Jane Elizabeth Lee Butler autobiography
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1880-1963
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Conditions Governing 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.
Biographical Sketch
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.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
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.
Processing Information
Processed by Dorothy P. Fuller in an unknown year.
Click here to read a statement on harmful language in library records.
Subject
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Depressions -- 1882
- Home and Family
- 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
- Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
- Title
- Inventory of the Jane Elizabeth Lee Butler autobiography
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Dorothy P. Fuller.
- Date
- 2007 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu