Cutler family greeting card scrapbooks
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Cutler family greeting card scrapbooks
- Date
- 1951-1955
- Extent
- 0.55 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Christmas cards.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 65M7: [identification of item], Cutler Family Greeting Card Scrapbooks, 1951-1955, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Dr. John Levi Cutler was a professor of English at University of Kentucky in the 1960s. These greeting card scrapbooks were compiled by his family.
- Scope and Content
- The Cutler family greeting card scrapbooks is a collection featuring greeting cards and postcards collected by the family, the majority of which are Christmas and holiday related. The collection is comprised of three volumes: Volume I, which is 34 pages in length, features holiday and scenic greeting cards from Japan in its first 19 pages and various greeting cards (mostly Christmas) featuring cats through the rest of its pages. The vast majority of Volume II's 57 pages are composed of Christmas greetings. The last in the collection, Volume III, also consists primarily of Christmas greetings, but also contains a variety of art images, postcards and paper ephemera.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Special Collections Research Center - Closed
The Breckinridge Research Room will be closed starting May 11, 2026, and anticipates re-opening Fall semester 2026 in an alternate location for the duration of the King Library renovation.
Reproduction requests will still be available during the closure.
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Special Collections Research Center - Closed
The Breckinridge Research Room will be closed starting May 11, 2026, and anticipates re-opening Fall semester 2026 in an alternate location for the duration of the King Library renovation.
Reproduction requests will still be available during the closure.
Contact SCRC with questions.
Requests
No items have been requested.
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