The Howard School was established around 1865-1866 for the education of newly freed African Americans. It was founded by Reverend E. O. (Edwin Ogden) Tade of the American Missionary Association. Howard was the first free public school established in Hamilton County, and was incorporated into the city school system in 1873. The school has operated at various locations over the years; it was located at 10th and Carter Street from 1919 until 1954, and is presently (2025) at Market and 25th Street. The school is said to have been named in honor of General Oliver Otis Howard, a mathematics professor at West Point Military Academy. The school was initially an elementary school; in 1883 high school courses were added to the curriculum.
The collection consists of reproductions (dual spectrum prints) of correspondence and other documents of the American Missionary Association related to the establishment and operations of the Howard Free School, predecessor to the Howard School. Frequent correspondents include E. O. Tade, Carrie M. Blood, Henry B. Wolcott, and Temple Cutler.
The copies are believed to have been collected by Euphemia Young for her research related to Howard's centennial during the early-mid 1970's (1974 was celebrated as the school's 100th anniversary). The original records of the American Missionary Association are held at the Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
File contains reproductions (dual spectrum prints) of correspondence and other documents of the American Missionary Association related to the establishment and operations of the Howard Free School, predecessor to the Howard School.
File contains reproductions (dual spectrum prints) of correspondence and other documents of the American Missionary Association related to the establishment and operations of the Howard Free School, predecessor to the Howard School.
File contains reproductions (dual spectrum prints) of correspondence and other documents of the American Missionary Association related to the establishment and operations of the Howard Free School, predecessor to the Howard School.
File contains reproductions (dual spectrum prints) of correspondence and other documents of the American Missionary Association related to the establishment and operations of the Howard Free School, predecessor to the Howard School.
File contains reproductions (dual spectrum prints) of correspondence and other documents of the American Missionary Association related to the establishment and operations of the Howard Free School, predecessor to the Howard School.
Howard High School collection [file], December 1866 - December 1871 File contains reproductions (dual spectrum prints) of correspondence and other documents of the American Missionary Association related to the establishment and operations of the Howard Free School, predecessor to the Howard School.
Howard High School collection [file], February 1872 - December 1873 File contains reproductions (dual spectrum prints) of correspondence and other documents of the American Missionary Association related to the establishment and operations of the Howard Free School, predecessor to the Howard School.
Howard High School collection [file], January 1874 - December 1874 File contains reproductions (dual spectrum prints) of correspondence and other documents of the American Missionary Association related to the establishment and operations of the Howard Free School, predecessor to the Howard School.
Howard High School collection [file], January 1875 - December 1876 File contains reproductions (dual spectrum prints) of correspondence and other documents of the American Missionary Association related to the establishment and operations of the Howard Free School, predecessor to the Howard School.
Howard High School collection [file], January 1877 - December 1878 File contains reproductions (dual spectrum prints) of correspondence and other documents of the American Missionary Association related to the establishment and operations of the Howard Free School, predecessor to the Howard School.