- 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
- Moving Picture World (US)"David Butler"August 20, 1927 · pg. 516, ill
- Moving Picture World (US)"Once with Griffith"November 18, 1922 · pg. 244
- Moving Picture World (US)"Irving Lesser Signs David Butler for Series of Five-Reel Pictures"March 12, 1921 · pg. 180
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