Long Beach Assembly 1917

Long Beach Assembly 1917 Cause Busy Beaver Button Museum
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Text on Button Long Beach Assembly 1917
Image Description

Blue text on an off-white background
Back Paper / Back Info

SMITH & LAMAR - NASHVILLE, TENN., DALLAS, TEX., RICHMOND, VA.
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
7/8 inch
Year / Decade Made
1917
1910s
The Manufacturer
Smith & Lamar
Additional Information

In August of 1903, Mr. D.M. Smith was elected as a book agent for the Methodist Publishing House in Nashville, Tennessee with Reverend Lamar, an Alabama Minister, as his assistant. Together they formed Smith & Lamar. They would publish 10 books with the M.E. Publishing House from 1903-1919, including the 1909 book Dreams and Realities by Lula Belle Corpier. 

It should be noted that no primary source connects Smith & Lamar to the 1917 Long Beach Assembly; however, Smith & Lamar is the only professional company active during 1917 with this name.  

The 1917 Long Beach Assembly was likely held in Long Beach, Mississippi. 
Sources

(1917, May 25). The Nashville Globe, p. 4. Retrieved September 11, 2023, from https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86064259/1917-05-25/ed-1/?sp=4&q=smith+%26+lamar+1917+nashville&r=0.177,0.958,0.74,0.368,0 .

Corpier, L. B. (1909). Dreams & Realities. Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South, Smith & Lamar, agents. September 11, 2023, https://archive.org/details/dreamsrealities00corp. 

Finney, J. I., & Clagett, R. H. (Eds.). (1903, August 21). Methodist publishing house. The Columbia Herald, pp. 2–2. Retrieved September 11, 2023, from https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn96091104/1903-08-21/ed-1/?sp=2 .

Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South, Smith & Lamar, agents. Internet Archive: Open Library. (n.d.). https://openlibrary.org/publishers/Publishing_House_of_the_M.E._Church,_South,_Smith_&_Lamar,_agents . 
Catalog ID CA0903