Background
Howells, Muriel Gurdon Seabury was born on May 3, 1910 in White Plains, New York, United States. Daughter of William Marston and Katharine Emerson (Hovey) Seabury.
Howells, Muriel Gurdon Seabury was born on May 3, 1910 in White Plains, New York, United States. Daughter of William Marston and Katharine Emerson (Hovey) Seabury.
Founder British War Relief Society, Madison, Wisconsin, 1941, president, 1941-1943. Appointed visitor, department decorative arts and sculpture Boston Museum Fine Arts, 1955-1972, department American decorative arts, 1972-1997. Ladies committee Institute Contemporary Art, Boston, 1955-1968.
Company-founder, trustee Strawbery Banke Museum, Incorporated., Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1958-1975, overseer, 1975-1981, honorary overseer, 1981.
Company-founder, steering committee Guild, 1959-1991. Board directors Garden Club American, 1959-1962, national chairman medal award committee, 1962-1965, judge flower arrangements.
President Piscataqua Garden Club, 1952-1954. Member Harvard Solomon Islands Expedition, Malaita, 1968.
1st chairman Boston chapter Venice Committee, International Fund for Monuments (now Save Venice Incorporated.), 1970-1971, vice-Chairman.Boston chapter, 1971-1977, member Executive Committee, 1971-1989, honorary chairman, 1989.
Founder British War Relief Society, Madison, Wisconsin, 1941, president, 1941-1943. Appointed visitor department decorative arts and sculpture Boston Museum Fine Arts, 1955-1972, department American decorative arts, 1972-1997. Member ladies committee Institute Contemporary Art, Boston, 1955-1968.
Co-founder, trustee Strawbery Banke Museum, Inc., Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1958-1975, overseer, 1975-1981, honorary overseer, since 1981. Co-founder, steering committee Guild, 1959-1991.
Board directors Garden Club American, 1959-1962, national chairman medal award committee, 1962-1965, judge flower arrangements. President Piscataqua Garden Club, 1952-1954. Member Harvard Solomon Islands Expedition, Malaita, 1968.
1st chairman Boston chapter Venice Committee, International Fund for Monuments (now Save Venice Inc.), 1970-1971, vice chairman Boston chairman, 1971-1977, member executive committee, 1971-1989, honorary chairman, since 1989. Member American Red Cross Motor Corps, 1941-1943. Member National Society Colonial Dames New Hampshire, Society Preservation of New England Antiquities, Mayflower Society, Women's Travel Club (president 1967-1969), Chilton Club, Colony Club.
Married William White Howells, June 15, 1929. Children: Muriel Gurdon Howells Metz, William Dean.