For years, Mitzi Bowman and her husband Pete were stalwarts of the progressive community in Connecticut, and tireless activists in the movements for social justice, peace, and the environment. Shortly after their marriage in 1966, the Bowman's settled in Newtown and then in Milford, Conn., where Pete worked as an engineer and where Mitzi had trouble finding employment due to her outspoken ways. In close collaboration, the couple became ardent opponents of the war in Vietnam as well as opponents of nuclear weaponry. The focus of their activism took a new direction in 1976, when they learned of plans to ship spent nuclear fuel rods near their home. Founding their first antinuclear organization, STOP (Stop the Transport of Pollution), they forced the shipments to be rerouted, and they soon devoted themselves to shutting down nuclear power in Connecticut completely, including the Millstone and Connecticut Yankee facilities, the latter of which was decommissioned in 1996. The Bowmans were active in a wide array of other groups, including the New Haven Green Party, the Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone, the People's Action for Clean Energy (PACE), and they were founding members of Fight the (Utility Rate) Hike, the Progressive Action Roundtable, and Don't Waste Connecticut. Two years after Pete died on Feb. 14, 2006 at the age of 78, Mitzi relocated to Vermont, carrying on her activism.
The Bowman Papers center on Mitzi and Pete Bowman's antinuclear activism, dating from their first forays with STOP in the mid-1970s through the growth of opposition to Vermont Yankee in the approach to 2010. The collection offers a valuable glimpse into the early history of grassroots opposition to nuclear energy and the Bowmans' approach to organizing and their connections with other antinuclear activists and to the peace and environmental movements are reflected in an extensive series of notes, press releases, newsclippings, talks, ephemera, and correspondence. The collections also includes extensive subject files on radiation, nuclear energy, peace, and related topics.
Background on Mitzi Bowman
Mitzi Bowman
For years, Mitzi Bowman and her husband Pete were stalwarts of the progressive community in Connecticut, and tireless activists in the movements for social justice, peace, and the environment. Shortly after their marriage in 1966, the Bowman's settled in Newtown and then in Milford, Conn., where Pete worked as an engineer and where Mitzi had trouble finding employment due to her outspoken ways. In close collaboration, the couple became ardent opponents of the war in Vietnam as well as opponents of nuclear weaponry.
The focus of their activism took a new direction in 1976, when they learned of plans to ship spent nuclear fuel rods near their home. Founding their first antinuclear organization, STOP (Stop the Transport of Pollution), they forced the shipments to be rerouted, and they soon devoted themselves to shutting down nuclear power in Connecticut completely, including the Millstone and Connecticut Yankee facilities, the latter of which was decommissioned in 1996.
The Bowmans were active in a wide array of other groups, including the New Haven Green Party, the Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone, the People's Action for Clean Energy (PACE), and they were founding members of Fight the (Utility Rate) Hike, the Progressive Action Roundtable, and Don't Waste Connecticut. Two years after Pete died on Feb. 14, 2006 at the age of 78, Mitzi relocated to Vermont, carrying on her activism.
Scope of collection
The Bowman Papers center on Mitzi and Pete Bowman's antinuclear activism, dating from their first forays with STOP in the mid-1970s through the growth of opposition to Vermont Yankee in the approach to 2010. The collection offers a valuable glimpse into the early history of grassroots opposition to nuclear energy and the Bowmans' approach to organizing and their connections with other antinuclear activists and to the peace and environmental movements are reflected in an extensive series of notes, press releases, news clippings, talks, ephemera, and correspondence. The collections also includes extensive subject files on radiation, nuclear energy, peace, and related topics.
Court documents relating to the investigation of the proposed sale of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, including petitions, appeals, and motions. The series also has correspondence between the parties involved in the case.
Environmentalist articles and publications about the negative impacts of nuclear energy on the environment. The series also offers articles on energy alternatives.
Information from state regulatory commissions and legislatures on the regulation, management, transportation, storage, and maintenance of nuclear activities.
