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- Letter to Albert Osborn from Chancellor Gray, 1935 May 24
- Date
- 1935-05-24
- Creator
- Gray, Joseph M. M., 1877-
- Description
- Letter confirming receipt of Samuel H. Walker's pledge to raise money for the University and the new building.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
- Local Identifier
- RG1.02.03.19
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.02.03.19
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- Title
- Letter from Edward F. Colladay to Dr. Lucius C. Clark, 1926 July 19
- Date
- 1926-07-19
- Creator
- Colladay, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1877-1961
- Description
- Letter regarding the use of the title “American University” by other colleges in the country. Colladay specifically references colleges in Chicago and California.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Clark, Lucius C., 1869-1949
- Local Identifier
- RG1.02.02.11
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.02.02.11
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- Title
- Letter from J.H. Stephens, Superintendent, Washington Railway and Electric Company, to Bishop John W. Hamilton about request to place a waiting station on the grounds of American University, 1920 August 11
- Date
- 1920-08-11
- Creator
- Stephens, J.H.
- Description
- Acknowledgement of Bishop John W. Hamilton's request for a waiting station to be constructed on the American University campus and advice about placing a station on the campus which requires a permit from the District Commissioners Office of Inspector of Buildings. Enclosed is a letter of permission to the Washington Railway and Electric Company to construct a new waiting station on American University's grounds.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Campus planning -- Washington (D.C.)
- Local Identifier
- RG1.01.20.10
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.20.10
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- Title
- Letter from John C. Eckloff, Cashier, Second National Bank to Chancellor Franklin Hamilton, 1915 December 14
- Date
- 1915-12-14
- Description
- Letter from the bank explaining to Chancellor Franklin Hamilton that the bank still had the old deed of release from John Hurst. "It's nice that they sent that. Someone else could claim they own AU's land if they got a hold of that!"
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Hamilton, Franklin, 1866-1918
- Local Identifier
- RG1.01.05.01
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.05.01
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- Title
- Letter from Albert Osborn to Brother Williams, 1915 January 30
- Date
- 1915-01-30
- Creator
- Osborn, Albert, 1849-
- Description
- Letter of confirmation of receipt of $100 from the donor.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
- Local Identifier
- RG1.02.03.17
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.02.03.17
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- Title
- Letter to Chancellor Franklin Hamilton from W. Tindall, Secretary, Board of Commissioners, D.C., 1915 January 14
- Date
- 1915-01-14
- Creator
- Tindall, William, 1844-1932
- Description
- Notice of land parcel owned by American University eligible for tax exemption.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Hamilton, Franklin, 1866-1918
- Local Identifier
- RG1.01.12A.03
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.12A.03
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- Title
- Letter from J.H. Worman to Franklin E. Hamilton, 1914 September 14
- Date
- 1914-09-14
- Creator
- Worman, James H. (James Henry), 1835-1930
- Description
- Typed letter by J.H. Worman to Franklin E. Hamilton. In this letter Worman further discusses the issues regarding the Language and literature department and what benefits it will bring for American University.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Hamilton, Franklin, 1866-1918
- Local Identifier
- RG1.06.07.26
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.07.26
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- Title
- Letter from Maria Montessori to Louise Dixon Boyle, 1914 September 02
- Date
- 1914-09-02
- Creator
- Montessori, Maria, 1870-1952
- Description
- Translation of letter from Maria Montessori to Louise Dixon Boyle expressing support for offering a training course at American University.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Boyle, Louise Dixon, 1875-1953
- Local Identifier
- RG1.03.03.10
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.03.03.10
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- Title
- Letter from J.H. Worman to Franklin E. Hamilton, 1914 August 31
- Date
- 1914-08-31
- Creator
- Worman, James H. (James Henry), 1835-1930
- Description
- Typed letter by J.H. Worman to Franklin E. Hamilton. In this letter Worman proposes Hamilton the establishment of the department of Language and literature with J.H. Worman as the chair for the department.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Hamilton, Franklin, 1866-1918
- Local Identifier
- RG1.06.07.25
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.07.25
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- Title
- Letter from Thomas Nicholson, Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church to Franklin E. Hamilton, 1914 April 15
- Date
- 1914-04-15
- Creator
- Nicholson, Thomas, 1862-1944
- Description
- Typed letter from Thomas Nicholson, Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church to Franklin E. Hamilton expressing regret at being unable to visit Washington on May 27.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Hamilton, Franklin, 1866-1918
- Local Identifier
- RG1.06.07.24
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.07.24
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- Title
- Letter from Thomas Nicholson, Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church to Franklin E. Hamilton, 1914 April 14
- Date
- 1914-04-14
- Creator
- Nicholson, Thomas, 1862-1944
- Description
