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Washington, D.C.

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Descriptive Summary Fennelly, Carol Carol Fennelly papers, 1971-1997 MS2153 21.5 Linear feet Collection contains correspondence, brochures, videos, films, photographs, newspaper articles, financial records, speeches, and invitations from 1971-1996 relating to the work of homeless rights activist Carol Fennelly and Mitch Snyder as part of the Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV). The George Washington University, The Gelman Library, Special Collections Research Center

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Carol Fennelly papers, Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University.

Restrictions on Access

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Acquisition Information

These papers were donated to Gelman Library by Carol Fennelly in 1994.

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Historical or Biographical Note

Carol Fennelly, a long-time activist, is Director of Hope House. For seventeen years Carol lived and worked at the homeless shelters operated by the Community for Creative Non-Violence. In that capacity she was responsible for the creation of numerous new programs within the organization, including a drop-in center for homeless people, a medical infirmary for 30 homeless men, and recruitment and overall coordination of seven separate organizations which provided services in the 1400 bed Federal City Shelter. Carol is the architect of the Districts "cooling centers" which have saved lives by providing cool places for indigent people during extremely hot weather. She is founder and president of the Trust for Affordable Housing which built over 350 units of Single Room Occupancy Housing for single homeless people in the District of Columbia. In addition, her reputation as an outspoken and effective advocate on issues of concern to homeless people is well known. Along with Mitch Snyder she designed campaigns which won voting rights for homeless people; won passage of the Stewart B. McKinney bill; won passage of the D.C. Right to Overnight Shelter Act; brought a quarter million people to Washington for the Housing Now! March in 1989; and acquired the old Federal City College along with $13 million in renovation funds to create a model shelter in the nation's capitol. She founded Hope House after spending almost a year writing about the plight of families torn apart by the closure of Lorton Prison.

this history came from the Hope House website. http://www.hopehousedc.org/about/about-us.htm

Collection Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, brochures, videos, films, photographs, newspaper articles, financial records, speeches, and invitations. This material covers the years 1971-96. This material relates to the work of homeless rights activist Carol Fennelly and Mitch Snyder as part of the Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV). CCNV began in the early 1970s as an anti-war group and evolved into an organization that provides food, clothing, shelter, and educational programs for the poor and homeless. Snyder and Fennelly employed non-violent confrontational protest tactics aimed at shocking the public and drawing media attention to the cause of homelessness. A portion of these papers relate to the organizations Housing Now and the Trust for Affordable Housing and the work done on behalf of homeless residents of Washington, D.C.

Collection Organization

Organized into fourteen series: Correspondence, Demonstrations, Ephemera, Entertainment, Financial records, Graphics, Housing, Newspaper articles, Publicity and publications, Speaking engagements, Speeches, Subject files, Video and audio materials, and Oversize materials.

Subject Terms Individuals Snyder, Mitch Fennelly, Carol Sheen, Martin Corporate Entities Community for Creative Non-violence (Washington, D.C.) Trust for Affordable Housing Topics Shelters for the homeless Housing Homeless persons Homelessness Geographic Locations Washington (D.C.) Detailed Description of the Records MS2153 Series 1 Correspondence, 1971-1993 1.5 Linear feet

This series contains correspondence. The material dates from 1971-93. This material relates to the work of activist Carol Fennelly primarily related to the issue of the homeless in America. Some of these letters were written by Mitch Snyder during his time in Danbury State Prison from 1971-72.

