Lloyd-Butler, John, 1891-1973.

John Lloyd-Butler, son of Los Angeles oil businessman Samuel M. Butler and Julia (Lloyd) Butler, owned the Rancho Santa Clara del Norte in Saticoy, California from 1915 until his death in 1973. He took an interest in railroading, American railroading in particular, but was never able to devote himself to the hobby until he retired from ranching. Lloyd-Butler and his second wife, Margaret, spent the last ten years of his life traveling the American railroads and collecting on the subject.

The Lloyd-Butlers met the president of Occidental College, Dr. Arthur Coons, and his wife at a garden party in 1958 and soon after became donors to the college. In 1971, they first visited the Occidental campus and found the college and its library to be suitable in which to bequest his railroad collection.

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