COLLECTION OF DOLLS & PUPPETSof
Osceola Avenue, Clearwater,.': F lor. ida,
THIS 'AGREWEN'T; made at. Clearwater;:,;"Florida, ,this day
, 1940, by:.:and between`HELEN D. FLAGG of 307 North.
hereinafter 'fo.r convenience called ..
the 'Donor, -and. CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 'a munic,ipa.l corporation; ,
hereinafter for convenience called'' the Donee, WITNESSETH: •
THAT WHEREAS, the ,sa.i'd,Donor is the owner of a: collection .of`
dolls and puppets comprising a total of „#". 'Items; collected; from
various countries of the world; and. being. =of the ap:proxi_mate value. of
s,300.00,, a detailed list of succi dolls and puppets being hereto. •
attached, marked "Exhibit A, " and made -aa . part .;here.of•;
AND WHEREAS, the said Donee- has prepared a.'. room in:. the civic
building in, Clearwater, ' Florida, known as the Clearwater Public Library,.
and has furnished su
en room .with Niall .cases and display cases' enclosed
with substantial woodwork; and glass for the display.of"'.'the; said -collectiai,,
of dolls and- for their preservatioi and for their. exhibition' to the
public as in a museum,. ,without .d'anger" of damage to' said collection or
any of the Items thereof through improper handling or pilfering;
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED BY . AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES' "HERETO,
AS FOLLOWS:
(1) . That . the said Donor., in= consideration, of the premises,
and of the ,mutual covenants. and agreement"s .the-rein.-"set...forth; has 6on-
veyed and given ,•to- .the Donee all the said collection of dolls or
puppets as per. the catalogue; •or .orlist hereto ,attached, , . harked' "Exhibit A,'H
and made. a part hereof;;
(2)
said collection and. keep,, them and all -of them .en:cl.osed :in locked .cases.
The Donee shall' *ell and
truly ,care for anal preserve the
so that they
shall not be
provided, or
may be availab efor' the; view of the visiting public,
removed from suchcases
but
except by. the .Donor as hereinafter
any necessary care,- attention.or re-arrangement,as may be
proper on 'the part of, the, head Libreri an of. the " said Clearwater' Public
Library,. o .,by "trusted and competent salaried assistants of such
Librarian.
(3)
The ,Donor:, for, herself. and for her. daughter, Edith, Putnam,
also of 307 North Osceola:Avenue; Clearwater; . Florida, ' specifically .
reserves the right at ,proper times and. in .a ..proper. manner. and for limited
periods to remove all' or ::any-.port"ion of said collection for the`purpo'se of..
display at churches, halls; or other public" places, and for the . giving' of
lectures on the-,subj.ect of.said'collection, but such renoval:for such pur-
pose shall 'be 'quietly and corripetently done at. a time when' the r'eguaar
functions of the Glearwater. Public Library- and" the'`duties of its staff shall
not be immoderately or 'unneces'sarily interfered, with,.. and. any .items. so taken
by the Donor or her daughter ;s.hali ,be.., for limited periods only,.; and the .items
. or articles so removed shall be replaced in competent, prudent and crafts
manlike manner.
(4) In the event the. Donee shall be:. unable or 'shall fail or ,refuse
to, continue to carefor' the: said collection .:and to maintain .it sub's.tanti ally
es itis at the present., time established. and -maintained iri a manner. suit '
able for proper exhibition to the public, or to. keep the room' -and the dis-
play or exhibit casesin proper condition and repair for the.. preservation
and continued 'exhibition; of said ,collection; 'the Donor shall heve.•the-right
and 'Hereby reserves the right -to -revoke• ,her said gift and. to repossess and '
remove and.r•e-gain full title. and ownership: to the said collection and each
and every .part .thereof
(5) Upon the death o.f the ''s id Donor; her- right s ' in and to, the.
said collection and. the preservation• thereof'.are recognized by.the parties
hereto as passing t_o the. said daughter 0f. the Donor, Miss -Edith :_'Putnam,
subject nevertheless to.'the.c'ovenants and agreements -herein set forth,.
.providing only .that the said daughter `shall: 'survive the Donor, ° -Upon, the
death of both the Donor and her : daughter,;;.: this agreement.,on the ' pert. of
the Donor is rude an absolute bill of sale, and ,all .right, title and
interest whatsoever in and to the said collection shall forthwith .pass
to the said Donee, ,free and clear of . any and „all restrictions.
-(6) In the. event the' Donee- shall find, i.t:impossible .or ,inconvenient
to care for the said collection in a proper manner, or shall for any
other reason desire to terminate .this., agreement during the lifetime of
the Donor or her daughter, the Donee shall thereupon notify the Donor
or her daughter to that effect. The Donor shall be given ample time
and opportunity to arrange other facilities, for the care of'said col-
lection, and when such arrangements'have been completed the,Donor or her
daughter shall thereupon remove the collection from, the custody of the
Donee and this agreement shall then'terminate.
