MC 28
9 boxes (3 cu.ft.)
About the Howell Family
John Beatty Howell (1847-1924)
John Beatty Howell spent nineteen years (1877-1896) in Sao Paolo, Brazil under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of Missions. He planned and built a farm school for the education of country boys and, at the request of the Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he translated the Prayer Book into Portuguese. Upon returning to the United States, Howell organized and became the pastor of the Tennent Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. In retirement, he devoted himself to writing commentaries on books of the New Testament in Portuguese.
Elizabeth Hibler Day Howell (b.1850)
Was the wife of John Beatty Howell and an author of childrens’ stories about Brazilian life and culture.
Archibald Alexander Howell, II (d.1918)
Archibald was the son of John and Elizabeth Howell and a 1903 graduate of Princeton University. He became a doctor and published several works on the measurement of blood pressure.
Lawrence Day Howell
Lawrence Day Howell was the son of John and Elizabeth Howell and a 1913 graduate of Princeton University. From September 1913 until 1915, Lawrence Howell worked for Princeton’s branch of the Y.M.C.A. in Peking, China. In 1916, he enlisted into the Third Pennsylvania Infantry and was stationed in France during World War I. He was wounded twice during the war and became a First Lieutenant.
Isabell Howell Thatcher
Poet and author, was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Howell and wife of Edward Thatcher, III.
Beatty Family
Charles Clinton Beatty (1715-1772) was a Presbyterian minister in Neshaminy, Pennsylvania, who did some missionary work among the Indians. Beatty was trained by William Tennent, and he was one of the most popular preachers of his day. His son, John Beatty (1749-1820), was a graduate of Princeton College, a commissioned captain in the Revolutionary War, a member of the New Jersey state legislature, and a delegate to the Continental Congress.
Dr. James Lawrence Day (1814-1854)
A doctor from Morristown, New Jersey, became Physician for the American Colonization Society to Liberia in 1840. The American Colonization Society was established in 1816 to aid in the emigration of free blacks in the United States back to Africa. The Society bought land in what is now Liberia, on the western coast of Africa. Dr. Day spent three years in Liberia, 1840-1843, aiding in the welfare and partial success of the colony. In 1843 he served as the United States Agent to the West Coast of Africa.
Grier Family
Isaac Grier (1763-1814) was a graduate of Dickinson College and a Presbyterian minister. He served as a missionary on the western frontier of Pennsylvania and New York in 1791-1792, and he married Elizabeth Cooper in 1793. John Grier Hibben (1861-1933), a great-grandson of Isaac and Elizabeth Grier, was President of Princeton University.
About the Howell Family papers
The Howell Family Collection contains correspondence regarding James Lawrence Day’s work in Africa, S. Harrie Hibler’s (the uncle of Elizabeth Day Howell) activities in the Civil War, John Beatty Howell’s mission in Brazil, and Lawrence Day Howell’s experiences teaching in Peking, China and fighting in France during World War I. Manuscripts found in the collection include sermons by Charles Beatty, Isaac Grier, and John Beatty Howell; journals pertaining to the secondary education of an unidentified son of Charles Beatty, Isaac Grier’s work as an itinerant minister on the western “frontier” of Pennsylvania and New York, and James Lawrence Day’s experiences in Africa; Bible translations by John Beatty Howell written in Portuguese; as well as music, poetry, and prose composed by Isabel Howell Thatcher. Also included in the Howell Family Collection are extensive genealogical notes, photographs, and printed materials by or about individuals related to these families including Archibald Alexander Howell.
