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Rare Books and Special Collections Greeting Card Collection
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Fold-out Valentines

The Fold-out Valentines sub-subseries consists of 33 cards that feature some sort of interactive component. This may include flaps that open to reveal hidden messages, or pop-up cards that can be folded out to make a free-standing three-dimensional image.

Holy cards and religious ephemera

Series consists of mostly Christian religious ephemera, including holy cards or prayer cards (small devotional images, often with passages of text from prayers), greetings cards with religious messages (often with the names of their recipients intact), postcards of churches, pamphlets with Biblical passages or intended for spiritual instruction, and some memorabilia such as pendants, necklaces, crucifixes, and church donation envelopes. Most of the religious ephemera is Catholic, with some material from other Christian denominations such as Anglican and Unitarian. Judaism, Hare Krishna, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the Church of Scientology are represented by one or two items each. Materials are largely undated, but appear to date from predominantly the 1950s through the 1980s with some earlier items. One booklet contains the official welcoming ceremony for Pope Jean-Paul II at the Cathedral Basilica. Box 2 (Flat box R-1190-18) contains chiefly prayer cards organized by country, including Great Britain, Switzerland, Israel, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and Belgium.

Series also contains a number of parish publications, such as programmes from church events and recitals as well as newsletters. A number of colour postcards depict Italian churches. Newsletters includes issues of the Le Messager de Saint-Antoine (from the Ermitage Saint-Antoine), the Paulist Fathers News, and Regard de foi. Most church publications are from institutions in the Montreal area, including Notre-Dame Church, Christ Church Cathedral, and Saint-Léon-de-Westmount, but some are from churches in Ontario, the United States (Florida), and France.

There is a great deal of Catholic published ephemera, including many numbers of the series "Est-il vrai que...?" in French written by Jean Delepierre on social values and religion, as well as guides to various sacraments such as confirmation, baptism, communion, etc.

Christmas cards, 1970s

Subseries consists of 175 greeting cards chiefly for Christmas. Cards date from the 1970s. Many cards featuring winter scenes or traditional Christian religious and nativity scenes, as well as scenes of mothers and children.

Christmas cards, 1980s

Subseries consists of 246 greeting cards mostly for Christmas with some for New Year's dating sometime during the 1980s. Many include winter scene and traditional Christmas scenes, including Santa Claus. Cards produced by major greeting card publishers, as well as cultural and charitable organizations and universities, including many from Hallmark, Carleton University, McGill University, and Les Prêtres du Sacre-Coeur.

Christmas cards, 1960s

Subseries consists of 175 greetings cards mostly for Christmas with some for New Years. Cards date from the 1960s. Many feature scenes of families, people, mothers, Santa Claus characters, or animals.

Christmas cards, 1950s

Subseries consists of 120 Christmas and New Years cards produced during the 1950s. Many feature scenes of people or families as well as art reproductions. A number of cards are produced by universities or cultural organizations, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Universitas Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, and the William Morris Society.

Christmas cards, 1940s

Subseries consists of 109 Christmas and New Years cards printed during the 1940s. Many feature people and family scenes. Also includes one booklet entitled "The House by the side of the Road" (Sam Walter Foss). Some cards produced by aid organizations such as American Relief for France, Fighting French Relief Committee, United Yugoslav Relief Fund, and the Greek War Relief Association.

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