Organizational information on anti-nuclear and environmental activist groups and their correspondence, mailing lists, membership forms, and flyers. Correspondence and news clippings show their efforts to prevent nuclear energy and radioactivity in the United States with emphasis on Connecticut.
Inventory
Series 1: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
1989-2002
Amended Agreement Between Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station and Green Mountain Power Corporation
1989-2002
Box 1: 1
Articles: Vermont Yankee
2001-2002
Box 1: 2
Assignment of Rights to Excess Decommissioning Funds
2002
Box 1: 3
Central Vermont Public Service
2001
Box 1: 4
Citizens' Energy Project: Solar Power System
undated
Box 1: 5
Conservation Law Foundation
2001-2002
Box 1: 6
Conservation Law Foundation: Public Service Board Discovery Requests
2001
Box 1: 7
Correspondence
2001-2002
Box 1: 8
Correspondence: Susan M. Hudson
2001-2002
Box 1: 9
Dumont and Lee, P.C: Discovery Questions and File Requests
2001
Box 1: 10
Entergy Nuclear Vermont, LLC: Memorandum in Opposition to Motion for Temporary Restraining Order
2001
Box 1: 11
Green Mountain Power Corporation: Petition for Regulatory Approvals
2002
Box 1: 12
Green Mountain Power: Service Quality and Reliability Performance Quarterly Report
2002
Box 1: 13
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Appellant's Brief
2002
Box 1: 14
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Certificate of Service
2002
Box 1: 15
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Discovery Requests
2000-2002
Box 1: 16
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Docketing Statement of Appellant
2002
Box 1: 17
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Docket Log
2001-2002
Box 1: 18
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Docket Service List
2001-2002
Box 1: 19
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Memorandums
2001-2002
Box 1: 20
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Motions to Dismiss
2001-2002
Box 1: 21
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Motions for Extension of Time
2001-2002
Box 1: 22
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Motions to Intervene
2001-2002
Box 1: 23
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Motions for Leave
2001-2002
Box 1: 24
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Motions for Special Protective Order
2001
Box 1: 25
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Motions for Stay Pending Appeal
2001
Box 1: 26
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Motions to Respond
2001-2002
Box 1: 27
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Notices of Appeal
2001-2002
Box 1: 28
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Notices of Appearance
2001-2002
Box 1: 29
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Notices of Depositions
2001-2002
Box 1: 30
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Notices of Hearings
2001-2002
Box 1: 31
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Order Denying Complaint
2002
Box 1: 32
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Order Granting Motion to Amend Complaint
2002
Box 1: 33
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Responses to Motions
2001-2002
Box 1: 34
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Stipulations and Proposed Orders
2001-2002
Box 1: 35
Investigation of Vermont Yankee Sale: Testimonies
2001-2002
Box 1: 36
Jim Dumont: Correspondences on Vermont Yankee
2001-2002
Box 1: 37
Jonathan M. Block: Investigation into Vermont Yankee Proposed Sale
2001-2002
Box 1: 38
Jonathan M. Block: Vermont Yankee Request to Withdraw Exhibit
2002
Box 1: 39
Law Offices of Brian Lederer: Initial Brief of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 300
2002
Box 1: 40
New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution
2002
Box 1: 41
New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution: Supreme Court Appeal
2002
Box 1: 42
New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution: Statement Case Against Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC
2002
Box 1: 43
Operating Agreement for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station
2001
Box 1: 44
Petition of Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
2001
Box 1: 45
Petition of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee
2001
Box 1: 46
Protective Agreement: NECNP and Vermont Yankee
2001
Box 1: 47
State of Vermont Correspondence: Public Service Board
2001
Box 1: 48
State of Vermont Correspondence: Public Service Board, NECNP, and Vermont Yankee
2001
Box 1: 49
Vermont Public Service Board: Investigation into Vermont Yankee Proposed Sale
2001-2002
Box 1: 50
Series 2: Nuclear Economics
1973-2010
9/11 Related Articles
1986-2001
Box 1: 51
Advanced Liquid Metal Reactor: Breeder Reactor
1993-1997
Box 1: 52
Arms Trade
1993-1995
Box 1: 53
Articles: Costs of the Arms Race
1977-1980
Box 1: 54
Articles: Nuclear Power and National Security
1977-2009
Box 1: 55
Articles: Nuclear Power Information
1975-2004
Box 1: 56
Barnet, Richard J.: "The Incalcuable Costs of the Nuclear Arms Race"
1978
Box 1: 57
Belsky, Joseph L.: Hiroshima Report
1973
Box 1: 58
Biofuels: Ethanol, Etc.
