Miriam Butterworth Papers
2008.0060
Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
5.0 Linear feet
1935-2011
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.
Miriam Butterworth
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.
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).
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.
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.
Preferred Citation
[Item description, #:#], Miriam Butterworth Papers.
Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center,
University of Connecticut Libraries.
Acquisition Information
The Miriam Butterworth Papers were donated to Archives & Special Collections in 2008 by Miriam Butterworth.
Related Material
Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of materials pertaining to Connecticut politics, as well as anti-war activism. For detailed information on these collections please contact the
curator or ask at the Reading Room desk.
Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Butterworth, Miriam
Butterworth, Oliver
Caucus of Connecticut Democrats
Sane/Freeze
West Hartford Town Council
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Activists-- Peace.
Activists-- United States-- Connecticut.
City Councils-- Connecticut-- West Hartford.
Clippings (information artifacts).
Correspondence.
Manuscripts.
Maps.
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Squam Lake, New Hampshire.
West Hartford (Conn.)-- Politics and government.
West Hartford, Conn.
Women politicians-- Connecticut-- Biography.
Series I: Personal Papers,
1935-2008
Awards and Honors,
1:
1
1959-2005
Biographical Documents,
1:
2
n.d.
Biographical Documents,
8
62
1968-2011
Certificates and Diplomas,
1:
3
1940-2005
Correspondence,
1:
4
1975-2005
Letters to the Editor,
1:
5
1968-2004
Memoir: "Don't Just Stand There, or Living in Interesting Times, Part I",
1:
6
n.d.
Memoir: "Don't Just Stand There Part II: Family Matters",
1:
7
n.d.
Memoir: "Don't Just Stand There Part III: What on Earth Did You Do? Careers and Causes",
1:
8
n.d.
Memoir: "Don't Just Stand There Part IV: The Past is Prologue",
1:
9
n.d.
Memoir: "Don't Just Stand There Part V: Epilogue",
1:
10
n.d.
Memoir: "Squam: A Sense of Place",
1:
11
n.d.
Newspaper Clippings, Personal,
1:
12
1938-2008
Newspaper Clippings, Butterworth vs. Dempsey Court Case,
2:
13
1963-1966
Newspaper Clippings, Oliver Butterworth,
2:
14
1963-1994
Newspaper Clippings, Latin America,
2:
15
1984-2003
Notes, People's Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks,
2:
16
1971
Notes, People's Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks,
2:
17
1971
Notebooks, Nicaragua Elections,
2:
18
1984
Notebooks, Latin America Trip,
2:
19
1988
Notebooks, El Salvador and Nicaragua,
2:
20
1991
Notebook, Liberation Theology,
2:
21
1991
Notebook, Honduras,
2:
22
1998
Notes, Peace Appeal Congress,
2:
23
1999
Notebook, The Hague,
3:
24
1999
Notes, Miscellaneous
3:
25
1969-1999
Participant Booklet, Connecticut College Archeological Seminar in Israel and Jordan,
3:
26
2000
Programs,
3:
27
1935-2004
Speeches,
3:
28
n.d.
Series II: Subject Files,
1963-2005
Activism Files,
3:
29
1962-2003
Caucus of Connecticut Democrats,
3:
30
1969-2000
Caucus of Connecticut Democrats 10th Anniversary Celebration
3:
31
1979
Caucus of Connecticut Democrats 20th Anniversary Celebration
3:
32
1989
Caucus of Connecticut Democrats, A Celebration of Mims
4:
33
n.d.
Caucus of Connecticut Democrats, CCD Reports
4:
34
1981-1988
Connecticut District Maps,
4:
35
1966
Correspondence,
4:
36
1962-1976
Correspondence,
4:
37
1981-2002
Democratic National Committee,
4:
38
1970-2000
Democratic Political Campaigns,
4:
39
1968-1970
Latin America,
4:
40
1984-1989
Legal Documents,
4:
41
1962-1969
Legal Documents,
4:
42
1970-1980
Lymes' Nuclear Freeze Arms Committee,
8
60
1981-1991
Lymes' Nuclear Freeze Committee,
8
61
1981-1983
Newspaper Clippings, Caucus of Connecticut Democrats,
4:
43
1968-1970
Newspaper Clippings, Connecticut Politics,
5:
44
1969-1987
Newspaper Clippings, Eugene McCarthy Presidential Campaign,
5:
45
1968
Newspaper Clippings, Democratic National Convention,
5:
46
1968
Newspaper Clippings, Vietnam War,
5:
47
1968-1971
Newspaper Clippings, West Harford Town Council Elections,
5:
48
1981-1990
Newspaper Clippings, World Conference on Women,
5:
49
1995
Newspaper Clippings, Miscellaneous,
5:
50
1995-2005
Nuclear Non-Proliferation (SANE, Freeze, Peace Action),
5:
51
1982-2005
Tax Reform,
6:
52
1969
Vietnam War,
6:
53
1960-1971
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,
6:
54
1995
West Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice,
8
59
1988-2010
Florence Woodiel, 02/17/1937-10/06/2010
West Hartford Town Council Resolutions,
6:
55
1981-1983
West Hartford Sesquicentennial Steering Committee,
6:
56
1998
Series III: Photographs,
1962-2000
Photographs,
6:
57
1962-2000
Photograph Album,
6:
58
2000
Series IV: Oversized,
1936-2005
Caucus of Connecticut Democrats Bumper Stickers,
7
n.d.
The Chaffee School Diploma,
7
1936
Connecticut College Commencement Program,
7
1980
Connecticut College Archeological Seminar Nametag,
7
2000
National Peace Action Coalition March on Washington Poster,
7
n.d.
Public Utilities Control Authority Commissioner Plaque,
7
n.d.
Public Utilities Control Authority Certificate,
7
1978
Families in Crisis, Inc. Certificate of Appreciation,
7
04/13/1989
Butterworth, Miriam
Bring Our War $$$ Home!, Bumper Sticker,
7
Ned Lamont for Governor, Bumper Sticker,
7
State of Connecticut, General Assembly Official Citation,
7
04/13/2008
The Town of West Hartford, Proclamation
7
04/10/2002
West Hartford Chamber of Commerce, 14th Annual Noah Webster Award,
7
04/10/2002