I know you are planning for a different doll, but I
wanted to note that the "American Girl" package
parties are EXTREMELY regulated by the company. You
have to apply to be able to have one, and they will
deny your institution if someone too close to you is
already doing one (even if your markets are totally
different, which I believe is the case between Canton
and Akron OH, though we are only 20 miles or so
apart). Anyway, the place who has gotten to it first
gets first dibs on renewing the event the following
year. So you only get to have one at your place if
the first place gives up their slot, which they are
unlikely to do because they are so lucrative.
We were really disappointed to find all that out when
we looked into it last year.
Kim Kenney
--- 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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