Title

Interview with Kate Butler (Wallis Wickham)

Interviewee

Kate Butler

Interviewer

Sister Martin Joseph Jones

Recording Date

8-11-1981

Description

Kate Butler (Wallis Wickham), daughter of Edward H. Butler, Junior, retired as Chairman of the local College Council in 1980. She served 26 years starting in 1954 and was appointed as Chairman in 1959. She held the post until her retirement. She served on the College Council during the tenure of Presidents Rockwell, Rice, and Bulger. The interview contains her memories of childhood, education, travel, and development of SUNY Buffalo State College from a small school to a large institution.

Mrs. Butler donated her mother's personal correspondence to the E. H. Butler Library, Archives & Special Collections Department in 1977. In 1976, she donated all correspondence of her grandfather and father covering the period 1880-1956. In 1985, the Buffalo News donated all business correspondence of Edward Butler Senior and Junior connected to the Buffalo Evening News. In 1987, The Buffalo News donated the "Kirchhofer Papers". Kirchhofer, editor of the News, was in the process of writing a history of the paper when he died suddenly. More information on the Edward H. Butler Family Papers Collection can be found here: https://library.buffalostate.edu/archives/ehbutler

Collection

SUNY Buffalo State Oral History Project, 1975-1995

Audio Length

1:28:34

Rights

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Department

Archives & Special Collections Department, E. H. Butler Library

Document Type

Oral History

Recommended Citation

"Interview with Kate Butler (Wallis Wickham)" (1981). SUNY Buffalo State Oral Histories, 1975-1995. Archives & Special Collections Department, E. H. Butler Library, SUNY Buffalo State.
https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/bsc_oral_history/71