(7) .The Donee agrees that the said collection will be kept in
its present location in the Clearwater Public Library, or in some other
location satisfactory to the Donor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Donor has subscribed her name and
set her seal, and the said Donee has caused its official, seal to be
placed hereon, attested by the signatures of its officers thereunto
duly authorized, all on the day and year first above written.
Witnesses:
ATTEST:
67,
C/1ity Auditor and Clerk
C1, )2h4i.a
CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
By
By
P. ay r-Cornmiss Loner
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C ty Manager
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Helen D. Flagg Collectio~.
List of Dolls and Doll Stands in Clearwater, Library, March 1940
Two Catalogues numbered one and two with photos attached of dolls also are
to go to the Library
Dolls listed in Catalogue #1
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Country
Albania "Perihan"
Azores tlDonna Mayettall
Armenia "Highastan"
Africa "Mahmud" and Ayesha his Wife
Mr andM rs. Zulu
"Kujitl ..,
tlDj oratl
"Mikobi"
"Garram"
Number of Dolls.
2
2
I
I
1
I
Barbadoes B. W. I.
"Lisa" and her whit e chile
Bethlehem "....arytl
Bulgaria "Boris" and "Penkatl
Borneo Dayak head Hunter and .bride
Bali Temple Dancer
Bahamas "Luisa" and "Paezt.
B. IV. I. Granada tlMiss Orris"
Cuba "Juan" and "Junata", Woman made of Wire,
Man and Woman, Man and Woman doing Rhumba
Chinese
"Chane" the farmer
T ibetan_Dalai,Lama Priest
Chinese Gov Ch'ing Dynasty
"Ying anci "Yang"
Chinese .l.Jancer
" Lady
" Bride and Groom
" Amah and Child
,J Professional Mourner
, , Boy and Girl
" Wedding (40 figures~
Buddhist Priest
Chechoslovakia
"Madchentl "Libusatl "Premysl"
Ceylon
man and Wife
Central America
"Maya.-Guicha Indians Man and Wife
"Nautla" "Titlatl "santiago" "Totonicatl
Juanita" "Mic otl "Juantl "Juanita weaving"
"At it Ian
1
1
1
8
2
1
2
2
1
2
1
7
55
3
2
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9
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l.Iatalogue #1
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Country
Number of Dolls
100
Brat It'wd
England
Dolls of the Coronation may 12, 1937
King Ueorge VI and Queen Elizabeth,
Princess Royal,Archbishop of Canterbury,
Earl Marshall, Archbishop of york, Dowager
Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth, Princess
Margaret Rose, Lord Johm Lady Alice,
Lord Chief Justice, speaker of the House
of Commons, stanley Baldwin' Prime Minister)
Ambassador, Chapel Royal Chorister, Knight
of the Garter, Royal Barge Master, Yeoman
of the Guard, Beef Eater, Highland Guard,
John Bull, Li~e Guard, Grenadier Guard,
24
Duke and Duchess of Windsor, these were made in
Baltimore and the first pair ever sold
2
II
"Mr. Pickwick, David Copperfield, Little .l'ell
3
Est onia "Krisa"
France
"Grand-~ere" and Grand Pere" from -Prittany
"Maudee" and ~uthee" from ..t'aris
1
2
2
Finland
"Uanta" and '~Liisa"
2
Greece
"Kataki" "Elena" "norian" "Yelena"
Q(
Germany
"w inkie" "Hansel" and tl Gretel" "Anni" tl Ant ont'
"snow white and the seven dwarfs"
13
Hungarian
"Kriskatl "Kubro Baba" and Hungarian Girl
3
Holland
"Katinka" "Hans Brinker" "Jon" "Juliana"
4
Hawaii
Hawaiian Home and five dolls
" Women
5
2
1
1
Iceland II Helga"
Ireland II Rose"
It a.lian
"Qnesta" "AlfiO" "Josephine" "santine" "Ginatt
"Caesar" "Marie" "Benito"
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Count ry
Brot Fwd
Number oaf doll s
l7f}
2
4
1
1
4
2
India
Man and Woman Dancers
"Mohammed" ItNuram Nisatl "Premi" t'~opalt'
Jerusalem II Joseph"
Jamaica ".L-.ee sa"
Japanese
"YUSUt1 "Mr. Yasuda" Bride and Groom
K ore a
Bride and Groom
Lapland
Boy bought at Hammerfest North Cape, Lapland man
and Woman 3
Morocco
Water I.tarrie
It Riffiall and her baby
2
Malay
Singapore fraffic Ufflcer "Malaka" I'Humabus"
3
!~exic 0
lIJulieta abd Juan't "Pancho and Conchotl "Juliotl
