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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 endowment, private benefaction and tuition.
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| referencedIn | Additional papers of Mary Steichen Calderone, (inclusive), (bulk), 1914-1989, 1960-1989 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Alexander, Archie Alphonse, 1888-1958. Papers of Archie Alexander, 1940-1970. | University of Iowa Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Allen, William E., 1903-1981. Papers, 1915-1981. | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | |
| referencedIn | American Foundations Oral History Project, 1989-1993 | Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory | |
| referencedIn | American Missionary Association. Archives, 1828-1891 Archives [New] Addendum, 1869-1988. | Tulane University, Amistad Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Balloch, George Williamson, b. 1825. Papers, 1865-1902. | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | |
| referencedIn | Benjamin F. Carruthers papers, 1941-1985 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
| referencedIn | Benjamin F. Carruthers papers, 1941-1985. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893. [Theater programs and related ephemera in the John Davis Batchelder Collection. 3. Miscellaneous]. | Library of Congress | |
| referencedIn | Branson, Herman R. (Herman Russell), 1914-1995. Herman R. Branson papers, 1952-1970. | Central State University, Hallie Q. Brown Memorial Library |
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| associatedWith | Alexander, Archie Alphonse, 1888-1958. |
| associatedWith | Allen, William D. |
| associatedWith | Allen, William E., 1903-1981. |
| associatedWith | Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977 |
| associatedWith | American Missionary Association. |
| associatedWith | Aptheker, Herbert |
| associatedWith | Balloch, George Williamson, b. 1825. |
| associatedWith | Barden, Graham Arthur, 1896-1967 |
| associatedWith | Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972 |
| associatedWith | Bouchet, Edward Alexander, 1852-1918 |
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