DeGrasse-Howard Papers, 1776-1976 » II. Howard family papers and related materials, 1852–1965  

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This series is primarily comprised of documents relating to Edwin Clarence Howard, including the journal he kept while attending Liberia College in 1865. The journal has two pagination sequences and includes entries about his activities (descriptions of visits to patients, mixing medicine, church attendance) between 9 February and 27 June 1865; some of the journal is written in code, and the journal also contains some transcriptions of poems and notes about medical treatments. Additional materials relating to Howard's education found in this series include: autographs of faculty and students at Liberia College, lecture admission cards for classes he attended while a student at Harvard University, and a copy of the commencement program in 1869. This series also contains newspaper clippings, copies of vital records, and photocopies of secondary sources about the Howard family and their spouses.