ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

M. D. BUTLER PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #215

DATES: 1902-1909

SIZE: 5 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The M. D. Butler Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Elmer Bjorge, Brocket, North Dakota, on January 24, 1973.

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

M. D. (Mathew D.) Butler was born in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, on August 14, 1877. He moved to North Dakota along with his family in 1882. He married Alvina "Vinnie" Anderson in Conway, North Dakota, on February 7, 1905. Butler lived for a time in Brocket, North Dakota, where he farmed in addition to running a drugstore. He was elected to the North Dakota State House of Representatives as a Republican from Brocket and served one term, from 1913-14.

Butler moved to Grand Forks in 1915, where he was employed in agriculture and road construction before retiring in 1936. Butler remained active in retirement by becoming one of the leaders for rural electrification in the Red River Valley. M. D. Butler died on June 13, 1948, in Grand Forks. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery.

Source: "M. Butler Services Set Today," Grand Forks Herald, 15 June 1948

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The M. D. Butler Papers date from 1902-1909, and consist of cancelled checks, various financial records, and lists of intoxicating beverages sold at Butler's drugstore, in Brocket, North Dakota. According to Brocket Centennial 1900-2000, the drugstore was named the Palace Drug Store, while the financial records in the collection indicate a name of M. D. Butler & Co.

Two oversize volumes were placed on the shelves adjacent to the M. D. Butler Papers.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

  1. Cancelled Checks, 1902
  2. Cancelled Checks, 1902-1904
  3. Cancelled Checks, 1905
  4. Cancelled Checks,1903-1906
  5. Cancelled Checks, Jan. 1, 1908
  6. Cancelled Checks, 1908
  7. Cancelled Checks, 1909
  8. Cancelled Checks, 1909
  9. Bank Deposit Books, 1901-1909 and Time Book, 1909
  10. Notes Payable, 1902-1909
  11. Paid Notes, 1907

Box 2
Folder

  1. Purchase Sales Slips, 1908-1909
  2. Bills of Sale, Tax Receipts, various dates
  3. Bills of Sale, Tax Receipts
  4. Tax Receipts-dates vary
  5. Checkbook, Pocket Ledger, Time Book
  6. Miscellaneous Bills and Receipts
  7. Stock Order Book, 1906
  8. Stock Order Book, 1906
  9. Stock Order Book, 1907
  10. Stock Order Book, 1908
  11. Sales Journal, no date
  12. Sales Journal, 1906-1907
  13. Journal of Original Entry, 1901-1903

Box 3
Folder

  1. General Ledger, undated
  2. Economy Ledger, December 22, 1903
  3. General Ledger, 1907
  4. Economy Ledger, December 20, 1904
  5. Record of Sales, Intoxicating Liquor, 1902
  6. Record of Sales, Intoxicating Liquor, 1905-1907
  7. Record of Sales, Intoxicating Liquor, 1907-1908, Record of Sales, Intoxicating Liquor (no date)

OVERSIZE VOLUMES - Placed on shelves adjacent to the collection

  1. Sales Journal, 1908
  2. Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co., Record of toll calls, 1903-1907, Record of Sales, Intoxicating Liquors, 1907-1908

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