1 Correspondence, undated

1 1 Correspondence: Mitch Snyder (while in prison), 09/1971-05/1972

1 2 Correspondence, 1974-1979

1 3 Correspondence, 1980-1983

1 4 Correspondence, 1984-1985

1 5 Correspondence, 06/1985-12/1985

1 6 Correspondence Hayman Fundraising, 1986

2 Correspondence, undated

2 1 Correspondence, 1986-1987

2 2 Correspondence relates to METRO, 1987

2 3 Correspondence, 1988-1989

2 4 Correspondence, 1990-1993

3 Correspondence, undated

3 1 Correspondence, undated

3 2 Correspondence: Mitch's strange, interesting, or official letters, 1982-1986

3 3 Correspondence: Mitch's strange, interesting, or official letters, 1987-1989

3 4 Correspondence: Carol's letters that are interesting or strange, 1981-1985

3 5 Correspondence: Carol's letters that are interesting or strange, 1986-1988

3 6 Correspondence: Carol's letters that are interesting or strange, 1988

3 7 Correspondence: Carol's letters that are interesting or strange, 1989

MS2153 Series 2 Demonstrations, 1975-1993 0.75 Linear feet

This series contains leaflets, brochures, articles, permit requests, and other publicity materials dated from 1975-93. This material relates to various demonstrations and marches undertaken by Carol Fennelly, Mitch Snyder and the Community for Creative Non-violence. The issues relate to the issue of the homeless.

4 Demonstrations, undated

4 1 Anti-war March, March First Coalition, 03/01/1975

4 2 Holy Trinity Church, 1975

4 3 Days of Prayer and Resistance at the White House, 06/1981-07/1981

4 4 Department of the Interior demonstration and camping regulations, 1982

4 5 Public gathering Lafayette Park, 1982

4 6 Rotunda campaign, 1982-1983

4 7 Whiteman Air Force Base Carol Fennelly denied access, 1984

4 8 Permit for public gathering Lafayette Park, 1984

4 9 March for Shelter, 04/01/1984

4 10 Harvest of Shame, 1984

4 11 Harvest of Shame leaflets, 1984

4 12 Harvest of Shame original publicity, 1984

4 13 Harvest of Shame arrest sheets, 1984

4 14 permit application for White House and Lafayette Park area, 1985

4 15 Demonstrations, 1986

4 16 METRO permit requests, 10/1987-11/1987

4 17 Nationwide Actions, 07/14/1988

4 18 Permit application and distribution of literature, 10/31/1988-11/04/1988

4 19 American-Soviet Walk, 06/19/1988

4 20 White House protest, 06/21/1989

4 21 NAACP Silent March, 08/26/1989

4 22 Opposition to budget cuts, 1990

4 23 State of the Union, 01/28/1992

5 Demonstrations, undated

5 1 Homeless Inagural Ball, 1993

5 2 Not dated Call to Prayer arrest book, undated

5 3 Not dated Celebrity Petition, undated

5 4 Not dated METRO, undated

5 5 Not dated Information about civil disobedience and the D.C. Superior Court and Jail, undated

MS2153 Series 3 Ephemera, undated 0.5 Linear feet

This series contains one set of clothing worn by Martin Sheen during the making of the movie "Samaritan" about the life and work of Mitch Snyder. The other items in this series are plaques related to the work of Mitch Snyder.

6 Ephemera, undated

6 1 Clothing worn by Martin Sheen during making of the movie "Samaritan" about the life and work of Mitch Snyder, undated

7 Ephemera, undated

7 1 Plaques and awards for Mitch Snyder, undated

MS2153 Series 4 Entertainment, 1984-1993 1 Linear feet

This series contains scripts, television show documents, and movie premiere documents. This material mostly relates to the production of the movie "Samaritan" about the life of Mitch Snyder. There is also material related to a 60 Minutes television episode from 1993 and other television projects. This material is dated from 1984-93.