1993
Box 1: 59
Breeder Reactor
1976-1978
Box 1: 60
Brookhaven Labs
1990-1998
Box 1: 61
Bush Administration: Newspaper Clippings
1989
Box 1: 62
Bush Energy Plan
1991
Box 1: 63
Bush Family: Oil
1991
Box 1: 64
Center for Responsive Politics: Money in Politics
1997
Box 1: 65
Clippings
1979-2008
Box 1: 66
Connecticut Utilities: Department of Public Utility Control Examination of Agreement and Alternative Options
1987
Box 1: 67
Connecticut Utilities: Northeast Utilities Plan for Public Service Control of New Hampshire
1973, 1990
Box 1: 68
Connecticut Utilities: Northeast Utilities to Retire Seven Oil-Fired Generating Units and Fire Gas Turbines
1991-1992
Box 1: 69
Council on Economic Priorities
1986
Box 1: 70
Decommissioning Connecticut Yankee
1995-1998
Box 1: 71
"Energy Bills"
2007
Box 1: 72
Energy: Employment
1991-1994
Box 1: 73
Energy: External Costs
1993-1995
Box 1: 74
Energy: Fact Sheet
ca.1992
Box 1: 75
Energy for Employment
1976-1992
Box 1: 76
Energy: Lectures
ca.1993
Box 1: 77
Energy Research and Development Administration
1976
Box 1: 78
High Costs of Nuclear Power
1975-2008
Box 1: 79
Hiroshima
1985
Box 1: 80
Hydro-Quebec: James Bay
1993
Box 1: 81
Ieer: Costs and Risks of Management and Disposal of Depleted Uranium
2004
Box 2: 1
Indian Ocean Tsunami
2005
Box 2: 2
Informational Brochures
1995-2010
Box 2: 3
Insurance
1977-1980
Box 2: 4
International Nuclear
1988-1993
Box 2: 5
International Nuclear
1994-1997
Box 2: 6
Knight, Christ: "Noam Chomsky: Politics or Science?"
2003
Box 2: 7
Labor and Environment Network
1993-1996
Box 2: 8
Labor: Jobs and Environment
1990-1995
Box 2: 9
Labor Party: Publication
1996
Box 2: 10
Low-Level Radioactive Waste
ca.1990
Box 2: 11
Maine Yankee Nuclear Plant
1991
Box 2: 12
Makhijani, Arjun: "Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roap Map for U.S. Energy Policy"
2007
Box 2: 13
Makhijani, Arjun: "Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roap Map for U.S. Energy Policy"
2007
Box 2: 14
Marshall, Scott: "Labor in the Era of Capitalist Globalization"
ca.2008
Box 2: 15
Marshall, Scott: "Working Class in the Era of Capitalization Globalization"
2006
Box 2: 16
Military
ca.1978-1980
Box 2: 17
Military: Cruise Missile
1977
Box 2: 18
Military Toxics Memo
1999
Box 2: 19
Mills, R.G.: "Problems and Promises of Controlled Fusion Power"
1975
Box 2: 20
Mined U: "Financing of New Uranium Mines" Report
ca.2008
Box 2: 21
Miscellaneous Extras
1990-1998
Box 2: 22
Miscellaneous Extras
1990-1999
Box 2: 23
Miscellaneous Flyers and Newsletters: Military Spending, Militarization, Etc.
ca.1991-2006
Box 2: 24
"More Heat than Light" Global Warming Pollution
2005
Box 2: 25
Name List and Testimony of Conqueror's Cancer Affected Cast and Crews
ca.1995-2000
Box 2: 26
Mixed Oxide
1996
Box 2: 27
Newsletters: Nuclear Power
1977-2008
Box 2: 28
Newspapers
2005-2006
Box 2: 29
Newspaper Clippings: Radiation Experiments on Dogs, Hiroshima Bomb, Terrorism and Energy, Etc.
