eure, France. Dec. 29, 1891. ALS, 4 pp. In French.

1891 O. O. Howard. Governor’s Island, New York. To [his son]. Dec. 31, 1891. ALS, 4 pp.

1892 O. O. Howard. Governor’s Island, New York. To Harry S. Howard. Evreux, Eure, France. Jan. 16, 1892. ALS, 4 pp.

1892 O. O. Howard. Governor’s Island, New York. To Bessie. Jan. 16, 1892. ALS, 2 pp. In French.

1892 O. O. Howard. Governor’s Island, New York. To [his daughter]. Jan. 29, 1892. ALS, 4 pp. In French.

1892 O. O. Howard. Governor’s Island, New York. To Mlle. Bessie Howard. Feb. 9, 1892. ALS, 2 pp. In French.

1892 O. O. H[oward]. Governor’s Island, New York. To Bessie. Apr. 26, 1892. ALS, 4 pp.

1892 O. O. H[oward]. Governor’s Island, New York. To Bessie. May 17, 1892. ALS, 4 pp. In French.

1892 O. O. H[oward]. Governor’s Island, N. Y. To Bessie. June 18, 1892. Typewritten, 2 pp.

1892 Oliver Otis Howard. Fort Brady, Sault St. Marie, Mich. To Bessie. Sept. 17, 1892. ALS, 3 pp.

ca. 1893 O. O. H[oward]. Chicago. To Bessie. Circa 1893. ALS, 3 pp.

