- David Butler (Directors Guild of America Oral History, No 5)Irene Kahn Atkins · Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1993 · ISBN: 0810827050
- Classic Images (US)"Remembering the Great Silents"August 1992 · Iss. 206, pg. 40, 61 · by: George Katchmer
- Variety (US)"David Butler Dies at 84; Actor-Turned-Director an 'Old Reliable' in Studio Days--Shirley Temple's Pics"June 20, 1979
- New York Sun (US)"David Butler Talks of Directing a Bob Hope Comedy, 'Caught in the Draft.'"June 25, 1941 · Vol. 108, Iss. 251, pg. 17 · by: Eileen Creelman
- Moving Picture World (US)"David Butler"August 20, 1927 · pg. 516, ill
- Moving Picture World (US)"Once with Griffith"November 18, 1922 · pg. 244
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