Helen E. Perkins and Frances Grier photograph scrapbook of International Paper Dolls (Addition 33) 2024-0043

Containers:
Box 9, Folder 6
Extent:
0.4 Cubic Feet
Scope and content:

This addition to MSS 16758, UVA History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, features one string-bound scrapbook with pasted photographs of dolls collected by Helen E. Perkins. Compiled between 1909 and 1939 by Perkins and Miss Frances Grier, the scrapbook features sixty-nine pasted photographs of dolls of varying origins. Each entry includes the doll's name, a number, their height, manufacturer, material, and place of origin. Nations that have dolls represented in Perkins's album include China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Holland, Ireland, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Russia, and Sweden.

The material culture of childhood aspect to this scrapbook gives insight into the importance playing with these dolls to the two girls. In several of the photos, they've created scenes with the dolls, even placing them all on the stairs for a "family portrait."

Language:
English
Subjects:
Dolls
Play
Girls

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
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Fax: (434) 924-4968
Parent restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Parent terms of access:
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Preferred citation:

MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building Addition 33, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.