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Collection Overview
Title:Freedom House, Inc., records
Dates:1941-2004 (bulk 1949-1986)
Location:72/1-4
Call Number:M16
Volume:62.00 cubic ft.
Scope and Content Abstract:The founders of Freedom House, Muriel S. And Otto P. Snowden had an acute sense of the historical value of their work and of the records that document it.  As a result, the records of Freedom House are thorough and comprehensive for the term of their co-directorship (1949-1986).  Materials created under the succeeding directors are less comprehensive and focus on the reorganization of Freedom House and on the educational program, Project REACH. 
Historical Abstract:Freedom House was founded in 1949 by African American social workers Otto P. and Muriel S. Snowden.  It grew out of their initial community organizing with the Council on Community Affairs of Upper Roxbury (1947-1949).  The initial goal of Freedom House was to centralize community activism in the fight for neighborhood improvement, good schools, and harmony among racial, ethnic, and religious groups in Roxbury, Massachusetts.  Otto Snowden was the Director of St. Mark Social Center when he married Muriel Sutherland Snowden.  They were determined to remain in Roxbury and work to ensure its stability as a middle-class, racially mixed neighborhood.  As directors of Freedom House, the Snowdens hoped to achieve their goals by linking the community to existing services and creating services where they were lacking. 
Arrangement:Organized into 6 series: 1. Administration; 2. Fund Raising; 3. Programs; 4. Issues; 5. Outside Organizations; and 6. Photographs and Videos
Subjects and Contributors:
  • Snowden, Otto Phillip, 1914-1995.
  • Snowden, Muriel S. (Muriel Sutherland), 1916-.
  • Swachman, Irene, 1915-1988

  • Freedom House (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.).
  • Freedom House Coalition.
  • Operation Exodus (Boston, Mass.).
  • Freedom House (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.) Institute on Schools and Education.
  • Coordinated Social Services Council (Boston, Mass.).
  • Boston Redevelopment Authority
  • Action for Boston Community Development.
  • Council on Community Affairs (Boston, Mass.).

  • Community development, Urban--Massachusetts--Boston.
  • African Americans--Education.
  • African Americans--Political activity.
  • African Americans--Relations with Jews.
  • African Americans women political activists--Massachusetts--Boston.
  • Boston (Mass.)--Race relations.
  • Civil rights--Massachusetts--Boston.
  • School integration--Massachusetts--Boston.
Restrictions:The collection is unrestricted. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the University Archivist.
Related Materials:

Additional material can be found in the Muriel S. and Otto P. Snowden papers (M17).
Processor: Finding aid prepared by Nancy Richard, December 1997 with funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Scope and Content Note

The founders of Freedom House, Muriel S. And Otto P. Snowden had an acute sense of the historical value of their work and of the records that document it. As a result, the records of Freedom House are thorough and comprehensive for the term of their co-directorship (1949-1986).  Materials created under the succeeding directors are less comprehensive and focus on the reorganization of Freedom House and on the educational program, Project REACH (the Road to Educational Achievement). The records of Freedom House and the Snowden's personal papers were transferred in four separate accessions that were largely unarranged. 

 Due to the Snowden's devotion to Freedom House and the Upper Roxbury community, their activities as Freedom House co-directors and as members of the community often overlapped.  As a result, personal papers were intermixed with Freedom House records.  Materials concerning the Snowden and Sutherland families, their representation on boards of outside organizations, personal awards, speeches, educational accomplishments, and previous jobs were removed from the Freedom House organizational records. Speeches, membership materials, and correspondence with friends generally bear a direct relationship with their work with Freedom House. Researchers should consult both collections for a complete picture of the Snowdens' activities and friendship networks. (See Muriel S. and Otto P. Snowden, Papers 1911-1990 M17)

The records of Freedom House span 1941-2004 (bulk 1949-1986).  The collection consists of 62 cubic feet of records and .5 cubic feet of video tapes.  The bulk of the collection documents the organization's administration and programs.  The collection also contains subject files concerning the issues of race relations, urban renewal, and desegregation primarily in Boston; and subject files of local (Roxbury or Boston) organizations that were concerned with these issues but had no direct relationship with Freedom House.  The collection is organized into six series: 1) Administration, 2) Fund Raising, 3) Programs, 4) Issues, 5) Outside Organizations, and 6) Photographs and Video Tapes.  Approximately 2,300 images from 1950-1975 can be viewed online at: http://www.lib.neu.edu/freedomhouse. 

Historical Note

Freedom House was founded in 1949 by African American social workers Otto P. and Muriel S. Snowden.  It grew out of their initial community organizing with the Council on Community Affairs of Upper Roxbury (1947-1949).  The initial goal of Freedom House was to centralize community activism in the fight for neighborhood improvement, good schools, and harmony among racial, ethnic, and religious groups in Roxbury, Massachusetts.  Otto Snowden was the Director of St. Mark Social Center when he married Muriel Sutherland Snowden. They were determined to remain in Roxbury and work to ensure its stability as a middle-class, racially mixed neighborhood.  As directors of Freedom House, the Snowdens hoped to achieve their goals by linking the community to existing services and creating services where they were lacking. 

Upon its incorporation in December 1949, Freedom House moved into its first office at 151 Humboldt Avenue in Roxbury.  Developing a reliable funding and community membership base, and locating a larger home for Freedom House were the primary goals of the diverse and active Board of Directors. City and state officials, local businesses, and funding organizations were an important part of the secure foundation upon which Freedom House was built.  Encouraged by the support it received from the community, Freedom House purchased the Hebrew Teachers College at 14 Crawford St. in 1952.  In 1960 a fire consumed a large part of the building.  Although programs continued, fund-raising activities were forced to concentrate on the rebuilding effort.  A re-dedication ceremony was held in 1961, and the building that exists today was opened to the public.  Effective grant writing and high-profile fund-raising events such as the Ebony Fashion Fair and the Showcase of Stars concerts provided a continuing broad base of financial support to Freedom House.   Early programming focused primarily on activities for children, youth, and adults, that would strengthen relations between the African American and Jewish residents of Upper Roxbury. Collaboration with the American Friends Service Committee on an Application Preparation Workshop to help minority students and recent graduates to successfully apply for jobs; and summer recreational programs were among the earliest projects. The new Crawford St. building enabled Freedom House to expand its programming and to provide a place for other community groups to meet. One of the only interracial pre-schools in the city at the time was run out of 14 Crawford St., and throughout the 1950s, social programs for African American and Jewish teenagers focused on fostering brotherhood and good citizenship. Lectures at the popular Coffee Hours and Teas, and Sunday at 8 forum covered a variety of current political, cultural, and social topics including the civil rights movement.  Speakers included Bayard Rustin (architect of the 1963 March on Washington), Louis Lomax (social critic and author), and representatives from the Freedom Riders and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). 

