2019-01-23 Preliminary Inventory of the National Button Society Records, 1938-2017 SPEC.RARE.CMS.0389 Finding aid prepared by Leta Hendricks and Lisa Iacobellis Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
1858 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH, 43210
2012-2013

Processed portion migrated from OhioLink. Also another box at 208/A/1, not accessioned? Also, a box 5A on the shelf, not on this inventory! But on old inventory... https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/rarebooks/NBS.php

 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-04-03T14:20-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard National Button Society Records SPEC.RARE.CMS.0389 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 6.03 Cubic feet 1938-2017 The National Button Society Records include official documents, brochures, programs, photographs, fliers, financial records, clippings, button molds, and correspondence. Materials range in date from 1938-2017. (1) 5" legal document box; (3) 2.5" legal document boxes; (9) 5" letter document boxes; (3) oversize flat boxes; (1) legal file folder, (1) letter file folder, (1) card box English National Button Society. Arrangement of Materials

The National Button Society Records are arranged in the following series and subseries:

Series 1: National Button Society Subseries 1.1: Incorporation, By-Laws, Establishment of Archive Subseries 1.2: Meetings Subseries 1.3: General Series 2: National Button Society Chapters Subseries 2.1: Buckeye State Button Society Subseries 2.2: New Jersey State Button Society Series 3: Button Collectors and Collecting

 Acquisition Information

At the September 26, 1985 board meeting of the National Button Society, Ann W. Rudolph, Chairman of the Archives at that time, proposed that the NBS accept the offer made by Ohio State University to serve as custodian for the organization's archives, so as to provide wider access to the materials as well as conservation of such important historical objects as the early register books and photographs. After receiving approval for this plan, Mrs. Rudolph then proceeded to actively solicit additions to the archive. For this reason, the materials include the papers of a number of individuals and represent two state bodies, the Buckeye State Button Society, and the New Jersey State Button Society, in addition to the documents specific to the history of the National parent organization.

Accession No. RARE.2015.0031: Ann Wilson, 2015; Accession No. RARE.2016.0034: Donated by Marilyn Regrut, 2016 August; Accession No. RARE.2016.0042, Donated by Marilyn Regrut, 2015 December; Accession No. RARE 2016.0055: Donated by John Shugars, 2016 September; Accession No. RARE.2016.0034: Accession No. RARE.2018.0010: Donation, 2017 October

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], National Button Society Records, SPEC.RARE.CMS.0389, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains compact discs.

 Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room only.

 Use of Materials

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright, and are made available for research and educational purposes. In general, the OSU Libraries do not own the copyright for materials from our collections and cannot grant copyright permissions for these materials. The user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exceptions to the law. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright and do not require permission to use.

 Processing Information

Processed by: Leta Hendricks and Lisa Iacobellis, 2012-2013; Finding aid written by: Leta Hendricks and Lisa Iacobellis, 2012-2013

 Scope and Content

The National Button Society Records include official documents, brochures, programs, photographs, fliers, financial records, clippings, button molds, and correspondence. Materials range in date from 1938-2017.

