The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Waldron, Maxine Maxson, 1898-1982.                                             

Title:               Maxine Waldron collection of paper dolls, games, and paper toys,  

Dates:             [ca.1600]-1977; [ca.1890-ca.1930] (bulk dates).

Call No.:         Col. 121                     

Acc. No.:        [various]

Quantity:        around 3300 units

Location:        37 F 1-3, 37 G-I 1-7, 37 J 1-8, 37 K-L 1-6; 38 I 1-2, 38 J-L 1-7, and map case 3, drawer 7

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Maxine Maxson Waldron was born in 1898 in Iowa, but graduated from high school in Salt Lake City, Utah.  As a young woman she studied art at the Teacher's College of Columbia University in New York.  After graduating, she worked for two years on the staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's department of education.  She taught art in various private schools and worked at the Greenwich House Pottery Shop, specializing in ceramics.  After her marriage to William R. Waldron, she pursued her interests in art, fashion, and interior decoration through her activities as a collector.  Mrs. Waldron collected dolls, children's books, paper dolls, paper toys, along with books, articles, and other information about the history of these objects.  She was active in several philanthropic groups and in local and national doll-collecting clubs.  Mrs. Waldron died in 1982 at the age of 84.

 

Maxine Waldron began collecting paper dolls in her childhood starting with a family of Teddy Bears.  She cut out Letty Lane paper dolls that appeared in the Ladies’ Home Journal, now in this collection.  As an adult, Mrs. Waldron became an avid doll collector.  After visiting an exhibit at the Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pa., she became fascinated with paper dolls and actively pursued their study and collecting.  She purchased single items she saw advertised and entire collections, including one offered by Nellie MacLachlan, an early collector of paper dolls.  Mrs. Waldron's collecting activities are documented in several folders of catalogs and correspondence that were donated to Winterthur with the collection.  Duplicates in the original collection were sold at Mrs. Waldron's request; however, the bulk of the collection has remained intact.  Mrs. Waldron's doll collection was donated to the Chester County Historical Society.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

The collection consists of a wide variety of paper toys from the 17th through the 20th centuries, including: paper dolls and costumes; miniature soldiers; Valentines and Christmas cards; movable and pop-up books; peep shows, panoramas, and toy theaters, complete with characters and scenes; magic lanterns and their slides; board and card games; scraps; fashion plates; scrapbooks; pattern books for weaving, sewing, paper folding, and paper cutting; and note cards and postcards illustrating dolls and toys of the 18th and 19th centuries from various other collections.  This collection provides examples of the evolution of printing processes, particularly chromolithography and the development of better quality papers, inks, and presses.  In addition, Mrs. Waldron's personal memorabilia constitutes part of the collection.

 

The paper dolls range from one with an ornate 17th century dress of chenille to sheets of paper dolls extracted from mid-20th century women's magazines, such as Ladies Home Journal and McCall's.  Other representative works include: pantins (cardboard human figures with jointed necks, bodies, and limbs, also known as jumping jacks) made by French firms during the 18th century; fashion figures with lavishly decorated and clothed dolls used by dress-makers to illustrate the latest fashions and styles; examples of "toy books" introduced by the English that consist of paper dolls that illustrate stories containing a moral lesson; handmade and cut dolls reflecting the work of such American artists as Sarah Goodridge, Martha Appleton, Lillie Gardiner, and others; paper dolls for boys portraying activities like hunting and sailing, along with military figures and paper soldiers; printed paper dolls of popular figures, such as Jenny Lind and Tom Thumb; magazine cut-out dolls that appeared in monthly installments like Dolly Dingle, Lettie Lane, Betty Bonnet, and Betsy McCall; and paper dolls used to advertise products.  The greater portion of the material is 19th century and American or English in origin, although there is a fair representation of paper toys from Germany and France.  Some of the paper dolls were designed and illustrated by Mrs. Waldron herself.

