Family Papers, 1880-1976 (bulk 1910-1956).

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Family Papers, 1880-1976 (bulk 1910-1956).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39694615

This collection contains the personal and business papers of E.H. Butler, Sr., E.H Butler, Jr. and Kate R. Butler. Mr. A. Kirchhofer had hoped to write a definitive history of the Buffalo Evening News (BEN), and had culled what he considered to be the most important materials from both E.H. Butler, Senior and E.H. Butler, Junior collections (before they were sent to the Butler Library). The history was never published, and the materials were sent to the Butler Library shortly after Mr. Kirchhofer's death, in 1987. Rather than attempt to replace the materials in each collection, it was decided to leave it as a separate series in the collection. The collection consists mostly of correspondence and subject files, but it also contains photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, awards and certificates, family films and video cassettes, Butler Mansion inventory and house information (including appraisal and photographs of the furniture, paintings, and tapestry), materials collected during business trips to Europe, and materials saves from social functions, memorial cards, deeds, various pieces of family memorabilia, BEN cashbooks, ledgers, journals, financial statements, income tax returns, brochures for machinery, stocks and bonds, files on WBEN (radio and television stations), drafts for chapters of the unfinished history of the BEN and Butler family.

250 linear ft.

Buffalo State - SUNY College at Buffalo, E.H. Butler Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7416076

Buffalo State - SUNY College at Buffalo, E.H. Butler Library

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Butler, Edward H. (Edward Hubert), 1883-1956

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Editor and publisher of the Buffalo Evening News and president of radio station WBEN. One of the foremost newspaper publishers of his generation; was president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, director of the Associated Press, vice-president of the North American Newspaper Alliance, and a pioneer in presenting news by radio. From the description of Letters : to Edward H. Butler, 1920 Aug. 21-24. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33228777 ...

Kirchhofer, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1892-1985

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Buffalo native who began his newspaper career as a copy boy for the Buffalo Commercial at the age of 17; worked for Buffalo Times, Courier and Western New York Post (which he co-founded) before joining Buffalo Evening News as a reporter in 1915. Worked as Albany correspondent (1916 ff.), Washington correspondent (1921-1917), managing editor (1927-1956), editor-in-chief and executive vice-president of WBEN (1956-1967). Was associate director of publicity for Republican National Committee in 1928 ...

Butler, Kate Robinson, 1878-1974.

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Butler, Edward Hubert, 1850-1914

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The E.H. Butler family played a prominent role in the development of the Niagara Frontier for nearly one hundred years -- 1880-1976. E.H. Butler founded the Buffalo Evening News (first edition, October 11, 1880), and upon his death in 1914, his son, Edward, assumed the responsibility of the newspaper as editor and publisher. Later, when the paper was incorporated, he became president. At his death in 1956, his widow, Kate Robinson Butler became the president of this impo...