Battle of Homestead Foundation - Mike Stout Collection

This photograph is a sampling of Pittsburgh social movements buttons collected by Mike Stout. These buttons come from bag one of one. The top left button is white and depicts a stop sign at the top. In red lettering the button reads STOP TREASON by U.S. Steel. The bottom left button is white with blue lettering that reads SAVE OUR VALLEY. The top center button is white and depicts a man, Joe Hill, in the center. The black lettering on the button reads DON’T MOURN ORGANIZE. I.W.W. JOE HILL MURDERED NOV. 19, 1915. The bottom center button is yellow with black lettering that reads EXTEND AND EXPAND THE G.I. BILL. FREE ASHBY LEACH. V.V.A.W. The top right button is white and green with the depiction of Duquesne University at the top. The button reads DUQUESNE SEPTEMBER 1991 CENTENNIAL. The bottom right button is green with brown lettering that reads TRI-STATE CONFERENCE ON STEEL. Solidarity.

This photograph is a sampling of Ralph Nader Election buttons collected by Mike Stout. These buttons come from bag one of one. The top left button is green and reads vote Nader & LaDuke. www.VoteNader.org. There are five of these buttons in this photograph. The center button is white and depicts Ralph Nader on the left side. It reads Nader 2000.

This photograph is a sampling of rare Al Gore presidential election buttons collected by Mike Stout in 2000. These buttons come from bag one of four. The top left button is blue and depicts portraits of Vice President Al Gore and Joe Lieberman in the center. The button reads Victory GORE LIEBERMAN 2000. The bottom left button is white and has pictures of Vice President Al Gore and Joe Lieberman with milk mustaches at the bottom. The button reads got gore? Gore Lieberman. The top center button depicts Vice President Al Gore waving a hand in front of a mountain. The button reads GORE 2000. The bottom center button is a photograph of Second Lady Tipper Gore and reads Tipper Gore. The top right button is blue with portraits of Vice President of Al Gore and President John Kennedy in the center. The button reads THE TRADITION LIVES ON! Al Gore John Kennedy. The bottom left button depicts Vice President Al Gore and reads GORE 2000.

This photograph is a sampling of rare Bill Clinton presidential election buttons collected by Mike Stout from 1992 to 1996. These buttons come from bag one of five. The top left button is white with President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore pictured in the center. The button reads CLINTON GORE NEW LEADERSHIP IN ’92. The bottom left button is blue with portraits of President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore in the center with an American flag between them. The button reads STEELWORKERS CLINTON 92 GORE. People First. The top center button has an American flag background with portraits of President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore in the center and the United States Capitol building at the bottom. The button reads PRESIDENT CLINTON VICE PRESIDENT GORE 1996. The bottom center button is white with an American flag border in the center. The button reads STEELWORKERS FOR Clinton Gore. The top right button is white with an American flag border in the center. The button reads STEELWORKERS FOR Clinton Gore. The bottom right button is red and white and reads Clinton Gore YES. There is a checkmark in a box to the right of the Yes and a star right above the Yes.

This series of photographs are a sampling of rare George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush presidential election buttons collected by Mike Stout. There are four photographs of the four bags of buttons. Each photograph is a sampling of one bag.

This series of photographs are a sampling of rare political buttons by Mike Stout. There are thirteen photographs of the thirteen bags of buttons. Each photograph is a sampling of one bag.

This photograph is a sampling of rare Ronald Reagan presidential election buttons collected by Mike Stout. These buttons come from bag one of two. The top left button is blue and reads Italian Americans for Reagan Bush. The bottom left button is blue and reads REAGAN Let’s make America great again. The top center button is blue with red lettering that reads IMPEACH REAGAN. The bottom center button is blue and depicts a cartoon version of President Ronald Reagan in the center with a red slash through the image. The button reads BE A REAGAN BUSTER. REGISTER & VOTE. The top right button is red and grey with a picture of President Ronald Reagan in the center with a red slash through the image. The button reads IT’S HIS JOB… …OR YOURS. The bottom right button is blue with a picture of President Ronald Reagan in the center with two American flags at the bottom. The button reads INAUGURATION PRESIDENT REAGAN. WASHINGTON D.C. JAN. 21, 1985.

This front page of a booklet is the 1962 retirement and vacation benefit agreement and 1963 supplemental unemployment benefit agreement between the Timken Roller Bearing Company and United Steelworkers of America A.F. of L., C.I.O. Timken Local Union No. 2173.

This transcript is of an interview between Mike Stout and Charles McCollester. The interview was given by Mike Stout on July 19, 1995. The interview covers the notable people of the Tri-State Conference on Steel, the Steel Valley authority, and the Pittsburgh Union movement as a whole.

This series of photographs depict a sampling of steel related buttons collected by Mike Stout. There are five photographs of the five bags of buttons. Each photograph is a sampling of one bag.