 

Beyond paper dolls, the collection includes a variety of related paper toys.  "Peepshows" or expanded scenes depicting such things as garden parties, model villages, a dairy yard, exotic places, and the Holy family are present.  Victorian theater sets, complete with stages, props, characters, and dialogue demonstrate an entertainment form.  A roll panorama, made by Milton Bradley in the late 19th century, also gave children a chance to operate a small theater.  Included with this toy is an instruction booklet that includes tickets and directions on how to run the theater as a business.  Movable and pop-up books, issued by the English firms Raphael Tuck, Ernest Nister, and Dean provide additional examples of paper toys.

 

A number of games and instructional toys in the collection demonstrate ways in which adults attempted to make learning a palatable experience for children.  Board games include: The Circle of Knowledge, published by J. Passmore; Newton's New Game of Virtue Rewarded and Vice Punished, printed by Will. Darton in 1818; an illustrated geography lottery play game, consisting of 18 cards of geographical places and cities and one sheet of numbers, made in Germany, ca. 1840; the Historioscope, a Panorama of American History, published by Milton Bradley & Co.; etc.

 

The memorabilia in the collection consists of original drawings, sketches used as drawing lessons, watercolors, prints, photographs, and clippings from 1912 to 1977 that reflect Mrs. Waldron's studies of art, the teaching of art, her work in design, and her interest in the history of dolls, paper dolls, toys, and greeting cards (especially Valentines).  Several Christmas designs are included.  Some of Mrs. Waldron's personal letters (many of her early ones to family members are illustrated) are found in the collection, particularly correspondence relating to her purchases and doll-collecting club activities.  Trade catalogs and price lists are also included.  Mrs. Waldron also kept her research notes, articles about collecting, and lists of makers, illustrators, and artists.  For example, there is a list of artists employed by McLoughlin Brothers.  Mrs. Waldron also collected fashion plates and articles about fashions (mostly women's and girls' fashions, but also men's and boys').  Some of the fashion plates show children playing, and several depict fancy dress costumes.

           

 

ORGANIZATION

 

The Waldron collection has been divided into several series:

I.       Research Materials;

II.    Paper Dolls;

III. Christmas items (other than cards);

IV. Greeting cards;

V.    Books, scraps, and scrapbooks;

VI. Games;

VII.                      Fabric objects;

VIII.                   Trade cards and miscellaneous illustrations. 

 

Several of these categories have been further subdivided in subseries.

 

Research materials, series I, has been divided into subseries A. Biographical materials (family letters, yearbooks, sketchbooks, Waldron’s own Christmas cards); B. Research notes (including fashion plates and articles, toy and doll ads, articles about toys and dolls, lists of magazine paper dolls, etc.); C. Dealer correspondence (bills of sale, catalogs, and correspondence with paper doll dealers); and D. notes by members of the Downs Collection staff about her collection.

 

Paper dolls, series II, have been divided into subseries A. Handmade dolls and costumes; B. Soldiers and sailors (including toy soldiers, not just paper dolls); C. Advertising dolls; D. Greeting cards that include paper dolls; E. Paper dolls that don’t belong in any other category (this is the single largest section – it includes all the cut paper dolls), F. Three dimensional printed dolls (mostly dolls with books or boxes, and pantins); G. Uncut paper dolls (i.e. sheets of paper dolls); H. Furniture, buildings, circuses, animals, scenes (not toy theaters), airplanes, trains, cars (some of these may include people, but the focus is not on people); I. Oversized items (which may be from any of the subseries).

 

The Christmas series, III includes scrap, pictures of Santa, and decorations. 

 

Greeting cards, series IV, are arranged first by size and then by holiday (Valentine’s Day, Easter, Christmas. New Years, birthday).  (Greeting cards that include paper dolls are in series II.D.)

 

Books and Scrapbooks, series V, includes toy books, scrapbooks, miscellaneous scraps, and albums of paper dolls which were organized by Mrs. Waldron.  The albums contain the same kinds of paper dolls as in series II: cut and uncut dolls, handmade dolls, advertising dolls, greeting card dolls, some furniture and buildings and scenes, etc.  One album is devoted to Jenny Lind and another to General Tom Thumb and his family and associates.  It includes period photographs.  Please note that most of the children’s books donated by Mrs. Waldron are in the Rare Books collection.