8 Entertainment, undated

8 1 60 Minutes television show, 1993

8 2 "The Confessional" a play by Jonathan Englert, undated

8 3 Counter Talk television show, 1992

8 4 "Love Mary" movie script first draft, 12/05/1984

8 5 "People on a no-way street" KYW Newsradio 1060, 1985

8 6 "Promises to Keep" movie, 1988-1989

8 7 "Race Against Winter" movie script second draft, 12/16/1985

8 8 "The Recovery" movie script, undated

8 9 "Samaritan The Mitch Snyder Story" movie premiere, 05/12/1986

8 10 "Samaritan . .", 1985-1986

8 11 "Samaritan. . ." script first draft, 06/27/1985

9 Entertainment, undated

9 1 "Samaritan . . ." script second draft, 12/16/1986

9 2 "Samaritan . . . " CCNV rights to a proposal for a movie, 1991

9 3 Voices from the Street "Beauty and the Beast" play, undated

MS2153 Series 5 Financial records, 1988-1993 0.25 Linear feet

This series contains financial records related to the Community for Creative Non-Violence including budgets and fundraising. This material covers the years 1988-93.

10 Financial records, undated

10 1 Auction benefit, undated

10 2 Auction Hard Rock CafÃ©, 11/12/1991

10 3 CCNV Budget, 1988-1989

10 4 CCNV Budget, 1989-1991

10 5 CCNV Budget, 1991-1992

10 6 CCNV Budget, 1992-1993

10 7 Budget St. Francis Residence, 1986

10 8 Donations, undated

10 9 Fundraising, undated

10 10 Fundraiser Bartender's Ball, 1993

10 11 Fundraising Organization Hayman Business System, undated

10 12 Grants from Tides Foundation and Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, 1989-1993

10 13 Income Taxes of Mitch Snyder, undated

10 14 Taxes refusal to pay taxes on telephone service, 1989-1990

MS2153 Series 6 Graphics, 1979-1993 1 Linear feet

This series contains photographs and negatives. This material dates from 1979-93.

11 Graphics, undated

11 1 Celebrities, undated

11 2 Celebrities, undated

11 3 Congressional Hearings, undated

11 4 Congressional Lunch Hunger in the Land of Plenty, undated

11 5 Demonstration 12th St., 1979

11 6 Demonstration and arrest at the White House Call to Prayer, 06/17/1981

11 7 Demonstration Giant Sit-in, undated

11 8 Demonstration Hands Across America, undated

11 9 Demonstration Initiative 17, undated

11 10 Demonstration Kansas City, undated

11 11 Demonstration outside Labor Department, undated

11 12 Demonstration March on White House April 1 (prints and negatives), undated

11 13 Demonstration at National Archives, undated

11 14 Demonstration People's State of the Union, undated

11 15 Demonstration Pray-ins, 1973

11 16 Demonstration against Reagan's budgets, undated

11 17 Demonstration Reagan Ville II (photos taken by Mary Ellen Hombs), undated

11 18 Demonstrations White House and Labor Department, undated

11 19 Demonstrations unidentified, undated

11 20 Entertainment "Samaritan", undated

12 Graphics, undated

12 1 Fasts of Mitch Snyder Corpus Christi, 1984-1986

12 2 Group images (negatives), undated

12 3 Holidays Christmas (negatives), 1986

12 4 Holidays Christmas (negatives), 1987

12 5 Holidays Christmas contact sheets, 1987

12 6 Holidays Thanksgiving, undated

12 7 Holidays Thanksgiving and other images, undated

12 8 Housing Now Ted Kennedy function, undated

12 9 Housing Now Yard Sale fundraiser, undated

12 10 Homeless Inaugural Ball, 01/19/1993

12 11 Miscellaneous (negatives), undated

12 12 Miscellaneous (prints), undated

12 13 Miscellaneous community images, undated

12 14 Pepper's photographs, undated

12 15 Shelter 1361 Fairmont, undated

12 16 Shelter images (prints and negatives), undated

12 17 Shelter early images, undated

12 18 Snyder, Mitch, undated

MS2153 Series 7 Housing, 1984-1997 6.75 Linear feet

This series contains bills, articles, campaign literature, correspondence, financial records, agendas and meeting minutes, and press releases. This material dates from 1984-97. Much of this material relates to work of the group the Trust for Affordable Housing and the operation and renovation of the homeless shelter at 425 2nd St.

