Quakers -- Education
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Emily Howland Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-066
Overview
Emily Howland (1827-1929) was a Quaker humanitarian and educator who is particularly known for her work with formerly-enslaved African Americans in Virginia during and after the American Civil War. A birthright Friend, Emily Howland was the only daughter of Slocum and Hannah (Tallcot) Howland of Sherwood, N.Y. She was educated locally and for a brief period in Philadelphia, and then moved to Washington, D.C. in 1857 to teach at the Miner School for Freedmen. During the war she worked at a...
Dates:
1763-1929
Emily Howland papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1164
Overview
The collection consists of correspondence between the administrator of Emily Howland's estate, Richard C.S. Drummond, and representatives of 39 mostly southern African American educational institutions, as beneficiaries of her will.
Dates:
1926-1975
