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Golliwogg

Golliwogg is a term used to describe and catalogue material of this kind, established as a heading by Book Review: The Adventures of a Dutch Doll and a “Golliwogg,”, Journal of Education, 1895, Book Review: The Golliwogg at the Seaside., Journal of Education, 1898, DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Golliwogg”, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Nurturing Spirituality Through Picture Books in Children’s Literature: A Focus on the Upton’s Golliwogg Stories, Spirituality across Disciplines: Research and Practice:, 2016, Turn-of-the-Century Grotesque: The Uptons' Golliwogg and Dolls in Context, Children's Literature, 2000, Turn-of-the-Century Grotesque: The Uptons’ Golliwogg in Context, Children's Culture and the Avant-Garde, 2013, Wellcome Collection, Wikidata, Wikipedia. Harold Chapman in drag poses with Mark Leslie dressed as a Golliwog, in an act for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-. is dated [between 1910 and 1919?] and held by Wellcome Collection. New! : Robertson's fruit fillings : nine delicious flavours: apple, apple & blackberry, apple & blackcurrant, apricot, bilberry, cherry, plum, raspberry, strawberry : order now! / James Robertson & Sons P.M., Ltd. is dated [between 1950 and 1959?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Some Robertson recipes. is dated [Between 1936 and 1939?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Robertson's mincemeat : mince pies... / James Robertson & Sons, Preserve Mfrs. Ltd. is dated [between 1940 and 1949?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Chilprufe for children 1936-37 / The Treasure Cot Co., Ltd. is dated 1936 and held by Wellcome Collection. Rely on Robertson's for pure preserves... / James Robertson & Sons, P.M. Ltd. is dated [between 1940 and 1949?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection catalogues 6 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection records 6 objects associated with this heading. DataCite Commons publishes 2 deposited research records for this heading. Golliwogg is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q984268. The heading is held on record by Book Review: The Adventures of a Dutch Doll and a “Golliwogg,”, Journal of Education, 1895, Book Review: The Golliwogg at the Seaside., Journal of Education, 1898, DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Golliwogg”, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Nurturing Spirituality Through Picture Books in Children’s Literature: A Focus on the Upton’s Golliwogg Stories, Spirituality across Disciplines: Research and Practice:, 2016, Turn-of-the-Century Grotesque: The Uptons' Golliwogg and Dolls in Context, Children's Literature, 2000, Turn-of-the-Century Grotesque: The Uptons’ Golliwogg in Context, Children's Culture and the Avant-Garde, 2013, Wellcome Collection, Wikidata, Wikipedia. 10 cited statements stand behind this entry, drawn from 10 verified sources, corroborated by 3 independent institutional witnesses.

Also recorded as golliwog; golly.

Contents

Overview

What the sources state

• Catalogued Work: Harold Chapman in drag poses with Mark Leslie dressed as a Golliwog, in an act for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-. is dated [between 1910 and 1919?] and held by Wellcome Collection. (Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Golliwogg.)

• Catalogued Work:30349b41: New! : Robertson's fruit fillings : nine delicious flavours: apple, apple & blackberry, apple & blackcurrant, apricot, bilberry, cherry, plum, raspberry, strawberry : order now! / James Robertson & Sons P.M., Ltd. is dated [between 1950 and 1959?] and held by Wellcome Collection. (Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Golliwogg.)

• Catalogued Work:477d3c7b: Some Robertson recipes. is dated [Between 1936 and 1939?] and held by Wellcome Collection. (Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Golliwogg.)

• Catalogued Work:7b42b599: Robertson's mincemeat : mince pies... / James Robertson & Sons, Preserve Mfrs. Ltd. is dated [between 1940 and 1949?] and held by Wellcome Collection. (Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Golliwogg.)

• Catalogued Work:86745cc7: Chilprufe for children 1936-37 / The Treasure Cot Co., Ltd. is dated 1936 and held by Wellcome Collection. (Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Golliwogg.)

• Catalogued Work:90879d6b: Rely on Robertson's for pure preserves... / James Robertson & Sons, P.M. Ltd. is dated [between 1940 and 1949?] and held by Wellcome Collection. (Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Golliwogg.)

• Catalogued Works: Wellcome Collection catalogues 6 works under this heading. (Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Golliwogg.)

• Public Holding: Wellcome Collection records 6 objects associated with this heading. (Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Golliwogg.)

• Scholarly Measure: DataCite Commons publishes 2 deposited research records for this heading. (DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Golliwogg”)

• Identity: Golliwogg is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q984268. (Wikidata, structured authority record Q984268: Golliwogg)

Identity

What the record establishes about Golliwogg.