12a Housing, undated

12a 1 Affordable Housing Act: Bill, undated

12a 2 Affordable Housing Act: Congressional Response to the AHA, undated

12a 3 Affordable Housing Act: Craig's legislative program, undated

12a 4 Affordable Housing Act: HR 4990, undated

12a 5 Affordable Housing Act: National priority fact sheet, undated

12a 6 Affordable Housing Act: Miscellaneous documents, 1988

12a 7 Affordable Housing Act: Press Release, 1988

12a 8 Affordable Housing Act: Summary, Release HR 973, 1989

12a 9 Housing: Acts for permanent housing assistance for homeless, undated

12a 10 Housing: CCNV working paper on low-income housing, 1987

12a 11 Housing: Community trusts for affordable housing, 1984

12a 12 Housing: Congressional Research Service report on low-income housing, undated

12a 13 Housing: House Resolution 558, undated

12a 14 Housing: Institute for Policy studies Affordable Housing Program, undated

12a 15 Housing: Leland Act draft, undated

12a 16 Housing: Letters invitation to join the call for affordable housing, undated

12a 17 Housing: National Community Housing Partnership Act 1987 Hale and Dorr draft, 1987

12a 18 Housing: Notes (handwritten), undated

12a 19 Housing: Press release Housing shortage study and Washington Post article, 04/1989

12a 20 Housing: Press release take-off the boards [07/14] and Housing: A National Priority, undated