Neighborhood improvement programs designed to protect Upper Roxbury from urban blight began in 1949 when Freedom House joined with community members to organize neighborhood clean-up projects and playground construction.  Abandoned houses and cars and empty lots were targeted for clean-up by Freedom House and other neighborhood block associations. Bars that were considered a nuisance were routed out of the neighborhood and alcohol licenses were denied due to the efforts of the group.  Freedom House worked closely with the city to improve the services provided to Roxbury and with the police department to improve police-community relations.  At the same time, Boston was beginning a formal urban renewal campaign that did not initially include Roxbury.  A telegram from the Snowdens to Mayor Collins resulted in the inclusion of the Washington Park Urban Renewal Project in Boston's campaign.  By 1963 Freedom House had entered into formal contracts with the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and the Action Boston Community Development (ABCD) to serve as a liaison between the planners and technicians, and the residents of Washington Park. This relationship, lasted until the Boston Redevelopment Authority withdrew from Roxbury in the late 1960s, leaving much of its work undone.  

During the height of urban renewal, Freedom House purchased a run-down property on Humbolt Avenue from the city as a model for other neighborhood renovation projects.  Renovation was completed with the help of local businesses and the property was later sold.  The Roxbury Work/Study program was the basis for a second collaboration with the American Friends Service Committee in 1965.  This program matched homeowners willing to renovate their houses with college students who provided the labor to help paint and clean-up the properties.  The students also participated in a program to tutor children and from 1966-1968 Freedom House worked jointly with Northeastern University to continue this program.  Freedom House Development Corporation was a non-profit organization established by Freedom House in 1966 to build Brunswick Gardens, a low to moderate income housing development in Roxbury.  Freedom House dissolved the corporation before the housing was built due to labor difficulties and rising costs. Viable programs begun at the end of the urban renewal period included the Travel/Study program, which provided high school students with scholarships to study in Europe for the summer (the Muriel S. Snowden International School in Boston, was an outgrowth of this program); the Roxbury Goldenaires a program for senior citizens; and partnerships with local corporations such as Digital, Liberty Mutual, and New England Telephone for job training and recruitment.

Without the focus of urban renewal, Freedom House had the opportunity to redefine its direction.  The 1974 ruling by Judge Garrity, which found the Boston School Committee guilty of willful segregation, provided Freedom House with an immediate focus for its work. Freedom House had been an active participant in school desegregation issues since the early 1960s.  During the Freedom Stay-Out boycott of Boston Public Schools in 1964, Freedom House served as one of the Freedom Schools.  When Judge Garrity called for forced busing, community leaders understood the potential for violence and, therefore, the need to establish clear lines of communication between parents and the schools.  Hotlines and information centers were set up to assist the peaceful implementation of school desegregation. Under the direction of Ellen S. Jackson, the Institute on Schools and Education became the center of information about student busing.  During this time, Freedom House formed collaborations with Operation Exodus, the Freedom House Coalition, and the Coordinated Social Service Council, earning Freedom House the title of "The Black Pentagon."  The Institute became a rallying place where community leaders and parents could meet with city officials and participate in developing policy to foster quality integrated education for Boston's school children.

After the retirement of the Snowdens in 1984, Freedom House was managed by a series of Directors (Cynthia Parris, 1984; Acting Director Ambrose Nangeroni and other board members, 1984-1986; Toye Brown, 1987-1991; Juanita Wade, 1991-1995; Acting Director, Juanda Johnson, 1995-1996; Interim Director Norman Huggins, 1996; and Interim Director Gail Snowden, 1997-).  In 1987 the New Directions initiative was created.  Its goals were to increase access for African Americans and other minorities to relevant education and training programs, leading to more jobs and higher income levels.  Another one of Freedom House's major activities during the 1980s was in the area of economic development and housing in the Grove Hall section of Roxbury/Dorchester.  

Educational programming focused almost entirely on basic skill- building and college preparation, computer literacy, and access to scholarships.  The Action Center for Educational Services and Scholarships Prep Project commenced operations in 1988 to improve availability of minority students to the Action Center for Educational Services and Scholarships (ACCESS), a program, funded in part through the Boston Public Schools, located at the Boston Public Library.  The goal of the program was to provide support, guidance and encouragement to students who wished to pursue college educations.  Project REACH (the Road to Educational Achievement) was launched in 1988, from a private donation, to provide financial support for the college education of fifty African American and Hispanic students a year, who graduated from high school between 1988 and 1992.  Project REACH quickly emerged as a community-based program that strove to produce a cadre of future leaders.  From 1992-1996 only scholarship counseling was available, and the program was discontinued in 1996.   In 1996 Freedom House Board, headed by Gail Snowden daughter of Otto and Muriel Snowden, considered the possibility of merging with other community organizations.  The overwhelming sentiment of the board and community members was not to dissolve Freedom House, but to once again re-evaluate its mission and services.  Freedom House is currently responsible for the administration of the grant funding the Black Church Math and Science Program. The Roxbury Goldenaires operates independently out of the Freedom House location. Future directions of the organization are still under discussion. 
Bibliography

Freedom House, Inc. "25 Years - It's a Beginning, 1949-1974, and other annual reports.  Freedom House Collection control file.

Freedom House historical profiles in Freedom House Collection, Box 1, folder 1.

Montiero, Marilyn D. S., "The Freedom House Institute on Schools and Education: Its Participation in Boston's Court-Ordered School Desegregation: The First Year, 1974-1975," (Harvard University), 1982
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Series:
1. Administration, 1947-2004
Volume:12.00 cubic ft.
Arrangement:

Files are arranged in five subseries: A.  Organizational and legal, n.d., 1947-1999; B.  Board of Directors, n.d., 1952-1999; C.  Schedules, 1950-1990; D.  Correspondence, 1949-1994; E.  Events, 1952-2004
Summary:

A) Organizational and legal records concerning the founding and management of Freedom House, including several folders from the Council on Community Affairs of Upper Roxbury (1947-1949), the predecessor to Freedom House.  Materials include records of the purchase of the Hebrew College at 14 Crawford St. and the building's renovation after the fire of 1960, financial statements, histories, newsletters, awards and public relations materials.  Records of the Freedom House Archives Committee and evaluations of Freedom House from 1986 and 1992 are also included.  

B) Board of Directors records consist of minutes and reports of regular meetings, annual meetings, retreats, and long-range planning meetings as well as biographical information about Board members.  Later records document the Board's efforts to reorganize Freedom House and plan for the retirement of the Snowdens and include interoffice memos, minutes from staff meetings, and personnel manuals.  

C) Schedules of Freedom House and its co-directors, Muriel and Otto Snowden, consist of calendars of daily, weekly, and monthly events.  

