Annie Oakley Center Foundation Acquires Items in Texas Auction

Left: Frank Butler, Right: Annie Oakley

The Annie Oakley Center Foundation, in Greenville, Ohio is happy to announce that they were able to purchase three lots of Annie Oakley related artifacts during a recent auction held at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas on June 10, 2012. The Annie Oakley Center Foundation is an independent non-profit that supports The National Annie Oakley Center at the Garst Museum in Greenville, Ohio.

This auction presented items that were offered by the family of Billie Butler. Billie was the granddaughter of Annie Oakley’s brother-in-law, William.

According to Eileen Litchfield, president of the Annie Oakley Center Foundation, “This auction represented an unusual opportunity to acquire Annie Oakley artifacts that would complement the existing exhibit at The National Annie Oakley Center at Garst Museum.”

The three lots that the Annie Oakley Center Foundation purchased were:

• A handwritten letter from Annie Oakley’s husband Frank Butler, to his brother, Will about Annie’s final illness.
• A letter, a postcard and two envelopes from Frank Butler to his brother, Will, in which Frank contradicts a false newspaper story that Annie had died.
• The third lot purchased was a charming poem about hunting in Florida, with a postscript in Frank Butler’s hand.

The Garst Museum and The National Annie Oakley Center are located at:
205 N. Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331
web site: www.garstmuseum.org
email: information@garstmuseum.org

For more information about Annie Oakley and the Foundation, www.annieoakleycenterfoundation.org