1988-1991
Box 2: 30
Newspaper Clippings: Victims and Dangers of Nuclear Pollution
1980
Box 2: 31
Newspaper Clippings: Whistle-Blowers and Secrecy of Nuclear Power Plant Operations and Safety
1989-1990
Box 2: 32
New York's Labor and Environmental Conference
1991
Box 2: 33
Northeast Action Camp Workshop '98: Nuclear Power 101
1998
Box 2: 34
Northeast Utilities Rate Hike
1980
Box 2: 35
Nuclear Legacy
1989
Box 2: 36
Nuclear Power: Economics
1992-1995
Box 2: 37
Nuclear Reactors: ALWRs
1990-2000
Box 2: 38
Nuclear Reactors: Decommissions
1994
Box 2: 39
Nuclear Policy Research Institute
2005-2006
Box 2: 40
Nuclear Power and Weapons
1994-2008
Box 2: 41
Nuclear Weapons
1994-1995
Box 2: 42
Nuke Booklist: Hoffman
2002
Box 2: 43
Pamphlets: Nuclear Power
1977-2005
Box 2: 44
Oil and Nukes
1980
Box 2: 45
Politics of Atomic Energy and Weapons Proliferation
2005
Box 2: 46
Power Plant Runoff: APP-IV-10 to APP-IV-13
1974-1998
Box 2: 47
Power Plant Runoff: APP-IV-14
1992
Box 2: 48
Power Plant Runoff: APP-IV-15 to APP-IV-31
1992-1996
Box 2: 49
Press for Conversion Issues
2003-2004
Box 2: 50
Price-Anderson Act
1980
Box 2: 51
Progressive Action Coalition
1993
Box 2: 52
Pro-Nuke Articles and Newsclippings
1976-1977
Box 2: 53
Pro-Nuke Brochures
1976-1980
Box 2: 54
Pro-Nuke: Economic Growth in the Future
1976
Box 2: 55
Pro-Nuke: United Nuclear Corporation, Nuclear Energy Issue and Outlooks
1978
Box 2: 56
Pro-Nuke; Why Nuclear Energy
1976
Box 2: 57
Radiation Effects on Ozone Layer
1993
Box 2: 58
SANE: The Conversion Planner
1979
Box 2: 59
Testimony of Charles Komanoff
1976, 1978
Box 2: 60
Top Companies and Department of Defense Profits from War
2005-2006
Box 2: 61
Tritium: Supply and Recycling
1992-1994
Box 2: 62
Uranium Mining, Hazards, and Uses
1991
Box 2: 63
Uranium Reproductive Toxicity Data
2005
Box 2: 64
Utilities
1981-1982
Box 2: 65
Series 3: Environmental Impacts
1969-2007
AIA Connecticut Committee
1996-1997
Box 2: 66
Bomb Tests, Etc.
