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G. Grovenor sent this letter to Ottawa University president Silas E. Price in 1912. Grovenor had persuaded Mrs. Philetus Fales to write what she remembered of the beginning days of Ottawa University. Grovenor mentions that Mrs. Fales told him that…

Letter from M. L. Ward to former students of OU encouraging them to help save the Old Science Hall (Tauy Jones Hall) by giving donations. He gives some history of Ottawa University. He tells of his time at OU and the leadership of Rev. Robert…

This program is for the 11th annual commencement of Ottawa University which took place Wednesday, June 5th, 1889 at 10 a.m. It lists the orations and music as well as the list of collegiate, normal, and preparatory graduates. There were ten total…

The 8th annual commencement of Ottawa University was held Wednesday, June 9, 1886, at the Opera House in Ottawa, Kansas. The program lists the order of exercises but not the graduates

This commencement program lists the six graduates of the Normal Department in 1879. It tells the order of exercises and those participating in the program which consisted of orations, essay and recitation.

Picture of the OU Faculty in 1889. Two copies available. The center photo is George Sutherland. Starting at the top and going clockwise they are: Milan L. Ward, O. C. Charlton, Adelaide L. Dicklow, A. S. Olin, C. A. Boyle, Mrs. C. A. Boyle, and R. S.…

Photo of the 1893 faculty. From top left to bottom right: C. A. Boyle, J. R. Ewing, Mrs. C. A. Boyle, C. J. Herrick, F. L. Potter, A. L. Dicklow, F. W. Colegrove, T. W. DeHaven, M. L. Ward, G. Southerland, Alice Cady, Kitlena Beach, M. C. Melton.…

This lists the program of the commencement excerises . The commencement exercises were at the Baptist church and the class day exercises were at the Rohrbaugh. The graduates' signatures are shown on the last page.

This is the program for the commencement held June 4, 1890. It lists the events of the program as well as the graduates from the collegiate, music, and preparatory programs.

This is the original letter sent to Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior, by Henry Beard in June 1872. Beard was the treasurer for Ottawa University. The letter expresses the concern the treasurer has about the constitutionality of the law…