Harry C. Butcher papers, 1930s-1980s.

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Harry C. Butcher papers, 1930s-1980s.

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Collection concerns Harry C. Butcher's life, his career as a broadcast executive, and his service with General Eisenhower. It consists mostly of his personal and business correspondence, which is largely organized alphabetically and by subject. It also contains photographs, clippings, a scrapbook, three unidentified reel to reel audio tapes, and one reel to reel audio tape recording of Edward R. Murrow and Arthur Godfrey. Collection also holds a few copies of "My Three Years with Eisenhower" in several languages and legal documents regarding his broadcasting business interests in California.

7.25 cubic ft. (8 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7809373

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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