A Guide to the Miriam Butterworth Papers

Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Libraries

Summary Information

Repository:
Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Libraries
Creator:
Miriam Butterworth
Title:
A Guide to the Miriam Butterworth Papers
ID:
2008.0060
Date [inclusive]:
1935-2011
Physical Description:
5.0 Linear feet
Language of the Material:
English
Abstract:
The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, artifacts, and memoirs regarding Miriam Butterworth's life and activism, as well as her participation in local, state, and national politics.

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], Miriam Butterworth Papers. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

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Biography

Miriam Brooks Butterworth, educator and political activist, was born on April 14, 1918. She graduated from Chaffee School in 1936 and received a Bachelors Degree from Connecticut College for Women in 1940 and a Masters Degree in 1959 from Wesleyan University in 1959. She married Oliver Butterworth in 1940; they raised four children together. Her experience studying in Nazi Germany in 1938 inspired Mrs. Butterworth to live a life of public service and political activism. She began her professional career as a teacher and later became active in many different political movements, including presidential campaigns, senatorial campaigns, the Freeze campaign to stop the production of nuclear arms, and various movements to increase the general public's voice in politics. She has served as a Eugene McCarthy delegate at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, PUCA commissioner, the West Hartford Town Council member, temporary president of Hartford College for Women, and West Hartford, Connecticut town historian.

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Scope and Content

The collection contains correspondence, clippings, notes, photographs, artifacts, and memoirs regarding Miriam Butterworth's life and activism in local, state, and national campaigns from 1935-2008. Topics include Mrs. Butterworth's life, her career in education, Squam Lake, New Hampshire, and her political activism in presidential and senatorial campaigns, anti-war movements, the Caucus of Connecticut Democrats (CCD),the Sane/Freeze campaign against nuclear proliferation, West Hartford Town Council, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).

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Arrangement

Series I: Personal Papers (1935-2008) contains correspondence, memoirs, notes, and newspaper and periodical clippings concerning Miriam Butterworth's life. Clippings and correspondence are arranged chronologically. Other documents are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Series II: Subject Files (1963-2005) contains correspondence, clippings, and notes concerning Mrs. Butterworth's career in political activism. Clippings and correspondence are arranged chronologically. Other documents are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Series III: Photographs (1962-2000) contains photographs arranged chronologically.

Series IV: Oversized Materials (1936-2005)contains oversized materials arranged alphabetically.

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement

Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Libraries September 2010, July 2014

University of Connecticut Libraries405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205Storrs, Connecticut, 06269-1205860.486.2524archives@uconn.edu

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

Acquisition Information

The Miriam Butterworth Papers were donated to Archives & Special Collections in 2008 by Miriam Butterworth.

Access

The collection is open and available for research.

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Controlled Access Headings

  • Butterworth, Miriam
  • Butterworth, Oliver
  • Caucus of Connecticut Democrats
  • Sane/Freeze
  • West Hartford Town Council
  • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
  • City Councils
  • Clippings (information artifacts).
  • Connecticut
  • Correspondence
  • Manuscripts (document genre)
  • Maps (documents)
  • New Hampshire--Squam Lakes
  • Notebooks
  • Peace
  • Photographs
  • Political participation
  • United States
  • West Hartford (Conn.)
  • Women

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Collection Inventory

Series I: Personal Papers,, 1935-2008

Title/DescriptionInstances
Awards and Honors,, 1959-2005
Box 1: Folder 1
Biographical Documents,, n.d.
Box 1: Folder 2
Biographical Documents,, 1968-2011
Box 8 Folder 62
Certificates and Diplomas,, 1940-2005
Box 1: Folder 3
Correspondence,, 1975-2005
Box 1: Folder 4
Letters to the Editor,, 1968-2004
Box 1: Folder 5
Memoir: "Don't Just Stand There, or Living in Interesting Times, Part I",, n.d.
Box 1: Folder 6
Memoir: "Don't Just Stand There Part II: Family Matters",, n.d.
Box 1: Folder 7
Memoir: "Don't Just Stand There Part III: What on Earth Did You Do? Careers and Causes",, n.d.
Box 1: Folder 8
Memoir: "Don't Just Stand There Part IV: The Past is Prologue",, n.d.
Box 1: Folder 9
Memoir: "Don't Just Stand There Part V: Epilogue",, n.d.
Box 1: Folder 10
Memoir: "Squam: A Sense of Place",, n.d.
Box 1: Folder 11
Newspaper Clippings, Personal,, 1938-2008
Box 1: Folder 12
Newspaper Clippings, Butterworth vs. Dempsey Court Case,, 1963-1966
Box 2: Folder 13
Newspaper Clippings, Oliver Butterworth,, 1963-1994
Box 2: Folder 14
Newspaper Clippings, Latin America,, 1984-2003
Box 2: Folder 15
Notes, People's Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks,, 1971
Box 2: Folder 16
Notes, People's Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks,, 1971
Box 2: Folder 17
Notebooks, Nicaragua Elections,, 1984
Box 2: Folder 18
Notebooks, Latin America Trip,, 1988
Box 2: Folder 19
Notebooks, El Salvador and Nicaragua,, 1991
Box 2: Folder 20
Notebook, Liberation Theology,, 1991
Box 2: Folder 21
Notebook, Honduras,, 1998
Box 2: Folder 22
Notes, Peace Appeal Congress,, 1999
Box 2: Folder 23
Notebook, The Hague,, 1999
Box 3: Folder 24
Notes, Miscellaneous, 1969-1999
Box 3: Folder 25
Participant Booklet, Connecticut College Archeological Seminar in Israel and Jordan,, 2000
Box 3: Folder 26
Programs,, 1935-2004
Box 3: Folder 27
Speeches,, n.d.
Box 3: Folder 28

