Brown-Westhead, Moore, and Co
Scope and Contents
The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.
From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.
This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.
Dates
- 1996
Extent
From the Collection: 800 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: German
Abstract
One of the gifts of the internet is that we come into contact with people and institutions that share valuable knowledge that we would otherwise find it hard to come by. I have profited from three such contacts in learning about Brown, Westhead & Moore pottery. The first is Cristel Aarts, a collector who offered helpful information about one of the items below and has offered encouragement in my further adventures with this company. The second is “Lovers of Blue and White,” who both sell and archive high quality china (https://www.blueandwhite.com). The third is “The Potteries,” who offer a wide range of helpful information on china, including the markings one finds on objects like those produced by BWM (http://www.thepotteries.org).
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository