Handmade Holiday Cards
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Blackshear, Kathleen, 1897-1988
label: Collection Creator
content: Spears, Ethel, 1903-1974
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content: Kathleen Blackshear and Ethel Spears papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.8 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-4)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920-circa 1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blackath, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Following Blackshear's and Spears's cards, cards are arranged alphabetically by sender, with circa dates provided as many are undated. Miscellaneous and commercial cards are housed at the end of the series.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists of handmade holiday and greeting cards sent to Blackshear and Spears throughout their long partnership and before, although the majority of the cards are undated. Many of the cards were made and sent by fellow Chicago artists, students, and friends. Some handmade greeting cards contain personal messages. Notable people represented include Emil Armin, Carl Hoeckner, Rockwell Kent, Increase Robinson, Nelli and Paul Weigardt, and Rudolph Weisinborn.