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1. Muriel S. Snowden Papers, 1934-1990
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| Volume: | 4.5 cubic ft. |
| Arrangement: |
Alphabetical within five subseries. Subseries A and B are arranged chronologically. Subseries C and D are arranged alphabetically. Organized into 5 subseries: A.) Personal, 1943-1990; B) Educational, 1934-1984; C.) Professional, 1948-1989; D.) Board membership, 1947-1989 and E.) Speeches, n.d., 1960-1987. |
| Summary: |
Files are arranged in five subseries: A) Personal files contain resumes and other biographical information including a memorial program and tribute by Gail Snowden; genealogical charts for the Sutherland family; information about family members including correspondence with her brother William Sutherland, peace activist in the U.S. and in Africa and coordinator of the Pan African Conference in Dar Es Salaam in 1974; and Margaret Williams, who provided housing to Muriel when she studied at Radcliffe. Correspondence consists of letters from friends, and concern her outside activities such as board memberships and speaking engagements. Researchers should refer to correspondence in the Freedom House, Inc., Records 1941-1996 M16 for related materials. Personal files also contain materials concerning a European trip in 1967 and her attendance at the Pan African Conference in 1974. B) Educational files include her yearbook from Glen Ridge High School and 50th reunion materials, and course work from the New York School of Social Work. C) Professional files document Muriel Snowden's work outside of Freedom House and document her directorship of the Cambridge Civic Unity Committee, and teaching at the Simmons School of Social Work and Wellesley College. Also included are newspaper clippings relating to her work. D) Board Membership files contain materials that document her active involvement on the boards of a number of local and national civic organizations. Routine mailings from these organizations were discarded, E) Speeches and notes for speeches given as co-director of Freedom House and for other speaking engagements given as a community organizer are included. |
| Box | Title | Date |
| A. PERSONAL | |
| | Biographical Materials | |
| 1 | | | Snowden, Muriel Sutherland (2 folders) | 1948-1990 |
| 1 | | | Sutherland family | n.d, 1948-1982 |
| 1 | | | Sutherland, William (2 folders) | 1943-1983 |
| 1 | | | Williams, Martha Armstrong | 1967-1969 |
| 1 | | Correspondence (14 folders) | 1943-1988 |
| 1 | | European Trip Itinerary | 1967 |
| 1 | | Pan-African Conference (4 folders) | 1974 |
| B. EDUCATIONAL | |
| 1 | | Glen Ridge High School | 1934-1984 |
| 1 | | New York School of Social Work (8 folders) | 1943-1945 |
| C. PROFESSIONAL | |
| 1 | | Award Certificates and Programs | 1959-1989 |
| FF1/D1 | | Awards | n.d. |
| 1 | | Award Correspondence | 1951-1988 |
| 1-2 | | Cambridge Civic Unity Committee (5 folders) | 1948-1954 |
| 2 | | MacArthur Grant | 1987 |
| 2 | | Newspaper Clippings | 1948-1988 |
| 2 | | Retirement Celebration | 1984 |
| 2 | | Simmons College School of Social Work (15 folders) | 1954-1974 |
| 2 | | Wellesley College, Sociology | 1949 |
| D. BOARD MEMBERSHIP | |
| 2 | | Agency for International Development | 1963-1964 |
| 2 | | Amandla Festival of Unity | 1979 |
| 2 | | American National Red Cross | 1955-1965 |
| 2 | | Babson College (3 folders) | 1973-1985 |
| 2 | | Blanchard Foundation | 1973-1979 |
| 2 | | Boston Committee for Careers for Older Women | 1980 |
| 2 | | Boston Community Media Committee (BCMC) (16 folders) | n.d., 1968-1984 |
| 2 | | Boston Council for International Visitors | 1964-1978 |
| 2 | | Boston University Founders Day Institute (2 folders) | 1951-1954 |
| 3 | | Brookline Community Relations Conference | 1952-1953 |
| 3 | | Cambridge College Board of Trustees | 1983-1986 |
| 3 | | Cambridge Youth Project | 1953 |
| 3 | | Camp Ebanobscot | 1949-1951 |
| 3 | | Citizens Council on Public Housing | 1951-1952 |
| 3 | | City of Boston: Civic Improvement Committee (2 folders) | 1951-1958 |
| 3 | | City of Boston: Committee for Civic Unity | 1960-1965 |
| 3 | | Committee for Boston (2 folders) | 1976-1979 |
| 3 | | Delta Kappa Gamma | 1951-1955 |
| 3 | | Emancipation Proclamation Committee: Mayor's Office | 1963 |
| 3 | | Emergency School Aid Act (ESSA) Evaluation Project Committee (2 folders) | 1972-1978 |
| 3 | | Frances Emily Hunt Trust | 1983 |
