The Sheldon Museum in Haines, Alaska, hosts an annual
Doll's Fair that is very popular.  There is usually an
exhibit of rare and/or interesting dolls loaned by
members of the community to go along with it.    The
Museum has a collection of costumes the children can
don or they can come with their own.  They also bring
their own dolls to dress up and show off.  And, I
believe they have a tea party.  I seem to always be
away on vacation or on another project when it
happens, but I've seen photographs and heard stories.
 I think your idea sounds like fun. However, if you
would like any other ideas or have any questions, I
would be happy to pass your e-mail address on to our
Education Coordinator.

Jerrie Clarke
Contract Curator
Haines, Alaska


> --- Rainey Tisdale <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > I'm posting this query on behalf of our
> development
> > director. We
> > have a doll in our collection, the Polly Sumner
> > doll, that came
> > from England aboard one of the Boston Tea Party
> > ships. She was
> > sold in a Boston shop and was passed down through
> 5
> > generations
> > of the same Boston family before being donated to
> > the museum.
> > She's become a little bit of an icon for some
> folks
> > (I had a
> > family visit from Arizona last summer and tell me
> > she was the
> > number-one thing they wanted to see while they
> were
> > here) and
> > there is a children's book (now out of print) that
> > uses her to
> > tell the story of Revolutionary-era Boston.
> >
> > Our development director is interested in having a
> > fundraising
> > event featuring Polly Sumner for girls and their
> > families. It
> > would be a tea party, perhaps we would read the
> book
> > aloud,
> > people could buy replicas of the doll, see the
> real
> > thing
> > up-close (she's in collections storage at the
> > moment), and maybe
> > some other programming.
> >
> > I know there are museums out there that have been
> > capitalizing on
> > the "American Girl" book craze by having similar
> > events. If
> > you've done this kind of thing before, can you
> send
> > me a message
> > off-list to let me know of potential problems,
> > suggestions, etc.
> > so we can make this as successful as possible?
> Also,
> > if you know
> > of a company that makes reproduction dolls that
> > would be great
> > too; we have some leads but can always use more.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Rainey Tisdale
> > Collections Manager
> > The Bostonian Society
> > 206 Washington Street
> > Boston, MA  02109-1773
> > 617-720-1713 x24
> > 617-720-3289 Fax
> >
> > For more information about The Bostonian Society,
> or
> > to become a
> > member, visit our website: www.bostonhistory.org
> >
> >
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