4078914Herbert Barber Howe papers4078914Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-27 20:21:18 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard2020-04-21EAD document created by CCR. Rare Book and Manuscript Library Herbert Barber Howe papers Howe, Herbert Barber, 1882-1957 4078914 MS#0621 English /repositories/2/resources/2689 37 boxes 37 boxes and one oversized photograph 1887-1957 Arrangement

Selected materials listed remainder arranged.

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 Summary

Papers of Howe, including family, personal, and professional correspondence; bills and receipts; photographs, itineraries, and brochures of his numerous American and European trips; four diaries for the years 1901, 1905, 1909, 1910; sermons, scripture readings, and other materials related to his ministry; addresses and writings; Howe-Barber genealogical materials, including galley proofs for his biography JEDIAH BARBER.

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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Herbert Barber Howe papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession number--M-59.

 Biographical / Historical

Presbyterian minister, 1908-1922; Director of Earl Hall, 1922-1933; and Director of men's residence halls at Columbia University, 1933-1938.

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Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.

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 Presbyterians -- New York (State) -- New York Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- New York New York (N.Y.) -- Genealogy Europe -- Pictorial works United States -- Pictorial works Sermons Diaries Photographic prints Clergy Columbia University -- : Employees Barber family Howe family Series I: Chronological Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817281890-1957Scope and Contents

Includes bills, receipts, childhood manuscripts, correspondence, memorabilia, notes, and printed materials.

Correspondence; childhood manuscripts and memorabilia; New Jersey National Guard memorabilia; Miscellaneous printed matter/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817291890-19061Correspondence; 7th Regiment memorabilia/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817301907-19092Correspondence; Notes; Memorabilia/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817311913-19213Bills and Receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817321925-19274Bills and Receipts; a few letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817331928-19305Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817341931-19326Correspondence; Bills and Receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817351934-19367Bills and Receipts; a few letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817361936-19398Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817371938-19399Bills and Receipts; a few letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817381939-194410Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1181739194311Correspondence; Bills and Receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817401945-194612Correspondence; Bills and Receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817411947-194913Correspondence; Bills and Receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817421949-195314Correspondence; Bills and Receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817431953-195415Correspondence; Bills and Receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817441955-195616Correspondence; Bills and Receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817451956-195717Series II: Columbia University/repositories/2/archival_objects/1181746Correspondence and Related Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817471922-194018Scope and Contents

From when Howe was Director of Earl Hall, Director of mens' halls of residence and after his retirement.

Materials for Contemporary Civilization Course Taught by Howe/repositories/2/archival_objects/118174819"Letters from 125 Friends and Associates"/repositories/2/archival_objects/1181749193819Series III: Writings and Related Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/1181750Scope and Contents

Includes addresses, diaries, scripture readings and other material related to Howe's ministry, sermons, and materials related to the Howe-Barber genealogy.

Addresses and Writings; Williams College/repositories/2/archival_objects/118175121Diaries/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817521901, 1905, 1909, 191020Account Book/repositories/2/archival_objects/1181753191020Sermons; Scripture Readings and Other Materials Related to Howe's Ministry/repositories/2/archival_objects/118175423Sermons/repositories/2/archival_objects/118175522Sermons; Notes; Addresses/repositories/2/archival_objects/118175624Scripture Readings; Correspondence and Other Materials Relating to Howe's Ministry/repositories/2/archival_objects/118175725Howe-Barber Genealogy/repositories/2/archival_objects/118175826Howe-Barber Genealogy/repositories/2/archival_objects/118175927Series IV: Trips/repositories/2/archival_objects/1181760Trips--Parents' Trip, Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/1181761188728Scope and Contents

Bound volumes.

Trips/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817621899, 1901, 1904, 190729Trips/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817631918-192130Scope and Contents

Includes family correspondence.

Trips/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817641931-193631Scope and Contents

Includes family correspondence.

Trips/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817651931-193632Scope and Contents

Includes family correspondence.

Trips/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817661938-193933Scope and Contents

Includes family correspondence.

Trips/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817671938-193934Scope and Contents

Includes family correspondence.

Trips/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817681938-1939, 194035Trips/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817691947, 1949-195036Trips/repositories/2/archival_objects/11817701953-195537Series V: Oversized Photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/1181771Union Theological Seminary--Photograph of the Graduating Class of 1909/repositories/2/archival_objects/1181772190915-H-10