New! : Robertson's fruit fillings : nine delicious flavours: apple, apple & blackberry, apple & blackcurrant, apricot, bilberry, cherry, plum, raspberry, strawberry : order now! / James Robertson & Sons P.M., Ltd. is dated [between 1950 and 1959?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Harold Chapman in drag poses with Mark Leslie dressed as a Golliwog, in an act for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-. is dated [between 1910 and 1919?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Robertson's mincemeat : mince pies... / James Robertson & Sons, Preserve Mfrs. Ltd. is dated [between 1940 and 1949?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Rely on Robertson's for pure preserves... / James Robertson & Sons, P.M. Ltd. is dated [between 1940 and 1949?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Chilprufe for children 1936-37 / The Treasure Cot Co., Ltd. is dated 1936 and held by Wellcome Collection. Some Robertson recipes. is dated [Between 1936 and 1939?] and held by Wellcome Collection.

Wellcome Collection records 6 objects associated with this heading.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Golliwogg may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Golliwogg is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q984268.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Book Review: The Golliwogg at the Seaside., Journal of Education, 1898. Turn-of-the-Century Grotesque: The Uptons' Golliwogg and Dolls in Context, Children's Literature, 2000. Turn-of-the-Century Grotesque: The Uptons’ Golliwogg in Context, Children's Culture and the Avant-Garde, 2013. Book Review: The Adventures of a Dutch Doll and a “Golliwogg,”, Journal of Education, 1895. Nurturing Spirituality Through Picture Books in Children’s Literature: A Focus on the Upton’s Golliwogg Stories, Spirituality across Disciplines: Research and Practice:, 2016.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by DataCite (Australian Catholic University) and DataCite (Utah State University).

Recognising the spirituality of the Golliwogg: An analysis of Upton's Golliwogg picture books (2014) — DataCite (Australian Catholic University). Golliwogg (1995) — DataCite (Utah State University).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 2 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 8 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1910Harold Chapman in drag poses with Mark Leslie dressed as a Golliwog, in an act for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-. (Wellcome Collection).
  2. 1910Harold Chapman in drag poses with Mark Leslie dressed as a Golliwog, in an act for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-. is dated [between 1910 and 1919?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  3. 1936Some Robertson recipes. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1936Chilprufe for children 1936-37 / The Treasure Cot Co., Ltd. (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1936Chilprufe for children 1936-37 / The Treasure Cot Co., Ltd. is dated 1936 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  6. 1936Some Robertson recipes. is dated [Between 1936 and 1939?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  7. 1940Robertson's mincemeat : mince pies... / James Robertson & Sons, Preserve Mfrs. Ltd. (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 1940Rely on Robertson's for pure preserves... / James Robertson & Sons, P.M. Ltd. (Wellcome Collection).
  9. 1940Robertson's mincemeat : mince pies... / James Robertson & Sons, Preserve Mfrs. Ltd. is dated [between 1940 and 1949?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  10. 1940Rely on Robertson's for pure preserves... / James Robertson & Sons, P.M. Ltd. is dated [between 1940 and 1949?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  11. 1950New! : Robertson's fruit fillings : nine delicious flavours: apple, apple & blackberry, apple & blackcurrant, apricot, bilberry, cherry, plum, raspberry, strawberry : order now! / James Robertson & Sons P.M., Ltd. (Wellcome Collection).
  12. 1950New! : Robertson's fruit fillings : nine delicious flavours: apple, apple & blackberry, apple & blackcurrant, apricot, bilberry, cherry, plum, raspberry, strawberry : order now! / James Robertson & Sons P.M., Ltd. is dated [between 1950 and 1959?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  13. 1995Golliwogg digitised by DataCite (Utah State University).
  14. 2014Recognising the spirituality of the Golliwogg: An analysis of Upton's Golliwogg picture books digitised by DataCite (Australian Catholic University).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Book Review: The Adventures of a Dutch Doll and a “Golliwogg,”, Journal of Education, 1895

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  2. 2.

    Book Review: The Golliwogg at the Seaside., Journal of Education, 1898

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  3. 3.

    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Golliwogg”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  4. 4.

    Nurturing Spirituality Through Picture Books in Children’s Literature: A Focus on the Upton’s Golliwogg Stories, Spirituality across Disciplines: Research and Practice:, 2016

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  5. 5.

    Turn-of-the-Century Grotesque: The Uptons' Golliwogg and Dolls in Context, Children's Literature, 2000

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  6. 6.

    Turn-of-the-Century Grotesque: The Uptons’ Golliwogg in Context, Children's Culture and the Avant-Garde, 2013

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  7. 7.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 300615205, Golliwogg's other dances.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

    Consult the source
  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Golliwogg.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

    Consult the source
  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q984268: Golliwogg

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Consult the source
  10. 10.

    “Golliwog”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    Consult the source

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