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Howard University

LC control no.n 79064543
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Corporate name headingHoward University
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Variant(s)Howard University, Washington, D.C.
United States. Department of the Interior. Howard University
United States. Federal Security Agency. Howard University
See alsoHierarchical superior: United States. Department of the Interior
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Hierarchical superior: United States. Federal Security Agency
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Hierarchical subordinate: Afro Blue (Musical group)
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Beginning date1867
LocatedWashington (D.C.)
Found inInfo. converted from 678, Mar. 12, 2015 (Incorporated 1867)
Howard Univ. website, viewed Mar. 12, 2015 (Howard University is a four-year, comprehensive, private, co-ed doctoral/research-extensive institution. It was chartered in 1867 "for the education of youth in the liberal arts and sciences." The school was first named Howard Normal and Theological Institute for the Education of Teachers and Preachers [no publs. in LC database], named for General Oliver Otis Howard, one of the founding members and commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau. The school was renamed Howard University in recognition of the much broader educational scope envisioned for the institute)