Butler College
Smith County
Tyler, TX
Discover our collection of Butler College yearbooks from Tyler, Texas, now available in our archives. You can order copies for just $1.00 per page. Email us for easy ordering and payment instructions. We can copy any pages you need, and you can choose to pick them up or have them mailed to you.
Feel free to visit our archives to research the yearbooks. Just contact us via email or call (903) 592-5993 to schedule your visit and indicate your research topic. We’ll gather relevant materials to enhance your experience.
We are partnering with the East Texas Genealogical Society to index the yearbooks, which will be uploaded as they’re processed. If the year you seek isn’t listed, check back later. We also welcome donations of yearbooks and other Smith County-related items. Click here for more details on contributing to our collection.
We have the following years:
History of Butler College
In 1905 East Texas Baptist Association started Texas Baptist Academy as coeducational school for African-Americans. In 1924 the name was changed to Butler College in honor of its president, C. M. Butler. It also became a junior college. In 1951 Butler became a senior college. In 1972 Butler College closed.
[Abstracted from https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbb23 and http://www.cityoftyler.org/Visitors/TylerHistory/Education/ButlerCollege.aspx accessed 21 May 2018.]