Tokens of love
Long-saved Valentines in Bowman family papers, 1815-1972 (Manuscripts Collection 175, Box 1, Folder 8) The Bowman family papers include a wide variety of subjects and types of archival items which had been collected over most of two centuries. The family kept handwritten and typed correspondence, post cards, Valentines and other greeting cards, telegrams, diaries, legal and financial documents, diplomas, certificates, a railroad map, medical papers, life insurance documents, a 1918 passport of Ruth Green Bowman, French World War I rationing stamps for bread, American Red Cross papers, poetry, sheet music, church programs, calling cards and other items of social ephemera including mounted flowers and plants, a pipe, photographs, negatives and contact prints, newspaper clippings and other printed items. An 1815 letter concerns the Battle of New Orleans. Some text is in French, and typed transcriptions accompany some documents, which always helps ...