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Rare Books and Special Collections Greeting Card Collection
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Valentine's cards

Series consists of greeting cards, prints, and ephemera celebrating St. Valentine's Day. Items date from between approximately 1790 to the late twentieth century.

Christmas cards, 1977

File consists of approximately 153 Christmas cards dating from 1977. Many include winter scenes and traditional Christmas scenes, including Santa Claus, snowy landscapes, angels, mothers and children, birds, as well as images of various universities and libraries. Cards producers and artists include the University of Winnipeg, Simon Fraser University, Elaine Lustig Cohen, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, the Museum of Modern Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, McGill Unviesrity, Acadia University, Hallmark, Metropolitan Artists, etc.

Christmas cards

Series consists of Christmas cards as well as some New Year's greeting cards produced between approximately 1920 and 1989. Many cards come from universities and cultural institutions. Greeting companies like Hallmark and Carleton Cards are represented later on chronologically in the series. Many cards during the 1940s reflect various international aid efforts.

Christmas cards, 1975

File consists of 19 Christmas cards dating from 1975. Many include winter scenes and traditional Christmas scenes, including the Nativity, red and green decorations, trees, and angels. Cards producers and artists include Grandma Moses, Carlton Cards, Meister Francke, St. Pantaleon Church, and Gertrud Wyss-Trachsel.

Christmas cards, 1974

File consists of 23 Christmas cards dating from 1974. Many include winter scenes and traditional Christmas scenes, including Christmas train, toys, Christmas trees, and mothers and children. Cards producers and artists include Carlton Cards, Belvedere, Williams College, Iparművészeti Múzeum (Budapest), the Public Archives of Canada, and Hallmark.

Christmas cards, 1972

File consists of 9 Christmas cards dating from 1972. Many include winter scenes and traditional cultural and religious Christmas scenes, including mistletoe, gifts, Santa Claus, and three Magi. Cards producers include Hallmark and Walters Gallery. One card with "American First" message, marked "Paul Revere, Patriot".

Christmas cards, 1971

File consists of 17 Christmas cards dating from 1971. Many include winter scenes and traditional cultural and religious Christmas scenes, including Santa Claus, mothers and children, mistletoe, Christmas trees, etc. Cards producers and artists include Grandma Moses, Queens University, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gordon Fraser, the Canadian Save the Chidlren Fund, and Oxfam.

Christmas cards, 1970

File consists of 17 Christmas cards dating from 1970. Many include winter scenes and traditional Christmas scenes, including Santa Claus and ice skating. One pictorial card depicts Le Cartier building. One card is a puzzle. Cards producers and artists include Helen Oxenbury, Georg Jenson, Arne Larsen, Elizabeth Falconer, National Ballet of Canada, Editions Belvedere, and the Parnassus Gallery.

Greeting Card Collection

  • CA RBD MSG 1190
  • Collection
  • [1790?]-1980s

Collections consists of holiday greeting cards. Description is forthcoming and will be published as it becomes available.

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