1895 O. O. Howard. Mohonk Lake, Ulster Co., N. Y. To Bessie. Oct. 10, 1895. ALS, 3 pp.

1895 O. O. Howard. Peoria, Ill. To “My beloved daughter.” Nov. 14, 1895. ALS, 2 pp.

1895 O. O. Howard. Glencoe, Ill. To [Bessie]. Dec. 8, 1895. ALS, 4 pp.

1895 O.O. Howard. Beatrice, Neb. To Bessie Howard. Dec. 18, 1895. ALS, 2 pp.

1896 O. O. H[oward]. N. M. City, Mo. To “My dear daughter.” Circa 1896. ALS, 2 pp.

1896 O. O. Howard. Omaha, Neb. To Bessie. Feb. 22, 1896. ALS, 3 pp.

1896 O. O. H[oward]. Portland, Me. To Bessie. Aug. 30, 1896. ALS, 4 pp.

1897 O. O. H[oward]. Erie, Pa. To Bessie. Oct. 8, 1897. ALS, 4 pp.

1897 O. O. Howard. Washington, D.C. To Bessie. Oct. 30, 1897. ALS, 1 p.

1897 O. O. Howard. Newark, N. J. To Bessie. [ca. Nov. 1897?] ALS, 4 pp.

1897 O. O. Howard. Cleveland, O[hio]. To Bessie. Nov. 3, 1897. ALS, 6 pp.

1897 O. O. Howard. Media, Pa. To Bessie. Nov. 8, 1897. ALS, 2 pp.

1897 O. O. Howard. Carlisle, Pa. To Bessie. Nov. 28, 1897. ALS, 2 pp.

1898 O. O. Howard. Montrath Adams. To “Dear Bessie.” [ca. 1898]. ALS, 6 pp.

1898 O. O. Howard. Burlington, Vt. To Bessie. [New York City]. Apr. 15, 1898. ALS, 2 pp.

1898 O. O. Howard. Chicago. To Bessie. [Burlington, Vermont]. June 11, 1898. ALS, 2 pp.

1898 O. O. Howard. New York City. To Bessie. June 20, 1898. Typewritten, signed, 2 pp.

1898 O. O. Howard. New York City. To Bessie. June 27, 1898. Typewritten, signed, 2 pp.

1898 O. O. H[oward]. Monteagle, Tenn. To Bessie. July 6, 1898. ALS, 2 pp.

1898 O. O. Howard. Chattanooga, Tenn. To Bessie. July 12, 1898. Typewritten, signed.

1898 O. O. Howard. Tampa, Fla. To Bessie. July 19, 1898. LS, 2 pp.

1898 O. O. Howard. Key West, [Fla.] To Bessie. July 22, 1898. ALS, 2 pp.

1898 O. O. Howard. [Port Tampa, Fla.?] To Bessie. Aug. 7, [1898?] ALS, 2 pp.

1898 O. O. H[oward]. Albany, N. Y. To Bessie. Oct. 8, 1898. ALS, 2 pp.

1898 O. O. Howard. Saginaw, Mich. To Bessie. Nov. 17, 1898. ALS, 1 p.

1899 O. O. H[oward. Cumberland Gap, Tenn. To Bessie. May 7, 1899. ALS, 2 pp.

1899 O. O. H[oward]. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me. June 20, 1899. ALS, 2 pp.

1899 O. O. Howard. Ash[e]ville, N. C. To Bessie.  Aug. 25, 1899. ALS, 2 pp.

1899 O. O. H[oward]. To Bessie. Sept. 25, 1899. ALS, 3 pp.

1900 O. O. H[oward]. To Bessie. Gov[ernor's] Island. Feb. 5, 190[0]. ALS, 4 pp.

1900 O. O. H[oward]. Hartford, Conn. To Bessie. Mar. 10, 1900. ALS, 2 pp.

1900 Jamie [Howard]. [On a steamer near England]. To [Oliver Otis Howard]. Mar. 13, 1900. ALS, 2 pp.

1900 O. O. Howard. Chicago. To Bessie. Mar. 15, 1900. ALS, 1 p.

1900 O. O. H[oward]. Chicago, Ill. To Bessie. [Danville, N.Y.] Mar. 20, 1900. ALS, 2 pp.

1900 Harry [Howard]. Portland, Ore[gon]. To “Dear father.” Mar. 27, 1900. Typescript, signed, 2 pp.

1900 O. O. Howard. New York. To Bessie. Apr. 3, 1900. Typewritten, signed, 1 p.

1900 Oliver Otis Howard. N[ew] Y[ork]. To Bessie. Apr. 4, 1900. Typewritten, signed, 1 p.

1900 O. O. Howard. To Bessie. Apr. 6, 1900. ALS, 1 p.

1900 O. O. Howard. N[ew] Y[ork] C[ity]. To Bessie.  May 9, 1900. ALS, 4 pp.

1900 O. O. Howard. Glencoe, Ill. To Bessie. Aug. 4, 1900. ALS, 4 pp.

1900 O. O. Howard. Burlington, Vt. To Bessie. Sept. 1, 1900. ALS, 4 pp.

1900 O. O. H[oward]. Burlington, Vt. To “Dear Bessie.” Sept. [19?], 1900. ALS, 3 pp.

1900 O. O. Howard. Omaha, Neb. To “My dear Bessie.” Sept. 21, 1900. ALS, 4 pp.

1901 O. O. H[oward]. Cincinnati. To Bessie. July 8, 1901. ALS, 2 pp.

1901 O. O. H[oward]. Bloomington, Ill. To Bessie. Aug. 1, 1901. ALS, 2 pp.

ca. 1902 O. O. Howard. To Bessie. [ca. 1902].

ca. 1902 O. O. Howard. To Bessie. [ca. 1902]

ca. 1902 O. O. Howard. Cumberland Gap, Tenn. To Bessie. Apr. 6, 1902. ALS, 2 pp.

ca. 1902 O. O. Howard. New York. To Bessie. Apr. 26, 1902. ALS, 2 pp.

ca. 1902 O. O. Howard. Providence, R. I. To Bessie. Sept. 17, [ca. 1902].  ALS, 3 pp.

