| 1862 | | | Office of the 55th New York Regiment : Fort Gaines during the winter of 1861-1862 |
| 1875 | | | Portrait of Bishop John Fletcher Hurst, Chancellor: 1891-1902 |
| 1895 | | | Portrait of John Fletcher Hurst, Chancellor; 1891-1902 |
| 1896 | | | Bishop John Fletcher Hurst with shovel at ground breaking of College of History (Hurst Hall) (March 9, 1896) |
| | | College of History (Hurst Hall) ground breaking (March 9, 1896) |
| 1897 | | | College of History (Hurst Hall) under construction, March 1897 : front of building just before columns were added |
| 1900 | | | Bishop Charles McCabe and unnamed persons on the Seattle Trail (ca. 1900) |
| | | Bishop Charles Caldwell [sic] McCabe and an unnamed gentleman (ca. 1900) |
| 1902 | | | President Theodore Roosevelt at groundbreaking for McKinley Building (1902) |
| | | Parade past College Of History (Hurst Hall) to McKinley Building cornerstone-laying ceremony (1902) |
| | | McKinley Building cornerstone laying (May 14, 1902) |
| 1905 | | | Portrait of Bishop Charles Cardwell McCabe, Chancellor: 1902-1906 |
| | | Portrait of Bishop Charles Cardwell McCabe, Chancellor: 1902-1906 |
| 1908 | | | Opening of Massachusetts Avenue : fill at Foundry Branch looking SE |
| | | Construction of Massachusetts Avenue (1908) |
| | | General Conference of the Methodist Church at American University : addressed by President [Theodore] Roosevelt |
| 1910 | | | Portrait of Franklin Hamilton, Chancellor: 1907-1916 |
| | | Portrait of Franklin Hamilton, Chancellor: 1907-1916 |
| 1912 | | | Massachusetts Avenue crossing American University grounds : looking into Maryland and Virginia |
| | | Massachusetts Avenue extension : early 1900's Mass Ave. was extended beyond Wisconsin Ave. into Maryland -- the extension crossed AU property at Loughboro Rd. (now Nebraska Ave.) and Ward Circle |
| | | Massachusetts Avenue (1912) when completed up the hill to right and on through University grounds |
| | | Massachusetts Avenue looking eastward from University site toward Wisconsin Avenue |
| 1913 | | | View of Washington taken from a point east of American University site |
| 1914 | | | Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels : opening day ceremonies at American University |
| 1915 | | | The McKinley Building, Contractor's Cottage, and Hurst Hall |
| | | First Commencement 1915 |
| 1916 | | | The American University open air amphitheatre (Woods-Brown Amphitheatre) (Winter 1916) |
| | | Second Commencement 1916 |