Introduction to the Button/Pin/Ribbon Collection Database
Click here to enter the Button/Pin/Ribbon Collection Database [for instructions on use, see below]
This database was begun ca. 1998 with the purpose
of scanning all of the buttons, pins & ribbons that had been donated through
the years to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection (SCPC), and creating
a bibliographic description record for each image. By putting this database
on the Web, both those at Swarthmore College and outside researchers now have
the capability of viewing over 1100 items that make up this collection. A
related collection of stamps, stickers, seals and envelopes is available to
view
here. The button/pin/ribbon collection database was moved from FileMaker
to ContentDM in October 2003, and is now part of a larger
database of images from Swarthmore College, Bryn Mawr College and Haverford
College. To find selected images of the buttons, pins and ribbons from the
SCPC, click on the entrance point above, and either browse through the records
in database number order, or search by entering a keyword into the "Across
All Fields" option under "Advanced Search." Keywords include
all the information in the various fields in the database, plus subject words
[see below for list]. Be aware that using the search option might bring up
database records from other collections that are not contained in the button/pin/ribbon
collection.
All images are the property of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection and
may not be reproduced without permission from the Curator.
Contact the SCPC
Curator with any questions or comments.
Note: The transfer of information and records to the ContentDM database is
not yet complete as of Oct. 15, 2003, but should be finished in the near future.
Subject keywords for searching:
| Abortion | Labor |
| Africa | Middle East |
| African-Americans | Military Budget |
| Agriculture | Nuclear Energy |
| American Flag | Persian Gulf War, 1991 |
| Anti-Nuclear Movement | Political Campaigns |
| Arbitration, International | Pro-Choice |
| Arms Race | Protest Demonstrations/Marches |
| Boycotts | Religion |
| Central America | Russia/USSR |
| Children | Star Wars (Ballistic Missile Defense System) |
| Conferences/Congresses | Suffrage |
| Disarmament | Temperance |
| Draft Counseling | United Nations |
| Draft Resistance | Vietnam Conflict, 1961-1975 |
| Earth | War Resistance Movements |
| Education | War Tax Resistance |
| Freedom of Speech | War Toys |
| Health Care | Women's Rights |
| Hiroshima/Nagasaki, Bombing of | World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Hunger | World War II, 1939-1945 |
| Immigration | Youth |
| Impeachment | |
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
This page written by Anne Yoder, Archivist, Oct. 2003