Emily Howland miscellany, 1923-1976, 1923-1954 (bulk).

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Emily Howland miscellany, 1923-1976, 1923-1954 (bulk).

Miscellaneous manuscript and printed items regarding Emily Howland, including programs, photograph, and papers written about her by Miles R. Jacobs. Also some personal items of Jacobs concerning France.

.1 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7909103

Cornell University Library

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Howland, Emily, 1827-1929

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Emily Howland was a Quaker reformer, educator and philanthropist. In the mid 1850s, she was a teacher in a school for African American girls. During the Civil War she helped organize the Freedman's Village at Camp Todd for refugee slaves, where she worked as nurse and teacher. After the war, she opened a school for African Americans. She took an interest in Southern normal and industrial school and left money for them in her will. The president of her county Woman's Suffrage Associati...

Jacobs, Miles R., b. 1901,

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Emily Howland was active in the abolition, woman suffrage, and educational reform movements. From the description of Emily Howland miscellany, 1923-1976, 1923-1954 (bulk). (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64072137 ...