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Valentine's Day
 Websites presented in alphabetical order "I Love You" in Many Languages 
 From Arabic to Zulu, find the way to say "I love you" in more than sixty languages. Simple site, perfect for finding a phrase for Valentine's Day or any romantic moment. From TravLang, a provider of language instruction and travel information. http://www.travlang.com/languages/iloveyou.html Topics: Dictionaries, Holidays and Observances Individually, Language Last updated Feb 3, 2005 Comic Valentines: A Curious Collection of Valentines
These unusual Victorian valentines are the antithesis of the lacy, sentimental valentine greeting. "These scurrilous printed sheets, entered into the humour of the common and middle classes, fun and mischief were their elements. In reality they were masterpieces of the grotesque, venomous in humour, spiteful and rude, expressing anything but love." Information about the origin, size, and approximate date of each card is included along with selections from period newspapers. From the Scrap Album. http://www.scrapalbum.com/svcomic/svc_p1.htm Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Feb 7, 2007 Cooking with Love and Chocolate: A Valentine's Day Exhibit
Bibliography created in 2007 of cook books for chocolate lovers and cook books associated with romance. Books on the list include "Temptations: Igniting the Pleasure and Power of Aphrodisiacs," "Venus in the Kitchen: Recipes for Seduction," and "The Sensuous Artichoke: Magic of the Artichoke." Compiled by Alison Kelly, Science Reference Services of the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/SciRefGuides/chocolate.html Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Sweets and Sweeteners Last updated Jan 30, 2008 Everything Valentine's
Hundreds of ideas for Valentine's Day crafts, gifts, cards, games, and treats for the classroom, spouses, and others. Includes illustrated instructions. From FamilyFun magazine. http://familyfun.go.com/valentines-day/ Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Oct 29, 2009 A Flowering of Affection: Victorian Valentine Cards at the Lilly Library
This site features a browsable gallery of annotated images "of nineteenth century Valentine cards, from the sentimental to the comic." The site also provides users the opportunity to send electronic postcards of the images. Curated and designed by librarian Erika Dowell of the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eliblilly/valentines/valentine.html Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Sep 9, 2006 The History of Valentine's Day
Extensive background on why we celebrate this day and who St. Valentine was. There are also sections on the romances of Harry and Bess Truman, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Jackie and Rachel Robinson. From the History Channel. http://www.history.com/content/valentine Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Nov 1, 2009 Love in the Stacks
This blog entry introduces a collection of images of greeting cards and other items "chiefly drawn from the [University of Iowa] Libraries' research collections and selected to put you in the mood for Valentine's Day." Includes a link to the collection of cards, poetry, news clippings, and cartoons. From Jen Wolfe, librarian at the University of Iowa Libraries. http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/dls/2007/01/29/love-in-the-stacks/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jun 29, 2009 Making Valentines: A Tradition in America
This online exhibit "is designed to show the evolution of the Valentine's Day card." It features annotated images of early Valentine cards from before 1850, background about Esther Allen Howland (an innovator in Valentine card design and production, who began making and selling Valentines in the 1850s), the George C. Whitney Valentine manufacturing company, which was in business from 1866 to 1942, and Victorian cards. From the American Antiquarian Society. http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Valentines/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jan 29, 2007 Today in History: February 14
Collection of resources for Valentine's Day, including brief history of the holiday and valentine cards, images, historic love songs, and other material from the collections of the Library of Congress. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/feb14.html Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jan 29, 2007 Tokens of Love: Lace-Paper Valentines
This beautiful Web site features a collection of Victorian lace-paper valentines. The valentines are "accompanied by interesting quotations from newspapers and magazines of the Victorian period," as well as some details about size, date, and origin, plus tidbits of information about the manufacturing process. From the Scrap Album. http://www.scrapalbum.com/stvalent.htm Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jan 21, 2004 U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: Valentine's Day
Facts and statistics regarding Valentine's Day, including topics such as marriage, flowers, chocolate, jewelry, romantic-sounding place names, and being single. From the U.S. Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/013032.html Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jan 19, 2009 Valentine: Nebraska's Heartcity
Named for Nebraska Congressman Edward Kimball Valentine (1884), this is the place from which "thousands" of Valentine's Day (February 14) greetings bearing the city's postmark are mailed each year. Cachet in the Valentine's Day section tells how to do this from afar. The Web site for this popular wedding locale has information about events, tourist attractions and facilities, entertainment, and outdoor recreation. There are also "official" valentine and other electronic greeting cards. http://www.heartcity.com/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Feb 1, 2003 Valentine's Day
Collection of radio programs and written features about Valentine's Day, which "elicits a variety of responses: joy, glee, bliss, and even annoyance." Topics include hickeys, kissing, Valentine's Day poetry, mix tape playlists, the meaning of the color red in textiles, gold, recipes for chocolate raspberry heart cake and a vegan cake, and more. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4497726 Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jan 22, 2009 Valentine's Day: Love and Romance Through the Ages
This exhibit on the history of Valentine's Day features images of early greeting cards (with 3D interactive views), symbols associated with the holiday (such as Cupid and flowers), Valentine's Day in history and literature, religious and spiritual traditions, and more. In English and French. From the Virtual Museum of Canada. http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Valentin/English/index.php3 Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jan 29, 2007 Vintage Valentines
Collection of over 40 valentines, including greeting cards, 3-D cards, and postcards. "While browsing click on the thumbnail images to view the larger, full resolution, images of the Vintage Valentines day cards. From the full size image you may send a greeting and message via email." From the West Virginia University Libraries. http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/exhibits/valentine/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jan 27, 2009 Will You Be Mine? An Exhibition of Early Valentines
Small display of images of valentines from a "collection in honor of Esther Howland, a Mount Holyoke [College] alumna credited with having established the commercial valentine industry in the United States. ... The exhibit contains a selection of original valentines made by her New England Valentine Co., as well as some by George TC. Whitney, the designer who bought Howland's increasingly popular company in the early 1880's." From Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections. http://www.mtholyoke.edu/archives/15733.shtml Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jan 27, 2009 |
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