1902 O. O. Howard. Burlington, Vt. To Bessie. Nov. 5, 1902. ALS, 2 pp.

1902 O. O. Howard. To Bessie. Dec. 18, 1902. ALS, 4 pp.

1903 O.O. Howard. St. Paul, Minn. To Bessie. Feb. 1, 1903. ALS, 2 pp.

1903 O. O. Howard. Mankato, Minn. To Bessie. Feb. 17, 1903. Typewritten, signed, 1 p.

1903 Oliver Otis Howard. Burlington, Vt. To Bessie. Mar. 26, 1903. Typewritten, signed, 3 pp.

1903 [O. O. Howard]. To Mrs. Joseph Bancroft [Bessie]. Rockford, Wilmington, Del. June 6, 1903. Typewritten. 2 1/2 pp.

1903 O. O. H[oward]. Port Arthur, Texas. To Bessie. July 8, 1903. ALS, 2 pp.

1903 O. O. Howard. Burlington, Vt. To Bessie. Burlington, Vt. July 29, 1903. Typewritten, signed, with a handwritten list of lecture appointments, 2 pp.

1903 Oliver Otis Howard. Burlington, Vt. To Mrs. Joseph Bancroft [Bessie].Rockford, Wilmington, Del. Oct. 29, 1903. Typewritten, 2 pp.

1903 O. O. Howard. Burlington, Vt. To Mrs. Joseph Bancroft [Bessie]. Rockland, Wilmington, Del. Nov. 6, 1903. Typewritten, signed, 3 pp.

1903 O. O. Howard. [Burlington, Vt.?]. To Mrs. Joseph Bancroft [Bessie]. Nov. 13, 1903. ALS, 2 pp.

1903 O. O. Howard. Burlington, Vt. To Bessie. Dec. 28, 1903. Typewritten, signed, 1 p.

1904 O. O. H[oward]. Washington, D. C. To Bessie. Jan. 20, 1904. ALS, 1 p.

1904 O. O. Howard. Burlington, Vt. To Bessie. Feb. 27, 1904. Typewritten, signed, 2 pp.

1904 O. O. H[oward]. To Bessie. Apr. 12, 1904. ALS, 4 pp.

1904 O. O. Howard. Burlington, Vt. To Mrs. Joseph Bancroft [Bessie]. July 20, 1904. Typewritten, signed.

1904 O. O. Howard. Burlington, Vt. To Bessie. Aug. 4, 1904. Typewritten, signed.

1904 O. O. H[oward]. Burlington, Vt. To Bessie. Aug. 11, 1904. Typewritten, signed.

1904 O. O. H[oward]. Washington, D. C. To Bessie. Aug. 29, 1904. ALS, 1 p.

1905 O. O. Howard. Burlington, Vt. To Bessie. July 5, 1905. Typewritten, signed, 2 pp.

1905 Oliver Otis Howard. Kansas City. To Alden Howard. Washington, D. C. Oct. 28, 1905. Typewritten, signed, 1 p.

1906 O. O. H[oward]. Aurora, Ill. To Bessie. Mar. 6, 1906. ALS, 2 pp.

1906 O. O. Howard. Leeds, Me. To Bessie. Sept. 5, 1906. ALS, 3 pp.

1906 O. O. H[oward]. New York. To Bessie. Sept. 22, 1906. Typewritten, signed, 2 pp.

1906 O. O. H[oward]. Boston. To “Dear Daughter.” Sept. 28, 1906. ALS, 3 pp.

1906 O. O. H[oward]. N[ew] Y[ork]. To Bessie. Oct. 9, 1906. Typewritten, signed, 1 p.

1906 [Oliver Otis Howard]. Essex Junction. To Bessie. Nov. 4, 1906. ALS, 2 pp.

1906 O. O. Howard. Burlington, Vt. To Elizabeth Bancroft. Dec. 22, 1906. ALS, 1 p.

1907 O. O. Howard. N[ew] Y[ork]. To Mrs. Bessie Bancroft. Apr. 27, 1907. Typewritten, signed, 1 p.

1907 O. O. Howard. N[ew] Y[ork]. To Mrs. Bessie Bancroft. Apr. 30, 1907. Typewritten, signed, 1 p.

1907 [Oliver Otis] Howard. Winchester, Ky. To Bessie, May 3, 1907. ALS, 1 p.

