Doll News Spring 2015 - (Page 126)
In Recognition of the Civil War Sesquicentennial
A Civil War Tea
and Doll Exhibit
by Marcia Woolston
A
utumn days bring a special beauty to
the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
Leaves turn red and gold, dancing
in the crisp breeze against a deep blue Virginia
sky. On just such an exquisite fall day, members
of the Clarissa Massey Doll Club (CMDC) and
their guests gathered at the Donovan Memorial
United Methodist Church (UMC) in Singers Glen,
Virginia for a "Civil War Tea." Club members
presented an exhibit of antique and reproduction
dolls and guests enjoyed a fascinating presentation
on the dolls and the Christmas customs and foods
of the Civil War era by CMDC Vice President Joan
Knight.
The dolls, china heads, Greiners, Frozen
Charlottes, and other dolls of the mid-nineteenth
century, filled tables that stretched across the entire
front of the fellowship hall. Doll artist Judy Brown,
a member of CMDC, brought several of her
lovely Civil War era Hitty dolls to display. Also,
a reproduction of a very simple home-made doll
of the Civil War was included in the exhibit. This
was the cloth doll that was present at the end of the
Civil War. In the parlor of a home in Appomattox
Courthouse, Virginia, Union officers tossed around
a little rag doll that belonged to the homeowner's
young daughter, while Confederate General Robert
E. Lee signed the document that ended the Civil
War. The officers called her the "Silent Witness,"
and one of them kept her and took her back to New
York as a souvenir. "Silent Witness" only returned
to Virginia in the 1990s, when she was donated for
display at a museum in the Appomatox Courthouse
National Historical Park.
The exhibit's centerpiece was a recreation of
the Eliza Lefferts doll and her elaborate trousseau
(currently in the collection of the Brooklyn
The leaves had turned to red and gold in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
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SPRING 2015
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Doll News Spring 2015
From the Editor
UFDC Officers and Regional Directors
President’s Message
Conference Calendar
A Warm Welcome to Our Newest Members
UFDC Student/ Apprentice Judge Programs
UFDC Notice of Annual Meeting
A Dream Come True – UFDC’s 66th Annual Convention 2015
Fundraising Committee Report
Miss Flora McFlimsey’s Journey
Miss Flora McFlimsey Original Paper Doll
Fashionable Fair Females: Charitable Dress in Miniature
Artists in Wonderland – Featuring the Collection of Lynn Kublank
Out of Adversity
Shared Passions 2014 Special Exhibit Shared Passions
Shared Passions 2014 Special Exhibit The Many Faces of German Dolls
Shared Passions 2014 Special Exhibit The Executive Committee and Board of Directors
Shared Passions 2014 Antique Competitive Exhibit Part 2
Shared Passions 2014 Modern Competitive Exhibit Part 2
Corinne’s Creation – A Doll’s Legacy
The Silent Witness Doll
The Unbridled Spirit of Miss Rose Percy
From Germany with Love – The Story of Annette Hermann
A Civil War Tea and Doll Exhibit
A Tradition of Caring
The Work of Your Hands
Reviewing Resources
Club Notes
Member-at-Large Form
Slate of Officers
Getting to Know Our Regional Directors
Doll-ers & Sense
Donations
In Our Memories
News & Notes
Doll News Spring 2015
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