Willie O. Butler photograph collection, 1972-1977.

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Willie O. Butler photograph collection, 1972-1977.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261135616

Photograph (ca. 1972), of Butler working for Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Lawton, Okla., and two images of Butler being recognized at a banquet (ca. 1977), seated next to Mayor Wayne Gilley.

3 photographs.

Museum of the Great Plains

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SNAC Resource ID: 7154977

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Gilley, Wayne, 1915-1990

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Public Service Company of Oklahoma

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Butler, Willie O.

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First African American hired (1972) by a major utility company (Public Service Company of Oklahoma, PSO), to work outside as a meter reader; he later became a collector; also worked as a radio DJ playing gospel music; he became a preacher in 1991. From the description of Willie O. Butler photograph collection, 1972-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 261135616 ...