Collection Summary
Butcher, Harry C.(Harry Cecil), 1901-
Harry C. Butcher papers
1930-1977
(bulk 1930-1956)
09431
7.08 cubic
ft. (9 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Correspondence, photographs, scrapbook, and audiotapes of Harry C. Butcher, a broadcast executive and General Dwight D. Eisenhower's naval aide during World War II.
Biography of Harry C. ButcherHarry C. Butcher was a broadcast executive and General Dwight D. Eisenhower's naval aide during World War II. He was born in Springville, Iowa in 1901 and graduated from Iowa State College. Butcher established the Columbia Broadcasting System's (CBS) Washington, D.C. radio station and became Washington vice president of CBS in 1934. He joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1938 and upon being called to active duty in 1942, spent three years with General Dwight D. Eisenhower. He kept a diary of his service with Eisenhower, which became the basis of his book "My Three Years with Eisenhower", which was published in 1946. After World War II, Butcher moved to Santa Barbara, California, where he founded the KIST radio and television station and owned a cable television station. Harry C. Butcher passed away in 1985.
Scope and ContentCollection 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. It also contains photographs, clippings, a scrapbook, and other biographical materials, as well three unidentified reel to reel audio tapes and one reel to reel audio tape recording of Edward R. Murrow and Arthur Godfrey. The materials related to Butcher's broadcasting career includes records related to early radio and television regulations. Butcher's correspondence detail his involvement with Eisenhower's presidential campaigns and the response to his book "My Three Years with Eisenhower." Copies of the book in various languages are included as well.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
and the collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright,
property, and libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
Another set of Harry C. Butcher's personal papers can be found at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Mrs. Harry C. Butcher in 1987.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Shaun Hayes in April 2013.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Eisenhower, Dwight D.(Dwight David),1890-1969.
United States. Naval Reserve.
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Radio broadcasting--United States
Television broadcasting--United States
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
Military.
Photographs
Audiotapes
Scrapbooks
Container List
1
1
General Correspondence: A
1930-1955
1
2
General Correspondence: B
1932-1957
1
3
Birthday Wishes (correspondence)
1941
1
4
BBC Eisenhower Program (correspondence)
1972
1
5
Butcher, Mollie (correspondence)
1932-1960
1
6
Butcher, Myrtle (correspondence)
1932-1954
1
7
Butcher, Ruth (correspondence)
1940-1941
1
8
General Correspondence; C
1930-1965
1
9
General Correspondence; D
1931-1955
1
10
General Correspondence; E
1930-1955
1
11-13
Early, Steve (correspondence)
1935-1951
1
14
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (correspondence)
1946-1950
1
15
Eisenhower, John
1930
1
16
Eisenhower Presidential Library
1969-1970
1
17
Eisenhower, Milton
1930
1
18-25
Eisenhower Presidential Campaigns
1951-1956
2
1
General Correspondence: F
1940-1959, 1969-1972
2
2
General Correspondence: G
1932-1955
2
3
General Correspondence: H
1930-1946, 1970
2
4
General Correspondence: I
1932-1955
2
5
General Correspondence: J
1932-1955
2
6
General Correspondence: K
1932-1956
2
7
General Correspondence: L
1930-1955
2
8-9
Leigh, Inc., Colston (correspondence)
1946-1948
2
10
General Correspondence: M
1930-1957
2
11
Mayfair Gardens (correspondence)
1941-1942, 1954
2
12
Michaux, Elder Solomon Lightfoot
1941-1954
2
13
General Correspondence: N
1932-1955
2
14
Navy (correspondence)
1939-1960
2
15
Navy Day (correspondence)
1946
2
16
General Correspondence: O
1941-1955, 1969-1972
2
17
General Correspondence: P
1930-1955
3
1
General Correspondence: Q
1930, 1952, 1955
3
2
General Correspondence: R
1930-1955
3
3
General Correspondence: S
1930-1955, 1969
3
4
Saturday Review of Literature (correspondence)
1948-1952
3
5
Smith, General Walter Bedell (manuscript)
1946
3
6
Summersby, Kay (correspondence)
1977, undated
3
7
General Correspondence: T-Y
1930-1955, 1969-1972
3
8
Talks (correspondence)
1953
3
9
White House (correspondence)
1953-1954
3
10
Willard Hotel Incident
1935-1938
3
11
World War II (correspondence)
1942-1944, 1965
4
1
Congratulations on CBS Radio Job (correspondence)
1929-1930
4
2
Early Radio Career (correspondence)
1930-1942
4
3-5
KIST Radio(correspondence)
1946-1958
4
6
Broadcasting (correspondence)
1949-1955
4
7-8
KEYT Television (correspondence)
1953-1955, 1969
4
9
Hartford Television Stations (correspondence)
1953-1955
4
10-11
Valley Telecasting Company materials
1959-1961
5
Valley Telecasting Company
1966-1970
6
My Three Years with Eisenhower
1946, 1952-1977
6
Biographical Materials
1936-1951, undated
7
Biographical Materials
1936-1951, undated
8
My Three Years with Eisenhower copies
1946
9
Audio-Visual Materials
undated