University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
M. Belle Sweet Christmas Cards collection
Sweet, Mary Belle, 1879-1964
MG 590
2.5 cubic feet
3 boxes.
1898-1960
Christmas cards mailed to or collected by M. Belle Sweet.
Some cards are fragile and all should be handled with care. Older cards are more fragile and have more tears to their edges.
English
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Approximately 2,230 commercial and handmade Christmas cards, some with envelopes. Mailed to or collected by M. Belle Sweet, the first professional librarian at the University of Idaho.
Cards were numbered and ordered prior to transfer to Special Collections. They were grouped by the year in which they were received in envelopes. During the processing stage, the envelope contents were switched to folders, at which time they were place in their numbering sequence located on the items. The folders were then placed chronologically into archival boxes. Undated folders were place at the end.
Mary Belle Sweet was the first professional Librarian hired by the University of Idaho in November of 1905. She would work at the Library unitl 1948. During her tenure she would would build the Library collections following the 1906 fire.
Collection is open for research.
Original items belonged or were collected by M. Belle Sweet. They were transferred from Lab of Anthropology and withdrawn from Museum collection in 2002.
Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.
Collection was processed by Kelley Moulton in 2023.
Christmas Cards
Postcards
Greeting Cards
Idaho
M. Belle Sweet Christmas cards collectoin
Christmas cards
1 folder
14 pieces, 898-1-1&2, 899-1-1, 07-1-1, 03-1-1, 14-1-1&2, 15-1-1, 17-1-1, 20-1-1, 21-1-1, 23-1-1, 24-1-1&2.
1898-1924
1
1
Christmas cards, 25-2-1 to 25-2-9 26-1-1
1 folder
10 pieces
1925-1926
1
2
Christmas cards, 27-1-1 to 27-1-31
1 folder
31 cards, some with envelopes.
1927
1
3
Christmas cards, 28-2-1 to 28-2-46
1 folder
46 cards, some with envelopes.
1928
1
4
Christmas cards, 29-2-1 to 29-2-44
1 folder
44 cards, some with envelopes.
1929
1
5
Christmas cards, 30-1-1 to 30-1-16
1 folder
16 cards, some with envelopes.
1930
1
6
Christmas cards, 31-2-1 to 31-1-18
1 folder
18 cards, some with envelopes.
1931
1
7
Christmas cards, 32-1-1 to 32-1-29
1 folder
29 cards, some with envelopes.
1932
1
8
Christmas cards, 33-1-1 to 33-1-16
1 folder
16 cards, some with envelopes.
1933
1
9
Christmas cards, 34-1-1 to 34-1-39
1 folder
39 cards, some with envelopes.
1934
1
10
Christmas cards, 35-3-1 to 35-3-33
1 folder
33 cards, some with envelopes.
1935
1
11
Christmas cards, 36-3-1 to 36-3-26
1 folder
26 cards, some with envelopes.
1936
1
12
Christmas cards, 37-1-1 to 37-1-44
1 folder
44 cards, some with envelopes.
1937
1
13
Christmas cards, 38-1-1 to 38-1-25
1 folder
25 cards, some with envelopes.
1938
1
14
Christmas cards, 39-2-1 to 39-2-57
1 folder
57 cards, some with envelopes.
1939
1
15
Christmas cards, 40-1-1 to 40-1-45
1 folder
45 cards, some with envelopes.
1940
1
16
Christmas cards, 41-2-1 to 41-2-55
1 folder
55 cards, some with envelopes.
1941
1
17
Christmas cards, 41-2-56 to 41-2-111
1 folder
56 cards, some with envelopes.
1941
1
18
Christmas cards, 42-2-1 to 42-2-65
1 folder
65 cards, some with envelopes.
1942
1
19
Christmas cards, 42-2-66 to 42-2-1555
1 folder
89 cards, some with envelopes.
1942
1
20
Christmas cards, 43-2-1 to 43-2-79
1 folder
79 cards, some with envelopes.
1943
1
21
Christmas cards, 44-1-1 to 44-1-94
1 folder
94 cards, some with envelopes.
1944
2
22
Christmas cards, 44-1-95 to 44-1-183
1 folder
88 cards, some with envelopes.
1944
2
23
Christmas cards, 44-1-184 to 44-1-249
1 folder
63 cards, some with envelopes.
1944
2
24
Christmas cards, 45-1-1 to 45-1-53
1 folder
53 cards, some with envelopes.
1945
2
25
Christmas cards, 46-1-1 to 46-1-40
1 folder
40 cards, some with envelopes.
1946
2
26
Christmas cards, 46-1-41 to 46-1-71
1 folder
30 cards, some with envelopes.
1946
2
27
Christmas cards, 47-3-1 to 47-3-65
1 folder
64 cards, some with envelopes.
1947
2
28
Christmas cards, 48-1-1 to 48-1-33
1 folder
33 cards, some with envelopes.
1948
2
29
Christmas cards, 49-2-1 to 49-2-38
1 folder
38 cards, some with envelopes.
1949
2
30
Christmas cards, 50-1-1 to 50-1-50
1 folder
50 cards, some with envelopes.
1950
2
31
Christmas cards, 51-2-1 to 51-2-65
1 folder
65 cards, some with envelopes.
1951
2
32
Christmas cards, 52-2-1 to 52-2-46
1 folder
46 cards, some with envelopes.
1952
2
33
Christmas cards, 53-2-1 to 53-2-30
1 folder
30 cards, some with envelopes.
1953
2
34
Christmas cards, 54-1-1 to 54-1-29
1 folder
29 cards, some with envelopes.
1954
2
35
Christmas cards, 55-1-1 to 55-1-26
1 folder
26 cards, some with envelopes.
1955
2
36
Christmas cards, 56-1-1 to 56-1-20
1 folder
20 cards, some with envelopes.
1956
2
37
Christmas cards, 57-1-1 to 57-1-34
1 folder
34 cards, some with envelopes.
1957
2
38
Christmas cards, 58-1-1 to 58-1-37
1 folder
37 cards, some with envelopes.
1958
2
39
Christmas cards, 59-1-1 to 59-1-14
1 folder
14 cards, some with envelopes.
1959
2
40
Christmas cards, 60-1-1 to 60-1-38
1 folder
38 cards, some with envelopes.
1960
2
41
Christmas cards, x-17-1&2
1 folder
4 cards.
1944
2
42
Christmas cards, x-24-1 to x-24-100
1 folder
100 cards, some with envelopes.
undated
2
43
Christmas cards, x-24-101 to x-24-200
1 folder
100 cards, some with envelopes.
undated
2
44
Christmas cards, x-24-201 to x-24-300
1 folder
100 cards, some with envelopes.
undated
3
45
Christmas cards, x-24-301 to x-24-400
1 folder
100 cards, some with envelopes.
undated
3
46
Christmas cards, x-24-401 to x-24-508
1 folder
107 cards, some with envelopes.
undated
3
47
Christmas v-mail WWII, x-59-1 to x-59-12
1 folder
12 cards. Transferred from University Museum Collection, Labrotaory of Anthropology, July 2002.
undated
3
48