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The James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Home opened to visitors in 1937 and the yellow
house next door was purchased in the 1970s to accommodate more of the poet's artifacts.

Here is a photo of "THE DOLL LADY -
Mrs. Mildred Davis, Greenfield, adding
a bit of color to the cheeks of a George
Washington doll."

Mildred "Milly" Davis was born on January 27, 1900 and moved with her family to
Greenfield, Indiana when she was 1 years of age. Greenfield is also the birthplace of the
poet, James Whitcomb Riley. Milly had the opportunity to attend the poet's reading on
one of his visits back to his home town and became a fan of Riley and his poems.
In 1940, Milly was involved in a car accident. While she was recovering, she put her
dressmaking skills to use by creating dolls. When fully recovered, she gave lectures and
mounted exhibits at schools, libraries and clubs with her dolls, and promoted the works
of the poet. The James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home is the Victorian home in which
the great "Hoosier Poet" resided for the last twenty-three years of his life, opening to
the public in 1922. The home features the same furnishings and ornate décor Mr. Riley
enjoyed during his lifetime, with beautiful ceilings painted by Italian artisans and the
desk where he penned some of his most well-known poems such as "Little Orphant
Annie." Beginning in the 1960s, groups of school children began to visit the Riley home
and were greeted by Milly, who volunteered as a docent tour guide and recited Riley
poems as part of her talks.
The James Whitmore Riley Museum Facebook page features a section about Milly
Davis. According to both Francis L. Eagleston and the museum's Facebook post, Milly's
dolls were displayed in the Chicago Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois and the Carnegie
Library in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Some confusion lies with the spelling of Milly's
name. Eagleston's book is titled Millie's Miniatures with "Millie" spelled with an "ie,"
with which she is referred to throughout the book. However, the paper cards that
accompanied each doll show her name spelled with a "y." The posting on the Museum
Facebook page also spells her name as "Milly." In Eagleston's foreword, she quotes an
article in the 1950 Indianapolis News that Millie, "In her travels...found she was helping
older people in their loneliness." She mentioned "one sweet old lady" in Ohio who
bought 365 of her dolls so she would have one to "fuss with every day of the year."

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