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Newark Buttons and Badges Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Buttons-(Offsite)

Abstract

This collection contains pinback buttons, badges, ribbons, and other small realia on Newark and NJ.

Dates

  • c. 1910-2002

Extent

3 Linear Feet (3 Paige boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Buttons in trays have a number based on location in the tray. Each tray has 6-35 small compartments for buttons. The compartments were assigned numbers starting at A1 (marked on each box, top left horizontal corner) with rows numbered A, B, C, etc. and columns 1, 2, 3, etc.

Related Materials

See also: MG Nwk Reilly for buttons, badges and ribbons 1890-1935, including WWI era

Processing Information

Duplicates above 3 items were removed in most cases.

Items are housed in artifact boxes.

Buttons were seperated by size and then placed randomly in trays. Future processing could sort buttons by topic, and place duplicates together. Also, there are a few small buttons that are not NJ and should likely be discareded.

Author
Beth Zak-Cohen
Date
2019
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository

Contact:
3rd Floor
Newark Public Library
5 Washington St.
Newark NJ 07102 United States
973-733-7775