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In an undated appeal to the members and friends of the Methodist Episcopal Church nationwide, John F. Hurst answers the question, "Why in Washington." He argues that since George Washington forward, statesmen and educators have advocated for a…

These handwritten notes describe Hurst's outline for American University. This includes "the four departments of human knowledge" it will teach: "the arts and sciences" "the medical" "the law" and "the theological" and details the main teachings of…

Draft of statement on the status of American University and its relationship to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In this document, Bishop McCabe's summer route is outlined. According to this document he was to travel through Iowa and Illinois.

List of individuals and their investment in the land (the "Davies tract") on which AU sits. Promise to pay to Matthew Emory, president of Second National Bank, Washington DC

Subscription to the National University fund for five dollars

This report to the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church containing basic information such as buildings, acreage, endowment funds, income, indebtedness and student enrollment.

Statement to the Board of Trustees from neighborhood residents requesting that a road to be built through the planned campus

Description of the lawsuit against the university regarding a road through campus

Statement by W.W. Martin reducing the debt of Hillery T. Burrows from $336.12 to $175.