This is a collection of papers and photographs related to the political and environmental activism work of Louise Bruyn of Newton. The collection includes: • more than 100 letters from private citizens, members of Congress, and fellow activists (Father Drinan, Joan Baez) received in reaction to Bruyn’s nationally-publicized 45-day walk from Newton to Washington, D.C. in 1971 to protest U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War • Several 8 x 10” black-and-white press photos of Bruyn’s arrival in Washington, her meeting with Ted Kennedy and Father Robert Drinan, etc. • A binder of press clippings related to Bruyn’s walk to Washington, D.C. • A box of slides from a clandestine trip to Vietnam made with several other peace activists, during which Bruyn crossed into North Vietnam • A folder of materials related to Bruyn’s work as founder of Green Decade in Newton (now Green Newton) • Assorted other materials related to Bruyn’s activism work, including a copy of the Congressional Register containing the text of letters from Bruyn and her husband and daughters to her supporters, immediately before her walk; an issue of *Good Housekeeping* with a feature story about Bruyn; et al.
