Joan --
You have probably already thought of all this, so apologies if I am telling
you how to blow eggs, but I would start with "historic dolls". But, even
more to the point, doll collecting is a subject of very intense interest,
and there are a number of organizations that service this interest. That is
where I would start. Even I, a middle-aged man with no special interest in
dolls, know about the Paderewski collection, so I am assuming many people
with that special interest will know far more. I would also contact the
cultural attache of the Polish embassy in D.C. and see if they can put you
in touch with a scholar in Poland who has this interest.
Finally, I would try the University of Michigan micho-fiche archive, and
query whether someone has written a thesis or dissertation on this.
Hope this helps.
-- Stephan
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on 1/31/03 4:14 PM, Joan Logan Brooks at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I need advice about how to research something online.
>
> I want to learn more about 10,000 Polish ethnic dolls which Madame Helena
> Paderewski had made in her Paris atelier in 1915, the funds from which went to
> the Polish Relief Fund.
>
> The ONLY direct reference I have located in many hours of searching online is
> in "American Women and the World War Chapter XXXVII" by Ida Clyde Clark, page
> 1.
>
> Can anyone suggest a search engine or search phrase that might give more
> information and perhaps photos or at least a museum where some of the dolls
> are stored?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Joan Logan Brooks
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