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Title: General appeal for funds, 1890 May 01
Date: 1890-05-01
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: A general appeal from Bishop Hurst, May 1, 1890, explaining why Washington needs a National University. He describes the location as "magnificent," and argues that the university is best situated in Washington, D.C. because of its access to the national library, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Observatory and several government agencies.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.01.02.03
Type: circular letters
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.02.03
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Endorsement of Washington clergymen, 1890 April 17
Date: 1890-04-17
Description: The document includes hand-written notes from eight clergymen in Washington, endorsing the university, April 17, 1890.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.01.02.06
Type: lists (document genres)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.02.06
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Why another university?, undated
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: In the appeal for $100,000 for purchase of site, John F. Hurst explains that the nation is "in the throes of a new educational era." He urges bequests to "better meet this latest need of American educational life."
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Universities and colleges -- Public relations -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.01.03.01
Type: booklets
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.03.01
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: To the Businessmen of Washington, undated
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Woodward, S. W. (Samuel Walter), 1848-1917
Description: Appeal to the businessmen of Washington to pledge funds in subscriptions, with a list of subscribers and the amounts they pledged
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Universities and colleges -- Public relations -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.01.03.02
Type: circular letters
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.03.02
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Secretary of State of Maryland to "dear friend", undated
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Description: In an undated "Dear Friend" letter, the Secretary of State of Maryland seeks to raise $100,000 for the College of Law building and another $100,000 for the endowment. He calls the building of a law school "a necessity."
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.01.03.03
Type: correspondence
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.03.03
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: The American University -- An Appeal, undated
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: In an undated appeal to the members and friends of the Methodist Episcopal Church nationwide, John F. Hurst answers the question, "Why in Washington." He argues that since George Washington forward, statesmen and educators have advocated for a university in the nation's capital.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Universities and colleges -- Public relations -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.01.03.04
Type: circular letters
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.03.04
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from B.F. Leighton to Rev. C.W. Baldwin, 1864 January 06
Date: 1894-01-06
Creator: Leighton, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Farnsworth), 1847-1921
Description: Typed letter from B.F. Leighton to Rev. C.W. Baldwin, January 6, 1894, concerning whether to resurvey the university site. A hand-written notation says, "Meeting had and judgment adverse to a resurvey."
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Landscape architecture -- Washington (D.C.)
Subject -- Personal Name: Baldwin, Charles W.
Local Identifier: RG1.01.04.01
Type: correspondence
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.04.01
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Charles W. Baldwin to B.F. Leighton, 1894 January 04
Date: 1894-01-04
Creator: Baldwin, Charles W.
Description: Letter from Charles Baldwin to B.F. Leighton, January 4, 1894, reported that at a meeting of American University's executive committee on December 30, 1893, a proposal to re-survey the land was referred to A.B. Duvall, B.F. Leighton and Charles W. Baldwin.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Landscape architecture -- Washington (D.C.)
Subject -- Personal Name: Leighton, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Farnsworth), 1847-1921
Local Identifier: RG1.01.04.02
Type: correspondence
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.04.02
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Postcard with caption "Addison-Murdock House on Farm purchased in 1890 for The American University", undated
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Description: Postcard, undated, features an illustration of the Addison-Murdock House. The house was part of a farm purchased in 1890 for the American University.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Landscape architecture -- Washington (D.C.); Universities and colleges -- Public relations -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.01.04.03
Type: picture postcards
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.04.03
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from D.J. Howell to Rev. Samuel L. Beiler, 1894 October 17
Date: 1894-10-17
Creator: Howell, David Janney
Description: Letter from D.J. Howell to Rev. Samuel L. Beiler, October 17, 1894, requesting that he not do anything "in regard to the appointment of an engineer" until they meet.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Landscape architecture -- Washington (D.C.)
Subject -- Personal Name: Beiler, Samuel L.
