Series 1:
Correspondence
1937-1939
1941-1942
1946
1949-1981
Scope and Contents
This series contains professional and personal correspondence, including character references for Duane Weston, discussions
of valentine exhibitions, and the valentine collection.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by name and further arranged chronologically.
box 1, folder 3
Averille, Ester C.
Between 1950-1978
box 1, folder 7
Brown, Doris ; Brown, Lewis F.
1979-1981
box 1, folder 9
Detroit Historical Society
1956
box 1, folder 10
Cards received
1954, 1956, 1977
General
Includes a "Bon voyage and happy birthday" card designed and illustrated by Robert L. Graham
box 1, folder 14
Means, Carroll Allen
1963
box 1, folder 17
Switzer, George
1937-1938
box 1, folder 18
Postmarked envelopes
1950-1951, 1953, 1958, 1977
General
Contains 6 postmarked envelopes addressed to Eugene Thurston and/or Hardy Langworthy.
Series 2:
Writings and artwork
between 1930-1950, 1965
undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains writings by Duane Weston, and drawings and photographs created by Duane Weston or other artists.
Arrangement
This series is arranged by type and further arranged chronologically.
box 1, folder 20
The history of the paper Valentine, Old Time New England
1950
General
Typescript and publication.
box 1, folder 21
Drawings and lettering
undated
Language of Material:
English
.
box 1, folder 22
Photographs of Duane Weston (Eugene Thurston)
between 1930-1949, 1965
Language of Material:
English
.
box 1, folder 23
Landscape snapshots, b&w
1935
1937
Series 3:
Research and subject files
1800-1984, undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains collections of many different types of art and includes botanical prints, art postcards, and material
related to valentines including love tokens, Victorian hairwork, and small press printings. Also included are newspaper and
magazine clippings primarily about the history of valentines and other holiday cards, and other collections or collectors.
Arrangement
This series is arranged by type and further arranged chronologically.
box 1, folder 24-25
Art photographs
undated
General
Contains photographs of sculpture, paintings, and drawings, many from the collections at The Fogg Museum of Art and the Brooklyn
Museum. Includes works of Rodin, Da Vinci, Ingres, Tsao Jun, Wang Hu, Seki Shuko, and Kiosai.
box 1, folder 26
Art postcards
undated
General
Postcards depicting artwork of sculpture and paintings. Artists include Michelangelo, Rodin, Florence Lundborg, and Picasso.
box 1, folder 27-28
Plates, botanical
undated
box 1, folder 29
Plates, fungi
1800-1801
General
Plates from Coloured figures of English fungi or mushrooms by James Sowerby.
box 1, folder 30
Plates, sea shells
undated
box 1, folder 31
George Barbier prints
1921, 1925
General
From Falbalas et Fanfreluches. Almanach des modes.
box 1, folder 32
Bartolozzi's cupids
between 1764-1810
General
Francesco Bartolozzi
box 1, folder 33
Victorian [friendship] hairwork
1848-1861
box 1, folder 34
Love tokens and miscellaneous art
circa 1850-1900
box 1, folder 34-38
Printed ephemera
circa 1900-1980
box 1, folder 39
Printed ephemera
undated
General
Harold Berliner cards and bookmarks
box 1, folder 40
Printed ephemera
circa 1930
General
Pynson Printers Inc.
box 9, oversize-folder 3
Early printed leaves
undated
box 1, folder 48
Clippings
1980, 1983-1984
Series 4:
Exhibitions
1949-1988
Scope and Contents
This series contains material related to exhibitions of this collection and includes correspondence, newspaper clippings,
and photographs.
Arrangement
This series is arranged by type and further arranged chronologically.
box 1, folder 49
Exhibits and lectures
1953, 1957, undated
box 1, folder 50
Los Angeles Public Library
1949
box 1, folder 51
San Francisco Public Library
1978, 1980, 1988
box 1, folder 52
De Young Museum
1953-1954
box 1, folder 53
De Young Museum, photographs
1953
box 1, folder 54
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Downtown Center
1978-1980
box 1, folder 55
Clippings
1951, 1953, 1955, 1957
box 1, folder 56-58
Photographs
1953, circa 1959, undated
Series 5:
Valentines, holiday cards, and trade cards
circa 1807-1890
1945-1978
Scope and Contents
This series makes up the bulk of the collection and contains over 2,300 Valentines, 1,143 Christmas and New Year's cards,
214 friendship cards, and 286 miscellaneous cards, as well as Valentine envelopes, paper lace, and decorative paste-ons. There
are inventories of the collection created by Duane Weston as well as occasional notes with some of the items detailing provenance
or historic information. Of note are the comic and "vinegar" valentines.
Arrangement
This series is arranged type and has been kept as close to the original arrangement by the creator as possible.
box 2, folder 1-3
Valentine inventory lists
1945-1978
box 2, folder 4
Birthday cards inventory lists
1945-1978
box 2, folder 5-6
Christmas cards inventory lists
1946-1978
Language of Material:
English
.
box 2, folder 7
Friendship, sentiment, and remembrance cards inventory lists
1946-1982
box 2, folder 9-10
Comic valentines: Moveable
box 2, folder 11
Comic valentines: Long folding
oversize-box 9, oversize-folder 4
Comic valentines, oversized
box 2, folder 20-22
Valentines: Despondent lovers or Unrequited love series
box 2, folder 23
Valentines, James Kendrew
box 2, folder 25
Valentines, Marks and Sons
box 2, Folder 28
Valentines, wartime
1810, 1861-1865
General
This file contains
Sailor's Farewell
attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi, and two civil war era valentines, 1861-1865.
box 8
Holiday cards and trade cards
