Title: Greeting Card Collection
Inclusive Dates: circa 1850-1982

Call Number: PH 6013

Quantity: 2.4 cubic feet (2 record center cartons and 2 half-archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Greeting cards primarily documenting holidays and other special events such as Christmas, Easter, and Valentine’s Day. In addition, there are official Christmas cards from elected officials including Wisconsin governors and Presidents, cards with ethnic representations, patriotic Christmas cards dating from World War I and II, and examples of family photograph cards sent over a period of years.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph06013

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

PH 6013	Series: Holidays and Special Events
Box   1 Folder   1	Baby congratulations and announcements
Box   1 Folder   2	Birthdays
Box   1 Folder   3-26	Christmas, before 1850-1982, undated
Box   2 Folder   27	Christmas, undated
Box   2 Folder   28	Congratulations
Box   2 Folder   29-34	Easter, pre-1930-1982
Box   2 Folder   35	Father's Day
Box   2 Folder   36	Fourth of July
Box   2 Folder   37	Get well
Box   2 Folder   38	Greetings
Box   2 Folder   39	Jewish New Year and other Jewish holidays
Box   2 Folder   40	Mother's Day
Box   2 Folder   41	New Year's Day
Box   2 Folder   42	St. Patrick's Day
Box   2 Folder   43	Religious holidays
Box   2 Folder   44	Sympathy
Box   2 Folder   45	Thank You
Box   2 Folder   46	Thanksgiving
	Valentine's Day
Box   2 Folder   47-57	before 1850-1939
Box   3 Folder   58-61	1940-1989
	undated
Box   3 Folder   62	Pieces
Box   3 Folder   63	Cards for Children
Box   3 Folder   64	Homemade
Box   3 Folder   65	Three dimensional
Box   3 Folder   66-67	Unsorted
Box   3 Folder   68-69	Weddings and wedding anniversaries
	Series: Ethnic Cards	⇧
Box   4 Folder   70	African American
Box   4 Folder   71	Chinese
Box   4 Folder   72	Dutch
Box   4 Folder   73	Hispanic
Box   4 Folder   74	Japanese
Box   4 Folder   75	Native Americans
	Series: Wartime Cards	⇧
Box   4 Folder   76	World War I
Box   4 Folder   77-78	World War II
Box   4 Folder   79	Series: Family Photograph Cards Note: Q.J. O'Sullivan and Schroepfer sequences	⇧
	Series: Official Cards	⇧
Box   4 Folder   80	General
Box   4 Folder   81	Wisconsin governors
Box   4 Folder   82	Presidents
	Series: Other	⇧
Box   4 Folder   83	Left wing political cards
Box   4 Folder   84	Humor