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Handmade envelopes and valentines (8 items total) with postage and cancellation stamps. Some envelopes indicate a Feb 10 date but year is not indicated and/or legible. Addressed to Miss Lucy Locket, Lydia Percival, Miss Posy, and Miss (?) Percival

 Item — Box: ?, Folder: ?
Identifier: Series 11:

Series Scope and Content

From the Series:

This series consists of both commercial and handmade valentines, given and received by Olive Percival. It also includes collector type valentines, both framed and unframed. Handmade valentines by Olive Percival with no addressees, and valentines given by Olive Percival to her cats and dolls are also found in this series. Newspaper and magazine articles about valentines, as well as correspondence regarding valentines, are included in this series.

This series is arranged by the purpose or recipient of the valentines, beginning with those Olive Percival gave to her cats and dolls, followed by valentines made by Olive Percival apparently not given away, valentines given by Olive Percival to family members, valentines received by Olive Percival, those collected by Olive Percival (primarily historical and unusual valentines), and framed valentines. Related material, including articles and correspondence, follows last in the series arrangement.

Dates

  • Creation: undated

Creator

Language of materials

From the Collection:

Languages represented in the collection: English.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 67 boxes

Repository Details

Part of the 02 - Ella Strong Denison Library Repository

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