D) Correspondence is arranged in two sub-subseries: 1) General Correspondence is of a routine nature, but it clearly depicts the day-to-day activities of Freedom House and the community activism of its founders.  Correspondence to and from national and local politicians, dignitaries, celebrities and businesses indicates the degree of support received by the Snowdens for Freedom House. Correspondence from community members and organizations includes invitations to meetings, events and speaking engagements. Researchers should note that speeches by Muriel Snowden and correspondence relating to the Snowden's professional lives outside Freedom House, and correspondence from friends that may relate to Freedom House, are found in the Muriel S. and Otto P. Snowden Papers, M17.  Flyers, brochures and announcements are also included in this series, as well as hate mail received by Freedom House and primarily written during its involvement in school desegregation (Box 10, folders 375-376).  General Correspondence contains letters from outside organizations which are also represented in Series V, Outside Organizations. 2) Personal Assistance Correspondence consists of requests for personal assistance, and employment and scholarship referrals.  Of interest is a small quantity of correspondence concerning requests for assistance for emigrant domestics from the South during the early 1960s. 

E) Events that celebrated the dedication and rededication of the Freedom House building and various Freedom House anniversaries are documented in these files. Awards to community members were often presented at these meetings and are documented in this subseries.
BoxTitleDate
A. Administrative Records
Organizational and legal files
1Historical profiles1949-1987
1Council on Community Affairs of Upper Roxbury1947-1949
1Council on Community Affairs (Upper Roxbury) Student File1947-1948
1Articles of Organization1949-1974
1Bylawsc. 1950-1980, 1987
1Charter1950
1Bureau of Incorporated Charities1950-1067
1Robert L. Levister vs. Freedom House1953
1Tax exempt certificate1962-1988
1Annual report 1963, 1990-1991
1Freedom House Credit Union1966
1Financial statements (23 folders)1968-1993
1Organizational charts1987-1995
82Cash flow1988-1991
82Financial planning and budgets (4 folders)1988-1991
1Agreement re providing consumer information1995
1Statement of purposen.d.
Property files
1Special Committee on Purchase of Freedom House1951-1955
1161 Ruthven St. 1951
1489 Warren St.1951
14 Crawford Street
1Fire1960
1Floor plansca. 1980s
1Mortgage of1956-1965
1Purchase of1951-1956
1Rehabilitation1983-1984
1Renovation blueprint1960
1Restoration1960-1961
1Specs (2 folders)1960
1Tax abatement1957
1Bower St. lot acquisition1963
1Boston 200 selection of Freedom House as historic property1975
Public relations files
1Freedom House songn.d.
1Logon.d.
1Stationaryn.d.
81Freedom House t-shirtsn.d.
1-2Newspaper clippings (45 folders)n.d., 1949-1999
2Promotional materials1950s
2Radio interview scripts1950-1951
2Freedom House newsletters (4 folders)1950s-1990s
2Freedom House holiday cards1952-1965
81Awards, artifactsn.d.
2Awards presented by Freedom House1963-1993
813-dimensional awardsn.d.
2Recognition awards (paperweights)1971
2Awards1964-1996
FF1-D1Oversized awards1960s-1980s
2Dateline Boston1964
2Channel 5 - Classroom Five1971-1972
2Freedom House story – Ch 71985
2Freedom House Archives Committee (2 folders)1988
2Freedom House Archives project portraits1987-1988
B. Board of Directors
Board structure and membership
2Board structuren.d.
2Board members questionnairen.d.
2Board membership statementn.d.
2Board of Director lists (2 folders)1952-1995
2Board of Director biographical1953-1983
2Board of Director data sheets (4 folders)ca. 1974-1991
2Meeting notification1999
2Ken Haskins' Tributen.d.
2Cecile Gordon's retirement1989
Board files
2Freedom House Advisory Committee minutes and report1949
2Board of Directors' correspondence (3 folders)1950-1991
2-5Board of Directors' minutes and reports (62 folders)1950-1996
5Planning Council/Liaison Committee minutes1952-1953
5Board of Directors' Fireside chats (2 folders)1955-1956
5Board of Directors' three-year reports1959-1962
5Long-Range planning transition minutes and reports 1977-1979
52010 Transition Plan Executive Director Search committee1978-1981
5Board of Directors Transition plan 1980-20101979
5Transition-Executive meetings search committee1983-1981
5Long-range planning committee1990
5Freedom House long range planning1990
5Long range planning – Pavilion Project1990-1991
5Strategic plan1992-1993
5Board of Directors retreat1994
5Strategic plan for the 21st century1996
52010 Transaction Executive Search Committee – candidates1983
5Transaction search committee – Toye Brown1984-1986
5Freedom House – transition1995
5Evaluation of Freedom House, Inc. (2 folders)1986
5Technology planning1986-1989
5Board of Directors' handbook – Toye Brown (3 folders)1990
5Organizational assessment of Freedom House1992
5Program planning committee1993-1995
Staff management
5Board/staff retreat planning committee file 1979
5Board staff retreat1979
5Board of Directors/staff retreat1989
5Staff meetings (6 folders)1984, 1987-1991, 1993
6Staff support group1989-1990
6Freedom House staff meetings1990
6Staff retreat1990
6Freedom House staff meetings1991
6Staff retreat1993
6Interoffice memos (8 folders)1986-1993
6Staff job descriptions1987
6Freedom House Personnel manuals (2 folders)1988, 1991
6Personnel manual1993
6Freedom House, Inc., standard operating procedures and personnel manual1993
6Staff office plan1988
6Efficacy Institute1989
6Freedom House - Management team meetings1989-1990
C. Schedules
6General (2 folders)1971, 1989-1990
6-7Freedom House (25 folders)1950-1986
7-8Otto P. and Muriel S. Snowden (35 folders)1960-1985
D. Correspondence
9-10Correspondence (58 folders)1950-1994
10Hate mail (2 folders)1969-1981
10Personal assistance correspondence (6 folders)n.d., 1949-1986
11Thanksgiving 1949
11Christmas (14 folders)1949-1980s
11Letters of reference (4 folders)1948-1985
11Employment assistance (2 folders)1950-1979
Scholarship assistance
11George Higgins1971-1973
11George Young1974-1976
11Personal correspondence1973-1986
11Referrals and information1951-1973
11Richard Werbner1954-1959
11Scholarship assistance (3 folders)1950-1984
11Summer camp scholarships1950-1977
11Assistance to Emigrant Domestics1960-1965
E. Events
11Dedication banquet1952
11Dedication banquet – guestbook1952-1965
11Visitor's register1984-1985
11Open House tea and art exhibit1956
1110th anniversary brochure1959
11Freedom House re-dedication1961
11Freedom House re-dedication correspondence1961
1115th anniversary brochure1964
1120th anniversary1969
11-1225th anniversary (4 folders)1973-1974
1225th anniversary correspondence1973-1974
1225th anniversary – art exhibit1974
1225th anniversary – Nursery School reunion1974
1225th anniversary brochure1974
1230th anniversary1979
1235th anniversary booklet1984
12Open House1990
122003 Awards Gala2003
122004 Awards Gala2004
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Series:
2. Fund Raising, 1947-1995
Volume:14.00 cubic ft.
Arrangement:

Files are arranged in five subseries: A. Funding Drives, 1947-1995; B. Benefit Events, 1949-1993; C. Corporate Funding, 1950-1992; D.  Foundations, 1950-1992; E.  Grants, 1969-1991
Summary:

