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Valentines Collection MS 0843., Ca. 1840s-1980s, 1890s-1910s

Title: Valentines Collection Ca. 1840s-1980s 1890s-1910s

Consists of hand-made and commercially-made valentines from the U.S. and Europe dating from the 1840s to the 1980s from collectors Marjorie Eames, Marguerite A. Davol, Helen Laws, and anonymous donors. Included are three valentines made by Esther Howland, six valentines made by the George Whitney Co., and a few made by Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ernest Nister, and L. Pang. Also included is a scrapbook made in 1880. Rounding out the collection are valentine ephemera and two books on the history of valentines, by Jean P. Favalora and by Ruth Webb Lee. Valentines: A Loving Remembrance A History of Valentines

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes; (2.5 linear ft.)

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George C. Whitney Co. Whitney Valentine collection, ca. 1860-ca. 1940.

Title: Whitney Valentine collection, ca. 1860-ca. 1940.

Over 400 Valentines manufactured by the company.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70926416 View

Howland/Taft Valentine collection, 1887-1953.

Title: Howland/Taft Valentine collection, 1887-1953.

Correspondence, including letter written by Esther Howland, correspondence with Taft family, and miscellaneous correspondence; papers relating to the New England Valentine Company and the Valentine industry in Worcester, Mass.; biographies of early Valentine makers Esther Howland and Jotham Taft; and miscellaneous papers and notes.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70969596 View

Howland Valentine collection, 1850-[187-].

Title: Howland Valentine collection, 1850-[187-].

Some thirty-two valentines manufactured by Esther Howland who began a cottage industry of valentine card manufacture ca. 1849 which was sold to George C. Whitney Valentine Company ca. 1880.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70964815 View

George C. Whitney & Co. Valentine sample book, 1886-1887.

Title: Valentine sample book, 1886-1887.

Contains partial "Valentine Catalogue for 1886-7;" 6 sample embossed envelopes; and 36 sample valentines.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (12 leaves) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122394005 View