Talk:Howard Association

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...that the Howard Association in Norfolk, Virginia, formed during the 1855 Yellow Fever Epidemic received contributions and volunteers from the gulf coast areas of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana? In September, 2005, even as Hurricane Ophelia was approaching and threatened Hampton Roads, the group sent a check for $50,000 to the Greater Baton Rouge Area Foundation in Louisiana to help with Hurricane Katrina recovery.

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 * In 1855 the Howard Association of Norfolk, Virginia received contributions during the Yellow Fever Epidemic from the U.S. Gulf Coast areas and that 150 years later, they sent $50,000 of leftover funds to Louisiana to help with Hurricane Katrina relief?

and appeared in the DYK of the Main page on September 21, 2005. Vaoverland 10:19, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Rename, perhaps?
The Howard Associations were more extensive than implied by the article. The Howards were local voluntary relief societies in several cities, with no institutional ties and united only by sharing the name. The first Howard Association that I can document was formed in New Orleans in 1837, but I believe that there were others even earlier. I have found little literature describing their activities, so adequate coverage may require what Wikipedia regards as anathema, Original Research. For what it may be worth, here is a starting point: Peggy Bassett Hildreth, ″Early Red Cross: The Howard Association of New Orleans, 1837–-1878,″ Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 49-75 (1979). Another source, interesting although not fully accurate historically, is J. M. Keating, The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878, published by the Howard Association of Memphis in 1879. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.36.163.179 (talk) 16:58, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
 * You can probably use these, because the research has already been done. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 17:32, 19 May 2022 (UTC)