About the atlas
A standing reference for anniversary gifts.
Anniversary Atlas documents wedding-anniversary gifts by year. Three published lists anchor every entry: the 1937 traditional codification, the 1948 Helen Marek modern alternate, the 1957 American Gem Society gemstone designations.
What we publish
Sixty year-by-year entries (year one through year sixty). Six cross-axis hubs covering the traditional list, the modern alternate list, the gemstone list, the named jubilees, and recipient-leaning picks for him and for her. Editorial pages covering methodology and sources. Published monthly when there is a refresh worth publishing. No daily content for its own sake.
We do not sell jewellery. We do earn commission on some affiliate links: see the methodology page for the full disclosure. We never accept payment for placement in our editorial picks, only for the affiliate routes that follow each entry.
The editor
Lila Marchetti, Founding editor.
Lila Marchetti has spent ten years documenting the cultural anthropology of gift-giving. Anniversary Atlas is her standing reference for wedding anniversaries, published from South Africa for a global English-speaking audience.
The published canon (the three lists we cite)
- 1937 traditional list. Published by the Anniversary Books Bureau and adopted by Emily Post in her etiquette guides through the 1940s. Source of all traditional designations on Anniversary Atlas.
- 1948 modern alternate list. Published by Helen Marek, a Chicago jeweler. Updated the canon with practical and contemporary categories. Source of all modern alternate designations on Anniversary Atlas.
- 1957 gemstone list. Standardised by the American Gem Society. Source of gemstone designations except where the American Gem Trade Association issued later updates (notably tanzanite at year 24, designated 2002).
Why South Africa
Anniversary Atlas is published from South Africa. The editorial register is global English; the audience is anyone marking a wedding anniversary. South Africa is the editor's working location and the publication's legal jurisdiction. Affiliate transactions follow the affiliate partners' own jurisdictions.
Contact + corrections
For factual corrections to a published entry, write to editorial@anniversaryatlas.com with the URL of the page and a one-line statement of the disputed fact. We respond within 48 hours during the SA working week.
For the contact form, see contact.