Fund raising files include the organizational records of fund-raising events, funding campaigns and membership drive materials, and applications and correspondence to foundations, corporations, and federal and state funding agencies. During the 1950s-1970s annual events included community bazaars, Ebony Fashion Fairs, and the Star Showcase starring such performers as Marion Anderson, Pearl Bailey, Nina Simone, and Cab Calloway. Involvement of the Board of Directors in fund raising is documented in the Board of Directors files, and fund raising for Project REACH (the Road to Educational Achievement) may be found in those files.
BoxTitleDate
A. Funding Drives
12Individual donors (4 folders)1947-1990
12Individual donors – Alfred Curryn.d.
12Individual donors – Bach1966-1978
12Individual donors – Henry Berlinn.d.
12Individual donors – Denghausen1966, 1986
12Individual donors – Dunfey1977-1984
12Individual donors – Jones1975-1982
12Individual donors – Kamm n.d.
12 Individual donors – Caleb Loring 1980-1992
12Individual donors – Putman1977-1980
12Individual donors – Sy Rosenthaln.d.
12Solicitation correspondence1950-1957
12Freedom House campaign fund1950
12Freedom House campaign fund committee1951-1954
12Fund-raising manual1952-1953
12Yearbook1952-1953
12Yearbook correspondence1952
12Yearbook1953
12Yearbook correspondence1953
1210th anniversary yearbook1959
12Citizens for Tomorrow fund drive 1953-1954
12St. Cyprian's fund drive1954
12-13Membership campaign (36 folders)n.d.., 1954-1990
13Membership drive1991
13Membership campaign1993
13Capital fund (2 folders)1957-1959
13Board of Visitors (2 folders)1958-1973
13Building campaign1960
14-17Membership drive cards A-Z 1960-1972
13Tile Projectsca. 1963
13Sam Bell Memorial fund1971
13American Institute for Foreign Study fund1972-1979
13Darryl Williams fund (2 folders)1981-1989
13Endowment fund1983-1985
13Endowment Fund Corporate luncheon1985
13Endowment fund1986-1987
13Endowment fund – status report1988
13Finance Committee (4 folders)1987-1989, 1994
13Building renovation fund1989
13Development Office report (3 folders)1993-1995
13Continuous Income Program1995
B. Benefit Events
13Benefit basketball game1949
13Gables Bridge Club benefit1950
13Friends of Freedom House benefit1950-1951
13Marian Anderson benefit concert1951
13Club Assembly – Diamond Ball1953
132nd annual bazaar1953-1954
135th annual Freedom House Bazaar1957
136th annual bazaar1958
13Benefit concert1958
18Ebony Fashion Fair backgroundn.d.
18Ebony Fashion Fair (11 files)1958-1964
187th annual benefit Showcase of Stars (2 folders)1964
188th annual benefit Star Showcase (Pearl Bailey)1965
189th annual benefit Star Showcase (Joe Williams)1966
1810th annual benefit Star Showcase (Nina Simone)1967
1811th annual benefit Star Showcase (Three Degrees)1968
1812th annual benefit Star Showcase (Nancy Wilson)1969
1813th annual benefit Star Showcase (Arthur Prysock)1970
1814th annual benefit Star Showcase (Three Degrees)1971
1815th annual benefit Star Showcase (Commodores)1972
1816th annual benefit Star Showcase (Cab and Chris Calloway)1973
18Benefit cocktail party1976
18Gala dinner/dance 1985
182nd annual Freedom House Golf Tournament 1992
18Fashion show1993
19Fundraising event – 3rd annual bazaar1955
19Fundraising event file – Ebony Fashion Fair1958
19Ebony Fashion Fair1959
C. Corporate Funding
20Corporate sponsors (2 folders)1950-1991
20Donor lists (2 folders)n.d., 1958-1990
20Corporate sponsor – general application 1976
20Corporate appeal1985-1987
20Apple Computer, Inc.1989
20Arkwright1971-1973
20Bank of Boston (Old Colony Trust)1974-1987
20Bank of Boston (First National) 1954-1987
20Bank of New England1987
20Barry Wright1984-1987
20Boston Edison1971-1987
20Boston Five Cents Savings Bank1977-1987
20Bostongas (Eastern Gas)1958-1987
20Boston Globe1971-1987
20Boston Globe Foundation1985-1991
20Charles T. Main, Inc.1976-1981
20Colonial Tanning1950-1960
20Digital 1969-1992
20Digital – report on science/engineering scholarship (2 folders)1977-1987
20Digital Equipment Corporation (3 folders)1978-1992
20Eastern Charitable (Eastco) (2 folders)1951-1986
20Eastman Gelatine1973-1984
20Emhart/USM1972-1977
20Filene's1974-1982
20Gannett Foundation (2 folders)1984-1990
20-21Gilette (2 folders)1973-1991
21Grimes Oil1992
21John Hancock (2 folders)1969-1992
21Harvard Community Health Plan1990
21Liberty Mutual (American Mutual) (2 folders)1969-1992
21Lotus (2 folders)1986-1991
21Microwave Associates1971-1985
21Millipore Corporation1973-1989
21New England Mutual1970-1991
21New England Telephone (2 folders)1970-1992
21New England Education Loan Marketing Corporation1991
21Old Colony Trust and Foundation 1974-1989
21Polaroid (3 folders)1970-1992
21Polaroid Foundation1987-1992
21Polaroid Institute on Schools (2 folders)1979-1987
21Prime Computer, Inc.1988-1990
21Prudential 1969-1984
21Purity Supreme1978-1985
21Raytheon1971-1988
21Reebok1990
21Sears1953-1957
21Shawmut Bank (2 folders)1972-1992
21Star Brush1950-1956
21State Street Bank (2 folders)1977-1992
21Stop and Shop1953-1990
21Stride Rite1988
21U.S. Trust Co.1988-1989
21Wang1983-1985
21WCVB-TV1976-1989
21Zayre1985-1987
D. Foundations
21Letters of recommendation1950
21Agoos Charity Fund (2 folders)1952-1991
21Arlington Street Church1975-1985
21Associated Foundation of Greater Boston1970-1974
21-22Batson Foundation (2 folders) 1985-1991
22Julius Bernstein1984-1987
22Blanchard Foundation1966-1977
22B'nai B'rith1948-1958
22Boston Company1988-1992
22Boston Foundation (Permanent Charities) (7 folders)1954-1992
22Cabot (Ella Lyman) Foundation 1950-1960
22Cabot (Godfrey L.) Trust1951, 1955
22Cabot Foundation1970-1985
22Church of Christ Scientist1976-1977
22City Missionary Society1959-1970
22Clipper Ship Foundation1987-1991
22Committee on Community Projects1953-1954
22Cox (Charles M.) Trust Fund (5 folders)1952-1992
22Cox Fund1952-1972
22Cox (Jessie B.) Charitable Fund (2 folders)1983-1987
22Crabtree Fund1960-1976
22Cullinane Foundation1985
22Fidelity Foundation1976-1987
22Ford Foundation1967-1968
22Ford Foundation: (Institute on Schools)1975
22Foundations (2 folders)1951-1992
23Fuller Foundation, Inc. (2 folders)1964-1988
23Girl Friends, Inc.1967-1981
23Goldfine Family Charity 1954-1969
23Grimes King Foundation for the Elderly (3 folders)1971-1992
23Grosberg Family Charity (2 folders)1952-1992
23Hyams (7 folders)1951-1992
23Agnes M. Lindsay Trust1992
23MacArthur Foundation1989-1990
23Mayor's Charity Fund1950-1963
23 New Hampshire Charitable Fund1988
23New World Foundation1987
23Old South Fund1985-1986
23Robert Treat Paine Association1990-1992
23Theodore Edson Parker Foundation (2 folders)1952-1990
23Amelia Peabody Foundation1989-1991
23Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust1991-1992
23A.C. Ratshesky Foundation (2 folders)1950-1991
23Mabel L. Riley Foundation (3 folders)1950, 1975-1992
23Sailors' Snug Harbor (2 folders)1975-1991
23Schwarzhaupt Foundation1957-1963
23Shawmut (Masonic) Lodge1955-1968
23 Sherwood Forest1976-1981
23Sloan Foundation1973-1977
23Trinity Church1973
23Vingo Trust1976-1983
23Richard Walker1961-1987
23Wellesley Service Organization1954-1958
23Wheelock College1991-1992
E. Grants
24Health, Education and Welfare: Educational Counseling Talent Search (8 folders)1969-1977
24c636 Community Lecture series 1974
24Mayor's Safe Streets Act Program - Community Information Center (supplementary funding)1974
Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA)
24Community Information Center (5 folders)1975-1977
24Community Information Center – draft proposal1976-1977
24General1975
24Grant application – Community Information Center (3 folders)1976-1977
24Grant application revision – Community Information Center1976
24Needs Assessment1979-1980
24Quarterly and final program performance report1976
24c636 Occupational and Educational Guidance final report1976-1977
24c636 Occupational and Educational Guidance proposal and interim report1976-1977
24c636 Occupational and Educational Guidance (5 folders)1976-1980
25State Manpower Services Council – Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)1976
25Mass Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy : Freedom House Coalition1978
25c636 JE Burke Collaborative (2 folders)1980-1982
25c636 JE Burke Collaborative final report1982
25c636 International High School planning project1983-1984
25Microcomputer Business Applications for Construction Support/Employment Preparation Project Dept of Education1989
25Freedom House Development Block Grant Fund FY '911991
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Series:
3. Programs, 1950-2000
Volume:29.00 cubic ft.
Arrangement:

