Papers of Hugh Lee Butler [mixed materials] : 1896-1952.

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Papers of Hugh Lee Butler [mixed materials] : 1896-1952.

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The Butler papers deal primarily with Hugh Lee Butler's duties on the Norfolk City Council from 1923 to 1938 as a representative of Brambleton (parking meters, race relations, Foreman Field, city anniversaries, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Blue Laws, study of schools); his service on the local draft board from 1917 to 1922 (alleged draft evaders, delinquents, deserters); personal and family papers (tax returns, financial records, obituaries, condolences); pamphlets and brochures of Norfolk; clippings from Norfolk newspapers; and a scrapbook.

1 linear ft. ; 1 box.

Old Dominion University, Old Dominion University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7443040

Old Dominion University, Old Dominion University Libraries

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Seaboard Airline Railroad

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Democratic Party (Va.)

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Butler, Hugh Lee, 1871-1946.

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Hugh Lee Butler, son of Le Grande Cornelius Butler and Martha Watkins Simpson Butler, was born in 1871 in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. Butler's parents moved to Norfolk when he was nine; he attended public schools in Farmville and Norfolk. He married Effie Lee Grace; they had four children. Butler began as an office boy at the Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1884 and was eventually promoted to contracting freight agent, a position he held until retirement at age 70. He served on the C...