Gelett Burgess' Goop Tales Book
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 1 book, Goop Tales (by Gelett Burgess), which is a collection of children’s poems and short stories on good manners and proper etiquette. Burgess’ is credited for adding such words as blurb, bromide, and goop into the English language. The book was given by Katharine Wright to Elizabeth Rehling (nee Beck) upon her birth in 1916. It is inscribed for Betty Beck from Aunt Katharine. Elizabeth is the daughter of Agnes Beck a friend of Katharine Wright. Orville, Wilbur, and Katharine Wright would read this book to their nieces and nephews and call them goops when they misbehaved.
Dates
- Creation: 1916
Extent
1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The book was given by Katharine Wright to Elizabeth Rehling (nee Beck) upon her birth in 1916. It is inscribed for Betty Beck from Aunt Katharine. Elizabeth is the daughter of Agnes Beck a friend of Katharine Wright.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The book was donated to the Archive by Elizabeth Rehling, , daughter of Agnes Beck, in 2002.
donor
- Rehling, Elizabeth Beck, 1916-2008 (Person)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