 National Button Society. National Button Society Series 1 1939-1990 Incorporation, By-Laws, Establishment of Archive Subseries 1.1 1939, 1968-1990 Charter membership pamphlet 1 A 1939 Certificate of incorporation, tax-exemption papers 1 1 1968-1971 Certificate of incorporation and correction 1 2 1983 Certificate of incorporation, by-laws 1 3 undated Revision of by-laws correspondence 1 4 1970-1978 Delegation vote on proposed by-law changes 1 5 1978 By-laws Revision Committee meetings 1 6 1978-1979 Rockwell, Doris correspondence regarding By-Laws Revision Committee meetings 1 7 1978-1979 Bylaws Committee meetings 1 8 1983 Revised by-laws correspondence 1 9 1983-1984 Content of the archive 1 10 1985-1986 Additions to the archive 1 11 1986-1990 Meetings Subseries 1.2 1939-1990 Visitor registers 2 12-14 1939-1983 Convention buttons 2 15 1949-1989 Annual meeting programs 4 16 1943-1959 Annual meeting programs 4 20 1973-1990 General Subseries 1.3 1939-1964 Photographs 3 1954-1964 Photographs 4 17-18 1937-1957 Membership directories, yearbooks 4 19 1939-1949 National Button Society Chapters Series 2 1941-1988 Buckeye State Button Society Subseries 2.1 1947-1988 Organization 6 1 1947-1972 Constitution 6 2 1948 Minutes and membership 6 3 1947-1951 Account book 6 4 1947-1956 Minutes 6 5 1952-1965 Minutes 6 6-7 1965-1988 Financial records 6 8 1965-1988 Membership 6 9 1948-1986 Districts 7 10 1968-1986 Show programs 7 11 1950-1989 Correspondence 7 12-15 1949-1990 Chapter letterhead 7 16 undated Clippings 7 17 undated Scrapbook 7 18 1947-1957 Clippings 7 19 1962-1963 Library inventory 7 20 1965 November 5 New Jersey State Button Society Subseries 2.2 1941-1981 New Jersey State Button Society Bulletin 8 1 1941-1963 Through the Years in the New Jersey State Button Society by Anne Flood 8 2 1981 Studies of Buttons, Button Artists and Authors of New Jersey by Anne W. Flood 8 3 undated Button Collectors and Collecting Series 3 1938-1999 Barr, Jean Howard 9 1990 Button counter 5 35 undated Button research 5 37-41 1944-1990 Chamberlain, L. Erwina Couse 4 23 1968-1984 Clippings 4 28-31 undated Clippings: Chamberlain, Erwina Couse 4 27 undated Flood, Anne W. 8 4-11 1940-1987 Hobbies: The Magazine for Children 4 25-26 1938-1953 Hughes, Elizabeth 5 32 1979-1980 Lightner, Otto C. 4 24 1950-1968 Miscellaneous 5 36 1949-1999 Patterson, Gertrude H. 10 undated Rudolph, Ann 5 33-34 1973-1991 Terry, Lucy 7 21-25 1940-1968 Scrapbook 11 1945 Van Buskirk, Nellie Parker 4 21-22 1939-1956 Accession No. RARE.2016.0034 0.02 Cubic feet 1941-2013 (1) letter file folder Button Reviews 2016 RARE Accessions Box 1 Accession No. RARE.2016.0034 1944 November-1945 March Bulletins and clippings 2016 RARE Accessions Box 1 Accession No. RARE.2016.0034 1942-1984 Chicago Hobby Show attendees photograph 2016 RARE Accessions Box 1 Accession No. RARE.2016.0034 1947 January Around the World Charm String donor list National Button Society 75th Anniversary 2016 RARE Accessions Box 1 Accession No. RARE.2016.0034 2013 Around the World Charm String copy #1 2016 RARE Accessions Box 1 Accession No. RARE.2016.0034 2013 August 8 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Compact disc

 Around the World Charm String copy #2 2016 RARE Accessions Box 1 Accession No. RARE.2016.0034 2013 August 8 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Compact disc

 Accession No. RARE.2016.0042 0.02 Cubic feet 1959-1962 (1) legal file folder 11 photographs of members at various button events 2016 RARE Accessions Box 3 1959-1962 Accession No. RARE 2016.0055 0.32 Cubic feet undated (1) card box Button mold Accession No. RARE.2016.0055.001 1 undated Button mold Accession No. RARE.2016.0055.001 2 undated Accession No. RARE.2018.0010 0.4 Cubic feet 1946-2017 (1) 5" letter document box Appleton, Wisconsin show report, flyer, schedule, publications Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 2017 Correspondence Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 1998-2003 Exhibit program, clipping Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 1980, 1996 Invoice Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 2002 February 25 Letter to Jill Biggie regarding Beginner's Booklet Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 2003 Manchester, New Hampshire fliers, memento, programs, financial report Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 2017 Meeting programs Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 1946-1988 Meeting programs Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 1992-2014 Buckeye State Button Society meeting programs, memento Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 1953, 1959 Buckeye State Button Society meeting programs, mementos Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 1966-1969 Buckeye State Button Society meeting programs Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 1970-1988 Buckeye State Button Society meeting programs Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 1989-1993 Buckeye State Button Society meeting programs Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 1994-2001 Buckeye State Button Society meeting programs Accession No. RARE.2018.0010.001 2002-2007