Balch Institute Jewish greeting cards collection
Collection 3140
circa 1986-circa 1992(3.6 Linear feet ; 9 boxes)
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies.
- Title
- Balch Institute Jewish greeting cards collection
- ID
- 3140
- Date
- circa 1986-circa 1992
- Extent
- 3.6 Linear feet ; 9 boxes
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Cary Hutto.
- Sponsor
- Processing made possible by a generous donation from the Abington Junior High School History Club.
- Language
- Hebrew
- Abstract
- The Balch Jewish greeting cards collection is comprised of over one thousand pre-printed greeting cards and postcards, most of which have Jewish themes, including religious holidays and other cultural references. Most of the cards are signed with handwritten notes of a few words or more. All the cards in the collection date from the 1980s and 1990s. They have been roughly arranged into groups by holidays and events. General cards not associated with particular holidays, as well as miscellaneous cards, have been placed at the end of the collection. Some cards feature Hebrew or the Yiddish language.
Preferred citation
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies greeting card collection (Collection 3140), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2019.
1300 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200
Access restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Usage restrictions
All cards are likely under copyright, and permission to use any images contain therein would have to be obtained from any given publishers. Please direct any questions pertaining to copyright to our Rights & Reproductions department.
Provenance
This is an artificial collection consisting of multiple accessions that were put together over time by staff of the former Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies.
Related Materials
Related materials
At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania collection of greeting cards (Collection 1553)
Controlled Access Headings
Subject(s)
- Birthday cards.
- Congratulatory cards.
- Fasts and feasts--Judaism.
- Get-well cards.
- Greeting cards--United States.
- Greeting cards.
- Hanukkah cards.
- New Year cards.
- Passover cards.
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards.
- Sympathy cards.
Collection Inventory
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Rosh Hashanah/New Year's cards
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Passover cards
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Hanukkah cards
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Birthday cards
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Sympathy cards |
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Congratulations cards |
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Get Well cards |
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General holiday cards |
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Miscellaneous cards |
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