This series is arranged in five subseries:A.  Social and Community, 1950-2000Arranged by program.  B.  Urban Renewal, 1949-1972Arranged chronologically by type of project. C.  Housing, 1966-1994Arranged by project. D.  Desegregation and Education, 1948-1996Arranged by type of material or project. E.  Career Development, 1961-1975Arranged by project.
Summary:

A) Social and Community programming was conducted primarily in the 1950s and 1960s.  This series contains records from some of Boston's earliest interracial programs for children, youth, and adults.  Files include organizational files, minutes, brochures, flyers, correspondence, newsletters, and reports.  

B) Urban Renewal program files cover the involvement of Freedom House in neighborhood clean-up projects and block organizations, and its participation in contracts with the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and the Action Boston Community Development (ABCD) from 1949-1968. Materials include organizational files, correspondence, minutes, reports, proceedings, notices, contracts, and public relations materials. 

C) Housing Programs began during urban renewal with the incorporation of the Freedom House Development Corporation, a non-profit organization established to build Brunswick Gardens, a housing development in Roxbury. Later efforts to develop in the Grove Hall area and programs to assist home buyers are also documented in these files.  Materials include legal records, applications, correspondence, plans, reports, brochures and proposals.  

D) Education and Desegregation files document the involvement of Freedom House with the issue of desegregation prior to 1965 when the Racial Imbalance Law was passed and focus on Freedom House's response to the 1974 ruling by Judge Garrity to enforce desegregation of the Boston Public Schools.  They also cover educational programming in the 1980s and 1990s.   The Institute on Schools and Education was established by Freedom House to coordinate the response of Freedom House and the organizations with which it worked.  Hotline and rumor control records, reports and formal responses, director's notebooks, and conference and meeting records are included. Reference files include newspaper clippings, filings and responses to the court order, and filings of the Boston School Committee's Department of Implementation, and subject files that provide background to the issue of desegregation throughout the country and its implementation in Boston.  Freedom House also formed collaborations with Operation Exodus, the Freedom House Coalition, and the Coordinated Social Service Council.  Position papers, minutes, press releases, and other organizational materials from these groups are included in this subseries. Later educational programming focused almost entirely on educational preparation, computer literacy, and scholarships. The bulk of these materials document Project REACH.