 

Series VI: Games is divided into subseries A. toy theaters and panoramas; B. Peepshows; C. Transformations (also called metamorphic pictures); D. Magic lanterns and glass slides; and E. all other games, which includes board games and card games.  Some of the “games” are more correctly to be thought of as amusements, rather than as something competitive.

 

Fabric objects, Series VII, contains fabric dolls and animals which were to be cut out, sewn together, and stuffed.  Some of them were advertising premiums.  One small cat is put together, but all the others are just the flat fabric panels.

 

Series VIII: Trade cards and illustrations, includes trade cards (divided by subject) that were not dolls, and also a few miscellaneous illustrations, including calendars, calling cards, paper cuts, and silhouettes.  (Fashion plates and other illustrations are found in series I.B. – research notes.)

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

 

Gift of Maxine Maxson Waldron.

           

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

            People:

                        Appleton, Martha.

Dufner, Fern.

                        Gardiner, Lillie.

                        Goodridge, Sarah.

                        MacLachlan, Nellie.

                        Thorpe, Ellery.

 

            Corporate bodies:

                        Dennison Manufacturing Company.

John Elton & Company.

McLoughlin Bros.

Milton Bradley Company.

Raphael Tuck & Sons.

S. & J. Fuller.

 

Topics:

            Advertising dolls.

            Amusements.

Board games - History.

Book collecting.

Calendars - Design.

Camps.

Christmas cards.

Chromolithography, Victorian.

Collectors and collecting.

Costume - History - 18th century.

Costume - History - 19th century.

Costume - History - 20th century.

Costume dolls.

Educational games - History.

Engraving - Printing.

Fashion dolls.

Fashion drawing.

Games.

Graphic arts - History.

Greeting cards.

Hobbies.

Illustrated children's books.

Kindergarten - Methods and manuals.

Lithography - Printing.

Manners and customs - History - Sources.

Military miniatures.

Paper dolls.

Paper doll making - History - Sources.

Paper soldiers.

Paper toy making - History - Sources.

Paper toys.

Paper work.

Postcards.

Printing - Specimens.

Santa Claus - Pictorial works.

Toy theaters.

Toys - History - Sources.

Valentines.

 

Advertisements.

Caricatures.

Catalogs.

Correspondence.

Ephemera.

Fashion illustrations.

Greeting cards.

Lantern slides.

Miniatures.

Pattern books.

Postcards.

Sketchbooks.

 

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 37 F 1-3, 37 G-I 1-7, 37 J 1-8, 37 K-L 1-6; 38 I 1-2, 38 J-L 1-7, and map case 3, drawer 7

 

 

Series I.  Research Materials

 

 

Subseries A.  Biographical materials

 

Box 1:

 

Folder 1:          sketchbook, no date: flowers, pottery birds, most pages blank

                        The sketchbook has a label for Emil Geller, Dresden [Germany]

 

Folder 2:          sketchbook, circa 1919-1920: suit of armor; sketches in Japanese, Chinese, Persian, Peruvian, classical Greek, and other styles; printed Christmas cards (probably designs by Maxine Maxson, one printed on birch bark); an advertisement for a production by the Junior Class, 1920; etc.

 

Folder 3:          sketchbook, 1925: France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany: many of people, with locations, some in color

 

Folder 4:          sketchbook, 1926-1927: France, England; title penciled on front cover: Sketches of Maxine Maxson; a number of people, with locations, some in color

 

Folder 5:          sketchbook, France, 1927, Cincinnati, 1928, and 1979; French people and beach scenes; Ohio landscapes and town scenes; also sketches of clothing; the 1979 drawings are of women

 

Folder 6:          sketchbook: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1937: jewelry, designs from pottery, etc.

