Nursery rhyme handkerchiefs tucked into story books, some by Mabel Lucie Attwell (Addition 15) 2023-0139
- Containers:
- Flat_Box 1
- Extent:
- 0.5 Cubic Feet
- Scope and content:
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Addition 15 of MSS 16758, the University of Virginia Collection on Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains twenty-five nursery rhyme handkerchiefs.
Commonly tucked into story books, these were popular children's mementos between the 1910s and the 1960s. Most handkerchiefs are illustrated in full color and have sewn and colored borders.
However, six of the earliest editions are printed in black and white or sepia with raw edges.Most examples have sewn and colored borders, besides the earliest examples featuring raw, uncolored trim.
Seven color designs are by British children's illustrator Mabel Lucie Attwell; others are unattributed. Stories depicted by Atwell include "Little Miss Muffet," "Ding-Dong Bell," "Jack and Jill," "Little Bo-Peep," "Hush-A-Bye-Baby," "Little Boy Blue," and "Dickory Dickory Dock."
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- Textile workers
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryUniversity of VirginiaP.O. Box 400110160 McCormick RdCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
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- POC: Brenda GunnEmail: bg9ba@virginia.eduPhone: (434) 924-1037Phone: (434) 243-1776Fax: (434) 924-4968
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The collection is open for research use.
- Parent restrictions:
- The collection is open for research use.
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- Preferred citation:
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MSS 16758, the University of Virginia Collection on Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building Addition 15, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.