Stone Collection: Volume 45 - Item 14
14. [O. O. Howard]. Annual Report of Howard University, for the Year 1868-’69 (Washington, DC: n.p., 1869). (12, 4 p.)
Annual report by the president of the institution followed by a one-page treasurer’s report. A four-page, fund-raising circular is attached to this report. A woodcut of the main building appears on the first page. A letter from the President describing the institution’s mission, physical plant, curriculum covers the remaining three pages. The President’s letter ends with a request for money to complete an endowment for scholarships and professorships.