 

Folder 7:          painting of dwarf or gnome carrying acorn

 

Folder 8:          sketches of sheep, for crčche figures, 1939

 

Folder 9:          sketches and strikes from printing plates, circa 1919-1930: animals, people, costume designs, landscapes, Japanese-style brush crayon drawings

 

Folder 10:        drawings and etchings, circa 1918-1955: includes place cards, Christmas card designs, landscapes, harbor scenes, illustrated poems, articles and stories illustrated by Maxine Maxson

 

Folder 11:        drawings by Maxine Maxson, many of which appeared in The Jester of Columbia University [mostly originals, some printed]

 

Folder 12:        crčche made by Maxine Maxson: Christmas cards with image of crčche and invitation to a show of her crčches at the Potters’ Shop, New York City, no date

                        [for photo of Maxine making figures for this show, see box 7]

 

Folder 13:        Harriet Cox: sketch and poem abuot her, done on birch bark [possibly Harriet Cox was someone Maxine knew at Camp Mudjeweekis]

 

Folder 14:        photographs of Maxine Maxson and her work (mostly ceramics, including St. Francis of Assisi and crčches)

 

Folder 15:        sketch of bookplate for William & Maxine Waldron, no date

 

 

Box 2:

 

Folder 1:          “My Golden School Days Class Memories,” kept by Maxine Maxson while at East Salt Lake City High School, 1917; includes photos, newspaper clippings, drawings by Maxine, notes from classmates (written in French), and other mementoes of her school year; includes photos of girls playing tennis and girls in art class

 

Folder 2:          “Red and Black” yearbook, 1917, for Salt Lake City High School (both East and West); includes illustrationss by Maxine Maxson; her class photo is on page 44

 

Folder 3:          “The Class Book of 1921,” Teachers College, Columbia Univesity; Maxine’s class picture is on page 43; includes illustrations by her

 

Folders 4-8:     Camp Mudjeweekis (Center Lovell, Maine) photograph albums, 1920-1922 (two copies each for 1921 and 1922); hand-made albums; Maxine Maxson was a camp counselor  [note: Bette Davis, who became a noted actress, was at the camp in 1922]

 

 

Box 3:

 

Folders 1-2:     “The Horace Mannikin,” 1923, 1924, yearbook of the Horace Mann School of Columbia University; Maxine Maxson was a fine arts teacher         

 

Folder 3:          photographs of Maxine Maxson at Columbia University, 1920s

 

Folders 4-5:     advertisements drawn by Maxine Maxson for newspapers in Utah, 1918-1919, many for Utah Power and Light Co., Banquet Better Butter, Sweet’s Chocolates, etc.

 

Folder 6:          “The Book: Twelve Lessons on the Book to be Given in the Fourth Year of the High School,” a printed lesson plan by Maxine Maxson         

 

Folder 7:          Correspondence, 1919-1949: business

 

Folder 8:          Correspondence with Fern Dufner, 1950s-1960s

 

Folders 9-11:   Correspondence, A-Z

 

Folder 12:        Correspondence: letters to family, many illustrated, 1920s and undated, a number were written while Maxine was in Europe

 

 

Box 4: (legal size files)

 

Folder 1:          programs for “The Girl who Loved a Star,” possibly designed by Maxine (she was a puppeteer for the show), date unknown, done while Maxine was in school

 

Folder 2:          sketch of a small girl: Maxine’s first illustration, done when she was 5 or 6 years old

 

Folder 3:          articles about Maxine M. Waldron

 

Folder 4:          “Color,” by Grace Cornell, with charts by Maxine Maxson (Boston: Carter’s Ink Company, 1934)

 

folder 5:          “The Colorscope,” used to study color harmony (Boston: Clothing Information Bureau, Wm. Filene’s Sons Co., no date), includes 10 strips of colors, plus additional colors in the color packet

 

Folders 6-7:     Maxine Waldron in conversation with Beatrice Taylor, 1980: 2 cassette tapes and transcription

 

Folders 8-9:     Christmas cards and other designs drawn by Maxine Waldron, 192-, 1950s-1960s and no date

 

Folders 10-12: The Jester (Columbia University), Oct. 1921, Jan. and March 1922)

 

Folder 13:        P.E.O. program booklets: 1943-1944 (for Salt Lake City chapter, of which Maxine and her mother were non-resident members) and 1954/55-1955/56 (for Wilmington, Del., chapter, of which Maxine was a member)

 

Folder 14:        Delaware Curative Workshop, 1972: hand exercises

 