"Alicia" tlRoberto" tlElenita" "Carmela"
"Pedro" "Lolit a" "Don Chucho" "Lupe z"
"Manuello and Francesca"Mexican Peon and hls horse t
ItEmilie and Francisco" ItPilar & "Natividd" and
2 Peddler dolls" these four not
Martinique "Nanon"
2~
phot ographed
1
~ ~
'Nassau II Pearl"
~~ew Zealand ItKaliomani" and her Baby
Poland "stefan and. Masha" "~ary wygrzywalska"
1
1
1
2
North Cape "E llma"
N orw ay "H e gymarlt
3
Panama
"Neeta"
1
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1
Phillippines
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232
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Country
Brot Fwd
Number of Dolls
23~'i
Russia
"Tanya", "Tanka", "Vanka", Five small dolls
in a group, ""Rinky" Dinky" 1m
sc ot land
"Margot" "Jeannie" "Wee Jessie"
3
Switzerland
-
"Heiditl
1
1
Sweden "Astrid"
Siam Siamese Temple Dancer
1
Trinidad (W indw ard group B WI)
Ukrania "Gruzink"
1
1
Vatican City Rome
"Swiss Guard"
1
Virgin I slEinds
"Ines" II J osephll "Virginia'l
3
W ale a "Lynet te II
1
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Count ry
J.Jrot Fwd
Number of Dolls
255
Brazil
"Janita" from Rio De Janeiro, "Chichi" from Rio,
Boy of Brazil , Policeman 01' Sao Paulo, Brazilian
Cirl, Indian from 1~terior of Brazil, Indian made of
pith of tree, "Ritall the fruit Girl, "Anit a" the Basket
Girl, Mr and Mrs. Dark-Skin from Bahia. 11
Uruguay
"Michele" a Gaucho
Argent ine
Army student, Navy Student, Native Woman making
Mate '~ea, Gaucho with his Guitar, Girl doing
Cueca or native dance 5
Chili
Native Man andV'lornan, Native Girl holding Baby,
Native home with Jfather, son and Mother weaving,
Cradle Board and Baby from Isle of Chiloe
Carved wooden -an and carved wooden Woman, Gaucho
on horse back 11
Bolivia
Man with Mask
Peru
dolls, Man andW oman, Crocheted doll with
~!an and Vloman fron: Cuzco, Llama made
wooden carving of BOY with "Pipes of Pan"
1
1
Two knit
blanket
of wool,
Ecquador
Man and Woman carved from Wood, two pedlar dolls,
ene Woman with distaff, Man weaving 6
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Three Colonial figures carved from wood
Jointed woodcn doll bou; ht at "House of Seven Gables,
Salem, lYlass
"Sarahllfrom Arkanaas
Hill Billy of Arkansas, carved from wood
Dolls made froijl Corn Husks
Buckeye rapaw doll
7
1
1
4
3
1
1
1
3
1 313
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Count ry
Brot Fwd
Number of Dolls
313
Grandman Scott of the Ozarks 1
New orleans, La.
King and Q,ueen of the ~~ardi Gras, Old fashioned
Doll, Spanish Senorita, C reole ~ady, Reveller,
I'Jean Lafitte" "Napolen Bonaparte" "llu.arie Leveau"
"Pere Antoine" "Evangeline" from Arcadia, "Pedro"
"Jane" and "Sam" Doll made from nursing nipple,
"Sister Hilda" - "Bienville" 17
Pennsylvania Dutch
Mr and .iil.rs. Amish and the four litle Amishes,
Mr and Mrs. Mennonite, Mr and ~rs. Dunkard 10
American C OW Boy 1
Modern ~ride and Groom 2
Six Sailor Doys S S "Europa" R M S Queen l\u.ary I'
"Georgie" "Franconia" ".iJaconia" "l:Janta Lucia"" 7
" BermUda"
James the ~eader of the Band 1
"Rastus Monroe" "Ann Selina" "Sambo" "Peggy Nut" 4
Charlie McCarthy 1
Florida range Girl
....
1
"Corny" "Ebenezer and Martha"
3
Alaska
"Yikudaksanktl "seevookuk" "Nainuk" "Anan~huk"
"Skunalk" "sepl11u" "Pungov;ujl" "Donwalk'
"Nevelo" 9
Indians _
Cree (2) "Skookum" (2) "Huron (~) "Hopl"(3)
"Seminole" (2) "Kachina (1) "Winnebago (3)
"APplatchee" (2) "Blackfeet" (6) 23
Girl SC out and Shirley Temple
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Catalogue 2
Count ry
13rot ~d
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Number of Dolls
396
Canada
Dionne QUints,
!vIr and ''''rs. Codfish from Grenfell rissions in
Newfoundland, Eskimo from St. Anthony,
Fisherman from Nova ~cotia, Royal Canadian
Mounted ~olice, Evangeline Digby N 5,
Four "Habitantlf dolls from Pubnico, N S
"Ursula" Nun from Quebec, Small Boy
in kmitted suit Quebec
5
12
413