Dr. Patrick Henry Butler III
Patrick Henry Butler III, American historian, died unexpectedly in his home in San Antonio on June 23. Butler was born July 3, 1945, in Alexandria, Virginia, son of the late Patrick Henry Butler, Jr. and Rebecca Ann Johnson Butler. He was a graduate of the College of William and Mary and received a master’s degree from the Winterthur American Decorative Arts Program at the University of Delaware and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, where he was a student of Jack Greene. During his academic career, Butler held fellowships at Historic Deerfield, the Smithsonian Institution, the Newberry Library, and the Field Museum in Chicago.
Butler first came to Texas in 1975 to serve as curator of history at Texas Tech University and to teach in the museum studies program there. He was subsequently director of the Institute for Museums and Community Education at the University of North Texas, consulting curator for the Galveston Historical Foundation’s Samuel May Williams House, curator of the Harris County Heritage Society in Houston and historian and later director of the Moody Mansion, a historic house in Galveston. He also served as a consultant for the PRD Group as they developed the permanent exhibit for the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum in Austin and as a member of the collections review committee for the Texas State Capitol.
In 1993 Butler returned to Virginia and was appointed to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, where he served as member, vice-chair, and chair. He also served on the board of the Historic Alexandria Foundation, where he planned and supervised the restoration of the 1786 Alexandria Academy building, as vice-chair of the Alexandria 250th Anniversary Commission, and as vice-chair of the Historic Alexandria Resources Commission. He was guest curator of exhibits organized by the Virginia Historical Society on the history of Alexandria and the Episcopal Church in Virginia.
Butler loved Texas and moved to San Antonio in 2009 where he was on the board of the San Antonio Historical Society. At his death he was working on a book about the history of historic preservation in Texas.
Butler was an innovator in the use of sound and light in the interpretation of historic houses and an expert on nineteenth-century American decorative arts and architecture, eighteenth-century Anglican theology, and Virginia laws concerning the placement of political campaign signs, a subject on which he served as an advisor to two Democratic candidates for the governorship of Virginia. He was the author of several articles on museum topics and thirty-five entries in The Encyclopedia of the American West. He was a devoted cat lover, especially of his cats Sam and George, named after Sam Houston and George Mason.
He was a Democrat, a bibliophile, and a member of the Texas State Historical Association, the American Association of Museums, and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. He is survived by a host of friends and several cousins.
A service in thanksgiving for Mr. Butler's life will be at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 315 E Pecan St, San Antonio, TX on July 6, 2016, at 2:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Texas State Historical Association, St Mark's Episcopal Church or the Witte Museum
Jul 4 2016
Galveston Daily News
Patrick Henry Butler III, American historian, died unexpectedly in his home in San Antonio on June 23. Butler was born July 3, 1945, in Alexandria, Virginia, son of the late Patrick Henry Butler, Jr. and Rebecca Ann Johnson Butler. He was a graduate of the College of William and Mary and received a master’s degree from the Winterthur American Decorative Arts Program at the University of Delaware and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, where he was a student of Jack Greene. During his academic career, Butler held fellowships at Historic Deerfield, the Smithsonian Institution, the Newberry Library, and the Field Museum in Chicago.
Butler first came to Texas in 1975 to serve as curator of history at Texas Tech University and to teach in the museum studies program there. He was subsequently director of the Institute for Museums and Community Education at the University of North Texas, consulting curator for the Galveston Historical Foundation’s Samuel May Williams House, curator of the Harris County Heritage Society in Houston and historian and later director of the Moody Mansion, a historic house in Galveston. He also served as a consultant for the PRD Group as they developed the permanent exhibit for the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum in Austin and as a member of the collections review committee for the Texas State Capitol.
In 1993 Butler returned to Virginia and was appointed to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, where he served as member, vice-chair, and chair. He also served on the board of the Historic Alexandria Foundation, where he planned and supervised the restoration of the 1786 Alexandria Academy building, as vice-chair of the Alexandria 250th Anniversary Commission, and as vice-chair of the Historic Alexandria Resources Commission. He was guest curator of exhibits organized by the Virginia Historical Society on the history of Alexandria and the Episcopal Church in Virginia.
Butler loved Texas and moved to San Antonio in 2009 where he was on the board of the San Antonio Historical Society. At his death he was working on a book about the history of historic preservation in Texas.
Butler was an innovator in the use of sound and light in the interpretation of historic houses and an expert on nineteenth-century American decorative arts and architecture, eighteenth-century Anglican theology, and Virginia laws concerning the placement of political campaign signs, a subject on which he served as an advisor to two Democratic candidates for the governorship of Virginia. He was the author of several articles on museum topics and thirty-five entries in The Encyclopedia of the American West. He was a devoted cat lover, especially of his cats Sam and George, named after Sam Houston and George Mason.
He was a Democrat, a bibliophile, and a member of the Texas State Historical Association, the American Association of Museums, and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. He is survived by a host of friends and several cousins.
