Irene Mott Collection

Name/Title

Irene Mott Collection

Entry/Object ID

2026.30.1

Scope and Content

A collection of objects relating to the labor union activities of Irene Mott, a cone winder in the American Thread Company cotton mill in Willimantic, CT, in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.

Context

Irene A. (Desaulniers) Mott was born in 1913 in Newmarket, NH and died in 2014 in Windham, CT, at Douglas Manor Nursing Home. In between, she lived in Willimantic, CT and Mansfield Center, CT. She married Alonzo Mott and was a cominucant at St. Joseph Church in Willimantic. She retired from the American Thread Company, where she worked as a cone winder, in 1983 after 25 years employment. She was a local official for the Textile Workers Union of America.

Collection

Irene Mott Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Archive

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Items Details

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Notepad

Description

Black plastic notepad and pen. "My C.O.P.E. Dollar helped pass Medicare, TWUA -- AFL-CIO. 2.5 in x 4.5 in.

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ATCO 15-year pin in plastic case. Case is 1 in. spare. Pin is brass.

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A&R Union Yes button

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Norwalk Federation of Teachers button

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AFL-CIO Solidarity Dayy II button. Nov. 2, 1982. I'll vote! Will you?

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Local 620 Steward button

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Connecticut State Federation of Teachers button. CSFT. AFT. AFL-CIO.

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CSFT COPE button

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Delegate Badge. Textile Workers Union of America. 16th biennial convention, Irene Mott, Local 460, Willimantic, Conn. Miami Beach, Fla, June 8-12, 1970. Delegate.

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Delegate's Badge. Textile Workers Union of America. 17th Biennial Convention. Irene Mott, Local 460, TWUA, Willimantic, Conn. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 5-9, 1972. Delegate.

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Delegate's Badge. 15th conevention. Une 1968. Deelegate, Textile Workers Union of America, 15th Biennial Convention. Washington, DC, June 3-7, 1968.

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Delegate's Badge. Irene Mott. Local 460, TWUA. Delegate. Ninth Constitutional Convention. Connecticut. State Labor Council. AFL-CIO. Park Plaza Hotel. New Haven. Sept. 15-17, 1971.

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Mondale Ferraro pin. AFT.

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Union Yes pin.

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CSFT pin

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CSFT pin

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Unite with FNHP button

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Sew-on patch. Pipefitters Local 620. Our Pride Runs Deep. Groton, CT. Image of a submarine.

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Newspaper clipping. Norwich Bulletin, Tues., Sept. 16. Thread Co. Ready to Recognize TWUA as Bargaining Agent.

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Admit badge. TWUA Approval to Enter the Mill. American Thread Compasny. Approval to pass picket line is authorized for ________. Local 460, TWUA. ____________________, President.

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Admit badge. TWUA Approval to Enter the Mill. American Thread Company. Approval to pass picket line is authorized for D. Oldershaw. Local 460, TWUA. ____________________, President. April 1965. (2 of these)

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Clear plastic letter opener. This CSFT says, "Union Yes!"

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Brass pen. I support COPE.

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American Thread Company employee badge. #3160. 2023.53.12.

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Two (2) TWUA paper worker caps, signed by many workers.

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Booklet, "Songs for Labor," Prepared by the AFL-CIO DEpt. of Education. Dorothy Shields, Director. 1983 Published by AFL-CIO, Washington, DC. 56 pages. Includes sheet music.

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Booklet. Agreement Between American Thread Company, Willimantic ZPlsnt, and Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, at Willimantic, Connecticut, April 16, 1984 through April 12, 1987.

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Booklet. By-Laws of Local 460, Willimantic, CT. Adopted June 1961.

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Newspaper Clipping. 3/9/53. Mill Unions Extend Pacts, New Bedford.

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Newspaper clipping. Textile Mill WAge Studied by WLB. Aug. 7, Washington.

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Certificate. United Association, Journeymen and Apprentices, Plumbing and Pipe-Fitting Industry.

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Five newspaper clippings.

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Pay stub. 1971.

Create Date

May 3, 2026

Update Date

May 3, 2026