{"id":726,"date":"2010-02-03T12:08:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T18:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/dls\/?p=726"},"modified":"2013-12-10T15:45:56","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T21:45:56","slug":"xoxo-digital-library-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/2010\/02\/03\/xoxo-digital-library-services\/","title":{"rendered":"XOXO, Digital Library Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

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University of Iowa student with bow and arrow, mid-1920s<\/a><\/p>\n

Whether you are single, happily attached, or somewhere in between, we in Digital Library Services offer you a historical perspective of that sometimes treacherous holiday lurking just around the corner: St. Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

\"My<\/a><\/p>\n

“My heart pants 4 u, ” Aug. 1, 1907<\/a><\/p>\n

The February 14, 1961 Daily Iowan reminds readers to send a card to their favorite boy or girl because \u201cValentine\u2019s Day does make for that special feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

Daily Iowan, Feb. 14, 1961<\/a><\/p>\n

A Vidette-Reporter article<\/a> from 1891 tells a freshman student\u2019s cautionary tale about the last valentine he ever sent. (Spoiler alert! After choosing the wrong card, he finds himself hiding in the mud under his intended sweetheart\u2019s front porch.)<\/p>\n

\"Pansies<\/a><\/p>\n

“I send you my love and a pansy smile, ” Jan. 27, 1921<\/a><\/p>\n

And who wouldn\u2019t love a slice of Pink February Pie?<\/p>\n

\"Pink<\/a><\/p>\n

Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 06: Jan. 1, 1974 – Dec. 25, 1978 <\/a><\/p>\n

Enjoy more romantic artifacts: http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/valentines<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2013Joanna Lee
\nDigital Projects Librarian<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

University of Iowa student with bow and arrow, mid-1920s Whether you are single, happily attached, or somewhere in between, we in Digital Library Services offer you a historical perspective of that sometimes treacherous holiday lurking just around the corner: St. Valentine\u2019s Day. “My heart pants 4 u, ” Aug. 1, 1907 The February 14, 1961Continue reading “XOXO, Digital Library Services”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"syndication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3979,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions\/3979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}