Mark: I have a short 2 page button biblio that was found by one of Vigil
Nobles colleagues on the net a few years ago, in my collection of
bibliographies. Since it is so short I am going to copy it into this
message.
The button bibliography below was found on the net by a NPS colleague.
It may be of use to some HISTARCH subscribers. Although extensive, it
is far from comprehensive. Some omissions I note are:
Luscomb, Sally C., 1967, The Collector's Encyclopedia of Buttons;
Bonanza Books, New York.
Olsen, Stannley J., 1963, "Dating Early Plain Buttons by Their Form,"
American Antiquity 28(4).
Olsen, Stanley J., and J. Duncan Campbell, 1962, "Uniform Buttons as
Aids in the Interpretation of Military Sites," Curator 5(4).
South, Stanley,, 1964, "Analysis of the Buttons from Brunswick Town and
Fort Fisher," The FLorida Anthropologist, 17(2).
Warren K. Tice, 1997, Uniform Buttons of the United States, 1776-1865;
Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Martin A. Wyckoff, 1984, United States Military Buttoonns of the Land
Services, 1787-1902; Mclean County Historical Society, Bloomington,
Illinois.
The bibliography as posted by its compiler follows.
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THE BUTTON BOOK LIST (68 Titles)
compiled by Mr. Keith Golden
May 1997
About Buttons, A Collector's Guide by Peggy Ann Osborne; 1994
American Military Button Makers & Suppliers: Their Backmarks & Dates,
William F. McQuinn 1996 Revised
Antique Buttons, Their History & How to Collect Them,Primrose
Peacock;1972
Antique & Collectible Buttons, Indentification & Values, Debra J.
Wisniewski; 1997
Backs of Buttons, George E. Adams & Dorothy Foster Brown; 1946
Big Book of Buttons, The by Elizabeth Hughes & Marion Lester; 1981 *
Reprint Available
Black Glass Buttons, Edith M. Fuoss & Nora O. Jones; 1945 * Reprint
Available
Black Glass Buttons, Return Engagement, Edith M. Fuoss & Caroline
Smith; 1952 * Reprint Available
Button Book, The by Diana Epstein, 1996
Button Button by Peggy Ann Osborne; 1993
Button Classics, L. Erwina Couse & Marguerite M. Maple; 1941
Button Collecting, Poly deSteiger Crummett; 1939 (the first book
written about button collecting)
Button Collector's History, Grace Horney Ford; 1943
Button Collector's Journal, Lillian Smith Albert; 1941
Button Collector's Second Journal, Lillian Smith Albert
Button Handbook with Three Supplements, Florence Zacharie Nicholls;
1943-1949 * Reprint Available
Button Heritage, Minerva Miner & Erwina Couse Chamberlain; 1967
Button Industry, The by W. Unite Jones; 1924 reprinted by Edith Fuoss
1947
Button Mounting Hand Book, Ethel B. Cassidy; 1951
Button Parade, Dorothy Foster Brown; 1942
Button Sampler, The by Jane F. Adams & Lillian Smith Albert; 1951
Button String, The by Thelma Shull; 1942
Buttons & Sundries by Vittoria Buzzaccarini, English Translation 1997
Buttons are Art, Louise Huntington Jarvis; 1943
Buttons by Diana Epstein & Millicent Safro; 1991
Buttons of the British Army/1855-1970, Howard Ripley; 1971
Buttons of the Confederacy by A. H. Albert; 1963
Buttons, A Collector's Guide, Victor Houart; 1977
Buttons, A Guide for Collectors by Frederick Muller; 1972
Buttons, Art in Miniature by Stefan O. Schiff; 1979
Buttons, Diana Epstein; 1968
Buttons, The Collector's Guide to Selecting, Restoring and Enjoying
New & Vintage Buttons, Fink& Ditzler; 1993
Calico Buttons, Wilfred B. Morgan; 1939 & 1940
Carnival of Iridescent Luster Buttons, A by Ruth Miller Clark; 1986
Carnival of Iridescent Luster Buttons, Book II by Ruth Miller Clark;
1992
Carnival of Iridescent Luster Buttons, Book III by Alan G. Perry; 1997
Century of Campaign Buttons, A 1789-1889, J. Doyle DeWitt; 1959
Collector's Encyclopedia of Buttons, The by Sally C. Luscomb; 1967 *
Reprint Available
Colorful World of Buttons, The by Viviane Beck Ertell; 1973
Complete Button Book, The by Lillian Smith Albert & Kathryn Kent; 1949
Discovering Old Buttons by Bucks Aylesbury; 1978
Emilio Collection of Military Buttons, The by Luis Fenollosa Emilio;
1911
Fun Buttons, Peggy Ann Osborne; 1994
George Washington Inaugural Buttons & Medalets, 1789-1793, J. Harold
Cobb
Guidelines For Collecting China Buttons, Ruth Lamb, Beatrice & Lester
Lorah, Helen W. Schuler 1970 NBS
Hunting Buttons in Vermont, Minnie Staples Davis; 1948
Little Buttons, Ethel B. Cassidy; 1943
Livery Buttons, Gwen Squire; 1976
Maine Charm String, Elinor Graham; 1946
Military Buttons of the Gulf Coast 1711-1830, Dan Jenkins; 1973
Old Button Box, The by Sally Luscomb & Ethel B. Cassidy; 1951
Old Buttons and Their Values, Lorraine Olson; 1940
Photographic Re-productions of Antique Buttons by Helen Wegener;
1941-1945
Picture Buttons of the Past, Evelyn Swenson; 1978
Political Campaign and Commemorative Buttons, A. H. Albert; 1966
Price Guide to Button Parade, Gertrude D. Adkins; 1969
1954 Price List of Military Buttons, Charles K. Parker; 1954
Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons, Alphaeus H. Albert;
1969 - BiCentennial Ed. 1976
Relics of the Revolution, Reginald Pelham Bolton; 1916
Shoulder-Belt Plates and Buttons by Major H. G. Parkyn; 1956
Stencils by George E. Adams; 1944
The Magic Land of Kate Greenaway, Alice T. Tarbox; 1968
Through The Buttonhole, Harriet A. Burkheimer; 1972
Transportation Uniform Buttons by Don Van Court; Vol I Railroads, Vol
II Transit, Vol III Marine & Aviation
Uniform Buttons by Evelyn Vickers-Smith
Uniform Buttons, The American Armed Forces 1784-1948 by David F.
Johnson
Washington Historical Buttons, A. H. Albert; 1949
Who's Got the Button? by Catherine Roberts; 1962
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Branstner, Mark C <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I used to own a book that I have since misplaced, and I am trying to
> reconstruct what the title was …
>
> My memory pictures a small, maybe 6 x 9 inch, red, hard cover book that
> listed all sorts of manufacturers of buttons and maybe other accoutrements
> from the Civil War era … I seem to remember pictures of lots of brass
> button backs with "TREBLE GILT" inscriptions, etc. I might be wrong about
> the Civil War connection, but I think that was the purpose of the book,
> although the manufacturers could also be logically linked to civilian
> production as well.
>
> This was a very thorough, high quality publication …
>
> Does this ring any bells with the 'button folk' out there?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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