E) Career Development programs were primarily aimed at adult education and skill enhancement.  The files document some of the many collaborations between Freedom House and local corporations.  Materials include organizational files, correspondence, and notices.
BoxTitleDate
A. Social and Community Programs
General programs and surveys
25Freedom House special events1950-1965
25Freedom House activity survey1952
25Freedom House programs 1952-1987
25Publicity materials 1999, 2000
25United Community Services – Research Initiation Grant (RIG) survey1954
Children's programs
25Play School 1952-1963
25Nursery School – guestbook1974
25Roxbury Dodgers1953
25Greater Boston Council of Girl Scouts, Inc, Troop no. 491954
25Upper Roxbury Dorchester Little League1960, 1971
25New Experiences for Children correspondence1963-1969
25New Experiences for Children lists1965-1970
25New Experiences for Children minutes1963-1971
25New Experiences for Children reports1966-1973
25Head Start (3 folders)1965-1966
25Head Start – applications1965-1966
25Head Start – home visit report1965-1966
Youth programs
25Applicant Preparation Workshop (2 folders)1949-1957
25Applicant Preparation Workshop – correspondence1950-1951
25Applicant Preparation Workshop – American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)1951
25Roxbury Memorial High School facilities applications1949-1957
25Roxbury Citizens Boys Club1951
Teen Age Boys (TABS)
25Teen Age Boys 1952-1955
25Teen Age Boys and Teen Age Boys Hi-Ball1953
25Teen Age Boys Brotherhood Breakfast1953
25Good Citizen Supper1953
25Teen-Age Conference1954
Roxbury Youth Council
26Roxbury Youth Council 1953-1954
26Citizens for Tomorrow1953-1954
26Membership applications1953
26Mayor's Committee on Civic Improvement meeting1954
26Panel of Young Citizens1954
26Sports Night1954
26Roxbury Teenage Players (The Three Pegs)1956
26Triangle Club Youth Conference1957
Adult programs
26Marri-eds1952-1953
26Negro History Week (Academy Players)1952-1953
26Community Goodwill Supper1953
26Freedom House Forum proposal1953
26Sidewalk Theatre Players1953
26Coffee Hour (13 folders)1953-1974
26Musical Journey of 1954n.d.
26Modern Camera Club1954
26Club 15 1955
26First International Tea1955
26Second International Tea1956
26Art Workshop1961-1962
26Third International Tea1957
26Tiara Club1955
26Martin Luther King reception1958
26Oscar Saxe testimonial1958
26Music for Fun[1959] 1961-1962
26Sunday at 8 Forum (7 folders)1961-1966
26Interracial Home Visit program (3 folders)1963-1964
26Melnea Cass testimonial1966
26Community Lecture series196-1967
26Blacks Helping Blacks, Inc.1968
26Cooperative Extension Service, School of Home Economics, Univversity of Massachusetts "Understanding Self and Race"1969
26Reception for National Black Caucus of Elected Officials1975
26Roland Walton reception1977
261st Annual Cultural Holiday Bazaar1988
262nd Annual Cultural Holiday Bazaar1989
26Kwanzaa celebration1994
Goldenaires
26"The Heart Line" stationeryn.d.
26Barbados trip1972-1973
26-27Program (25 folders)n.d., 1963, 1965, 1969-1993
27Tax exempt certificate1969, 1989
27Newsletter, "The Heart Line" (11 folders)1970-1991
27Minutes (20 folders)1970-1992
27Annual report1971-1979
27Brochures1971, 1991
27Award presentations1972
27Meeting attendance1976-1981
27Expenditures1983-1987
27Monthly program reports1988-1994
27Program notebook1990
27By-laws1996
B. Urban Renewal
Clean-up campaigns
28Parks and totlots1949-1964
28Liquor licenses1951-1964
28Requests for information and complaints1952-1965
28Playground survey1953
28Clean-up campaigns (2 folders)1952-1955
28Savin Street Health and Welfare Council – Clean-up Committee1955
28Clean-up campaign (6 folders)1956-1965
28Newspaper clippings (15 folders)1950-1983
28Space heaters1960
28Warren St./Seaver busline1961
28Roxbury Beautification Program1961-1967
28Roxbury historic preservation – Boston Redevelopment Authorityca. 1962
28Abandoned houses1963
28Abandoned cars1964
28Vacant lots1964
28Good Housekeeping Program final report – Boston Redevelopment Authority1966
Meetings and reports
83General Plan for Boston: A Preliminary Report1950
28Wellesley College Study1954
83A Report on Downtown Boston1959
28Meeting on red-lining1960
28Community conference1961
28Legislation concerning housing1962-1968
28All American City Award1963
28Freedom House and Urban Renewal – Pinderhughes1963
28Planning With People – finding the formula1963
28Ninth annual conferama – Boston's renewal and rehabilitation programs1964
83The New Bostonca. 1964
28Harvard Medical School laboratory on community psychiatry1964-1965
28Community Conference on Urban Renewal1966
28Proposed article on Freedom House and its role in Boston's urban renewal1966-1967
28Boston Model Cities Program1967
28Partners in Progress, Inc.1967
28Rehabilitation Specialist Program Staff Orientation1968
83Report of the South West Corridor Land Development Coalition1972
Public hearings
28Boston Redevelopment Authority resolution for Roxbury1959
28Early land acquisition1962
28Extension of the Washington Park Urban Renewal Area1962
28Request for a public hearing (Boston Redevelopment Authority)1962
28Approval of plan (2 folders)1963
28Approval of final plan1963
83Progress of the 62-63 Workable Program1963
28Renewal of bond issue1964
28Madison Park High School1966
28Status of urban renewal funding/loan for Washington Park Urban Renewal Project (WPURP)1970
Neighborhood associations
29Neighborhood Improvement Association planning file1952-1960
29Neighborhood Improvement Association minutes1956
29Roxbury Citizens Committee1953
29Roxbury Community Council (2 folders)1954-1966
29Back Bay Neighborhood Association1955
29Block leaders1956-1960
29Block Leaders Coordinating Council1958-1962
29Brookledge St. Block Association1958-1960
29Cliff St. Block Associations1960
29Crawford St. Block Group1959-1960
29Elm Hill Park Improvement Association1964
29Geneva-Quincy Area Association1957-1967
29Holworthy Block Association1966-1967
29Holworthy Kadets1964
29Homestead Street Block Association1959
29Horatio Harris Park Residents Association1966
29Humboldt Area Improvement Association1960
29Hutchings St. Block Association1960
29Monroe St. Improvement Association1954
29Ottawa St. Block Association1960
29Ruthven-Pleasanton Block Association1958-1963
29Warren Neighborhood Association 1960-1963
29Area 1 Association1963-1965
29Area 2 Association1963-1964
29Area 3 Association1963-1964
29Area 4 Association1964
29Area 5 Association1964
29Area 6 Association1964-1965
29Area 7 Association, (formerly Area 1A)1964
29Area 8 Association1964
29Area 9 Association1964-1966
29Area 11 Association (Dale St.) (3 folders),1957-1965
29Area 12 Association1964-1966
29Area 13 Association1964
Grove Hall Board of Trade bylaws
29Bylawsn.d.
29Minutes and meeting notices1959-1966
29Correspondence1960-1964
29Mailing lists1964-1966
Roxbury-North Dorchester General Neighorbood Renewal Plan (GNRP)
29Citizen survey1961
29Social planning subcommittee1961
29Steering Group minutes1961
29Action Boston Community Development District1961-1963
29Interfaith Clergy Committee (3 folders)1961-1965
29Relocation Committee1963
29Area brochure1965
30Roxbury Community Work Projects1960-1961
30Police-Community Relations Committee1960-1966
30Police-Community relations1960-1966
30Police-Community relations – Conference of the National Consortium for Continuous Improvement in Higher Education (NCCI)1966
Citizens Urban Renewal Action Committee (CURAC)
30Washington Park Steering Committee minutes1961-1962
