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Title: The American University, 1891 November
Date: 1891-11
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: These handwritten notes describe Hurst's outline for American University. This includes "the four departments of human knowledge" it will teach: "the arts and sciences" "the medical" "the law" and "the theological" and details the main teachings of these four departments. It also includes a breakdown of costs associated with the equipping and endowing of such an education program, using materials which have been collected by federal institutions such as the Library of Congress.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.06.09.08
Type: drafts (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.09.08
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: The American University, ca. 1891
Date: 1891
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: Draft of statement on the status of American University and its relationship to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.02.06.06
Type: drafts (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.02.06.06
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Bishop Hurst's address at Omaha University -- corrected for printing, 1892 May 08
Date: 1892-05-10
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: This is a corrected proof of Bishop Hurst's Address on the First Two Years of the American University, which was given at Omaha University on May 8, 1892.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.); Methodist Church -- Education
Local Identifier: RG1.06.09.05
Type: speeches (documents)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.09.05
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Plans for Endowment, Appeal to the Church, Departments, 1890 February
Date: 1890-02
Creator: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Description: These handwritten notes describe Hurst's vision for American University. However, unlike RG1.06.09.07, these notes are not very detailed. The only page with actual notes, "Plan for Endowment" is crossed out.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.06.09.10
Type: partial documents
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.06.09.10
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.