Folder 15:        blank books, probably made by Maxine Maxson

 

 

Box 5: linoleum cuts and engraved printing plates for Christmas cards and other designs by Maxine Waldron

 

Box 6: oversize items:

 

            Photo album, with picture of a doll stamped on front (picture possibly drawn by Mrs. Waldron);

            Design for Christmas card for Maxine and William Waldron, 1950;

            Portfolio with sketches, chiefly for Christmas cards and dolls, 1940s-1960s

 

 

Box 7:

 

Folder 1:          photograph of Maxine Maxson making ceramic crčche figures, in preparation for exhibit at The Potters’ Shop, Inc. [for invitations to this show, see box 1, folder 12]

 

Folder 2:          designs for Brady bird shelter and a wall fountain with St. Francis of Assisi, plus a letter about the bird shelter

 

Folder 3:          colored drawing of St. Francis of Assisi bird bath

 

Folder 4:          sketches of Catherine Stephens and Mary Powers, drawn by Maxine Maxson, probably early 1920s

 

 

Series I.

 

Subseries B: Research Notes

 

Box 7:

 

Folder 5:          4 flower prints, 19th century

 

Folder 6:          printed illustrations of Biblical scenes, 19th century

 

Folder 7:          various prints:

                                    “Jeux,” French, circa 1920;

                                    “McGibeny Family,” two prints, circa 1881-1882, one from a program for Moore’s Opera House

 

Folder 8:          fashion plates, circa 1830-circa 1880s: an assortment of plates from Spanish, French, German, and English language publications, mostly for women, also a few for men and children, and some masquerade party outfits;

includes an original drawing, circa 1860, by Heloise Leloir, and two unsigned original drawings of dress accessories;

                                    also a black and white print of “Die Neue Brücke,” city unknown

                        [note: additional fashion plates are found in box 9]

 

Folder 9:          “Doll’s Eye View of History,” article about paper dolls from McCall’s, July 1963

 

Folder 10:        “Frederick, or the Effects of Disobedience,” color photostatic copy of paper doll, with research notes

 

Folders 11-12: photostatic copies of paper dolls

                        [additional Photostats are found in box 9]

 

 

Box 8:

 

Folder 1:          advertisements for Campbell’s Soup, 1905-1907, featuring Campbell’s Soup Kids

 

Folder 2:          advertisements for Effanbee Dolls, 1916-1919

 

Folder 3:          advertisements for Flexible Flyer sleds, 1908-1921

 

Folder 4:          advertisement for Marcus Ward & Co., London book publisher

 

Folder 5:          advertisements: miscellaneous, 1914-1981

 

Folder 6:          advertisements: miscellaneous, including toy ads, circa 1905-1916, 1949, 1962

 

Folder 7:          advertisements for Steiff toys, 1913-1914

 

Folder 8:          article by Maxine Waldron: “Bonnet Paper Dolls” (unknown if published)

 

Folder 9:          articles about Christmas, including print “The Christmas Tree” from Godey’s Lady’s Book, 1860

 

Folder 10:        articles about dolls from The Spinning Wheel, 1950s-1969

 

Folder 11:        articles about dolls and paper dolls

 

Folders 12-13: articles about dolls and toys

 

Folder 14:        articles about dolls and toys and miscellaneous topics

 

Folder 15:        articles about paper dolls

 

Folder 16:        articles about paper dolls from The Toy Trader

 

Folder 17:        articles: miscellaneous

 

Folder 18:        articles: not about dolls, paper dolls, or toys

 

 

Box 9:

 

Folder 1:          articles on various subjects from Hobbies magazine: dolls, paper dolls, toys, Kate Greenaway, buttons, etc.

