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

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

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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

6 boxes; (2.5 linear ft.)

Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6322048

Related Entities

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R. F. Outcault.

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L. Prang and Co.

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Favalora, Jean P.

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Davol, Marguerite A.

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Eames, Marjorie.

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Davol, Stephen H.

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Raphael Tuck and Sons.

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Lee, Ruth Webb, 1894-

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Howland, Esther Allen, 1828-1904

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New England Valentine Company.

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George C. Whitney Company.

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Ernest Nister.

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Valentines Collection created by Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections

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Esther A. Howland was born in 1826 in Worcester, Massachusetts to Southworth Allen Howland, a stationer and bookseller. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1847. Howland began making valentines in her home in 1849 after receiving an elaborate valentine from England. Her business quickly grew, and she turned her house into a valentine factory. She sold the business to George C. Whitney in 1881. Howland is credited with establishing the commercial valentine industry in the U.S...

Whitney, George C., 1842-1915

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