[Bcma-l] Doll collection

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

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From: 	Al Jones <joneslabour@bcinternet.net>



Hi Patricia,
 
My name is Al Jones and I'm the President of the Lone Butte Historical 
Association. I believe I may be able to offer the doll collection a home 
in the Alice Singleton Hertitage Home located in "downtown" Lone Butte. 
We are in the process of openning a tourist information centre and a 
museum in the future and this old heritage building in Lone Butte BC 
might be the ideal location for such a collection.  If you are 
interested you can contact me and I will speak to the membership.
 
Yours sincerely,
Al jones

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    *To:* bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca <mailto:bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca>
    *Sent:* Thursday, August 02, 2007 5:09 PM
    *Subject:* [Bcma-l] Doll collection

    Ah well, there we are then,

    I think I've discovered how this mass-e-mailing thing works.  My
    apology to all of you who are wondering why on earth they got the
    initial e-mail request for help.  I thought I was just contacting
    head office!

    I've been asked by a former pupil of mine to try to find a home for
    a collection of dolls.  Most of them are 20th C creations, a few are
    nineteenth  and a very few are 21st century, and they are all in
    good to very good condition.  Many of the older ones even have their
    original clothes.  As far as I can tell, the collection will come
    with no exhibit furniture (they are displayed in built-in cupboards
    at present) and no financial support.   But even with those
    short-falls, , the collection (which is about 200 dolls strong)
    would make a wonderful draw for the right museum.  These are
    interesting examples, and from a cultural history view-point, they
    have a great deal to say about the society which produced them,
    quite apart from being a highly decorative addition to a
    collection.  I can see it drawing both a children's audience
    (admittedly mainly female !) and also a strong audience of doll
    collectors, of whom there are quite a few, I understand.

    The donor doesn't wish to be parted from the collection until
    necessary, which could be a decade or more down the road, so there's
    no urgency.  She would just like to know that all her passion and
    work will be appreciated by another audience, and she is bereft at
    the thought that the collection might be broken up and sold at auction.

    This is the most basic of information, I know.  Please feel free to
    get in touch with me if you have any questions or any suggestions.

    Yours,
    Patricia Kidd


    Patricia Kidd, M.A., Cultural Historian
    1025 Moss Street
    Victoria B.C. Canada
    V8V 4P2
    (250)382-2543



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