This would seem to be a place to start:

100 1  Adams, Jane Ford 
245 10 All about buttons, 1761-1980 :|ba descriptive and 
       annotated bibliography of publications containing 
       information about the making, wearing, and collecting of 
       buttons /|ccompiled by Jane Ford Adams 
260    San Diego, CA (4131 Marlborough Ave., San Diego 92105) :
       |bJ.F. Adams,|cc1981 
300    53 p. ;|c23 cm 
500    Limited to 300 copies 

I haven't seen it, and it may be geared more toward button collectors, but still appears to be a useful place to begin any bibliography.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: Anita Cohen-Williams <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, January 3, 2008 11:15 am
Subject: Re: Button Books - let's Share our info!

> I think that the first step in putting together a book on buttons 
> would be
> to do an annotated bibliography. At least that would allow us to begin
> pinpointing sources and time periods.
> 
> On Jan 3, 2008 7:06 AM, Nasca, Paul <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > I offer my MA thesis.  I'm hoping to turn it into an article 
> some time
> > soon.
> >
> > Nasca, Paul M.
> > 2005    Fostering Pride and Badges of Oppression - A Contextual 
> Study of
> > British Military Buttons from Paget Fort, Bermuda, 1778-1820.  
> Master's> Thesis, College of William and Mary, Department of 
> Anthropology,> Williamsburg, Virginia.
> >
> > Mary - Thanks for the insight!
> >
> > Paul M. Nasca, RPA
> > Staff Archaeologist
> > George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation
> > 1201 Washington Avenue
> > Fredericksburg, VA 22401
> > Phone: (540) 370-0732 ext. 17
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mary
> > C. Beaudry
> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 9:01 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Button Books - let's Share our info!
> >
> > But let's all hope that the type-variety system of constructing
> > typologies
> > (for documented historical materials) has found the obscurity it so
> > richly
> > deserves.
> >
> > mcb
> >
> > On Jan 3, 2008 8:48 AM, Doms, Keith <[log in to unmask]> 
> wrote:>
> > > Don't forget
> > > Stone, Lyle
> > > 1974    Fort Michilimackinac 1715-1781: An Archaeological 
> Perspective> on
> > > the Revolutionary Frontier.  Publications of the Museum 
> Michigan State
> > > University.  East Lansing, Michigan.
> > >
> > > Though it can be cumbersome to extract data from this volume, 
> it has
> > > numerous good black and white images, illustrations, and 
> descriptions> of
> > > over 200 recovered civilian and military buttons and sleeve 
> buttons.> >
> > > KRD
> > >
> >
> 
> 
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