Melnea A. Cass receives her honorary degree from President Knowles

Item Information

Title:
Melnea A. Cass receives her honorary degree from President Knowles
Description:
Escort Peter W. Princi hoods Cass. She received a Doctor of Humanities for her community work in Roxbury including membership in Freedom House and the Mayor's Citizens' Advisory Committee on Minority Group Housing, and chairman of Community Service, Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs.
Photographer:
Jet Commercial Photographers (Boston, Mass.)
Date:
June 15, 1969
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections
(A103) W6406-7 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Northeastern University Photograph collection (A103)
Series:
Series 7: Events > Subseries: Commencement > Honorary Degree Recipients > 6/15/1969
Subjects:
African American political activists
African American social reformers
African American women educators--Massachusetts--Boston
African American women political activists--Massachusetts--Boston
Commencement ceremonies--Massachusetts--Boston
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)--Administration
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)--Degrees, Academic
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)--Presidents
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)
Freedom House (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Cass, Melnea A. (Melnea Agnes), 1896-1978
Knowles, Asa S. (Asa Smallidge), 1909-
Princi, Peter W.
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Roxbury
Extent:
1 black & white print : 8 x 10 inches
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20160866
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Notes:
Collection finding aid: https://archivesspace.library.northeastern.edu/repositories/2/resources/761
Notes (acquisition):
Jet Commercial Photographers.
Selected resources in this collection were acquired through transferals from Northeastern's Office of University Photography, Jet Commercial Photographers, Northeastern University publications, unprocessed archival collections and other contract photographers.
Identifier:
A006290