Jonathan Jones Howard Papers
Scope and Contents
A letter from the president of Yale acknowledging that Jonathan Jones Howard has completed all the required studies necessary in the medical school and is awarded a Doctor of Medicine. An accompanying letter from Mrs. Katherine Phelps Caperton gives some history of the Howard family and a list of all Madison County graduates of Yale University.
Dates
- Creation: 1851 - 1942
- Acquisition: 1942-10-21
Biographical or Historical Information
Jonathan Jones Howard was born in Madison County, KY in 1827 and died in 1854. He was the son of Christopher Howard and Rebecca Jones and married Sallie A. Fowler shortly after his graduation from Yale. After his death she remarried and was widowed again and then married the father of George W. Phelps.
Note written by
Full Extent
2.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
George W. Phelps was the stepson of Jonathan Jones Howard's widow and a cousin of Katherine Phelps Caperton.
Source of Acquisition
Phelps, Mr. & Mrs. George W.
Method of Acquisition
gift via Katherine Phelps Caperton
Subject
- Yale University. Alumni (Organization)
- Title
- Jonathan Jones Howard Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Couture, Jackie
- Date
- 07/15/2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository