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Descriptive Summary |
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Administrative Information |
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Subject Terms |
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Historical Note |
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Scope and Content Note |
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User Information |
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Related Material |
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Container List |
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Joe Overstreet donated the collection to the archives in December 2010.
Processing Information
Political Papers Archivist Leigh McWhite processed the collection in December 2010.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Subject Terms
Formats
Historical Note
Campaign buttons are a form of political advertising to support or oppose a candidate, political party, or issue.
Scope and Content Note
All but one of the campaign buttons in this collection focus on presidential candidates between 1964 and 1988. The exception is a button touting the Republican Party in 1964.
User Information
Prefered Citation
Joe Overstreet Campaign Button Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Joe Overstreet Campaign Button Collection is open for research. This collection is stored at an off-site facility. Researchers interested in using this collection must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in advance of their planned visit.
Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Related Material
Resources at the University of Mississippi
The Politics & Government Subject Guide is available online at http://www.library.olemiss.edu/guides/archives_subject_guide/politics.
The Mississippi Politics Collection also includes a number of campaign buttons.
Container List
| Barry Goldwater (1964) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Goldwater Miller” (7/8 inch). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hubert Humphrey (1968) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Humphrey for President” (1 ¼ inch). Eight buttons | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Humphrey Muskie” (1 ¼ inch). Four buttons | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Humphrey” (1 1/8 inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Wallace (1968) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “For President George Wallace” (1 ¾ inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Wallace for President” (1 inch). Three buttons | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Eugene McCarthy (1968) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “McCarthy” (1 ½ inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “McCarthy” (1 ½ inch). Three buttons | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Republicans for McCarthy” (1 ½ inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Eugene” (3/4 inch). Three buttons | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George McGovern (1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “McGovern” (1 3/8 inch). Three buttons | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “McGovern” (1 1/8 inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “McGovern” (1 1/8 inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “McGovern” (1 ½ inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “McGovern President ‘72” (1 1/8 inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “McGovern.” Three clips | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shirley Chisholm (1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Catalyst for Change Shirley Chisholm for President” (1 ¾ inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Carter (1976/1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Carter Mondale” (1 1/8 inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Morris Udall (1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Ms. For Mo” (1 3/8 inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Mo Udall ‘76” (1 1/8 inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Milton Shapp (1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Shapp for President ‘76” (1 1/8 inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Reagan (1980/1984) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Reagan 84” (1 5/8 inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Dukakis (1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “Dukakis Will Do the Job of Three Men” with image of the three Stooges (2 ¼ inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-Specific Candidate | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “GOParty 1964” (1 1/8 inch) | ||||||||||||||||||||