| Other author/creator | Butler, Mary Ellen, 1940- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Mary Ellen Butler |
| Portion of title |
Mary Ellen Butler |
| Abstract |
Newspaper editor Mary Ellen Butler was born Mary Ellen Rose on May 8, 1940, in Berkeley, California. She earned her B.A. degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley in 1961. Through her mother, she is a direct descendent of William and Ellen Craft and William Monroe Trotter. In 1964, Butler joined the Berkeley Daily Gazette as a reporter. From 1971 to 1972, she was reporter and editor of the Berkeley Post. Entering the Congressional Fellowship Program, Butler wrote speeches for U.S. Senator Alan Cranston and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. She was a metro and feature reporter for the Washington Star until 1978. In 1979, Butler returned as a public information officer for the Oakland Unified School District. In late 1979, she joined the Oakland Tribune as the "Lifestyle" editor, and from 1990 to 1994, Butler was the editorial page editor. She also founded her own communications company, Butler Communications. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer |
Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Concord, California 2007 April 13. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2007.136 HistoryMakers |
