Hyogo, Miss - A Journey of Friendship, 1997

Name/Title

Hyogo, Miss - A Journey of Friendship, 1997

Entry/Object ID

AM2011.1.25

Scope and Content

Hyogo, Miss - A Journey of Friendship is a program written primarily in Japanese. The program includes pictures of Miss Hyogo and it is assumed the others dolls pictured are the friendship dolls sent to Japan in 1927 by Dr. Sidney L. Gulick. In response to Dr. Gulick's dolls, the Japanese started a similar program. Their "Dolls of Gratitude" were sent to the United States. The dolls were given permanent homes throughout the United States. Miss Hyogo came to the Children's Museum of St. Joseph (in 1939 the name was changed to St. Joseph Museum. The friendship doll exchange was rekindled with the visit of Miss Hyogo to her homeland in March and April 1997. The program includes a letter from the Mayor of St. Joseph, Larry R. Stobbs to Akira Kusaka, Chairperson of the Miss Hyogo Homecoming Committee in Japan.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Brochure

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Dolls

Search Terms

Hyogo, Miss, Friendship Dolls, Miss Hyogo

Archive Details

Primary Language

Japanese/English

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 11, 2011

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dr. Sidney Gulick