North Carolina State Button Society
Educational Links
NBS educational booklet for new collectors

NBS guide for classifying buttons

Join the National Button Society

Join the Buttonbytes online button club

Visual examples for the NBS classification system (NBS Button Gallery)

Tips on Cleaning Buttons

On-line button dictionary at the Buckeye State Website

Examples of US Patents related to buttons between 1830 and 1940

Descriptions and images of selected button types

Background and history of selected button types

Home for observing award trays from past state and national shows

Home for observing contemporary Buckeye State award trays

Resources and tools for the new collector

Button work sheets for specific classifications

History of shell buttons in the United States

Educational information on china buttons

A Calico Button Guide (Permission by Sandra Brown)

Anyone who comes across a good button educational link
should send the information to Paul Rice at Webmaster.