Guide to the Daisy Butler Postcard Collection MSS-2023-06-05
Alona Hazen
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
06/05/2023
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
special.collections@sjsu.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: Daisy Butler Postcard Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MSS-2023-06-05
Physical Description:
2 boxes
(0.75 linear feet)
Date (inclusive): Circa 1905 - 1925, 1947, 1952, 1956
Abstract: Two hundred and eighty-nine postcards and a newspaper clipping depicting early scenes of the Santa Clara Valley with a focus
on towns, points of interest, and agriculture, accompanied by sixteen pages of handwritten instructor's notes. Circa 1905
- 1925, 1947, 1952, 1956.
The collection contains two hundred and eighty-nine postcards and one photo clipped from a newspaper, which are accompanied
by sixteen handwritten pages of instructor's notes pertaining to the use of the postcards as teaching aids. The collection
focuses on early scenes of the Santa Clara Valley, including various schools (ex. Stanford University, San Jose State Normal
School), churches and missions (ex. St. Joseph's Catholic Church in San Jose), towns (including street scenes and municipal
buildings), landmarks and points of interest (ex. parks, Lick Observatory), fruits and other valley produce, flowers, and
more.
This collection is a gift from Stephen Butler. His mother, Daisy Butler, collected the postcards and used them to teach children
at the Hall's Valley School near Mount Hamilton. Daisy Butler was a graduate of the San Jose State Normal School class of
1890.
Collection is open for research.
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Daisy Butler Postcard Collection, MSS-2023-06-05, San José State University Library, Special Collections & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)
Postcards.
Pictures in education.
Box 1
Early Scenes of the Santa Clara Valley: Size 5 ⅜ in. x 3 ⅜ in. Circa 1905 - 1925, 1947, 1952, 1956
Box 2
Early Scenes of the Santa Clara Valley: Large Format Postcards & Instructor's Notes Circa 1905 - 1925