12a 21 Housing: Mitch Snyder documents, undated

12a 22 Housing Now: Articles of Incorporation and IRS documentation, undated

12a 23 Housing Now: Campaign press article, 1988

12a 24 Housing Now: Celebrity Yard Sale fundraiser, undated

12a 25 Housing Now: Curriculum, undated

12a 26 Housing Now: Endorsement form, undated

13 Housing, undated

13 1 Housing Now: Celebrity lists, undated

13 2 Housing Now: Key Contacts, undated

13 3 Housing Now: Contacts from different regions, undated

13 4 Housing Now: Correspondence, undated

13 5 Housing Now: Demonstration, undated

13 6 Housing Now: Endorsement list, undated

13 7 Housing Now: Executive Committee meetings, 05/1989-09/1989

13 8 Housing Now: Financing, undated

13 9 Housing Now: Flyers, undated

13 10 Housing Now: Fundraiser Casey Kames, undated

13 11 Housing Now: History, undated

13 12 Housing Now: Hollywood Committee, 1989

13 13 Housing Now: Legislative issues, 1989-1990

13 14 Housing Now: Lists, undated

13 15 Housing Now: March and articles about it, 10/07/1989-10/08/1989

13 16 Housing Now: March analysis, 10/07/1989

13 17 Housing Now: March -Children's, 03/1989

13 18 Housing Now: March and fundraiser, 10/1989

13 19 Housing Now: March Candidates for "Real People" speakers, 10/07/1989

13 20 Housing Now: New York City meeting list, 02/05/1989

14 Housing, undated

14 1 Housing Now: Meetings, 02/1989-08/1989

14 2 Housing Now: Miscellaneous documents, undated

14 3 Housing Now: National Steering Committee, 1989 03/1989-07/1989

14 4 Housing Now: Newsletters August, 09/11/1989

14 5 Housing Now: Notes for card files, undated

14 6 Housing Now: Organizations contact 1st campaign meeting, undated

14 7 Housing Now: Outreach committees, undated

14 8 Housing Now: Permit applications, 1989

14 9 Housing Now: Press releases, undated

14 10 Housing Now: Program committee, 08/22/1989

14 11 Housing Now: Publicity PSA, 1988

14 12 Housing Now: Raw notes for Housing Now, undated

14 13 Housing Now: Raw notes for Housing Now, undated

14 14 Housing Now: Raw notes for Housing Now, undated

14 15 Housing Now: Tax information, undated

14 16 Housing Now: T-Shirt production, undated

15 Housing, undated

15 1 Housing Now: "Housing and Homelessness: A Teaching Guide", undated

15 2 Housing Now: Travel notes on Housing Now travels, undated

15 3 Housing Now: Travel Midwest trip, 06/1989

15 4 Housing Now: Travel Southern trip, 04/1989

15 5 Housing Now: Travel Campaign schedule, undated

15 6 Housing Now: Union lists, undated

15 7 Shelter: 425 2nd St., undated

15 8 Shelter: 425 2nd St., undated

15 9 Shelter: 425 2nd St., undated

15 10 Shelter: 425 2nd St., undated

15 11 Shelter: 425 2nd St., 1984-1985

16 Housing, undated

16 1 Shelter: 425 2nd St., undated

16 2 Shelter: 425 2nd St., undated

16 3 Shelter: 425 2nd St., undated

16 4 Shelter: 425 2nd St. Barred List, 1986

16 5 Shelter: 425 2nd St. Interim floor plan for drop-in center, undated

16 6 Shelter: 425 2nd St. Emergency repairs, undated

16 7 Shelter: 425 2nd St. FCC eviction Robbins vs. Reagan, undated

16 8 Shelter: 425 2nd St. Fullerton Statement (Anne Fullerton volunteer at Women's Shelter), undated

16 9 Shelter: 425 2nd St. Grand opening, 1988

16 10 Shelter: 425 2nd St. Grievance committee process, undated

16 11 Shelter: 425 2nd St. License mgt. agreement, undated

16 12 Shelter: 425 2nd St. meeting attendance list [03/31/??], undated

16 13 Shelter: 425 2nd St. "memorandum of Agreement" [05/21/??], undated

16 14 Shelter: 425 2nd St. Original lease, 1983

16 15 Shelter: 425 2nd St. Original shelter donor list and leaflet, undated

17 Housing, undated

17 1 Shelter: 425 2nd St.renovations all phase construction bid, undated

17 2 Shelter: 425 2nd St. renovations correspondence to Mitch, 1986-1987

17 3 Shelter: 425 2nd St. renovations CCNV's design, undated

17 4 Shelter: 425 2nd St. renovations demolition plans, undated

17 5 Shelter: 425 2nd St. renovations meeting with Sue Marshall, 05/27/1988

17 6 Shelter: 425 2nd St. renovations "scope of work" Levenson papers, undated

17 7 Shelter: 425 2nd St. renovations testimony by Mitch, 10/29/1985

17 8 Shelter: 425 2nd St. renovations, undated

17 9 Shelter: 425 2nd St. renovations, undated

17 10 Shelter: Shelter census city operated or contracted adult shelters daily census, 05/1991

17 11 Shelter: Daily census report, 1989

18 Housing, undated

18 1 Shelter: Church based temporary shelter program, 1991

18 2 Shelter: D.C. Emergency shelter, undated

18 3 Shelter: Assorted shelter housing materials, undated

18 4 Shelter: Miscellaneous, undated

18 5 Shelter: Mitch's proposal for Pierce/Blair shelters, undated

18 6 Shelter: Use of Nichols School as emergency shelter, 1983

18 7 Shelter: Night Hospitality program, undated

18 8 Shelter: Night Hospitality program, undated

18 9 Shelter: Westat (an employee and research corporation survey of managers of shelters for homeless, 1984

18 10 Shelter: Women's shelter log Women's hospitality, 1977-1978

18 11 Shelter: Women's Shelter, 1980

19 Housing, undated

19 1 Anchor Mental Health, undated

19 2 Anna Cooper House, undated

19 3 Anna Cooper House, undated

19 4 Anna Cooper House, undated

19 5 Trust for Affordable Housing proposal and 1992 annual report, 1992

19 6 Trust for Affordable Housing Annual report, 1993

19 7 Trust for Affordable Housing annual report, 12/1993

19 8 Trust for Affordable Housing annual reports, 1993-1995

19 9 Trust for Affordable Housing annual report and meeting minutes, 12/1994

19 10 Trust for Affordable Housing architect replacement, 1994

19 11 Trust for Affordable Housing miscellaneous art work, undated

19 12 Trust for Affordable Housing articles of incorporation, undated

19 13 Trust for Affordable Housing audit, 1991-1992

19 14 Trust for Affordable Housing Bell Atlantic phone calls in question, 10/24/1991

