Butler Family Collection

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Title
Butler Family Collection
Alternative Title
Butler Family Photograph Collection
Description
The Butler Family Collection (also known as the Butler Family Photograph Collection) is a digital archive curated by the Cory Library and Historical Archives. It consists of 346 items, primarily photographs and related ephemera.

The collection provides a visual record of the Butler family and their social circles, including significant historical and cultural markers in the Eastern Cape. Highlights of the collection include:
* Family History: Portraits, wedding photos (such as the 1920 wedding of Harold Butler and Ruth Brown), and candid images of children and relatives.
* Community & Organisations: Documentation of youth movements like the Wayfarers, Sunbeams, and Pathfinders in Cradock during the 1930s.
*Historical Landscapes: Photographs of regional landmarks, such as the Karel Landman Monument in the Sundays River Valley and views of the Fish River.
* Social Documentation: The collection includes photograph albums compiled by Mary Butler, featuring figures like Rev. James Arthur Calata.
Language
English
Provenance
F G Butler (Donor)
Type
Collection
Genre
Photographs
Personal correspondence
Subject
Butler Family

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  • Sitting around the dining table, December 1962
  • Southwell cemetery
    Eastern Cape, Albany district, Southwell, St James Anglican Church, cemetery. This cemetery lies just off the dirt road between Port Alfred and Grahamstown, adjacent to the Southwell school and near the shop, a few hundred metres from the entrance to the Sports Club. The church was built in 1870.
  • Spectators at Bantu Sports Ground, 1931
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing spectators watching Wayfarers, Pathfinders and Sunbeams performing games and dance at the Bantu Sports Ground, 1931
  • St Andrews Day - Pathfinder's marching band bearing a flag, 1930
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing Pathfinder's marching band bearing perform and bearing a flag during St Andrews Day, 1930
  • St Andrews Day - Wayfarers marching, 1930
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a church group of young women, Wayfarers marching during St Andrews Day, 1930
  • St Andrews Day - Wayfarers with their officer, Joyce Brown, 1930
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a church group of young women, Wayfarers, with their officer, Joyce Brown, during St Andrews Day, 1930
  • St James Sunbeams during a presentation of trophies, 20 September 1933
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing three young girls, St James Sunbeams, standing in a row during a presentation of trophies at a camp that was held on the 20th September 1933
  • St James Wayfarers during presentation of trophies in camp, 20th September 1933
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing St James Wayfarers, who won prizes, with their officer during a presentation of trophies in camp, 20th September 1933
  • Standing Charles Butler and other unidentified people
  • Sunbeams and their officer
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a group of young girls, probably one of the church groups, known as, Sunbeams and their officer wearing uniform
  • Sunbeams and their officer camping, 1930
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a church group of children, Sunbeams, with their officer camping. They are sitting around a fire and are being taught camping skills like using wood fire to cook, 1930
  • Sunbeams and their officers during St Andrews Day, 1930
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a church group of young girls, Sunmbeams, and their officers during St Andrews Day, 1930
  • Sunbeams camp, 1930
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph is showing a church group of young girls, Sunbeams playing games during camp, 1930
  • Sunbeams during St Andrews Day, 1930
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a church group of young girls, Sunbeams and Mrs Kwaza during St Andrews Day, 1930
  • Sunbeams during St Andrews Day, 1930
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a church group of young girls, Sunbeams, during St Andrews Day, 1930
  • Sunbeams during St Andrews Day, 1930
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph is showing a church group of children, Sunbeams, with their officers during St Andrews Day camp, 1930
  • Sunbeams during St Andrews Day, 1930
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph is showing a church group of young girls, Sunbeams during St Andrews Day, 1930
  • Sunbeams during St Andrews Day, 1930
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph is showing a church group of young girls, Sunbeams during St Andrews Day, 1930
  • Sunbeams during St Andrews Day, 1930
    A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph is showing a church group of young girls, Sunbeams during St Andrews Day, 1930
  • The blood, sweat and tears, Summer 1962
  • The Butler family at The Poplars around 1934
    The Butler family in 1934: Standing at the back: Christine, Guy and Joan. Sitting in the front row: Ernest, Alice, Grandma Lettie Butler, Jerffrey and Dorothy.
  • The Butlers having a picnic
  • The couch end opposite the blue square
  • The Diaz Cross at Boknes
    The Diaz Cross Memorial at Kwaaihoek is one of three crosses erected by Bartholmew Diaz when he navigated the Cape coast in the fifteenth century, on his epic journey seeking a route to India, with a squadron of three ships, two caravels and a square-rigged store ship. The original cross was erected 12 March 1488, and was replaced by a replica. The original Diaz cross is in in the William Cullen Library at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. This cross was originally thought to have been erected on an island off the coast of present day Port Elizabeth, however it was discovered by Professor Eric Axelson on the coast near the Alexandria dune fields in 1937. The other two crosses are to be found in Cape Town and at Mossel Bay's Market Square. Diaz Cross is about a 3km-walk from Boknes and about 6km from Bushman's River Mouth.,F G Butler (donor)
  • The dining end of the kitchen, December 1962