Helen Popenoe Paper Doll Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Popenoe, Helen
topic: label: Topic
content: Dolls
label: Topic
content: Paper dolls
label: Topic
content: Toys -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, by Helen Popenoe in June, 2009.
creator: label: Creator
content: Popenoe, Helen
setName: label: See more items in
content: Helen Popenoe Paper Doll Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: In the 1940s, during Helen Popenoe's elementary school years, she collected and played with paper dolls. This collection consists of the dolls that she enjoyed as a child.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: This collection is comprised of Helen Popenoe's personal paper doll collection from her elementary school days, ages 5-10. The collection dates from 1942 to 1947. It is possible that some of these dolls were purchased at Kann's Department Store in Washington, D.C. Many of the paper dolls were discovered in a Kann's shopping bag.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1947
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1156
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into six series and is organized by type of doll.

Series 1: "Blondie" Characters, undated

Series 2: Celebrities, undated

Series 3: Couples, undated

Series 4: Good Neighbor, undated

Series 5: Queens, undated

Series 6: Miscellaneous, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Hannah Rosen (intern), July, 2009 and Marisa Kritikson (intern), July, 2010; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of paper dolls of various types including female movie stars, "Blondie," comic strip characters, and several "Good Neighbor" dolls inspired by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy. Additionally there are paper dolls of young children and toddlers, as well as fictitious characters with clothes and accessories that represent the time period in American history in which they were produced. For example, several paper dolls have World War II military uniforms.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center

Carolyn and Donald Grepke Paper Doll Collection, 1895-1991 (AC 0752) 

Elinor S. Miller Paper Doll Collection, circa 1909-1940 (AC1110).