Butler, Richard C.
Variant namesProminent attorney and businessman, represented the Little Rock School Board during the 1957 integration crisis.
From the description of Richard C. Butler, Sr. Papers, 1956-1984. (University of Central Arkansas). WorldCat record id: 24568931
Richard Colburn Butler (1910-1999) was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. After receiving his law degree in 1933 from the University of Arkansas he began a legal practice that lasted until 1963. He served as Special Counsel for the Little Rock School Board from 1956 to 1959, a time that included the 1957 integration crisis at Little Rock's Central High School. In 1963 he became president of Commercial National Bank in Little Rock.
From the description of Butler, Richard C. (Richard Colburn), 1910-1999 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10610054
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| creatorOf | Butler, Richard C., 1910-. Richard C. Butler, Sr. Papers, 1956-1984. | University of Central Arkansas, Torreyson Library | |
| referencedIn | R. H. McKay Photographs, 1880-1965 | University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | Howells, Marie Wilson. [Marie Wilson Howells donation], 1967-1985. | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library, UAMS Library | |
| referencedIn | Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with Richard C. Butler | Dwight D. Eisenhower Library |
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| associatedWith | McKay, Rollin H., 1878-1960 | person |
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