RESEARCH RESOURCES


NAVA promotes vexillology as the scientific study of flags by: bringing into closer cooperation people interested in all aspects of flags such as their history, significance, specifications, use, and manufacture; furthering a strong and growing interest in flags as a serious study or as an avocation; promoting research into the origins, history, and symbolism of flags; publishing on flags and vexillology; formulating standards for flag teminology, methodology, and data recording; cooperating with other vexillological associations, agencies, and research centers, and foundations; and representing vexillologists of North America on an international level.

This page was designed to help advance NAVA'S charter, and is for ANYONE doing research or who has a question about flags.  Our volunteer members are ready to help!  Please make sure you provide an E-mail address if you would like the answer sent to a different mailbox.

We only ask two things: 1) make sure you provide as much information as possible so that our members can give you an accurate answer, and 2) please do not ask for an appraisal.
Note: Answers are the opinions of those members participating in this program, and in no way are endorsed by NAVA, its executive board, or its membership.  Questions submitted become the property of NAVA and may be used on our Question and Answer page (your full name will be omitted; we do request that you give us your first name so that you may be properly saluted).

Be sure to check the Q&A pages first to see if your question has already been answered.

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  • Current help categories are DESIGN, GENERAL, HISTORY, MATERIALS AND CARE, PROTOCOL and NATIONAL AND MILITARY (current)

The following NAVA members have volunteered to answer your flag related questions

Design National & Military Protocol GENERAL
(Flag questions not covered by other categories)
Well versed in traditional
 heraldic art  and modern flag design
John H. Gámez
jhgvexistud@stic.net
Canadian
Jamie Webb
Chantal Webb

flagshop@home.com

Canadian protocol/flags
Doreen Braverman
doreenb@flagshop.ca

David Martucci
pastpres@nava.org

How to Design a Flag, and
How to Organize a Flag Contest
 in Your Community

Dr. Peter Orenski
tme alf@aol.com
Argentina and Latin-America
Gustav "Gus" Tracchia
Gustracc@aol.com
General flag protocol
R. Nathan Bliss
Flags@Bigfoot.com
Truman Pope
elipope@msn.com
Flag design & consultation
Secundino Fernandez

SFArchitec@aol.com
Civic flags of the US, especially Ohio
Vexillology as a field of study
Dr. John Purcell
j.purcell@csuohio.edu
NAVA protocol officer
James J. Ferrigan III

ferriganis@flagcenter.org
Lee L. Herold
Heroldlee@aol.com

General flag design
Lee L. Herold
Heroldlee@aol.com

U.S. City Flags
"Largest collection of Flags
and research materials
on U.S. City Flags
known in the modern world"
Rich Kenny
rich-flags-autos@juno.com
   
Flag Design and Symbolism
David Martucci

pastpres@nava.org 
African national flags
(Rhodesia a specialty)

Devereaux D. Cannon Jr.
dcannon@nctc.com
History  
Flag design
Devereaux D. Cannon Jr.

dcannon@nctc.com
US Military, US Government,
 and Foreign

John Niggley
ch7235@hotmail.com
U.S. and Soviet naval flags
 Battle of the Alamo
John H. Gámez
jhgvexistud@stic.net
History
Flag design
R. Nathan Bliss
Flags@Bigfoot.com
Quebec & French North American
Armenian

Luc V. Baronian
baronian@stanford.edu
Antique USA flags and obsolete foreign national flags
Nick Artimovich

nartimovich@comcast.net
General flag history
Lee L. Herold

Heroldlee@aol.com

Yacht and Recreational Boating
Jose Carlos Alegria
alegria@netcom.es

Military Flags
James J. Ferrigan III

flagservices@worldnet.att.net
Confederate States Flags
Michael Malpass
Michael.Malpass@cbn.org
Early American flags
Maine flag history
New England flag history

David Martucci
pastpres@nava.org
Horizontal and Vertical Tribars
Mason E. Kaye
veximonkey@aol.com
Materials and Care General history
Truman Pope

elipope@msn.com
Confederate and US flags
Devereaux D. Cannon Jr.

dcannon@nctc.com
Flag Design Contests
James F. Babcock
jim.babcock@cox.net
GWAV's history
Dr. John Purcell
j.purcell@csuohio.edu
Civil War flags
(Illinois regiments specialty)
Dr. John Schmale
schmale@soltec.net
Flag Design
James J. Ferrigan III

ferriganis@flagcenter.org
  Texas flag history
Charles A. Spain Jr.

cspain@alumni.rice.edu
US Flags
R. Nathan Bliss
Flags@Bigfoot.com
    US Flags
James J. Ferrigan III

ferriganis@flagcenter.org