Here is a button Biblio sent to the HistArch list by Vergil Noble back in
the mid-90s.  I am a compulsive collector of biblios.  I first got onto this
list in the Spring of 1994 and it was a few years before I knew enough to
add the senders names and dates to these.  Anyway, for what it is worth.

Smoke.


     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.



     VENoble



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     http://www.netsync.net/users/verhague/list.html



     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 1/3/08, JAMES MURPHY <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> 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
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Anita Cohen-Williams
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> > http://www.mysearchguru.com
> >
>



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Smoke Pfeiffer

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