Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)Heidi Lewis, Intern, and Kira Dietz, Archivist
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The collection is open for research.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Colgate Books and Sample Collection, 1908, Ms2023-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
This collection was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 2020.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Colgate Books and Sample Collection was completed in February 2023.
This collection contains Mother Goose nursery rhyme booklets and a sample tube of Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream from 1908. Booklets in this collection include: Mary, Mary Quite Contrary; Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt Thou Be Mine?; Hush-a-bye Baby On the Tree Top; Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill; Little Bo-peep; Little Miss Muffet Sat on a Tuffet; One Foot Up the other Foot Down; Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater; Rain, Rain Go Away; Ring a-round a Rosie; See Saw, Margery Daw; There was an Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe.
The guide to the Colgate Books and Sample Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).