30Roxbury Professional Advisory Committee1961-1962
30Washington Park Citizens' Urban Renewal (CURE)1961
30Proposed Federation of Neighborhood Associations1961-1962
30Washington Park Urban Renewal Area (WPURA)1962
Citizens Urban Renewal Action Committee (CURAC)
30Bylaws and organizational charts1962-1964
30General1962-1965
30Chronological files (11 folders)1962-1970
30Interoffice correspondence with urban renewal staff (3 folders)1962-1965
30Rehabilitation committee minutes1962-1964
30Low income housing meeting – Citizens Urban Renewal Action Committee sponsored1966
31Dorchester United Neighborhood Associations 1961-1964
31Boston's Associated Neighborhoods (BAN)1962
Citizens Advisory Committee
31Citizens Advisory Committee1963
31Bylaws1964
31Executive committee1964
31Committee on Minority Housing1964-1965
31General meeting1964-1965
31Rehabilitation Committee1964-1965
31Relocation committee1964-1965
31Code enforcement1965
31Coordinating Housing committee1965
31Housing and Housing for the Elderly1965
31Committee on Capital Improvements1965
31Washington Park Area Action Corporation1964
31Proposal for long-range citizens committee for Washington Park1966
Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD)
31Background file1961-1966
31Area coordinator's meeting report forms1962
31Education Committee1962-1963
31Real Estate Brokers1962-1964
31Memos and correspondence1962-1965
31Coordinator's meeting reports (11 folders)1962-1966
31Survey1963
31Agency interview chedule on group services and youth needs1963
31Freedom House urban renewal staff reaction to Action Boston Community Development Washington Park social inventory survey1963
31Area Coordinator reports1963-1964
32Quarterly summary report on Action Boston Community Development contract1963-1964
32Contracts (3 folders)1963-1965
32Monthly reports on Action Boston Community Development contract1964
32Proposal for Washington Park Community Action program1964
32Home Management Program1964-1965
32Washington Park Association of Apartment House Owners1964-1966
Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) Washington Park
32Memos and correspondence (3 folders)1958-1969
32Washington Park Urban Renewal plan (Boston Redevelopment Authority)1961
32Washington Park urban renewal publications (Boston Redevelopment Authority)ca 1960s
32Quarterly summary report on Boston Redevelopment Authority contract1962
32Contract (7 folders)1962-1968
32Washington Park Urban Renewal final plan1962
83Washington Park urban renewal area Question/Answer1962
32Early land acquisition (2 folders)1962-1963
32Relocation program1962-1963
32Later land acquisition (2 folders)1962-1964
83Washington Park urban renewal area bulletin1962-1963
32Property inspection surveys1962-1964
32Requests for payment on Boston Redevelopment Authority contract (5 folders)1962-1966
83Washington Park urban renewal area newsletter1962-1966
32Washington Park Relocation Program1962-1963
32Relocation survey and progress report1964-1965
32Relocation case file1962-1967
32Administration review1962, 1965-1967
33Rehabilitation bid and contractsca. 1963
33Rehabilitation committee1963
33Washington Park urban renewal brochure mailing1963
33Land acquisition procedures1963-1964
33Quarterly attendance reports on Boston Redevelopment Authority contract1963-1964
33Rehabilitation standards1963-1964
33Action Boston Community Development/ Boston Redevelopment Authority/FH joint meetings1963-1965
33Tours of Washington Park project area1963-1965
33Urban renewal revolving fund1963-1967
33Housing Committee minutes1964
33Washington Park inventory condition reports1964
33Washington Park sub-area design1964
33Applications for housing1964-1965
33Boston Redevelopment Authority/Freedom House joint meetings1964-1965
33Housing – sales1964-1965
33Lewis Jr. High School essays on urban renewal (5 folders)1964-1965
33Reports on Washington Park1965
33Community Education program1965
33Egelston Square petition against early acquisition1965
33Annual report on Boston Redevelopment Authority contract1967
33Agreement between Boston Redevelopment Authority and community organizations1968
33Boston Redevelopment Authority lease1968-1969
Rehabilitation and construction projects
33Academy Homes1962-1963
33Charlame Park1963-1964
33Marksdale Gardens1963-1965
Pilot House
33Blueprints and specs1965
33Boston Redevelopment Authority contract1965-1967
33Legal records1964-1965
33Opening1965
33Publicity1965-1966
33Rehabilitation1964-1965
33Sale1967-1968
Roxbury Work and Study Project
33-34General (5 folders) 1965-1968
34American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)1964
34Budget and financial file1965
34Final report1965
34Financial1964
34Host advisory committee1965
34House painting1965
34Tutorial1965
34Recreational programs1965
34Boston In-fill housing floor plans1968-1969
C. Housing
Freedom House Development Corporation
34Daily reports and memos1971
34Foreclosure1977-1979
34General1966-1973
34Minutes1971-1972
34Brunswick Gardens
34Applications1972
34General1971-1972
34Constructionca 1971
34Sale1971
34Housing and Economic Development Unit (2 folders)1987-1990
34Neighborhood Development Corporation of Grove Hall/FH contract agent1985
34Grove Hall pavilion1987-1990
34Housing Unit support proposal1989-1990
34Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency1989-1990
34Roxbury Homebuyers Savings and Investment Group1989-1990
34Ecumenical Center/Goldenaires1990
34Grove Hall Senior Housing1990
34Housing and Urban Development Counseling1990
34Minority Developers Association1990
34Freedom House Home Buyers Group1990-1994
34Housing and Urban Development application1991
D. Desegregation and Education
35-36Newspaper Clippings on desegregation (copy and master)
35-36, Reel 1Freedom House, Operation Exodus, Desegregation, Prior to 1974, Racial Imbalance, Sargent's Plan, School Referendum, Busing, General Education, Teachers, Suburban
35-36, Reel 2Politics, Judge Arthur Garrity, Phase I Desegregation, Phase II Desegregation
35-36, Reel 3Phase III Desegregation, Black Caucus/NAACP/Urban League, Citywide Coordinating Council, Parents CPAC – CDAC, Citywide Parents Council, Massachusetts Parent-Teacher Associations/Youth Activities Commission (YAC)/Home Teaching, Violence in Boston
35-36, Reel 4Violence in New England, South Boston High School/Receivership, School Committee members, Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), Metropolitizations, Metropathways, Transportation
35-36, Reel 5Transportation, Media, Boston Globe Spotlight: Boston Schools, Globe Spotlight: Blacks in Changing America, Globe Essay – Boston Schools: A Decade of Trial
35-36, Reel 6Boston School Budget, Charter Reform, Mass Education Laws
35-36, Reel 7 Magnet Schools, Exam Schools, Teachers Theories on Improving Education
35-36, Reel 8Testing, Vocational Education, Bilingual, Education, Adult Ed, Special Ed Student – Statistics
35-36, Reel 9Youth Jobs, The Covenant, College Aid, College Aid – A Better Chance, Desegregation – Other States/Federal, Desegregation – Federal
35-36, Reel 10Reverse Discrimination (Bakke case)
FF1-D1Local newspapers re desegregation1970s
Subject Files
34A Better Chanceca. 1960s, 1985-1986
34Advisory Committee on Racial Imbalance (2 folders)1965-1972
34"After Integration, What?" Seminar: Harvard University Graduate School Center for Urban Studies1974
34American Friends Service Committee1964, 1974-1975
34Anti-Racist Coalition (ARC)ca. 1970s
34Anti-busing groups1975-1977
34Associated Foundation of Greater Boston (Assessment of Boston Public Schools)1975
