Series I: Advertising
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
So far I have found a number of advertising items relating to movies and TV. I also have found three different postcards from one fable restaurant in San Francisco, the Drake-Wiltshire. I then came across a highly unusual set of advertisements sent to doctors for a drug that treats pinworm infections. Finally, I have found a number of individual advertising items. Most recently I have included a spectacular set of pain reliever advertisements from the French R. Gabutti in the 1950s.
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository