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Helen E. Perkins and Frances Grier photograph scrapbook of International Paper Dolls (Addition 33) 2024-0043, 1904-1939

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 6

Scope and Contents

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.”

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Dates

  • Creation: 1904-1939

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

0.4 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

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