Oral history interview with Jay Dell Butler
Scope and Contents
Transcript and audiocassette recording of an oral history interview with Jay Dell Butler conducted by Gary Dewey on July 20, 1985. Butler tells about his experiences in combat fighting in France during WWII. He was in foxholes most of the time, was under fire from mortars, and was wounded in battle. He thought the United States' involvement in the war was justified.
Dates
- 1985 July 20
Creator
- Butler, Jay Dell, 1923- (interviewee, Person)
- Dewey, Gary (interviewer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical note
Jay Dell Butler was born in Clawson, Teton Valley, Idaho on July 6, 1923. He served in World War II as part of the United States Army and fought in France, where he was wounded and sent home in 1945. He served a mission in Toronto, Canada, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1947 to 1949. Shortly afterwards he married Hazel Carlson on January 17, 1952, in the Idaho Falls temple. Butler spent his life in a variety of jobs, from shopkeeper to custodian for the Driggs Stake Center. He and his wife had five children. Butler died October 12, 2012, in Owasso, Oklahoma.
Biographical / Historical
Gary Dewey conducted oral history interviews with WWII veterans in 1985.
Extent
2 folders (0.02 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated to Special Collections by Ray Hillam in 1999.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Ray Hillam; 1999.
Appraisal
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
Processing Information
Processed; Karen Glenn, Ashley Chase, 2020.
- Title
- Register of Oral history interview with Jay Dell Butler
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Benjamin Sipes
- Date
- 2011 February 24
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States