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
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
Elinor S. Miller Paper Doll Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
The collection is open for research use.
This collection was donated by Dorothy E. Salak in 2007.
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.
Processed by Kiley Orchard (intern); supervised by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist
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