New Year Greeting Cards Collection, 1921-ongoing
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New Year Greeting Cards Collection
Amherst College
Biographical History for: New Year Greeting Cards Collection
Historical Note In 1921 the Alumni Council of Amherst College instituted the sending of New Year greeting cards to alumni. The cards often contain artistic scenes from the campus or reproductions from the collection of the Mead Art Museum.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection consists of New Year greeting cards sent to Amherst College alumni by the College. Also included are several scrapbooks of the cards, and a letter advocating the creation of a display of the cards.
New Year cards--Massachusetts--Amherst.
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Amherst College--Alumni and alumnae.
Amherst College--Pictorial works.
Amherst College. Alumni Council.
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1921 greeting cards 1921
1922 greeting cards 1922
1923 greeting cards 1923
1924 greeting cards 1924
1925 greeting cards 1925
1926 greeting cards 1926
1927 greeting cards 1927
1928 greeting cards 1928
1929 greeting cards 1929
1930 greeting cards 1930
1933 greeting cards 1933
1935 greeting cards 1935
1936 greeting cards 1936
1937 greeting cards 1937
1938 greeting cards 1938
1939 greeting cards 1939
1940 greeting cards 1940
1941 greeting cards 1941
1942 greeting cards 1942
1943 greeting cards 1943
1944 greeting cards 1944
1945 greeting cards 1945
1946 greeting cards 1946
1947 greeting cards 1947
1948 greeting cards 1948
1949 greeting cards 1949
1950 greeting cards 1950
1951 greeting cards 1951
1952 greeting cards 1952
1953 greeting cards 1953
1954 greeting cards 1954
1955 greeting cards 1955
1956 greeting cards 1956
1957 greeting cards 1957
1958 greeting cards 1958
1959 greeting cards 1959
1960 greeting cards 1960
1961 greeting cards 1961
1962 greeting cards 1962
1963 greeting cards 1963
1964 greeting cards 1964
1965 greeting cards 1965
1966 greeting cards 1966
1967 greeting cards 1967
1968 greeting cards 1968
1969 greeting cards 1969
1970 greeting cards 1970
1971 greeting cards 1971
1972 greeting cards 1972
1973 greeting cards 1973
1974 greeting cards 1974
1975 greeting cards 1975
1976 greeting cards 1976
1977 greeting cards 1977
1978 greeting cards 1978
1979 greeting cards 1979
1980 greeting cards 1980
1981 greeting cards 1981
1982 greeting cards 1982
1983 greeting cards 1983
1984 greeting cards 1984
1985 greeting cards 1985
1986 greeting cards 1986
1987 greeting cards 1987
1988 greeting cards 1988
1989 greeting cards 1989
1990 greeting cards 1990
Undated greeting cards n.d.
Scrapbook of New Year greeting cards n.d.
Letter regarding display of cards 1939
Scrapbook of 1921-1959 greeting cards (pages) n.d.
Scrapbook of 1921-1959 greeting cards (cover) n.d.
Scrapbook of 1921-1975 greeting cards (pages) n.d.
Scrapbook of 1921-1975 greeting cards (cover) n.d.