The Julia Ward Howe Papers date from 1891 to 1898 and contain letters and photographs. Correspondents include several prominent social reformers of the time, including her husband, Samuel G. Howe; Mary Livermore, a reformer, writer, and suffrage leader; and Edward Everett Hale, an author, abolitionist, and minister. Also included in the collection is a manuscript note with a fragment of The Battle Hymn of the Republic signed by Howe. The three photographs in the collection are of Julia Ward Howe [circa 1908], Edward Everett Hale [circa 1905], and Lucy Stone [undated]; the silhouette is of Captain Samuel Ward, Howe's father.