John Evelev from MU's English Department shares how his literary research gave him a new appreciation for the holiday.

But Claire McCardell was a pioneering outlier. From the 1930s to the 1950s this designer found freedom creating affordable, ...

When we think of Valentine’s Day, chubby Cupids, hearts and roses generally come to mind, not industrial processes like mass ...

Did you know that Americans spend an estimated $20 billion each year on Valentine’s Day This staggering figure highlights not ...

Valentine's cards and gifts have their roots in English traditions — but Americans have long embraced them for romantic partners and other loved ones.

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine's Day as cherubs circled overhead.

A popular Victorian-era Valentine Day’s card. Valentine Card by Jonathan King,1860-1880, London Museum., CC BY When we think ...

Paul Locher provides a history of how Johnathan “Appleseed” Chapman's orchards became used by Jerome Monroe Smucker to create ...

So, Victorians looking for love devised a new way to communicate: They said it with flowers. During the reign of Queen ...

Dédé was not an outlier, Quigley adds, but rather "just the very tip of the iceberg" in a community of free people of color ...

The 19th Battalion was raised at Liverpool in New South Wales in March 1915 as part of the 5th Brigade. A large number of the 19th's original recruits had already served with the Australian Naval and ...

The barracks is World Heritage Listed for its convict history, but is equally important for the story of 19th century Australian immigration. After the end of convict transportation to New South ...