Oral history interviews with Uriah and Annie Poole Butt
Scope and Contents note
Oral history interviews with Uriah and Annie Butt, conducted on 29 May 1978 by Doug Daniels and Ruth Meo for the Utah State Historical Society and California State University, Fullerton Oral History Program. The subjects are the history of Bluff, Utah and Annie and Uriah's life stories. Most of Uriah's discussion focuses on cattle ranching, and Annie's interview details her life and feelings about it. A 17 page, typed life story of Uriah, written by his wife, is included. 14 pages of photocopied pictures are also included.
Dates
- 1978
Creator
- Meo, Ruth (Person)
- Daniels, Douglas (Person)
- Butt, Uriah, 1897-1979 (Person)
- Butt, Annie Poole, 1896-1984 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the oral history interviews with Uriah and Annie Poole Butt must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Uriah Butt (1897-1979) married 7 March 1919, in 1936 he was blinded by a dynamite accident.
Uriah Butt was born 5 August 1897 at Verdure, San Juan, Utah to Willard George William and Julia Ann Maria Nielson Butt. He had two sisters and one brother. He married Annie Marie Poole on 7 March 1919 in Manti, Utah. They lived in Bluff, Utah and had five children. In 1936 Uriah was blinded by a dynamite accident while working as a state foreman. He lived in this state until his death on 2 May 1979 in Blanding, San Juan, Utah.
Biographical History
Annie Marie Poole Butt was born 14 July 1896 in Revenna, Spartenburg, South Carolina to John Simpson and Mary Elizabeth Mathis Poole. Annie's family moved to Idaho when she was about three years old, and then moved back to South Carolina for five years. They then relocated to Blanding, Utah where Annie eventually met her husband, Uriah. She died 20 June 1984 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Extent
1 folder (0.10 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oral history interviews with Uriah and Annie Butt, conducted on 29 May 1978 by Doug Daniels and Ruth Meo for the Utah State Historical Society and California State University, Fullerton Oral History Program.
Custodial History note
Purchased from Gary L. Shumway in 1987.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Purchased; Gary L. Shumway; 1987.
Appraisal note
Utah and the American West (Collection development policy of 20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts, August 2007.)
Processing Information note
Processed; Karen Glenn; 9 February 2009.
- Title
- Register of Oral history interviews with Uriah and Annie Poole Butt
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Karen Glenn, student processor and John Murphy, curator
- Date
- 2009
- 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