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Jane Elizabeth Lee Butler autobiography, 1880-1963

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Butler, Jane Elizabeth Lee, 1875-1963
Title
Jane Elizabeth Lee Butler autobiography
Dates
1880-1963 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.25 linear feet, (1 folder)
Collection Number
MS 0129
Summary
The Jane Elizabeth Lee Butler autobiography consist of Butler's description of her life from about the 1880s to 1900. It gives an account of the economic depression, epidemics, and a life of church and civic activity in a predominantly Mormon community in southeastern Nevada.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Jane Elizabeth Lee Butler was born 11 August 1875 in Panaca, Lincoln County, Nevada. She attended Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah, at the age of 17. She married William Butler in 1900 and worked as a cook, bookkeeper, and doctor's assistant. After the death of her husband in 1945, Elizabeth moved to California where she lived with a daughter until her death in 1963.

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Content Description

The Jane Elizabeth Lee Butler autobiography consist of Butler's description of her life from about the 1880s to 1900. It gives an account of the economic depression, epidemics, and a life of church and civic activity in a predominantly Mormon community in southeastern Nevada.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Processing Note

Processed by Dorothy P. Fuller in an unknown year.

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Related Materials

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Autobiography
    Dates: 1880-1963
    Container: Box 1

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Subject Terms

  • Depressions--1882
  • Influenza--Nevada--19th century
  • Latter Day Saint women--Nevada--Social life and customs--19th century--Sources
  • Latter Day Saint women--Nevada--Social life and customs--20th century--Sources

Personal Names

  • Butler, Jane Elizabeth Lee, 1875-1963--Family

Corporate Names

  • Brigham Young University--Students--19th century--Biography

Geographical Names

  • Panaca (Nev.)--Biography

Form or Genre Terms

  • Autobiographies (literary works)
  • Memoirs
  • Obituaries
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