Daisy Butler Postcard Collection
Content Description
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.
Dates
- Creation: Circa 1905 - 1925, 1947, 1952, 1956
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files from or derived from these collections is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Extent
2 boxes (0.75 linear feet)
Language of Materials
English
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.
Function
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Title
- Guide to the Daisy Butler Postcard Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Alona Hazen
- Date
- 06/05/2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
(408) 808-2062
(408) 808-2063 (Fax)
special.collections@sjsu.edu