| 3 | | Friends of John D. O'Bryant | 1981 |
| 3 | | Greater Boston Area Council | 1952-1953 |
| 3 | | Harvard Associated Alumni | 1972-1984 |
| 3 | | Harvard Board of Overseers | 1976-1983 |
| 3 | | Harvard/Radcliffe: Afro-American Cultural Center | 1969-1976 |
| 3 | | Harvard Visiting Committee | 1971-1983 |
| 3 | | James Putnam Children's Center | 1961-1970 |
| 3 | | JFK Library: 351 Conference | 1981 |
| 3 | | Lincoln Filene Center | 1963-1983 |
| 3 | | Massachusetts Civil Rights Conference | 1958 |
| 3 | | Massachusetts Council on Crime and Corrections | 1969-1970 |
| 3 | | Massachusetts Fair Employment Practice Commission | 1947-1951 |
| 3 | | Midwest Center for Equal Educational Opportunity | 1978 |
| 3 | | Minnesota Experimental City Steering Committee (4 folders) | 1969-1987 |
| 3 | | Municipal Police Science Institute/State College at Boston Workshop | 1968 |
| 3 | | Museum of Science | 1975-1984 |
| 3 | | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | 1949-1979 |
| 3 | | National Association of Bank Women (3 folders) | 1974-1979 |
| 3 | | National Association of Intergroup Relations (2 folders) | 1951-1968 |
| 4 | | New England Aquarium | 1966-1973 |
| 4 | | New Horizons Committee of the United Way of Massachusetts | 1980-1981 |
| 4 | | New York State Committee on Discrimination in Housing | 1950-1953 |
| 4 | | Newton High School Senior Symposium | 1963 |
| 4 | | Parents Federation of Greater Boston | 1950 |
| 4 | | Pinewoods Institute for Leaders in Social Welfare Planning (2 folders) | 1960-1965 |
| | Radcliff College | |
| 4 | | | 50th Anniversary | 1987 |
| 4 | | | Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility | 1979-1980 |
| 4 | | | Alumnae Association (2 folders) | 1953-1984 |
| 4 | | | Black Women's Oral History Project (4 folders) | 1976-1989 |
| 4 | | | Reunion | 1983 |
| 4 | | | Symposium on Black Women in Higher Education | 1972 |
| 4 | | | Women of Courage Photo Exhibit | 1984-1990 |
| 4 | | Rhode Island College – Dept. of Sociology and Social Welfare | 1978 |
| 4 | | Right-to-Read (2 folders) | 1972-1973 |
| 4 | | Roxbury Boys Club | 1968 |
| 4 | | Roxbury Community College Foundation | 1985-1987 |
| 4 | | St. Mary's-in-the-Mountains Board of Trustees (2 folders) | 1961-1974 |
| 4 | | Shawmut Bank (3 folders) | 1973-1985 |
| 4 | | TransAfrica | 1977-1985 |
| 4 | | United Community Service (5 folders) | 1948-1970 |
| 4 | | University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees (5 folders) | 1969-1979 |
| 5 | | Urban League (4 folders) | 1948-1969 |
| 5 | | White House Fellows | 1971-1976 |
| 5 | | Women for Citizenship | 1964 |
| 5 | | Women of Color Conference | 1983 |
| 5 | | World Affairs Council of Boston | 1983-1985 |
| 5 | | YMCA Roxbury Building Fund | 1964 |
| E. SPEECHES | |
| 5 | | Non-dated and Partial-text (3 folders) | n.d. |
| 5 | | Speeches (15 folders) | 1960-1987 |
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2. Otto P. Snowden, 1940-1986
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| Volume: | 1.25 cubic ft. |
| Arrangement: |
Alphabetical within three subseries. Subseries A is arranged alphabetically. Subseries B and C are arranged chronologically.Organized into 3 subseries: A.) Personal, 1948-1990; B.) Community Service, 1949-1988; and C.) Board membership, 1940-1979. |
| Summary: |
Files are arranged in three sub-series A) Personal files contain resumes and other biographical information including documentation of his military service and his memorial service; letters of recommendation and correspondence of a personal nature, and concerning his outside activities such as board memberships. Researchers should refer to correspondence in the Freedom House, Inc. Records M16 for related materials. B) Professional files contain awards, newspaper clippings and materials that document his work as Executive Director of St. Mark Social Center in Roxbury, and C) Board Membership files contain materials that document Otto Snowden's active involvement on local boards and commissions. Routine mailings from these organizations were discarded. |
| Box | Title | Date |
| A. PERSONAL | |
| | Biographical Materials | |
| 5 | | | Service Records | 1942-1946 |
| 5 | | | Snowden Family | 1954-1981 |
| 5 | | | Snowden, Otto | 1942-1984 |
| 5 | | Correspondence (2 folders) | 1948-1986 |
| B. PROFESSIONAL | |
| 5, FF1/D1 | | Awards (2 folders) | 1963-1985 |
| | St. Mark Social Center | |
| 5 | | | Correspondence and Minutes | 1944-1948 |
