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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
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.
Collection Historical Note
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.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Phelps, Mr. & Mrs. George W.
Acquisition Method:
gift via Katherine Phelps Caperton
Box and Folder Listing
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- Folder 1
- Barcode: 31234013928591
- Item 1: ALS Theodore White Woosley, 16 Jan 1851
- Conferring the Doctor of Medicine on Jonathan Jones Howard.
- Item 2: ALS Katherine Phelps Caperton to Mary Floyd, 21 Oct 1942
- A letter describing the gift of the diploma with a brief biographical sketch of Howard and other families connected with him. She also includes several pages with a list of Madison County, Kentucky men who attended Yale University.