 

Folder 2:          “Bibliography for a Study of Paper Dolls,” by Nellie D. MacLachlan

 

Folder 3:          Delaware Doll and Toy Collectors Club

 

Folder 4:          doll club information and materials about judging doll shows

 

Folder 5:          Doll Collectors Club of America       

 

Folder 6:          Doll makers print – “Dochenmacher von Trachanf,” 18th century

 

Folder 7:          Dolly Dingle dolls: notes on

 

Folder 8:          “Dolly’s Dressmaker”: facsimile reproduction of circa 1850 publication

 

Folder 9:          Fashion plates and costume prints, 1810-circa 1920;

                        Includes a couple of original fashion drawings

                        [note: additional fashion plates are found in box 7]

 

Folder 10:        Hosmer, Herbert H.  “Fanny Gray: A History of Her Life, 1854-1954”

                        [about a paper doll]

 

Folder 11:        illustrations from various sources, including depictions of dolls and toys, but other subjects as well (children, young ladies, etc.)

 

Folder 12:        illustrations of uniforms from The Sunday Herald, Boston, Mass., 1895;

                        Illustrate uniforms of Massachusetts militia units

 

Folder 13:        magazine check list on paper dolls

 

Folder 14:        “National Costumes: An Elegant and Instructive Amusement,” copied from 1857 publication [see acc. 73x319.67 for original dolls]

 

Folder 15:        paper dolls: notes on dolls by McLoughlin Bros. and other publishers

 

Folder 16:        paper dolls: Photostats of McLoughlin dolls

                        [additional Photostats are found in box 7]

 

Folder 17:        patents for dolls, 1884, 1895, 1900 [photocopies]

 

Folder 18:        patterns for dolls

 

 

Box 10:

 

Folder 1:          Periodicals: Bulletin, National Doll and Toy Collectors Club, Inc., scattered issues, 1938-1943

 

Folder 2:          Periodicals: Doll News (National Doll & Toy Collector’s Club), no. 8-18 (1944-1945)

 

Folder 3:          Periodicals: The Doll Reader, April 1978, Dec. 1978/Jan. 1979

 

Folder 4:          Periodicals: Godey’s Lady’s Book, Dec. 1867 (with fashion plate and Christmas illustrations)

 

Folder 5:          Periodicals: John Greene Chandler Memorial Quarterly Bulletin, 1951-1953

 

Folder 6:          Periodicals: Paper Playthings: Past & Present, 1963, 1971

 

Folder 7:          Periodicals: PDQ: Paper Dolls and Paper Toys Quarterly Bulletin, 1978-1980 (scattered issues)

 

Folder 8:          Raphael Tuck & Sons: notes on

 

Folder 9:          Research notes

 

Folder 10:        research notes and papers

 

Folder 11:        scraps of old newspapers

 

Folder 12:        slide show scripts

                        [slides in box 13 may go along with these scripts]

 

 

Box 11:

 

Folder 1:          tracings and sketches of paper dolls and cloth dolls

 

Folder 2:          tracings of Herbert’s “Fanny Elssler”

 

Folders 3-4:     tracings of paper dolls

 

Folder 5:          trade catalog: H. O’Neill & Co. (N.Y.): “Catalogue of Spring Fashions,” ca. 1880-1899 - hats

 

Folder 6:          trade catalog: Rogge & Koch (Baltimore): “Catalogue of Toy Books, ABC Blocks, Games, Picture Puzzles, Paper Dolls, &c., &c.,” 1876-1877

 

Folder 7:          trade catalog: Strawbridge & Clothier (Philadelphia): “The Newest Designs in Women’s Fall and Winter Costumes and Outergarments, 1898-99”

 

Folder 8:          trade catalog: 2 books showing geometrical patterns, from Japan or China, no date

 

 

Box 12:

 

Folder 1:          notes on paper dolls

 

Folder 2:          notes on paper dolls and artist

 

Folder 3:          notes on paper dolls, particularly advertising dolls

 

Folder 4:          photograph album [now disassembled]

                        Photos of paper dolls, dolls, women at a doll show; one photo is dated 1956

 

Folder 5:          address book and notes on paper dolls

 

Folders 6-9:     Those Fascinating Paper Dolls, by Marian H. Howard        

 

 

Box 13: photographs and slides

 

Folder 1:          photo of sculpture

 

Folder 2:          photos of paper dolls owned by Nellie D. MacLachlan

 

Folder 3:          photos of “Children in Style” exhibit, Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