| 5 | | | Employment Records and Registration | 1942-1949 |
| 5 | | | Nursery School | 1946-1948 |
| 5 | | | Publications and Publicity | 1946-1948 |
| C. BOARD MEMBERSHIP | |
| 5 | | American Association of Group Workers | 1949-1953 |
| 5 | | Black Exchange | 1977 |
| 5 | | Boston Public Library Centennial Commission | 1953-1954 |
| 6 | | Boston University: Afro-American Committee | 1969 |
| 6 | | Boston University: H.R.C. Focus in Depth | 1965 |
| 6 | | Boy Scouts of America, Boston Council | 1952-1964 |
| 6 | | City of Boston: Dept. of Civil Defense | 1951-1953 |
| 6 | | City of Boston: Parks and Recreation (8 folders) | 1949-1961 |
| 6 | | Fair Housing, Inc. (2 folders) | 1962-1967 |
| 6 | | Howard University Club of Greater Boston | 1950, 1957 |
| 6 | | Massachusetts Citizens Farewell Reception Committee of 3rd Battalion of the 372nd Infantry | 1940 |
| 6 | | Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth (2 folders) | 1950 |
| | NAACP | |
| 6 | | | 41st Annual Convention | 1950 |
| 6 | | | Boston Branch (2 folders) | 1950-1968 |
| 6 | | | Boston Committee to Aid Reverse Freedom Riders | 1962 |
| 6 | | | Military Affairs Committee/Veterans Committee | 1950-1951 |
| 6 | | | National Convention | 1968 |
| 6 | | New Boston Committee | 1951 |
| 6 | | New England Home for Little Wanderers | 1955 |
| 6 | | New England Regional Manpower Advisory Committee | 1971-1974 |
| 6 | | Northeastern University | 1977-1978 |
| 6 | | Roxbury Youth Program | 1954 |
| 6 | | Salvation Army | 1973 |
| 6 | | United Community Planning Corporation | 1976-1979 |
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3. Muriel S. and Otto P. Snowden Papers, 1911-1990
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| Volume: | .60 cubic ft. |
| Arrangement: |
Alphabetical. Organized into 3 subseries: A.) Personal, 1948-1990; B.) Community Service, 1949-1988; and C.) Photographs and Video Tapes, 1911-1984 |
| Summary: |
This series contains materials that document activities the Snowden's participated in jointly which were unrelated to their co-directorship of Freedom House. Files are arranged in three sub-series. A) Community Service files include awards given to Muriel and Otto together; materials on the Higginson School, Home and School Committee document their work with parents to set up a democratic parent-teachers group in the late 40s-early 50s. As a consequence of this work during the height of the McCarthy era, Otto was suspected of being a Communist. As community activists, Muriel and Otto were involved in political campaigns of their friends and supporters. Files include correspondence, flyers and fund-raising materials. B) Personal files include a small file on Gail (Trimmier) Snowden of newspaper clippings and correspondence; and correspondence from former Freedom House employee, Frances McGill consisting of "Dear People" letters written to her son and sent to her friends during her illness and five year hospitalization for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), 1974-1980. This correspondence chronicles her illness. C) Photographs and Video Tapes. Personal photographs document the Sutherland family; Muriel and Otto prior to their directorship at Freedom House, and receiving awards and honorary degrees; Muriel at Radcliffe; Snowden family vacations; and photos of Gail Snowden and of her daughter Leigh Trimmier. It also includes a video tape of the Cambridge College graduation in which Gail accepts of an honorary degree for her mother. |
| Box | Title | Date |
| A. PERSONAL | |
| 6 | | McGill, Frances | 1975-1980 |
| 6 | | Snowden, Gail Trimmier | 1948-1990 |
| B. COMMUNITY SERVICE | |
| 6 | | Atkins, Thomas Mayor (2 folders) | 1971 |
| 6 | | Awards | 1957-1988 |
| | Brooke, Edward | |
| 6 | | | Representative | 1952 |
| 6 | | | Senate (3 folders) | 1971-1972, 1978 |
| 6 | | Higginson Home and School Committee (2 folders) | 1949-1951 |
| 6 | | Kennedy, Edward President | 1968 |
| 6 | | Logue, Edward Mayor | 1967 |
| 6 | | Political Campaign Materials | 1950-1980 |
| 6 | | Snowden Associates | 1974-1988 |
| C. PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO TAPES | |
| 7 | | Cambridge College Video | 1988 |
| 7 | | Radcliffe College | 1937, 1963 |
| 7 | | Snowden, Gail and Family | ca. 1946-1980s |
| 7 | | Snowden, Muriel S. | 1938-1980s |
| 7 | | Snowden, Otto P. | ca. 1947-1960s |
| 7 | | Snowden, Otto P. and Muriel S. (2 folders) | ca. 1911-1919 |
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