Muriel S. and Otto P. Snowden papers, 1911-1990, 1947-1985.

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Muriel S. and Otto P. Snowden papers, 1911-1990, 1947-1985.

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The collection documents family, education, employment and community work prior to the founding of Freedom House, as well as service on boards of outside organizations, and personal awards. Highlights include: speeches given by Muriel S. Snowden, materials concerning, and correspondence between, Muriel S. Snowden and her brother William Sutherland, a peace activist in the U.S. and Africa, materials that document the Snowden's efforts to create a democratic parent teachers association as members of the Higginson School's, Home and School Committee, and personal photographs of the Snowden and Sutherland families, including daughter, Gail Snowden.

9 boxes (6.75 cubic ft.)

Northeastern University, Snell Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7400249

Northeastern University, Snell Library

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Snowden, Muriel S. (Muriel Sutherland), 1916-

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Social reformer. From the description of Reminiscences of Muriel S. Snowden: oral history, 1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131836 Muriel S. and Otto P. Snowden were the founders and co-directors of Freedom House, a center for neighborhood improvement and community activism in the racially mixed neighborhood of Roxbury, Massachusetts. From 1949 until their retirement in 1984, the Snowdens were influential lea...

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Social and community center affiliated with St. Mark's Congregational Church, the first black church in the city of Boston which was organized as William Lloyd Garrison Congregational Church in 1895; name of church changed ca. 1900s; center was involved in missionary work and community service and served as meeting place for classes and various social and educational groups; center no longer existant after 1966. From the description of Records, 1942-1966. (American Congregational Ass...

Cambridge Civic Unity Commission (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Snowden, Otto Phillip, 1914-1995

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Sutherland, William, 1918-

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Freedom House (Boston, Mass.)

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Snowden, Gail.

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