Folder 4:          photo of Scandinavian girl sewing, doll next to her

 

Folder 5:          photos of dolls

 

Folder 6:          photos of doll exhibit, De Young Museum, 1957

 

Folder 7:          photos of exhibits of dolls and paper dolls

 

Folder 8:          photos of McLoughlin paper dolls

 

Folders 9-11:   photos of paper dolls

 

Folder 12:        photos of sets of paper dolls printed 1850s-1870s [from an album] 

 

Folder 13:        tracings removed from album which held photos in folder 11

 

Folder 14:        slides of paper dolls, probably the slides for the scripts in box 10

 

Folder 15:        list of slides in Box 13-A

                                    [note: this list includes accession numbers, but some Waldron accession numbers were changed during the rehousing project, so the numbers on this list may not be the current numbers.]

 

 

Box 13-A: Slides

 

            Slides of items in the Waldron collection, but the accession numbers are not noted on the slides.  The last few slides are of a collage album which might not be in the Waldron collection.  The list of the slides is in Box 13.

 

 

Box 14: articles and ads

 

Folders 1-20:   articles and ads from Ladies’ Home Journal, 1898-1918, chiefly on fashion (for women and some for children) and dolls, also needlework, toys, parties, etc.;

                                    Folder 11 (1908) also has articles on the education of Queen Wilhemina of the Netherlands

 

 

Box 15:

 

Folders 1-4:     articles and ads from Ladies’ Home Journal, 1919-1926 and no date, chiefly on fashion;

                        Articles which may be from Priscilla, no date, about parties, making dolls houses and doll house furniture, toys, needlework, fashions, doll clothes, etc.

 

Folder 5:          articles from assorted magazines, 1915-1928 and 1960s, about fashion; also fashion plates, including “Miss Lee as Fatima in the Maid of Cashmere,” a ballet

 

Folder 6:          women’s apparel ads: 1899-1900: hat, collars, shoes and boots

 

Folder 7:          women’s undergarment ads, 1900-1904: stockings, hose supporters, corsets

 

Folder 8:          children’s clothing ads, circa 1900-1920, including Buster Brown stockings and overalls, Rubens baby shirts, overalls and dresses for girls, etc.

 

Folder 9:          Japanese fairy tales from Ladies’ Home Journal, 1904-1905

 

Folder 10:        Christmas articles and stories from Ladies’ Home Journal and other magazines

 

Folder 11:        article about board games, 1948

 

Folder 12:        miscellaneous clippings from assorted magazines

 

Folder 13:        articles about Valentines from assorted publications

 

Folder 14:        Vogue Children, winter 1965: includes article about toys

 

Folder 15:        The Magazine Antiques, August 1945, with article on paper dolls

 

Folder 16:        The American Antiques Journal, March 1948: articles on Jenny Lind and Lind collectibles

 

Folder 17:        Doll News: paste-up of page, with descriptions of “Master Frank” paper doll, no date

 

Folder 18:        “Civil War Issue” of “Today” from Philadelphia Inquirer, April 9, 1961

 

Folder 19:        Broadside: ad for toy soldiers, guns, Indians, offered by Connecticut Toy & Novelty Mfg. Co., circa 1905?

 

Folder 20:        ads for toys and games from A. Schoenhut Co., Philadelphia, circa 1909-1921

 

Folder 21:        ads for toys and miscellaneous ads, some of which depict dolls

 

Folder 22:        ads for Aunt Jemima’s Pancake Flour, and the Aunt Jemima climbing doll and the Aunt Jemima rag doll family, 1910-1919

 

Folder 23:        ads for “Chase Stockinet Doll,” 1909-1916

 

Folder 24:        ads for dolls, doll outfits, other doll accessories, stuffed cats; a doll used to advertise dress shields, ad for Munsingwear dolls’ vests, circa 1900-1916

 

Folder 25:        assorted ads, many for Jell-O

 

Folder 26:        sheet music featuring pictures of dolls

 

Folder 27:        article about Sarah Bernhardt, from Ladies’ Home Journal

 

 

Box 16:           postcards and note cards depicting dolls, costumes, portraits

 

