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Series II. Mother Goose titles

Arrangement

McLoughlin Brothers, Inc. often repurposed woodblocks for a variety of titles to maximize output and profits. The organzation of these Mother Goose woodblocks reflect the amalgamation of their repeated use. Where known, groups of woodblocks in this series are identified by publisher's inventory numbers.

Three-tiered Goose (577,1100-)

Offsite-Box: 4, Box: 1C (1) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

5 woodblocks.

Mother Goose, 500-

Offsite-Box: 4, Box: 1C (2) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

7 woodblocks.

Depictions of pigs and knaves

Offsite-Box: 4, Box: 1C (3) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

10 woodblocks including 2 electrotype woodblocks; 1 unmounted.

Mother Goose, 1900-2000

Offsite-Box: 5, Box: 1C (4) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

16 woodblocks.

Mother Goose square woodblocks, 1900-2000

Offsite-Box: 5, Box: 1C (5) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

11 woodblocks including titles Cry Baby Cry, Jack Be Nimble, and Little Tommy Tittlemo.

Mother Goose, 2000-

Offsite-Box: 5, Box: 1C (6) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

5 woodblocks.

Mother Goose title pages

Offsite-Box: 5, Box: 1C (7) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

6 woodblocks.

Mother Goose title page

Offsite-Box: 6, Box: 1C (8) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

1 electrotype woodblock.

Old Mother Goose and Her Son Jack

Offsite-Box: 6, Box: 1C (9) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

1 woodblock.

Jack & Jill

Offsite-Box: 6, Box: 1D (1) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

2 broken multiple woodblocks, originally bolted, now separate.

Stool-wielding man

Offsite-Box: 6, Box: 1D (2) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

1 broken multiple woodblock, originally bolted, now loose.

Mother Goose (multiple bolted) (1 of 2)

Offsite-Box: 6, Box: 1D (3) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

9 woodblocks.

Mother Goose (multiple bolted) (2 of 2)

Offsite-Box: 7, Box: 1D (4), 1D (5) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

9 woodblocks.

Grandma's Stories engraved by Robert H. Elton

Offsite-Box: 7, Box: 1D (6) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

6 woodblocks.

Five Piggies

Offsite-Box: 6, Box: 1D (7) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

4 multiple woodblocks, originally bolted, now loose; 2 broken.

Biographical / Historical

Title also known as This Little Piggy.

Mother Goose, 1100-

Offsite-Box: 8, Box: 1D (8) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

13 woodblocks.

Miscellaneous

Offsite-Box: 7, Box: 1D (10) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

5 woodblocks; 4 are broken.

Depiction of a teacher with capped "dunce"

Offsite-Box: 22, Box: 3D (5) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

2 woodblocks including 1 broken woodblock.

Depiction of man with a pear tree

Offsite-Box: 22, Box: 3D (6) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

2 broken woodblocks.

Great A, little a

Offsite-Box: 22, Box: 3D (7) (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Contents

2 fragments.

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