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[Photograph of Ida Mae Pruett with Her Dolls]

Photograph of Mrs. Ida Mae Pruett with some of the dolls from her collection. One doll in a red dress stands on the far left, four dolls in the middle are sitting at a table, and a small doll in a yellow dress stands on the far right. More dolls can be seen in the background and below the clear counter on which the dolls are placed.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of a Doll]

Photograph of a bisque doll from Teda W. Neill's collection with blonde hair and a silver dress, standing on the floor and leaning against a wall with floral wallpaper.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Greiner and M. & S. Superior Dolls]

Photograph of two dolls from Teda W. Neill's collection in a shadowbox. The larger doll is a Greiner doll and wears a black dress, and the other is an M. & S. Superior doll.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Treasures of the Past - February 1966]

Monthly publication containing an article about the hobby of collecting dolls used in a research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about doll collections. The article, "Treasures of the Past" (18-19 p.), discusses the utilization of different materials in doll-making, briefly touches on historical aspects of doll-making, and features pictures of dolls from many different collectors.

Date: February 1966

Creator: Culley, Ann

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Portrait of Girl with Doll and Boy with Puppy]

Photograph of an unidentified girl and an unidentified boy posed sitting on a bench - the girl, on the right, holds a toy doll in her hands and the boy, on the left, holds a Cocker Spaniel puppy in his lap. The children appear to be wearing clothes that are a bit dirty and dusty.

Date: unknown

Creator: Broadway Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Teacher's Daily Lesson Plan Sheet about a Doll Collection]

A teacher's daily lesson plan sheet used to formulate questions for a student to answer in order to clarify a research paper on a doll collection for a history class at Marfa High School, titled "Mrs. Pruett's Dollarama" by Rebecca Ann Espinosa. The page numbers to the left of the page corresponds to the page(s) of the "Dollarama" paper; under each page number are the subsequent corrections or concerns the teacher has with a specific point in Rebecca Espinosa's paper.

Date: 1974

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Greiner and M. & S. Superior Dolls]

Photograph of two dolls from Teda W. Neill's collection in a shadowbox with an ornate frame. On the left side is a Greiner doll in a long black dress, and on the right a smaller M. & S. Superior doll.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Grandmother's Doll Collection

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about a doll collection comprised of three hundred dolls representing every era from 1400 C.E. to the 1970s. The collection includes dolls of all sizes and shapes, styles and colors, and from different countries. This paper includes a small section on the process of making dolls, pieces of furniture the author's grandmother uses to display her dolls at her home, and the likeness of a number of dolls from the author's collection.

Date: 1970

Creator: Brandon, Lindy

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of German Bisque Doll]

Photograph of a small doll in a blue dress sitting on a wooden table. A handwritten note on the back of the photo states that it is a German bisque doll and was purchased for Teda W. Neill by her husband.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Doll Collection: Diminutive Delights

Magazine article, written for MD Living magazine, about the hobby, history, and lore of doll collecting.

Date: May 1966

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Wax Dolls]

Photograph of six wax dolls from Teda W. Neill's collection in a wooden shadowbox. The dolls are unique in size and appearance and include an elderly couple.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of China Dolls]

Photograph of ten china dolls from Teda W. Neill's collection in a shadowbox with panes like a window. The dolls vary in size from relatively large to very small.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Carved Wooden Dolls]

Photograph of three wooden dolls from Teda W. Neill's collection standing on a white cabinet. The doll on the far left is a flat board doll, and the other two are hand-carved wooden dolls.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of German Bisque Doll]

Photograph of a small doll from Teda W. Neill's collection in a blue dress sitting on a metal table outside, with shadows from a tree on the wall behind it.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Milliner's Model Dolls]

Photograph of two Milliner's model dolls from Teda W. Neill's collection on top of a wooden dresser. In the foreground is a doll with a white dress sitting in a chair, with a smaller unclothed doll in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Dolls]

Photograph of part of Ida Mae Pruett's doll collection displayed on shelves. Eight dolls stand on the top shelf, one with a large blue dress, and three dolls stand below them. In the foreground, the head of a large doll can be seen, but its body is out of frame.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Carved Wooden Dolls]

Photograph of three wooden dolls from Teda W. Neill's collection standing on a stone surface in front of a wall. The doll on the far left is a flat board doll, and the other two are hand-carved wooden dolls.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Hickory Nut and Apple Dolls]

Photograph of five dolls from Teda W. Neill's collection standing on a white surface leaning against a white wall. The two large dolls are apple dolls, and the three smaller ones are hickory nut dolls dressed as mountaineers.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of China and Bisque Dolls]

Photograph of seven tiny china and bisque dolls at the foot of a bed with a large, ornate wooden headboard.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of China and Bisque Dolls]

Photograph of seven tiny china and bisque dolls at the foot of a bed with a large, ornate wooden headboard. According to the handwritten note on the back of the photo, the bed and dolls were purchased by Teda W. Neill at the same auction in De Queen, Arkansas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Ida Mae Pruett with Dolls]

Photograph of Ida Mae Pruett holding one of her dolls and sitting next to a display with four more dolls, three standing in a row and one suspended above them.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Mrs. Pruett's Dollarama

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Mrs. Ida Mae Pruett's doll collection, consisting of 360 dolls of all sorts at the time this paper was written. The collection includes dolls of all sizes and shapes, styles and colors, and from different countries. This paper includes a small section on the process of making dolls, pieces of furniture Mrs. Pruett uses to display her dolls at her home, and the likeness of a number of dolls from Mrs. Pruett's collection.

Date: 1974

Creator: Espinosa, Rebecca Ann

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Milliner's Model Dolls]

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of French Fashion Dolls]

Photograph of two French Fashion dolls from Teda W. Neill's doll collection. Both dolls are wearing elaborate dresses, and between them is a table with a silver tablecloth and a sign that says, "French Fashion dolls."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library