1993-1996
Box 2: 67
Bomb tests: Soviet Union
1993
Box 2: 68
Dangers of Nuclear Fuel Cycle
2007
Box 2: 69
Disaster Research Center
1978
Box 2: 70
Ecosystem
1987-1988
Box 2: 71
Energy Alternatives
1990
Box 2: 71
"Energy and the Environment"
1993
Box 3: 1
Energy: Johnston-Wallop Bill
1991
Box 3: 2
Environment Articles
1993-2002
Box 3: 3
Environment Articles
1980-2001
Box 10: 3
Environmental Research Papers
1991-2005
Box 10: 4
Fernaldo, Ohio
1989
Box 3: 4
Fish Unlimited
1999
Box 3: 5
Global Network on Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
1992
Box 3: 6
Global Warming
1997
Box 3: 7
Global Warming and Energy Choices
1991
Box 3: 8
Green Cities-Green Villages
2004-2007
Box 10: 5
Green Policy Group
1990-1992
Box 10: 6
Hawkins, Howard: "Ecology"
1992
Box 3: 9
Hazardous Waste, Water, and Air Pollution
1976-1981
Box 3: 10
Housatonic Safe Energy Alliance Program
1979
Box 3: 11
Hydrogen
undated
Box 3: 12
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
1997
Box 3: 13
Lighting Efficiency
1996
Box 3: 14
Lovins, Amory: Rocky Mountain Institute
1989-1995
Box 3: 15
Low-Level Radiation Waste: Presentation
ca.1990
Box 3: 16
Messenger: Environmental Health Journal
1991-1994
Box 3: 17
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ethen
1997
Box 3: 18
Military Toxics Project
1994-1997
Box 3: 19
Miscellaneous Extras
1994-1995
Box 10: 7
Mothers and Others: Publications
1993-1994
Box 3: 20
Multiplie Chemical Sensitivity Disorder
undated
Box 3: 21
NAFTA: Impact on Environment
1993
Box 3: 22
National Institute for the Environment
1993-1994
Box 3: 23
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
1995-1997
Box 10: 8
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
1995-1997
Box 10: 9
Natural Gas: Environmental Impact
1993
Box 3: 24
New Hampshire World Fellowship News
2000
Box 3: 25
Nuclear Accidents
1973-1976
Box 3: 26
Nuclear Accidents: Congressional Report
1982
Box 3: 27
Nuclear Power: Greenhouse Effect
1988
Box 3: 28
Nuclear Power: Public Opinion
1976-1978
Box 3: 29
Plutonium
1974-1980
Box 3: 30
Plutonium
1992-1994
Box 3: 31
Plutonium
1996-1999, 2008
Box 3: 32
Polonium
1999
Box 3: 33
Power of the State, New York
1977
Box 3: 34
Pro-Nuke: Q&A Nuclear Power and the Environment
1976
Box 3: 35
Publications
1989-2002
Box 10: 10
"Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly"
1996
Box 3: 36
Radioactivity: Food Chain
1990
Box 3: 37
Radioactivity: Ieer "Yellow Page"
1994
Box 3: 38
Radon
undated
Box 3: 39
Rocky Flats
1988-1990
Box 3: 40
Scientific American
1990
Box 10: 11
Shoreham
1990-1997
Box 3: 41
Solar Energy Information Material
undated
Box 10: 12
Solar Energy Resources
undated
Box 10: 13
Solar Housing Information Material
undated
Box 10: 14
Solar Today
1993-1996
Box 10: 15
Solar Works, Inc.
undated
Box 10: 16
Sunnyside Solar
1999-2001
Box 10: 17
United Farm Workers
ca.1986
Box 3: 42
Weather Meteorology
1969-1970
Box 3: 43
Wicker, Tom: "Paying the Nuclear Piper"
1977
Box 3: 44
Williams, Mary Jane: "Why Stopping Nuclear Power Must Go to the Top of the Environmentalists' Agenda"
1991
Box 3: 45
Series 4: Nuclear Management
1925-2008 (bulk1976-2008)
American Solar Energy Society (ASES)
1994
Box 3: 46
Articles: Nuclear Regulation and Energy Conservation
1976-2008
Box 3: 47
Article: "What is California's Role?"