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Series II: Subject Files,, 1963-2005

Title/DescriptionInstances
Activism Files,, 1962-2003
Box 3: Folder 29
Caucus of Connecticut Democrats,, 1969-2000
Box 3: Folder 30
Caucus of Connecticut Democrats 10th Anniversary Celebration, 1979
Box 3: Folder 31
Caucus of Connecticut Democrats 20th Anniversary Celebration, 1989
Box 3: Folder 32
Caucus of Connecticut Democrats, A Celebration of Mims, n.d.
Box 4: Folder 33
Caucus of Connecticut Democrats, CCD Reports, 1981-1988
Box 4: Folder 34
Connecticut District Maps,, 1966
Box 4: Folder 35
Correspondence,, 1962-1976
Box 4: Folder 36
Correspondence,, 1981-2002
Box 4: Folder 37
Democratic National Committee,, 1970-2000
Box 4: Folder 38
Democratic Political Campaigns,, 1968-1970
Box 4: Folder 39
Latin America,, 1984-1989
Box 4: Folder 40
Legal Documents,, 1962-1969
Box 4: Folder 41
Legal Documents,, 1970-1980
Box 4: Folder 42
Newspaper Clippings, Caucus of Connecticut Democrats,, 1968-1970
Box 4: Folder 43
Newspaper Clippings, Connecticut Politics,, 1969-1987
Box 5: Folder 44
Newspaper Clippings, Eugene McCarthy Presidential Campaign,, 1968
Box 5: Folder 45
Newspaper Clippings, Democratic National Convention,, 1968
Box 5: Folder 46
Newspaper Clippings, Vietnam War,, 1968-1971
Box 5: Folder 47
Newspaper Clippings, West Harford Town Council Elections,, 1981-1990
Box 5: Folder 48
Newspaper Clippings, World Conference on Women,, 1995
Box 5: Folder 49
Newspaper Clippings, Miscellaneous,, 1995-2005
Box 5: Folder 50
Nuclear Non-Proliferation (SANE, Freeze, Peace Action),, 1982-2005
Box 5: Folder 51
Tax Reform,, 1969
Box 6: Folder 52
Vietnam War,, 1960-1971
Box 6: Folder 53
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,, 1995
Box 6: Folder 54
West Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice,, 1988-2010

Controlled Access Headings:

  • Florence Woodiel, 02/17/1937-10/06/2010
Box 8 Folder 59
West Hartford Town Council Resolutions,, 1981-1983
Box 6: Folder 55
West Hartford Sesquicentennial Steering Committee,, 1998
Box 6: Folder 56

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Series III: Photographs,, 1962-2000

Title/DescriptionInstances
Photographs,, 1962-2000

Physical Description: Photographs from political campaigns and visit to Central American with SANE Freeze and Peace Action.

Box 6: Folder 57
Photograph Album,, 2000
Box 6: Folder 58
Posterboard Photographs

Physical Description: 1.0 Item Photographs of Miriam with Walter Mondale, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd and other prominant politicians. Photographs assembled on a poster board.

Item 1

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Series IV: Oversized,, 1936-2005

Title/DescriptionInstances
Caucus of Connecticut Democrats Bumper Stickers,, n.d.
Box 7 Folder
The Chaffee School Diploma,, 1936
Box 7 Folder
Connecticut College Commencement Program,, 1980
Box 7 Folder
Connecticut College Archeological Seminar Nametag,, 2000
Box 7 Folder
National Peace Action Coalition March on Washington Poster,, n.d.
Box 7 Folder
Public Utilities Control Authority Commissioner Plaque,, n.d.
Box 7 Folder
Public Utilities Control Authority Certificate,, 1978
Box 7 Folder
Families in Crisis, Inc. Certificate of Appreciation,, 04/13/1989

Controlled Access Headings:

  • Butterworth, Miriam
Box 7
Bring Our War $$$ Home!, Bumper Sticker,
Box 7
Ned Lamont for Governor, Bumper Sticker,
Box 7
State of Connecticut, General Assembly Official Citation,, 04/13/2008
Box 7
The Town of West Hartford, Proclamation, 04/10/2002
Box 7
West Hartford Chamber of Commerce, 14th Annual Noah Webster Award,, 04/10/2002
Box 7

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