A service in thanksgiving for Mr. Butler's life will be at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 315 E Pecan St, San Antonio, TX on July 6, 2016, at 2:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Texas State Historical Association, St Mark's Episcopal Church or the Witte Museum
Jul 4 2016
Galveston Daily News
Dr. Patrick Henry Butler III
Patrick Henry Butler III, American historian, died unexpectedly in his home in San Antonio on June 23. Butler was born July 3, 1945, in Alexandria, Virginia, son of the late Patrick Henry Butler, Jr. and Rebecca Ann Johnson Butler. He was a graduate of the College of William and Mary and received a master’s degree from the Winterthur American Decorative Arts Program at the University of Delaware and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, where he was a student of Jack Greene. During his academic career, Butler held fellowships at Historic Deerfield, the Smithsonian Institution, the Newberry Library, and the Field Museum in Chicago.
Butler first came to Texas in 1975 to serve as curator of history at Texas Tech University and to teach in the museum studies program there. He was subsequently director of the Institute for Museums and Community Education at the University of North Texas, consulting curator for the Galveston Historical Foundation’s Samuel May Williams House, curator of the Harris County Heritage Society in Houston and historian and later director of the Moody Mansion, a historic house in Galveston. He also served as a consultant for the PRD Group as they developed the permanent exhibit for the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum in Austin and as a member of the collections review committee for the Texas State Capitol.
In 1993 Butler returned to Virginia and was appointed to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, where he served as member, vice-chair, and chair. He also served on the board of the Historic Alexandria Foundation, where he planned and supervised the restoration of the 1786 Alexandria Academy building, as vice-chair of the Alexandria 250th Anniversary Commission, and as vice-chair of the Historic Alexandria Resources Commission. He was guest curator of exhibits organized by the Virginia Historical Society on the history of Alexandria and the Episcopal Church in Virginia.
Butler loved Texas and moved to San Antonio in 2009 where he was on the board of the San Antonio Historical Society. At his death he was working on a book about the history of historic preservation in Texas.
Butler was an innovator in the use of sound and light in the interpretation of historic houses and an expert on nineteenth-century American decorative arts and architecture, eighteenth-century Anglican theology, and Virginia laws concerning the placement of political campaign signs, a subject on which he served as an advisor to two Democratic candidates for the governorship of Virginia. He was the author of several articles on museum topics and thirty-five entries in The Encyclopedia of the American West. He was a devoted cat lover, especially of his cats Sam and George, named after Sam Houston and George Mason.
He was a Democrat, a bibliophile, and a member of the Texas State Historical Association, the American Association of Museums, and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. He is survived by a host of friends and several cousins.
A service in thanksgiving for Mr. Butler's life will be at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 315 E Pecan St, San Antonio, TX on July 6, 2016, at 2:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Texas State Historical Association, St Mark's Episcopal Church or the Witte Museum
Jul 4 2016
Galveston Daily News
Patrick Henry Butler III, American historian, died unexpectedly in his home in San Antonio on June 23. Butler was born July 3, 1945, in Alexandria, Virginia, son of the late Patrick Henry Butler, Jr. and Rebecca Ann Johnson Butler. He was a graduate of the College of William and Mary and received a master’s degree from the Winterthur American Decorative Arts Program at the University of Delaware and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, where he was a student of Jack Greene. During his academic career, Butler held fellowships at Historic Deerfield, the Smithsonian Institution, the Newberry Library, and the Field Museum in Chicago.
Butler first came to Texas in 1975 to serve as curator of history at Texas Tech University and to teach in the museum studies program there. He was subsequently director of the Institute for Museums and Community Education at the University of North Texas, consulting curator for the Galveston Historical Foundation’s Samuel May Williams House, curator of the Harris County Heritage Society in Houston and historian and later director of the Moody Mansion, a historic house in Galveston. He also served as a consultant for the PRD Group as they developed the permanent exhibit for the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum in Austin and as a member of the collections review committee for the Texas State Capitol.
In 1993 Butler returned to Virginia and was appointed to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, where he served as member, vice-chair, and chair. He also served on the board of the Historic Alexandria Foundation, where he planned and supervised the restoration of the 1786 Alexandria Academy building, as vice-chair of the Alexandria 250th Anniversary Commission, and as vice-chair of the Historic Alexandria Resources Commission. He was guest curator of exhibits organized by the Virginia Historical Society on the history of Alexandria and the Episcopal Church in Virginia.
Butler loved Texas and moved to San Antonio in 2009 where he was on the board of the San Antonio Historical Society. At his death he was working on a book about the history of historic preservation in Texas.
Butler was an innovator in the use of sound and light in the interpretation of historic houses and an expert on nineteenth-century American decorative arts and architecture, eighteenth-century Anglican theology, and Virginia laws concerning the placement of political campaign signs, a subject on which he served as an advisor to two Democratic candidates for the governorship of Virginia. He was the author of several articles on museum topics and thirty-five entries in The Encyclopedia of the American West. He was a devoted cat lover, especially of his cats Sam and George, named after Sam Houston and George Mason.
He was a Democrat, a bibliophile, and a member of the Texas State Historical Association, the American Association of Museums, and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. He is survived by a host of friends and several cousins.
A service in thanksgiving for Mr. Butler's life will be at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 315 E Pecan St, San Antonio, TX on July 6, 2016, at 2:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Texas State Historical Association, St Mark's Episcopal Church or the Witte Museum
Jul 4 2016
Galveston Daily News
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