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Badges

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Objects bearing special or distinctive marks and worn for decoration or to signify affiliation. Originally, badges were heraldic symbols worn as identifying marks by a knight and his retainers, e.g., a badge of arms. In later use, the term refers to any distinctive device, emblem, or mark worn to indicate a person's affiliation, rank, office, name, or membership in an organization or support for a cause, particularly objects that comprise small pieces of metal, card, plastic, etc., that bear a distinguishing design or words.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Craig McDaniel collection of Boy Scouts of America uniforms and insignia, 1927-2019

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9230 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains Boy Scouts of America uniform pieces including ties, caps, socks, badges, and belts, ribbons, a flag, a coin purse, match canisters, compasses, knives and flint, canteens, neckerchief slides, collapsible cups, whistles, first aid kits, a bugle, and other artifacts, collected by Craig McDaniel. Materials created between 1927 and 2019.

Dates: 1927-2019

Craig McDaniel collection on Boy Scouts of America

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9230
Scope and Contents Contains newsletters and other publications distributed by Scouts BSA (formerly Boy Scouts of America) at national and local Utah levels, collected by Craig McDaniel. Also contains other items from his collection, such as photographs, artifacts, and letters written or compiled by Craig McDaniel about the Boy Scout organization in Utah. Collection follows the developing administration and organization of the Scouting program in the Utah area, but also covers the various activities of Scouts,...
Dates: 1919-2019