Kristie Lee Butler Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-341

Scope and Content Note

The Kristie Lee Butler papers house Butler's writings and research notes. The majority of the materials document the Diné and St. Michael's Mission.

Dates

Creation: 1937-1939, 1978-1993
Creation: Majority of material found within 1989-1993

Creator

Butler, Kristie Lee (Person)

Language of Materials

Material in English

Access Restrictions

To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Tuesday through Thursday, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.

Copyright

The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of Distinctive Collections, Arizona State University Library. Requests for permissions to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.

Biographical Note

Kristie Lee Butler was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on July 5, 1955. She began her college education as a part-time student at Broward Community College in 1974 but left her studies to join the cloistered community of Poor Clare Nuns in Newport News, Virginia in 1976. Butler returned to secular life in 1980 and resumed her studies at Broward Community College. She transferred to Texas Tech University in Lubbock in the fall of 1984 and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Anthropology in 1986. She enrolled in Arizona State University's graduate program in sociocultural anthropology in 1987 and graduated with her M.A. in 1991 with a thesis entitled Along the Padres' Trail: The History of St. Michael's Mission to the Navajo (1898-1939) (LD 179.15 1991 .B885).

Full extent

2 Box(es)

Full extent

0.75 Linear Feet

Additional description

Abstract

The Kristie Lee Butler papers house Butler's writings and research notes. The majority of the materials document the Diné and St. Michael's Mission.

Arrangement

This collection consists of two boxes.

Provenance

Kristie Lee Butler donated these materials to the Arizona Collection between 1992 and 1995 (Accession #1992-00629, #1992-00661, and #1995-01606).

Related Materials

Interested researchers may also wish to consult CP SPC 132: K. L. Butler Photographs for images of St. Michael's Mission and Our Lady of Fatima Mission. These materials can be located using the ASU Special Materials Index (http://spmi.lib.asu.edu).