Local Identifier: RG1.01.04.04
Type: correspondence
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.04.04
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Title: Letter from D.J. Howell to Rev. Samuel L. Beiler, 1894 September 22
Date: 1894-09-22
Creator: Howell, David Janney
Description: Letter from D.J. Howell to Rev. Samuel L. Beiler, September 22, 1894, concerning the engineering work he did in surveying the outside boundaries of American University.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Landscape architecture -- Washington (D.C.)
Subject -- Personal Name: Beiler, Samuel L.
Local Identifier: RG1.01.04.05
Type: correspondence
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.04.05
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Title: Letter from D.J. Howell to Rev. Charles Baldwin, 1894 September 18
Date: 1894-09-18
Creator: Howell, David Janney
Description: Letter from D.J. Howell to Rev. Charles Baldwin, September 18, 1894, offering to confer about the engineering work involved in execution the landscape architect's plans.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Landscape architecture -- Washington (D.C.)
Subject -- Personal Name: Baldwin, Charles W.
Local Identifier: RG1.01.04.06
Type: correspondence
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.04.06
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Albert Osborn to Rev. Jesse Hurlbut, 1904 September 23
Date: 1904-09-23
Creator: Osborn, Albert, 1849-
Description: Typed letter from Albert Osborn to Rev. Jesse Hurlbut, September 23, 1904, asking him to reconcile a discrepancy concerning the date John F. Hurst telegraphed T.W. Talmadge from New Decatur, Alabama, telling him "to close bargain" for the Davies Tract. In a hand-written reply, Rev. Hurlbut replies that it was probably January 24th.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Campus planning -- Washington (D.C.)
Subject -- Personal Name: Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman, 1843-1930
Local Identifier: RG1.01.04.07
Type: correspondence
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.04.07
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Title: Letter from D.J. Howell to Rev. Charles Baldwin, 1892 January 04
Date: 1892-01-04
Creator: Howell, David Janney
Description: Letter from D.J. Howell to Rev. Charles Baldwin, January 4, 1892, sending him maps and offering to enlarge a small topographic map. Howell offers to study the question of "walks, dorms and buildings."
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Landscape architecture -- Washington (D.C.)
Subject -- Personal Name: Baldwin, Charles W.
Local Identifier: RG1.01.04.08
Type: correspondence
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.04.08
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Title: Letter from C.M. Matthews to Rev. C.W. Baldwin, 1892 January 09
Date: 1892-01-09
Creator: Matthews, Charles M.
Description: Letter from C.M. Matthews to Rev. C.W. Baldwin January 9, 1892.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Subject -- Personal Name: Baldwin, Charles W.
Local Identifier: RG1.01.04.09
Type: correspondence
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.04.09
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Title: Letter from John Hurst to investors, 1890 January 30
Date: 1890-01-30
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: General letter from John Hurst looking for investors to purchase more land on the American University site, referenced as the "Davies Tract."
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History
Local Identifier: RG1.01.04.10
Type: correspondence
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.04.10
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Title: Letter from John Hurst to investors, 1890 January 30
Date: 1890-01-30
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: General letter from John Hurst looking for investors to purchase more land on the American University site, referenced as the "Davies Tract."
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History
Local Identifier: RG1.01.04.11
Type: correspondence
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.04.11
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Title: General announcement from John Hurst looking for investors, 1890 January 30
Date: 1890-01-30
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: General letter from John Hurst looking for investors to purchase more land on the American University site, referenced as the "Davies Tract."
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History
Local Identifier: RG1.01.04.12
Type: correspondence
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.04.12
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Title: Subscriptions for purchase of Davies Tract, 1890 January 30
Date: 1890-01-30
Description: List of individuals and their investment in the land (the "Davies tract") on which AU sits. Promise to pay to Matthew Emory, president of Second National Bank, Washington D.C.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History
Local Identifier: RG1.01.04.13
Type: subscription lists
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.01.04.13
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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
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

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