19 15 Trust for Affordable Housing Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1994-1995

19 16 Trust for Affordable Housing Board of Directors meeting, 02/11/1997

19 17 Trust for Affordable Housing Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1991

20 Housing, undated

20 1 Trust for Affordable Housing Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1992

20 2 Trust for Affordable Housing Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1993

20 3 Trust for Affordable Housing Board of Directors meeting agenda, 1994

20 4 Trust for Affordable Housing Board of Directors meeting and status of activities, 11/15/1994

20 5 Trust for Affordable Housing Board of Trustees meeting agendas, 1995-1996

20 6 Trust for Affordable Housing Bylaws, undated

20 7 Trust for Affordable Housing Catholic Charities, undated

20 8 Trust for Affordable Housing Catholic Charities correspondence, undated

20 9 Trust for Affordable Housing Christ House Information Board of Trustees meeting agendas and updates for, 11/15/1994

20 10 Trust for Affordable Housing Church based shelter money, undated

20 11 Trust for Affordable Housing Commission on Mental Health money, undated

20 12 Trust for Affordable Housing Community Trusts for Affordable Housing, undated

20 13 Trust for Affordable Housing Board of Directors Information for Community Housing Trust, undated

20 14 Trust for Affordable Housing Proposal to the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness, undated

20 15 Trust for Affordable Housing Revised Proposal from the TAH to the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness, undated

20 16 Trust for Affordable Housing Proposal to Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness, 08/18/1994

20 17 Trust for Affordable Housing Proposal to the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness, undated

20 18 Trust for Affordable Housing: Faxes from the Community Preservation and Development Corporation, 1998

20 19 Trust for Affordable Housing Consultants and Grant Agreements, 1995

20 20 Trust for Affordable Housing Cornerstone funding alert and project summaries, 05/1994

20 21 Trust for Affordable Housing Correspondence, 1991-1992

20 22 Trust for Affordable Housing Correspondence, 1995-1997

20 23 Trust for Affordable Housing Correspondence to the Board of Directors, 1995-1997

20 24 Trust for Affordable Housing Correspondence to the Board of Trustees, 1994-1997

20 25 Trust for Affordable Housing DC Government Correspondence, undated

20 26 Trust for Affordable Housing D.C. Initiative: Working together to solve homelessness Executive summary, undated

20 27 Trust for Affordable Housing Emergency shelter grant, 1995

20 28 Trust for Affordable Housing Enterprise Housing Financial Services consultants contract (drafts), undated

20 29 Trust for Affordable Housing Miscellaneous financial information, undated

20 30 Trust for Affordable Housing Finances, 1991-1996

20 31 Trust for Affordable Housing Financial report summary, 07/1994

21 Housing, undated

21 1 Trust for Affordable Housing Financial statements and reports, 1994-1997

21 2 Trust for Affordable Housing F-O-C Crew, undated

21 3 Trust for Affordable Housing FOIA request to Metropolitan Police dept., undated

21 4 Trust for Affordable Housing Forgivable loan policy, undated

21 5 Trust for Affordable Housing General information overview, undated

21 6 Trust for Affordable Housing Grand opening and dedication invitations, 1995

21 7 Trust for Affordable Housing Grant applications, agendas, and correspondence, 1994

21 8 Trust for Affordable Housing Lisa Green transition of . . ., undated

21 9 Trust for Affordable Housing Interim report to the Board of Trustees, 03/24/1992

21 10 Trust for Affordable Housing Interim report to the Board of Trustees, 09/02/1992