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Valentine collection

 Collection
Identifier: 7718

Abstract

A variety of commercially produced postcards and greeting cards for the occassion of Valentine's Day, February 14. Included are clapsaddle postcards (one with a girl making a quilt reads "St. Valentine's Greeting, Woman's sphere is in the home"); three-dimensional German cards from the early 1900's; and valentines from the 1960's through 1980 saved by Gladys Coughlan, a woman in Alberta, Canada.

Dates

  • [ca. 1900-2004]

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

40 items. (40 items.)

RELATED MATERIALS

Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection.

Related collection: Photographs and postcards of women collection, #7678.

Related collection: Photographs and postcards of gender collection, #7717.

Related collection: Greeting card collection, #4526.

Related collection: Postcard collection, #4525.

Physical Description

Postcards, cards, printed material.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Brenda Marston
EAD encoding:
Andrea Hektor, May 2004
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Brenda Marston
Date
May 27, 2004
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)