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Butler family papers
- Title
- Butler family papers, 1847-1996.
- Author
- Butler family.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 728 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Additional Authors
- William N. Butler.
- Description
- .2 linear ft.
- Summary
- The Butler family papers include letters written by William N. Butler to his son, William F. while the latter was a student at Howard Law School, 1930-1931. Many of these Depression era letters discuss the loss of jobs and bank closures in the family's hometown of Washington, Pennsylvania, as well as his own financial difficulties, and give advice to his son as well as family news. A file containing letters to William F. Butler signed 2Aunty3 speak of family matters. Additionally, the collection contains a notebook of a clergyman named Peters from Uniontown, Pennsylvania with notes taken from the Bible, 1847. Printed material includes ephemera (1917-1920) and news clippings (1954-1996) related to the Butler and Carter families.
- Subjects
- African Americans > Employment > Pennsylvania > History
- African Americans > Pennsylvania > Washington County
- Butler family
- Letters (correspondence)
- William N. Butler
- Depressions > 1929 > Pennsylvania
- African American lawyers > Pennsylvania > Washington County
- African American families > Pennsylvania > Washington County
- Genre/Form
- Letters (correspondence)
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Sashes transferred to Art and Artifact Division.
- Source (note)
- Charles Apfelbaum
- Biography (note)
- The Butler family papers relate to two Pennsylvania families: the Butlers of Washington County, specifically, William N. Butler, a graduate of Geneva College and a practicing lawyer, and his son William F. Butler, a graduate of Geneva College and Howard University Law School; and the Carters of Beaver County. The elder Butler worked as recording secretary of the Civilian Defense Department, and a probation officer for the Beaver County courts. In 1964 and 1969 he was appointed to the Probation and Parole Board, and was designated its acting chairman in 1974. Butler died in 1977.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 728
- OCLC
- NYPG05-A10190
- Author
- Butler family.
- Title
- Butler family papers, 1847-1996.
- Biography
- The Butler family papers relate to two Pennsylvania families: the Butlers of Washington County, specifically, William N. Butler, a graduate of Geneva College and a practicing lawyer, and his son William F. Butler, a graduate of Geneva College and Howard University Law School; and the Carters of Beaver County. The elder Butler worked as recording secretary of the Civilian Defense Department, and a probation officer for the Beaver County courts. In 1964 and 1969 he was appointed to the Probation and Parole Board, and was designated its acting chairman in 1974. Butler died in 1977.
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- Added Author
- William N. Butler.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 728