Book Description

The six titles included in this specific box consist of the following alphabetized titles in the series: ADDRESSES, ARTICLES, and REPORTS (typescripts) Box 5, f. 1: Indian Sieges. (ca. 1900). Box 5, f. 2: Past Successes and Present Needs of Our Nation. (ca. 1900). Box 5, f. 3: Personal Recollections: Strategy and Battles of Sherman and Johnston, Illustrated in Active Campaigns. (ca. 1902-1909). Box 5, f. 4: Sherman's March to the Sea. (n.d.) Box 5, f. 5: Sherman's March to the Sea. (notes; n.d.) Box 5, f. 5b: Sherman's March to the Sea. (Second lecture; n.d.). Accession #80.0164 Box 5, f. 6: War of 1812-1814. (Delivered by General O. O. Howard at the unveiling of tablet to the memory of the soldiers of 1812-14, given July 10th, 1909). SERIES: ADDRESSES, ARTICLES, AND REPORTS (Published) Inclusive dates: 1867-1900; n.d. Consists of published material, chiefly about General O. O. Howard. Acquired as a gift donation from Captain Harry S. Howard; some materials donated by Justin G. Turner. The titles, arranged alphabetically by main entry are: f. 7 Addresses by Major General O. O. Howard and Rev. Edwin Johnson at the Laying of the Cornerstone of the First Congregational Church. (1867) f. 8 Annual Report of Brevet Major General O. O. Howard ... Made to the Secretary of War for the Year 1870. f. 9 Annual Report of Brevet Major General O. O. Howard ... for the Fiscal year Ended June 30, 1871. (1871) f. 10 Biographical Sketch. ca. 1898 f. 11 Bourke, Captain John G.: Mackenzie's Last Fight with the Cheyennes: A Winter Campaign in Wyoming and Montana. (1890) f. 12 The Case of Gen. O. O. Howard, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. (ca. 1874) f. 13 Howard, O. O.: Major General Adna R. Chaffee. (ca. Oct. 1900) f. 14 Military Career of O. O. Howard. (n.d.) f. 15 Report of Brevet Major General O. O. Howard ... to the Secretary of War, Oct. 20, 1869. (2 copies) f. 16 Statement: Br. Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, Before the committee on Education and Labor in Defense Against the Charges Presented by Hon. Fernando Wood, and Argument of Edgar Ketchum, Esq.,...(1870) f. 17 U. S. Congress (41st). House of Representatives. Report No. 121. (1870) SERIES: Memorabilia, Ephemera, and Memorial Sermons Inclusive dates: 1872-ca. 1925; n.d. These next ten (10) folders consist of the following: stationery; a Christmas card; Howard's autograph; addressed envelopes; and an invitation. Additional material consists of poems and other items found in Bessie [Howard] Bancroft's Bible, and various published articles and illustrations. And: a rank sheet in the handwriting of General Howard, donated by Foreman M. Lebold. And: a published memorial sermon delivered at the First Church, Burlington, Vermont, October 29, 1909 by Reverend Ernest Graham Guthrie at the funeral of General Oliver Otis Howard. i.e. the folders Box 5, f. 18 Autograph of Gen. Howard, Dec. 23, 1872 Box 5, f. 19 Invitation to a meeting at the Palmer House, Chicago, Jan. 27, 1898 (signed by O.O. Howard) Box 5, f. 20 Six (6) items found in the Bible belonging to Bessie Howard Bancroft, ca. 1902-1925] Box 5, f. 21 Christmas greeting card to Bessie and Joseph, from O. O. Howard, ca. 1903 (1 item) Box 5, f. 22 Memorial sermon delivered at the First Church, Burlington, Vermont, Oct. 29, 1909 by Rev. Ernest Graham Guthrie, M.A., B.D., Minister (1 item) Box 5, f. 23 Rank sheet in the handwriting of Gen. O.O. Howard, n.d. Box 5, f. 24 Five (5) envelopes addressed to Bessie (3 envelopes with stamps and 2 envelopes w/o stamps) Box 5, f. 25 Stationery ( 3 sheets) Box 5, f. 26 Various articles and illustrations (12 items) Box 5, f. 27 Transcript of the Record of Major General Oliver Otis Howard (1 bound item).