BUTTON

Description: SMALL ROUND BUTTON. HAS A GREEN BACKGROUND WITH SANTA CLAUS ON TOP. WITHIN SANTA'S BEARD READS "WOODWARDS" IN RED. BACK OF BUTTON HAS A TIN STRAIGHT PIN WITH A V-SHAPED LOOP OF METAL TO HOLD IT CLOSED.

History: BUTTONS WERE COLLECTED BY DONOR THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD IN PICTURE BUTTE, MOST LIKELY BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1976 AND 1983. DONOR COLLECTED APPROXIMATELY 100 BUTTONS. DONOR RECALLS GETTING THIS ONE AT A CHRISTMAS EVENT IN THE LATE 1970S SPONSORED BY WOODWARDS. THE EVENT WAS HELD IN A MOVIE THEATER (DONOR CANNOT RECALL WHICH ONE) AND WAS HOSTED? BY A LOCAL RADIO CELEBRITY (POSSIBLY MARK CAMPBELL?). **UPDATE: COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK INTERVIEWED OBJECT DONOR KEVIN MACLEAN ON SEPT 13, 2018 AS PART OF HER 2017-2019 RELEVANCY AUDIT ASSIGNMENT. MACLEAN MADE NEW COMMENTS ON PERSONAL DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN 1995 AND 2002, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HIS MEMORIES OF HIS DONATED BUTTONS, LEGION SERVICE MATERIAL, AND MILLENNIUM (YEAR 2000) NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION OBJECTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE ITEMS AND OTHERS, INCLUDING A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, SEE THIS RECORD'S PERMANENT FILE.