Elizabeth Maria Munger
(b.21 Feb 1883 - d.16 Aug 1962)
| 1906 |
Superintendent, Connecticut State Farm for Women
1926-1947
Warden, Connecticut State Prison for Women
1930-1947
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| 1906 |
Superintendent, Connecticut State Farm for Women
1926-1947
Warden, Connecticut State Prison for Women
1930-1947
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"Reform of the Wayward Based on Understanding" Newark Evening News, 27 Oct 1923 |
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"Elizabeth Munger Reads Paper at NEA Conference, Chicago; Doing Educational Work in East" Cedar Rapids Republican, 2 Mar 1924 |
Superintendent's Cottage, Connecticut State Farm for Women
BIG GAP
Adminstration and Receiving Buildings, 1930
BIG GAP
Industrial Building, 1930; Residence Cottage, 1962
BIG GAP
Miss Munger, Dr Harris with European Penologists at Prague, Czechoslovakia, July 1930
62nd Annual Congress, American Prison Association, Indianapolis, 1932
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"Indiana Host Third Time for Prison Congress; Twice Contributed Heads" Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct 1932 |
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"Prison Farm for Women Described by Miss Munger" Cedar Rapids Gazette and Republican, 11 Oct 1932 |
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"How Connecticut Treats its Women Prisoners" Hartford Daily Courant, 29 Jan 1933 |
63rd Annual Congress, American Prison Association, Atlantic City, 1933
BIG GAP
Doctor Mary B Harris, Mrs James N Kelley, Helen Hall Upham, Elizabeth Munger at APA Congress, 1933
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"Long-Term Women Convicts Helpful, Says Miss Munger" Newspaper source unknown, 30 Oct 1933 |
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"Pageant Repeated at State Farm for Women" New London Evening Day, 23 Aug 1934 |
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"State Farm Gives Historic Revue, Parade and Picnic" Newspaper source unknown, 5 Jul 1935 |
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"Miss Munger Honored on Tenth Anniversary as State Farm Head" New London Day, 6 Jul 1936 |
BIG GAP
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"$40,000 Fire at State Farm at Niantic" New London Day, 28 Dec 1937 |
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"State Parole Cooperation Hailed by Prison Farm Head" Newspaper source unknown, 1939 |
Miss Munger principal speaker at National Convention of Salvation Army, NYC, date unk
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"Cedar Rapids Woman Modernizes and Humanizes Prison in East" Cedar Rapids Gazette, 7 Apr 1940 |
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"Passing Reflections" by Elizabeth Munger, Prison World, Jul-Aug 1941 |
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"Defense by Conservation Made Theme of Annual Fair at State Farm for Women" New London Evening Day, 27 Sep 1941 |
Miss Munger, Governor Baldwin and other State officials, 1941
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"Elizabeth Munger" Vogue, Jan 1944 |
Scenes from the Connecticut State Farm for Women, 1940s
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"No War-Time Food Worries at State Farm for Women" New London Evening Day, 29 Apr 1944 |
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"War Days Bring Increases in Admissions, Paroles at State Farm for Women at Niantic" New London Evening Day, 29 Apr 1944 |
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"Due to Retire, Elizabeth Munger Can Look Back at 20 Years With Reassurance About Prison Uplift" New Haven Register, 29 Dec 1946 |
Mr Beebe presenting the watch at Miss Munger's 20th Anniversary, 1946
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"State Farm Head for 21 Years, She Hasn't Seen Dozen Bad Women" Newspaper source unknown, 1947 |
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"Returning Niantic's Women to Straight Path Hard Job" Sunday Herald, 9 Apr 1950 |
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"Address
by Mrs. Weld Morgan ... during unveiling of the plaque
at the Connecticut State Farm for Women
" 22 Sep 1963 
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Additional photographs from Miss Munger's private life
Connecticut Department of Correction
Materials collected by Miss Munger's brother, Dr Grant Breed Munger (1885-1978) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
digitized and edited by her grand-nephew, Marshall Munger Kerr of Springfield, Virginia.
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