Series I.  Research Materials

 

Subseries C. Dealers files

 

Box 17:

 

Folder 1:          Mrs. Waldron’s notes and price lists about purchases of paper dolls

 

Folder 2:          bills of sale from unknown people

 

Folder 3:          bills of sale from various dealers, including some price lists and correspondence

 

Folder 4:          price lists and catalogs from various dealers

 

Folder 5:          Anderson, Alberta: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folder 6:          Black, Edna: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folder 7:          Brewer, Helen: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folder 8:          Caro, Eugene and Jean: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folder 9:          Connecticut Antiques: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folder 10:        Cunningham, Lucy: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folder 11:        The Doll Questers: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

 

Box 18:

 

Folder 1:          Dyer, Grace: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folder 2:          Gardiner, Avis and Rockwell: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folder 3:          Golden Gate Doll House (Pauline L. Vincent): price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folder 4:          Hart, Luella: correspondence

 

Folder 5:          Hobby House Press: catalogs

 

Folder 6:          Hammond, Martha Hill (dba Gargoyle Antiques): correspondence

 

Folders 7-8:     Hosmer, Herbert: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence; photos

 

Folders 9-10:   Howard, Marian: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence     

 

Folder 11:        Jaques, Helen: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence         

 

Folder 12:        Koster, Celeste and Edward: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folder 13:        Krug, Elsie Clark: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folder 14:        Krug Chinese Imports: circular letters to doll collectors, 1944-1945

 

Folder 15:        MacLachlan, Nellie: correspondence not with Mrs. Waldron

 

Folder 16:        MacLachlan, Nellie: correspondence with Alberta Anderson

 

Folder 17:        Marlen Antique Dolls: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folder 18:        McCaughey, Mary Louise: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

 

Box 19:

 

Folder 1:          Ruddell, Paul A.: price lists

 

Folder 2:          Staack, F. & G.: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folder 3:          Whitten, Margaret and Barbara: price lists, bills of sale, correspondence

 

Folders 4-5:     Wilhelms, Helen: price lists, correspondence, and photographs of dolls

 

Series I.: Research notes

 

Subseries D.: Downs Collection’s notes

 

Boxes 20-21: notes made by various staff members of the Downs Collection, about the items received from Mrs. Waldron

 

 

Series II-VIII are indexed in an Access database, available at this repository

 

 

Series II.         Paper dolls

A.    Handmade dolls

B.     Soldiers and sailors (but not pirates) – this includes toy soldiers as well as paper dolls

C.     Advertising dolls, including trade cards

D.    Greeting cards that include paper dolls

E.     Other printed paper dolls that do not fit into any other category (this would include movie stars, Dolly Dingle, etc., unless they are on greeting cards or being used as advertisements)

F.      Three-dimensional, including dolls with boxes or books, and pantins

G.    Uncut dolls [a different category because of their size]

H.    Furniture and Buildings, circuses, animals, scenes (not toy theaters), airplanes, trains, cars, and just about anything that is not a person

I.       Oversized – these can be from any of the above categories

 

Series III.        Christmas scrap and decorations, pictures of Santa (but not greeting cards)

 

Series IV.        Greeting cards, in order by size and then by holiday (New Year, Valentine, Easter, etc., with birthday cards at the end) (greeting cards that are paper dolls should be in II.D.)

 

Series V.         Books that are remaining in the Downs Collection: fragments of books, scrapbooks, manuscript books, miscellaneous scrap (but not Christmas scrap), albums of paper dolls kept by Mrs. Waldron, small photograph albums, albums of illustrations

[most children’s books were transferred to Rare Books]

 

Series VI.        Games

A.    Toy theaters and panoramas

B.     Peepshows – these have been photographed and users should use the photos first

C.     Transformations (also called metamorphic pictures)

D.    Magic lanterns and glass lantern slides

E.     Miscellaneous toys, games, and amusements – board games, playing cards, etc.

 

Series VII.      Fabric objects

 

Series VIII.     Trade cards that are not dolls; calendars; calling cards; silhouettes; paper cut-outs [note: fashion plates are found in Series I.B.]