1853 August - 1853 November
Scope and Content:
Approximately 290 items from 1852-1910, the correspondence consists largely of letters between Howard and members of the his family through the 1870s, and with non-family members from the 1880s on, including letters from William Jennings Bryan, Horace Bushnell, Henry Morton Flagler, James Longstreet and Elihu Root. A listing of the material is available by contacting Special Collections. More than 95% of the earlier letters are written by Howard, many of which complement those in the Oliver Otis Howard and Rowland Bailey Howard collections.
Full transcriptions of the letters, as well as alphabetical and chronological indexes, have been compiled by Russell and Rosalie Howard; electronic versions of the transcriptions and indexes are available 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).
Dates
- Creation: 1808-1957 (Bulk: 1852-1910)
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1852-1910
Creator
- From the Collection: Howard, Charles H., (Charles Henry), 1838-1908 (Person)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Extent
From the Series: 0.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository