Dora Erway doll collection, 1924-1928.
Collection Number: 23-16-3625

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Dora Erway doll collection, 1924-1928.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
23-16-3625
Abstract:
Thirty-seven dolls, given to the University Library in 1957, represent various historical periods and nationalities.
Creator:
Erway, Dora Wetherbee
Troy, John P.
Quanitities:
11.6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor in the Department of Household Arts from 1921-1945 and in the Department of Housing and Design from 1945 to 1956.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Thirty-seven dolls, given to the University Library in 1957, represent various historical periods and nationalities. Many of the dresses are exact replicas of authentic gowns. with authentic undergarments and hairstyles. Some of the fabrics used in the costumes were over a hundred years old at the time the dolls were made. Students made the dolls themselves as well as the clothing, with the exception of the heads, although many contributed their own hair for their dolls.
Includes photographs of the dolls taken by John Troy in the 1920s.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Dora Erway doll collection, #23-16-3625. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Access Restrictions:

Access restricted to the permission of the curator.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Cornell University. Department of Housing and Design
Cornell University. Department of Household Arts
Subjects:
Dolls.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 2 MU-1
Egyptian doll; c. 900 B.C.
 1924-1928
Box 2 MU-2
Male doll; c. 4th to 6th century
 1924-1928
Box 2 MU-3
Grecian doll; c.1100-850 B.C.
 1924-1928
Box 2 MU-4
Roman doll
 1928
Box 3 MU-5
11th century; Frankish doll
 1926
Box 3 MU-6
12th century; Norman doll
 1926
Box 3 MU-7
13th century doll
 1924-1928
Box 3 MU-8
14th century; French doll; c. 1350
 1926
Box 4 MU-9
15th century; English doll
 1924
Box 4 MU-10
16th century; English doll; c. 1536
 1924
Box 5 MU-11
16th century; Elizabethan doll
 1926
Box 4 MU-12
17th century; American doll; c. 1620
 1927
Box 4 MU-13
18th century; French doll; Louis XV
 1924-1928
Box 6 MU-14
17th century; French doll; Louis XVI
 1924-1928
Box 6 MU-15
18th century; American doll; c. 1776
 1924
Box 6 MU-16
18th century; Early Empire French doll; c. 1795
 1924-1928
Box 6 MU-17
19th century; Empire doll; c. 1825
 1924-1928
Box 7 MU-18
19th century; American doll; c. 1849
 1929
Box 7 MU-19
19th century; Italian Renaissance doll; c. 1860
 1929
Box 7 MU-20
19th century; American Southern-Colonial; c. 1871
 1924
Box 7 MU-21
19th century; American doll; c. 1872
 1924-1928
Box 8 MU-22
19th century; American doll; c. 1890
 1924-1928
Box 8 MU-23
20th century; American sport (tennis) doll; c.1927
 1927
Box 8 MU-24
20th century; American Formal doll; c. 1927
 1927
Box 8 MU-25
20th century; Alsace-Lorraine doll; c. 1900
 1924-1928
Box 9 MU-26
18th century; American Indian male doll
 1926
Box 9 MU-27
18th century; American Indian female doll
 1926
Box 9 MU-28
18th century; Chinese Manchu male doll
 1924-1928
Box 9 MU-29
19th century; Chinese Manchu female doll; c.1890
 1924-1928
Box 10 MU-30
20th century; India Hindu doll
 1926
Box 10 MU-31
20th century; Netherlands doll, Volendam
 1928
Box 10 MU-32
20th century; Norwegian doll, Hardanger
 1927
Box 10 MU-33
20th century; Peruvian Cuzco Indian doll
 1925
Box 11 MU-34
20th century; Romanian Peasant doll
 1927
Box 11 MU-35
20th century; Romanian Nobility (male) doll
 1925
Box 11 MU-36
20th century; Romanian Nobility
 1925
Box 11 MU-37
19th century; Spanish Seville doll
 1927