Folder Listing
- Howell Family
- John Beatty Howell (1847-1924)
- Elizabeth Day Howell (b.1850)
- Archibald Alexander Howell (d.1918)
- Lawrence Day Howell
- Isabel Howell Thatcher
- Howell Family, Genealogical Records
- Beatty Family
- Day Family
- James Lawrence Day (1814-1854)
- Day Family, Genealogical Records
- Grier Family
- Photographs
- Miscellaneous
I. Howell Family
A. John Beatty Howell, 1847-1924
| f.1 | Correspondence: Family members to JBH, 1875-1889 |
| f.2 | Correspondence: Miscellaneous to JBH, 1875-1917 |
| f.3 | Correspondence: JBH to his wife, Elizabeth Day Howell, 1885-1895 |
| f.4 | Correspondence: JBH to his parents, 1868-1874 |
| f.5 | Correspondence: JBH to his sister, Susan Howell, 1874-1878 |
| f.6 | Correspondence: JBH to his children, 1895-1918 |
| f.7 | Correspondence: JBH, miscellaneous, 1892-1920 |
| f.8 | Manuscripts: Essays, 1857-1858 |
| f.9 | Manuscripts: Sermons, 1896-1917 |
| f.10 | Manuscripts: Sermons, undated |
| f.11 | Manuscripts: Religious notes, undated |
| f.12 | Manuscripts: “Exposicao da Epistola aos Romanos,” 1918 |
| f.13 | Manuscripts: Diary transcriptions, 1888-1912 |
| f.14 | Manuscripts: Notes on JBH, undated |
| f.15 | Published articles and sermons by JBH, 1896-1897 |
| f.16 | Miscellaneous: Princeton University materials, 1836-1872 |
| f.17 | Miscellaneous: 1852-1910 |
| f.18 | Miscellaneous: Brazilian materials, 1876-1913 |
| f.19 | Miscellaneous: Newspaper clippings regarding Brazil, 1877-1924: (in Portuguese) “Commentario sobre Evangelho Segundo S. Matheus (40 pages)” an article written by Rev. John Beatty Howell in O Estandarte, April 3, 1924 (2pp) An entry in O Estandarte about Rev. Dr. J. Beatty Howell, undated (1p) three-part article about Rev. John Howell in O Estandarte written by Vicente Themudo in Mogy-Mirim, April-July 1924 (5pp) an entry in O Expositor Christão, April 16, 1924 about Rev. J.B. Howell (1p) article about Rev. J.B. Howell in Voz de Verdade, July 1912 (2pp) an article in Puritano (Rio de Janeiro), Jan. 25, 1912 about the “Supremo Concilio Nacional†that includes a photograph of Rev. J. Beatty Howell, although he is not specifically mentioned by name in the article (1p); an article in Puritano (Rio de Janeiro), Feb. 1, 1912 about the “Assembléa Gera da Egreja Presbyteriana no Brasil†(2pp); a photocopied page with two articles – “União Gristã da Mocidade†that mentions Howell and “Missão em Portugal†that again mentions Howell (1p). (in English) Two articles: “A Brazilian Patriarch†and “Insult to the Holy Ghost†by Rev. J. Beatty Howell, in São Paolo in Foreign Missions, Nov. 1887 (4pp) “Romanism in Brazil in {sic} Its Influence Upon National Development†by Rev. J. Beatty Howell in Foreign Missions, Nov 1888 (5pp) “The Negro in Brazil†by Rev. J. Beatty Howell in The Presbyterian Journal, May 30, 1901 (2pp) entry in Record of the Times, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1877 reporting that Rev Howell and his wife, accompanied by Mrs. J. Lawrence Day, left for New York on their way to Brazil (1p) multiple entries by Howell under “Foreign Missions†(possibly in The Evening Report, Burlington, N.J.) about the mission in Rio de Janeiro and São Paolo (9pp) |
| f.20 | Obituaries and Resolutions of Esteem for JBH, 1924 |
B. Elizabeth Day Howell (b. 1850)
| f.1 | Correspondence: S. Harrie Hibler to Elizabeth Hilber Day (Howell), 1861-1864 |
| f.2 | Correspondence: Miscellaneous to EDH, 1872-1901 |
| f.3 | Correspondence: EDH and her mother, 1878 |
| f.4 | Correspondence: EDH to her daughter, 1911-1912 |
| f.5 | Correspondence: EDH, miscellaneous, 1881-1887 |
| f.6 | Published works, 1886-1890 |
| f.7 | Miscellaneous: 1877-1882 |
C. Archibald Alexander Howell
| f.8 | Published works, 1910-1914 |
| f.9 | Miscellaneous: Princeton materials, 1903 |
| f.10 | Miscellaneous: 1877-1918 |
D. Lawrence Day Howell
| f.11 | Correspondence: 1913 |
| f.12 | Correspondence: 1914 |
| f.13 | Correspondence: 1915 |
| f.14 | Correspondence: 1916 |
| f.15 | Correspondence: 1917 |
| f.16 | Correspondence: January-July 1918 |
| f.17 | Correspondence: August-December 1918 |
| f.18 | Correspondence: 1919-1920 |
| f.19 | Miscellaneous: 1917 & undated |
E. Isabel Howell Thatcher
| f.20 | Correspondence: Letters to IHT, 1925-1961 |
| f.21 | Correspondence: Letters from IHT, 1932-1953 |
| f.22 | Correspondence: Edward J. Thatcher, III, 1946-1958 |
| f.23 | Manuscripts: Poetry and prose |
| f.1 | Manuscripts: “The Clock” |
| f.2 | Manuscripts: Transcribed diaries of John and Reading Beatty |
| f.3 | Miscellaneous: Articles and news clippings, 1930-1958 |
| f.4 | Miscellaneous: Engravings of Philadelphia and surrounding area |
| f.5 | Miscellaneous: Engravings of paintings at the Vernon Gallery, London |
| f.6 | Miscellaneous: Engravings of paintings at the Vernon Gallery, London |
| f.7 | Miscellaneous: Engravings of paintings at the Vernon Gallery, London |
| f.8 | Miscellaneous |