2008
Box 3: 48
Atwater, Lee: Apology
1991
Box 3: 49
Avalence Hydrogen Energy Systems
2004
Box 3: 50
Bertell, Rosalie
1992-2005
Box 3: 51
Bibliography of Connecticut's Lending Library Holdings
ca.1995-2000
Box 3: 52
Bomb Tests and Earthquakes
undated
Box 3: 53
Bowman, Mitzi: Testimony on NYC's Ban on Radioactive Waste Shipments
1977
Box 3: 54
Browne, Corinne and Munroe, Robert: "Our National Death Wish"
1978
Box 3: 55
Bush Family
2001
Box 3: 56
Canada: Nuclear Weapons
1989-1995
Box 3: 57
Center for Atomic Radiation Studies (CARS)
1986-1995
Box 3: 58
Center for Global Change: Global Warming
1990-1994
Box 3: 59
"Citizens' Regulatory Commission" Waterford Information Packet
1996
Box 3: 60
Clippings: Government's Weak Enforcement of Nuclear Safety
1976-1978
Box 3: 61
Close Indian Point Fact Sheet
ca.2000
Box 3: 62
Connecticut Committee on Energy and Public Utilities
1992
Box 3: 63
Connecticut Conference Brochure and Notes
1994
Box 3: 64
Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control
1993, 1998
Box 3: 65
Connecticut Energy Cooperative
2000-2002
Box 3: 66
Connecticut: Environment Committee
1997
Box 3: 67
Connecticut Fund for the Environment (CFE)
1991
Box 3: 68
Connecticut Hazardous Waste Management Service: Low-Level Radioactive Waste Program
1991-1994
Box 3: 69
Connecticut House of Representatives
1990
Box 3: 70
Connecticut Legislation Committees
1989-1995
Box 3: 71
Connecticut: Legislation, Waste Removal
1989
Box 3: 72
Connecticut Light and Power Company Rate Case
1996
Box 3: 73
Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel
1997-1998
Box 3: 74
Connecticut Radioactive Waste: Local Sites
1988-1991
Box 3: 75
Connecticut: State of Department of Environmental Protection
ca.1978
Box 3: 76
Correspondence: Nuclear Information and Resource Service
2005-2006
Box 3: 77
Danbury Region and Union Carbide
1982
Box 3: 78
Dangers in Government High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Methods
2002-2005
Box 3: 79
D'Muhala, Thomas F.: "Nuclear Power in Connecticut: A Scientific Evaluation"
1978
Box 3: 80
Documentary Photography and Films on Nuclear at Lilly Library
1996
Box 3: 81
Earth First: "Nanotechnology"
2004
Box 3: 82
Elected Officials: State and Federal
1998
Box 3: 83
Energy Conservation Policy, Plans, and Information
1977, 2007
Box 3: 84
Enron
1997
Box 3: 85
Entergy Annual Report: "A Year of Leaps and Bounds"
2000
Box 3: 86
Environmental Clip Art
ca.2003
Box 3: 87
Environmental Protection Agency: National Emissions Standards
1989, 1994
Box 3: 88
Fertilizer: Kerr-McGee Corporation
1987
Box 3: 89
Ford Foundation Newspaper Clippings
1977
Box 3: 90
Fuel Cycle: Waste IRG Report
1978-1979
Box 3: 91
Fuel Cycle I: Mining, Processing, and Enrichment
1976-1979
Box 3: 92
Fuel Cycle II: Nukes
1970-1979
Box 3: 93
Fuel Cycle II: Nukes-Decommissioning
1977-1978
Box 3: 94
Fuel Cycle III: Reprocessing
1976-1981
Box 3: 95
Fuel Cycle IV: Waste Storage
1974-1981
Box 3: 96
Gravel, Mike
1973
Box 3: 97
High-Level Nuclear Waste Transportation
1977-1995
Box 3: 98
Incubating Virus Alert and Removal Instruction
2003
Box 3: 99
Indian Point
1979
Box 3: 100
Indian Point
1980
Box 4: 1
Indian Point
1981
Box 4: 2
Indian Point and New York State
1977-1980
Box 4: 3
Indian Point Newspaper Clippings and Press
1980
Box 4: 4
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
1993-1995
Box 4: 5
International Indian Treaty Conference
1977
Box 4: 6
International Nuclear Power
1972-1979
Box 4: 7
IPFM Global Fissile Material Report
2007
Box 4: 8
Jelly Jam: The People Preserver
1983
Box 4: 9
Legislative Actions and Opinions on Energy Plans and Blast Rale Hike
