Christmas Card Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains original prints, watercolors, woodcuts, poems and music formated as 42 Christmas cards created and/or sent by Nelly and Hartley Alexander (1930, n.d.); Dean Babcock (1918, n.d.); Jane and Gustave Bauman (n.d.); Ann and Gardner Biscoe (n.d.); Francis E. and Harriet V. Bouck (n.d.); Isabelle Caldwell (n.d.); Central City Opera House Association (n.d.); Kate and Kenneth Chapman (1937); Rose Dewey (n.d.); Jisella Douglas (n.d.); Florence and Arthur Fisher (n.d.); Donald G. Griffith (n.d.); Hal Gould (2008); Isidor and Greta Hilb (n.d.); Phyllis and Cyril Kay-Scott (n.d.); Lois and Harold Keeler (1945, 1947, n.d.); Vance Kirkland (n.d.); Marie and Marvin Martin (1940); Fred McFarlane (n.d.); Albert Byron Olson (n.d.); Ruth Ann and Belka Oppenheimer (n.d.); ? Pearson (1923); Carol Ripley (Mrs. Charles Ramus, n.d.); Jean Rex (1951); Mildred and Mike E. Rost (1941); Nora and Walter Scott (n.d.); Muriel V. Sibell-Wolle (1938); William Traher (n.d.); Allen Tupper True (n.d.); Lester E. Varian (n.d.); Glenn and Treva White (1934). Pictorial images are of locations or scenery in Colo. and N.M.
Dates
- 1918-2009
- Majority of material found in 1918-1951
Creator
- Excelsior School and Club Association (Denver, Colo.) (Person)
- Gould, Hal, (Person)
- Bemicker, Gilbert, Jr., (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.
Biographical / Historical
Assorted Christmas cards received by Elizabeth Spalding, Ann Evans, Edith Thornton (DPL) and other individuals (1918-1950, n.d.).
Extent
1 oversize box
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Unknown; Gift, Hal Gould, 2008; Gift, Gilbert Bemicker, Jr., 2013; Transfer, DPL Art Collection, 2013.
General
Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.
General
Formerly cataloged under: C MSS -M2054.
- Babcock, Dean, 1888-1969 -- Pictorial works.
- Bauman, Gustave, 1881-1971 -- Pictorial works.
- Christmas cards Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Christmas cards -- Colorado -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Christmas cards -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Engravings (prints) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Keeler, Harold Emerson, 1905-1968 -- Pictorial works.
- Kirkland, Vance, 1904-1981 -- Pictorial works.
- Olson, Albert Bryon, 1885-1940 -- Pictorial works.
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Poems Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Sanderson, William, 1905-1990 -- Pictorial works.
- Scores Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Traher, William Henry, 1908-1984 -- Pictorial works.
- True, Allen Tupper, 1881-1955 -- Pictorial works.
- Varian, Lester E., 1881-1967 -- Pictorial works.
- Watercolors (paintings) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977 -- Pictorial works.
- Woodcuts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Works of art Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