- Typed letter from Thomas Nicholson, Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church to Franklin E. Hamilton confirming his inability to visit Washington on May 27.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Hamilton, Franklin, 1866-1918
- Local Identifier
- RG1.06.07.23
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.07.23
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- Title
- Letter from Thomas Nicholson, Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church to Franklin E. Hamilton, 1914 March 20
- Date
- 1914-03-20
- Creator
- Nicholson, Thomas, 1862-1944
- Description
- Typed letter from Thomas Nicholson, Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church to Franklin E. Hamilton, March 20, 1914. In this letter, Nicholson regrets that he will not be able to visit Washington on May 27 because of a previous engagement at Fort Worth.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Hamilton, Franklin, 1866-1918
- Local Identifier
- RG1.06.07.22
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.07.22
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- Title
- Letter from Chancellor Franklin E. Hamilton to President Woodrow Wilson, 1914 March 12
- Date
- 1914-03-12
- Creator
- Hamilton, Franklin, 1866-1918
- Description
- In this letter, Chancellor Hamilton, Franklin E. writes President Woodrow Wilson asking him to attend the opening ceremony of American University. He also requests a meeting with the President on behalf of a committee of Trustees to discuss the ceremony. The letter is typewritten but unsigned.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.); Presidents -- United States -- Correspondence
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
- Local Identifier
- RG1.06.13.01
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.13.01
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- Title
- Letter from Aldis B. Browne to the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 1914 January 16
- Date
- 1914-01-16
- Creator
- Browne, Aldis B.
- Description
- Request to issue a permit to the Railway Company to extend the electric street railway towards American University and the impact the extension will have on access to and the opening of American University.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Campus planning -- Washington (D.C.)
- Local Identifier
- RG1.01.20.02
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.20.02
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- Title
- Letter from S.L. Beiler to Chancellor, 1913 July 22
- Date
- 1913-07-22
- Creator
- Beiler, Samuel L.
- Description
- In this letter, Beiler offers his congratulations on the opening of work in American University. He regrets be will not be able to attend opening day.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
- Local Identifier
- RG1.06.03.20
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.03.20
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- Title
- Letter from Chancellor Hamilton to Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia requesting a sewer link, 1913 June 10
- Date
- 1913-06-10
- Creator
- Hamilton, J. W. (John William), 1845-1934
- Description
- Letter stating interest in opening the university for students once essential preparations are finished such as extending the sewer lines past the intersection of New Mexico and Nebraska Avenue to the College of History. Requests that the sanitary and water connections will be completed in the following months to permit the opening of the university.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Campus planning -- Washington (D.C.)
- Local Identifier
- RG1.01.18.25
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.18.25
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- Title
- Letter from Francis Strickland to Franklin E. Hamilton, 1912 December 24
- Date
- 1912-12-24
- Creator
- Strickland, Francis Lorette, 1871-
- Description
- Typed letter from Francis Strickland of Simpson College to Franklin E. Hamilton, December 24, 1912. In this letter, Strickland discusses the endowment of the Conference College.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Hamilton, Franklin, 1866-1918
- Local Identifier
- RG1.06.07.21
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.07.21
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- Title
- Letter from L.J. Birney, Dean of Boston University School of Theology, to Franklin E. Hamilton, 1912 December 10
- Date
- 1912-12-10
- Creator
- Birney, L. J. (Lauress J.), 1871-1937
- Description
- Typed letter from Dean of Boston University School of Theology to Franklin E. Hamilton, December 10, 1912. In this letter, Birney asks about the possibility of scholarships and suggests that American University open an undergraduate school.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Hamilton, Franklin, 1866-1918
- Local Identifier
- RG1.06.07.19
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.07.19
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- Title
- Letter from Francis Strickland to Chancellor Hamilton, 1912 December 03
- Date
- 1912-12-03
- Creator
- Strickland, Francis Lorette, 1871-
- Description
- Typed letter from Francis Strickland President of Simpson College to Chancellor Hamilton, December 3, 1912. In this letter, Strickland shares his opinion that an undergraduate institution is better from creating Christian community than graduate.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Hamilton, Franklin, 1866-1918
- Local Identifier
- RG1.06.07.18
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.07.18
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- Title
- Letter to Mrs. J.P. Dolliver from John Van Schaick Jr., 1912 March 28
- Date
- 1912-03-28
- Creator
- Van Schaick, John, Jr.
- Description
- Letter of support for Mrs. P. Dolliver's plan to make the house a memorial to Senator Dolliver.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Dolliver, Louise Pearsons, 1866-1937
- Local Identifier
- RG1.04.14.15
- Type
- correspondence
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.04.14.15
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