Greeting card collection documenting Yale and New Haven, ca. 1920-1994 (inclusive).

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Greeting card collection documenting Yale and New Haven, ca. 1920-1994 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153261

The collection consists of greeting cards, largely printed for the Christmas holiday season, depicting Yale buildings and grounds, New Haven scenes, and collections from the Yale University Library and Yale Art Gallery.

.75 linear ft.

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8019902

Yale University Library

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Yale University. Art Gallery.

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Yale University.

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Yale university. Library

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Eli Whitney was born in Westborough, Massachusetts in 1765. Even as a child he showed an aptitude for mechanical work, repairing violins and taking on other mechanical work as it presented itself. Whitney set up shop making nails and when the demand for nails declined, he changed his business to manufacture hat pins, a commodity with increasing demand. Whitney eventually enrolled at Yale College in May 1789, and graduated three years later. He intended to further his education and become a lawye...