ma160 New Year Greeting Cards Collection, 1921-ongoing Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by David Schaich, Peter A. Nelson. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Amherst, MA
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 Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by David Schaich. 2004-03-19 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 ma160 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Amherst College Archives and Special Collections New Year Greeting Cards Collection, 1921-ongoing Finding Aid 81-09, 98-163 1981 2004 Mar David Schaich 2006, Student Encoding Assistant Peter A. Nelson, Assistant Archivist 2004 Mar David Schaich 2006, Student Encoding Assistant Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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 Collection Overview Amherst College New Year Greeting Cards Collection 1921-ongoing 3 archives boxes, 1 half archives box (1.75 linear ft.) Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Collection consists of New Year greeting cards sent to Amherst College alumni by the College, as well as several scrapbooks of the cards and related correspondence. Cards often contain artistic scenes from the campus or reproductions from the collection of the Mead Art Museum. English. 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.

 Arrangement of the Collection

The greeting cards are arranged chronologically. Undated greeting cards and scrapbooks of greeting cards are located at the end of the chronological series.

 Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

There is no restriction on access to the New Year Greeting Cards Collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

Requests for permission to publish material from the New Year Greeting Cards Collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

 Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in New Year Greeting Cards Collection [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

 Additions to the Collection

Additional greeting cards will be added to the collection as they are obtained by the Archives.

 History of the Collection

Accession Numbers: 81-09, 98-163

 1981 Search Terms Amherst College--Alumni and alumnae. Amherst College--Pictorial works. New Year cards--Massachusetts--Amherst. Amherst College. Alumni Council. 1 1 1921 greeting cards 1921 1 2 1922 greeting cards 1922 1 3 1923 greeting cards 1923 1 4 1924 greeting cards 1924 1 5 1925 greeting cards 1925 1 6 1926 greeting cards 1926 1 7 1927 greeting cards 1927 1 8 1928 greeting cards 1928 1 9 1929 greeting cards 1929 1 10 1930 greeting cards 1930 1 11 1933 greeting cards 1933 1 12 1935 greeting cards 1935 1 13 1936 greeting cards 1936 1 14 1937 greeting cards 1937 1 15 1938 greeting cards 1938 1 16 1939 greeting cards 1939 1 17 1940 greeting cards 1940 1 18 1941 greeting cards 1941 1 19 1942 greeting cards 1942 1 20 1943 greeting cards 1943 1 21 1944 greeting cards 1944 1 22 1945 greeting cards 1945 1 23 1946 greeting cards 1946 1 24 1947 greeting cards 1947 1 25 1948 greeting cards 1948 1 26 1949 greeting cards 1949 1 27 1950 greeting cards 1950 1 28 1951 greeting cards 1951 1 29 1952 greeting cards 1952 1 30 1953 greeting cards 1953 1 31 1954 greeting cards 1954 1 32 1955 greeting cards 1955 2 33 1956 greeting cards 1956 2 34 1957 greeting cards 1957 2 35 1958 greeting cards 1958 2 36 1959 greeting cards 1959 2 37 1960 greeting cards 1960 2 37A 1961 greeting cards 1961 2 38 1962 greeting cards 1962 2 39 1963 greeting cards 1963 2 40 1964 greeting cards 1964 2 41 1965 greeting cards 1965 2 42 1966 greeting cards 1966 2 43 1967 greeting cards 1967 2 44 1968 greeting cards 1968 2 45 1969 greeting cards 1969 2 46 1970 greeting cards 1970 2 47 1971 greeting cards 1971 2 48 1972 greeting cards 1972 2 49 1973 greeting cards 1973 2 50 1974 greeting cards 1974 2 51 1975 greeting cards 1975 2 52 1976 greeting cards 1976 3 1 1977 greeting cards 1977 3 2 1978 greeting cards 1978 3 3 1979 greeting cards 1979 3 4 1980 greeting cards 1980 3 5 1981 greeting cards 1981 3 6 1982 greeting cards 1982 3 7 1983 greeting cards 1983 3 8 1984 greeting cards 1984 3 9 1985 greeting cards 1985 3 10 1986 greeting cards 1986 3 11 1987 greeting cards 1987 3 12 1988 greeting cards 1988 3 13 1989 greeting cards 1989 3 14 1990 greeting cards 1990 3 15 Undated greeting cards n.d. 3 16 Scrapbook of New Year greeting cards n.d. 3 17 Letter regarding display of cards 1939 4 1 Scrapbook of 1921-1959 greeting cards (pages) n.d. 4 2 Scrapbook of 1921-1959 greeting cards (cover) n.d. 4 3 Scrapbook of 1921-1975 greeting cards (pages) n.d. 4 4 Scrapbook of 1921-1975 greeting cards (cover) n.d.