Records Relating to the New Freedmen's Hospital Building, 1855–1877

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Records Relating to the New Freedmen's Hospital Building, 1855–1877

1855-1877

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/821334

This series consists of letters received, specifications, estimates, bids, contracts, vouchers, plats, plans, and related records concerning selection of a site for the new hospital building, competition of architects to furnish plans for the new building, solicitation by potential contractors, construction of the new building and a science hall for Howard University, and other subjects.

1 linear foot, 4 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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SNAC Resource ID: 11675133

National Archives at College Park

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Howard University

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Howard University is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. Tracing its history to 1867, from its outset Howard has been nonsectarian and open to people of all sexes and races. The institution was named for General Oliver Otis Howard, a Civil War hero who was both the founder of the university and, at the time, commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau. The U.S. Congress chartered Howard on March 2, 1867 and much of its early funding came from endow...