1909 O. O. H[oward]. New York. To Bessie. Jan. 15, 1909. ALS, 1 p.

1909 O. O. H[oward]. Virginia Institute. Bristol, Virginia. To “Dear Lizzie.” [copy made for Bessie Howard]. May 14, 1909. Typewritten, signed, 3 pp.

1909 O. O. H[oward]. [Easton, Pa.?] To Bessie. May 21, 1909. ALS, 1 p.

1909 O. O. H[oward]. Winthrop Beach, Mass. To Bessie. June 7, 1909. ALS, 2 pp.

1909 Otis [Howard] to “Dear Lizzie.” New York. Sept. 14, 1909. Typewritten, signed, 2 pp.

1909 O. O. H[oward]. Newark, N. J. To Bessie. Sept. 15, 1909. ALS, 3 pp.

1909 O. O. H[oward]. New York. To Bessie.  Sept. 22, 1909. ALS, 1 p.

1909 O. O. H[oward]. New York. To Bessie. Sept. 22, 1909. ALS, 1 p. 1909 O. O. H[oward]. New York. To Bessie. Sept. 29, 1909. ALS, 2 pp. Correspondence, Lincoln Memorial University (Record Group) Inclusive dates: 1898-1909 This material is designated as record group material, relative to Oliver Otis Howard’s official relationship to Lincoln Memorial University (L. M. U.) as the Managing Director of Lincoln Memorial University (May 31, 1898) and President of the Board of Directors of the Lincoln University Endowment Association. The material forms official correspondence, along with one document that pertains to the appointment of General Oliver Otis Howard as the Managing Director of Lincoln Memorial University (May 31, 1898). Other material includes correspondence of the Lincoln University Endowment Association and the notes of President Theodore Roosevelt made during a fund-raising event. Other material includes correspondence from General Howard to the following persons: Mr. Eager (1899); Frank D. Higbee (1900); T. A. Lord (1902); Miss Sue E. Hertz (1904); Horace B. Austin (1904); and William L. Stooksbury (President, L. M. U.). A facsimile letter of Theodore Roosevelt to General Oliver Otis Howard (1908); a letter from a U. S. Senator (1909), donated by Robert J. Younger; and a donor’s certificate issued to Mr. Theodore A. Lord (1902) are among the items. During an early fund-raising event for Lincoln Memorial University hosted at the Waldorf-Astoria on February 13th, 1905 , notes were made by Theodore Roosevelt on the backs of two menu cards. During that event, General O. O. Howard conversed with Roosevelt regarding the founding of Lincoln Memorial University. The notes made by President Roosevelt, that were used in his dinner address, were given to Bishop W. P. Thirkield, in recognition of the Bishop’s special interest in the Southern Highlanders. The notes were presented to Chancellor John Wesley Hill for Lincoln Memorial University (see the Hall of Holography Collection in reference to the handwritten notes of Theodore Roosevelt on menu cards, the Lincoln Memorial University banquet hosted at the Waldorf-Astoria,  New York City, on Feb. 13, 1905). The last letter of General Howard, to Dr. Stooksbury, President of Lincoln Memorial University, was written on the day his death, October 26, 1909. He passed away suddenly at 7:00 p.m., in his home at Burlington, Vermont. Box 3, Folders 1-12 12 folders (inclusive dates: 1898-1909). See also Hall of Holography Collection, Box 7, Roosevelt folder.

Other repositories which house significant Oliver Otis Howard collections are located at:

Howard University (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center)

Oliver Otis Howard Collection. Measures approximately six (6) linear feet

Bowdoin College Library (Special Collections and Archives)

Oliver Otis Howard Papers, 1833-1912 (bulk 1846-1908). The extent of the collection is sixty (60) linear feet.