Elinor S. Miller Paper Doll Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Ware, Dorothy
label: Collector
content: Miller, Elinor S.
label: Donor
content: Salak, Dorothy E.
topic: label: Topic
content: Paper dolls
label: Topic
content: Dolls
label: Topic
content: Children
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated by Dorothy E. Salak in 2007.
creator: label: Collector
content: Ware, Dorothy
label: Collector
content: Miller, Elinor S.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Elinor S. Miller Paper Doll Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection consists of paper dolls, cut figures from magazines, and magazines belonging to Elinor S. Miller and Dorothy Ware from circa 1909-1940.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Collection consists of paper dolls and figures cut out from magazines that belonged to Dorothy E. Salak's mother, Elinor S. Miller and grandmother, Dorothy Ware. Ware was born circa 1902 and grew up in rural Georgia. She died in 1944.  Miller, was born in 1931 and grew up in Chicago. She earned a PhD in French Literature from the University of Chicago.  All three women played with the paper dolls.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.03 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1909-1940
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1110
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged in two series.  

Series 1: Dorothy Ware Paper Dolls, circa 1909-1910

Series 2: Elinor S. Miller Paper Dolls, circa 1934-1938
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Kiley Orchard (intern); supervised by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of magazine cut-outs, tabbed paper dolls, and various outfits for the dolls, circa 1909-1910 and beginning again circa 1934-1938.  Some of the figures cut from magazines are colored with crayon or colored pencil.  It is arranged according owner of the paper dolls.  The magazines in which the dolls were held can be found in the smaller, letter-sized folders.  In Pineview Public Schools, Ware documented the name and age she of each doll and how many "outfits" belonged to each doll. Researchers interested in fashion for men, women, and children during these time periods will find the collection of use.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center

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