Links to other Josephine Butler Related Collections

The University of Liverpool holds one of the major national collections relating to Josephine Butler comprising the Josephine Butler Papers: correspondence, personal papers, paintings, portraits, photographs, press cuttings and memorabilia, the archive of Josephine Butler Memorial House and related printed material. The following list gives details of other collections.

The Women's Library, London Metropolitan University

The Josephine Butler Society Library.

Northumberland County Record Office

Grey family archive (ZBU.E2: papers of the Revd George Butler and ZBU.E3: papers of Josephine E. Butler, including diaries and letters)

British Library Manuscripts

Josephine Butler correspondence

Leeds University, Brotherton Library

Correspondence between Josephine Butler and Hannah Ford

University of St Andrews Library

Autograph album of 102 items, mostly letters addressed to the Butlers from public figures concerned with the social reform movement.

Royal Institute of British Architects' Library

Butler family papers

Salvation Army Heritage Centre

Rebecca Jarrett papers

Balliol College, Oxford

The Benjamin Jowett Papers (published catalogue: The Jowett Papers, by Robin Darwall-Smith, Oxford: Balliol College, 1993 ISBN 0 9512569 3 9). See:

I E22/2 A collection of reminiscences of Jowett sent to Abbott and Campbell during preparation of The Life and Letters of Benjamin Jowett, 1897. Writers include Josephine Butler; I F11/26 Copies of letters from Jowett to various correspondents. Those to the Duchess of Bedford include discussions on common friends (e.g. Josephine Butler); III N263, 275 Letters from Jowett to Florence Nightingale, containing references to Josephine Butler ([17 Oct. 1869]; 30 Jan. 1870)

Readers wishing to consult the Jowett Papers should apply in writing to The Librarian, Balliol College, Oxford OX1 3BJ, or by email to library@balliol.oxford.ac.uk. It is regretted that photocopies cannot be supplied.

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Bust and plaster relief of Josephine E. Butler by Alexander Munro (1825-1871), probably after 1852

National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of Josephine E. Butler by G.F. Watts, 1895

Church House

Holds student records relating to Josephine Butler Memorial House

The Anglican Cathedral of Liverpool

Holds much of the former library of Josephine Butler Memorial House

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