34Bilingual Programs for Elementary Students (K-5)n.d.
34Black Achievers1978, 1989, 1990, 1992
34Black Advocates for Quality Education1972
34Black Community Caucus on Education1974
34Black Educational Movement in Boston1993
34Black Educator's Alliance of Massachusetts (BEAM) (2 folders)1978-1993
34Boston Black Education Convention – Roxbury, Mass.1970
34Boston College High School1985, 1993
34Boston Compact for Student Success1993-1994
34Boston English High School1973
34Boston Home and School Association1971
34Boston Latin Academy1978
37Boston Metropolitan Planning Project1973-1974
37Boston Partners in Education, Inc.1989
37Racial Statistics in Boston Public Schools1969-1977
37Boston Public Schools – annual report1975-1977
37Boston Public School Committee (8 folders)1969-1993
37Boston Public School Committee elections1967
37Boston Public School Committee (Racial Imbalance)1965-1966
37Boston Public School Districts 1974
37Public School district – descriptions1974
37Boston Public Schools police reporting areas map1974
37Boston School department decentralization plan1973
37Boston school violence, "U.S. News and World Report"1974
37Boston Teacher's Union1977, 1980
37Boston Trade High School1978
37Boston Urban Coalition (Educational Task Force)1968-1973
37The Bridge Education Action Center1965-1966
37Busing – Massachusetts Research Centerca. 1975
37Cambridge Friends School1961
37Cambridge Pilot School1973-1974
37Catholic Interracial Council1965
37Center for Law and Education (2 folders)1977-1993
37Chapter 7661974
37Charlestown High School1975
37Citizens for Boston Public Schools1961
37City of Boston Law Department1975
37City of Boston Office of Federal Relations1977-1978
37Citywide Coordinating Council (4 folders)1975-1985
FF1-D1Newspaper1975-1985
37Citywide Educational Coalition1977-1986
FF1-D1Newspaper1986
37Citywide Parents Advisory Council (2 folders)1978-1994
37Civil Rights Acts of 19641972-1973
37Civil Rights developments in Massachusetts1981
37Civil Rights legislation-Massachusetts1964-1973
37ColPrep1982
37College and Universities involvement with Boston Schools1974, 1978
37Committee for the Collegiate Education of Black Students (UMass/Amherst)1967-1974
38Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Education (State Board of Education)1971-1978
38Commonwealth of Massachusetts Dept. of Education (2 folders)1980-1994
38Community Compact for Student Success1993
38Community Educational Council1967-1968
38Community Protection Planca. 1970s
38Council on Higher Education for Urban Women1974
38Cultural Exchange Experiment proposalca. 1974
38Defacto Segregation – Charles Pinderhughesca. 1960s
38District IX Parents teachers resource center1977
38Draft resolution from black elected officials on desegregation in Boston1975
38East Boston Anti-Racist Defense1975-1976
38East Boston for Quality Education (EBQUE) ca. 1974
38Educational Collaborative of Boston (EDCO)1972-1974, 1979
38Education Development Center, Inc.1978
38Education/Instruccionn.d.
38Effectiveness, efficiency, and equal opportunity in Massachusetts Public Schools1974
38Elma Lewis School – Project When1974
38English High Schoolca. 1960s
38Equal Opportunity Denied, Vocational education in Massachusetts1975
38Evaluation of Magnet Schools1980
38Fact sheet – desegregation orders1981
38Fenway Retention Consortium1983-1984
38Gibson Liberation School1968
38Governor's Commission to Establish a Comprehensive Plan for Organizing Massachusetts Education1973
38Governor's Commission on School Districts Organization and Collaboration1974
38Greater Boston Civil Rights Coalition1984
38Higher Education Information Centerca. 1985, 1993-1995
38Implementation of Racial Balance Act (c. 4-6)ca. 1970s
38Independent School South African Educational Program1986
38Inner City Task Force1972
38Jewish Labor Committee (Desegregation)1976
38King Timilty Advisory Council1968
38Landmark beating1976
38Lower East Side International Community School1984
38Madison Park High School1977-1979, 1983-1984
38Maimonides Educational Institute1948
38Massachusetts Advocacy Center1975, 1979, 1983
38Massachusetts Advisory Council on Vocational Technical Education1973-1974
38Massachusetts Board of Regional Community Colleges1977, 1980
38Massachusetts Citizens Against Forced Busingca. 1970s
38Massachusetts Committee on Urban Education1963
38Massachusetts Experimental School proposal1969
38Massachusetts Experimental School System1973
38Massachusetts Negro Educators Association1968-1969
38Massachusetts Racial Census – Selected Schools1973
38MassPep Inc.1979, 1984-1985
38Mayor's Information Committee on Safety1974
38Media on School Desegregation1971-1980
38Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) (4 folders)1966-1969, 1981-1986, 1988-1989
38Martin Luther King Middle School1967-1968
38Montessori Family Centreca. 1970
38Multicultural Project for Communication and Educationn.d.
38Multi-cultural Student Leadership Project1982
38NAACP Education Committee1954-1964, 1975
38National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)1982
38National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)1984
38National Student Coalition against Racism1975-1976
38National Urban League on Boston School situation1974
38New School for Children1966, 1969
38Northeastern Academy1985
38Northeastern Northeastern University Programs in Multicultural Engineering (NUPRIME)1978-1979
38Ohrenberger Elementary School Petitionca. 1970s
38Operation Success1979
38Pairing Program1976
38Parent Councils1972-1974
38Parent Guide to Magnet School in Boston1977
38Partnership Alliance1982
38Petition to Mayor re segregation1974
38Phase II Desegregation in Boston1974-1975
38Parent's Institute for Quality Urban Education (PIQUE) (2 folders)1991-1994
39Prince Edward County, VA students fund1962
39Project S.A.F.E. (School Alternative for Education)1974
39Project YES (Youth Envisioning Social change)1979
39Proposed collaborative effort: Boston Public Schools and UMass/Amherst1973
39Proposed school closings1976-1981
39Putnam Children's Center statement on desegregationca. 1970s
39Quality Education for Minorities (QEM)1990-1991
39Racial Imbalance Law1972, 1974
39Racial Imbalance – New Bedford Schools1969
39Plans to eliminate Racial Imbalance1966-1967, 1972
39Racial Imbalance in the Boston Public Schools1965
39Racial Imbalance Public Schools - Deputy Commissioner of Public Schools1964
39Racial Imbalance – Policy and recommendations of the Superintendent of Public schools1965
39Rafael Hernandez School1984-1992
39Robicheau School1952-1953
39Roxbury City Team1974
39Roxbury Community College – Fact Sheet1978
39Roxbury Community School1981
39Roxbury High/So. Boston/Burke High Schools busing1974-1978
39Ruth M. Batson Educational Foundation1979, 1989-1994
39Schools and Programs of choice: Voluntary Desegregation in Massachusetts1977
39School Volunteers for Boston Inc.1977, 1982, 1984
39Science for the People (Inequality and Schools)1977
39Shady Hill School1961-1964
39South Boston High School (2 folders)1975-1977, 1987
39St. Cyprian After school study programn.d.
39Student strike1971
39Summer Venture, Harvard University1989
39Teen Educational Center of Roxbury, Massachusetts1971
39"To Secure These Rights" – documentary review of the Boston School desegregation, WGBH- FM1964
39Tri-Lateral Council for Quality Education, Inc.1975-1988
39Unite for Better Boston Schools1969
39William Monroe Trotter school1969, 1979, 1983, 1988-1989
39Youth Activities Commission packet1974
Desegregation court