• Title
  Sir William Dixson collection of badges from button day appeals in Australia, and military insignia, 191-? - 194-?
• Creator
  William Dixson, Sir, 1870-1952
• Call number
  SAFE/DR 275
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  990735
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Charity badges - on strips of fabric material, wooden dowel - 67 x 85.5 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  During both World Wars I and II and the period between them, badges were frequently used to generate income and improve morale through nationalistic designs and sentiments. Button Day appeals were used to raise funds for particular causes, often identified by flower names such as Rose Day or Waratah Day.
  
  In addition to a variety of flower day badges, this collection holds a range of badges supporting war causes such as Red Triangle Day during WW1, and the WW2 Tin Hat Day appeals. Some badges depict political leaders of the time including Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and the King Of England. Other charitable appeals are represented including badges for the Red Cross, Legacy, The Australian Comforts Fund and The Hospital Saturday Appeals.
  
  The collection was suggested to Sir William Dixson by his housekeeper, Miss Turner.
  
  References:
  Paul Donnelly, Curator, Design, History & Society, February 2009
  http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/
  
  Sir William Dixson Bequest: Checklist, prepared by Albert Henry Spencer, 1952.
  Dixson Library, State Library of NSW, Call no. DLMSQ 203-206, no. 105 (c).
• Scope and Content
  The collection features 556 badges, including 8 military insignia items, which are pinned to 9 strips of material hanging from a piece of wooden dowel. As at 20/08/2012, 28 additional badges that have detached from the material strips, are stored in a separate box.
  
  The collection includes badges for the following appeals:
  ACF (Australian Comforts Fund)
  AIF Memorial
  Airmen’s Day
  Allies Day
  Anti-TB Appeal
  Anzac House
  Australia Legion of Ex-Service Men and Women
  Australian Prisoners of War
  Avanti 1918
  Benevolent Society of New South Wales
  C.N.N.E.F.
  China Appeal Day
  Chinese Comforts Fund
  Church of England War Work
  Day Nurseries Nursery School
  Food for Britain
  France’s Day
  Hospital Saturday Fund
  In Peace as in War
  Italian Red Cross Day 1918
  Joseph Stalin
  Kindergarten Union
  Legacy
  Lord Mayor’s Patriotic Fund Appeal Day
  Medical Aids and Comforts to Russia
  Merchant Navy
  Mudgee Centenary 1921
  Navy League
  No Justice without Equality
  NSW Society for Crippled Children
  Old Contemptibles Day – Fairy Folkes, Miss Australia
  Our Boys Need Reinforcements
  Our Day
  Partially Blinded Soldiers
  Police Citizens Boys Club
  Red Cross
  Red Triangle Day – 1 June 1917
  Rose Day
  Royal Australian Historical Society
  Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Jubilee 1868-1918
  Sailors’ Day
  Soldiers Poppy Day
  St John Ambulance
  St Margaret’s Hospital
  The Spastic Centre
  The Sydney City Mission Annual Appeal
  Tin Hat Day
  Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers
  United Protestant Homes
  Viva L’Italia 1918
  War Chest – For Our Soldiers 1917
  War Orphans Appeal - Legacy
  Waratah Day
  Winston Churchill
  Youth Welfare Association
  
  This is not a complete list of the badges in the collection, as not all badges have identifying names.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: Out of copyright
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1061001
• Name
  Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965
  Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
  Australian Comforts Fund
  Australian Red Cross Society
  Benevolent Society of New South Wales
  Kindergarten Union of New South Wales.
  Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  St John Ambulance Brigade
  Sydney City Mission.
  
• Subject
  Dixson Library (N.S.W.)
  Badges--Australia.
  Charities--Australia.
  War relief--Australia.
  Australia. Army--Insignia.
  
• Topic
  badges
  military badges
  war widows
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Quick March! The Children of World War I - State Library of New South Wales (16 March - 13 October, 2019)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE601425

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