One member of our very creative and eclectic group!
A member of the Minnesota Button Society and National Button
Society, Mary Titus is a passionate collector of all things old, odd, and
delightful, especially antique and vintage sewing buttons and needlework
related stuff. About five years
ago Mary and her daughter Laura started the small business ButtonsUp!. Both Laura and Ellen (Mary’s other
daughter) lend a hand selling at Minnesota flea markets during the summer
months. When not sorting buttons,
Mary can be found teaching English and American Studies at St. Olaf
College. Her scholarship focuses
on American material culture, especially collecting practices from high brow
museum acquisition to low brow hoarding.
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