Friendship Dolls
Changes
January to June 2002

June 10, 2002

• Started translation of 8-part series on Miss Nagasaki - "Story of Tamako," originally published in Japanese by the Nagasaki Shimbun
            1 - Doll Exchange
            2 - Torei Ningyo

May 26, 2002

• Completed translation of 8-part series on "Miss Okayama and Her Times," originally published in Japanese by the Sanyo Shimbun 
    - Added Index, Nariwa's Anna (5), and New Bonds of Friendship (8)

May 12, 2002

• Added Bessie - Blue-eyed Doll at Konko Gakuen Kindergarten
• Changed the design of Story of Blue-eyed Dolls in Miyagi Prefecture to make the pages consistent with the originals in Japanese
   - includes stories of Blue-eyed Dolls at Murata Daiyon Elementary School, Hirobuchi Kindergarten, Uwanuma Elementary School, Sanbongi Elementary School, Maiya Elementary School, and Monou Elementary School
• Added messages from the Saigo Elementary School Principal and the Northridge Elementary School Principal to The Story of Koneta

May 9, 2002

• Added Mary and Alice - Blue-eyed Dolls at Izumi Elementary School
• Added Blue - Blue-eyed Doll Sent to Shisakajima Elementary School
• Added Betty - Blue-eyed Doll at Senmaya Elementary School
• Added Blue-eyed Dolls, Everybody Likes Them!
• Added Exhibit of Nagano Prefecture's Blue-eyed Dolls
• Added Mary - Blue-eyed Doll at Konan Daini Elementary School
• Added 1927 letter from school in Shimane Prefecture to Sunday School of a small rural Friends meeting near Wilmington, Ohio

April 28, 2002

• Added story of Ellen C, The Friendly Doll by Mary E. Stanfield
• Added The Story of Koneta, Blue-eyed Doll at Saigo Elementary School
• Added Roycegood Weil, a Friendship Doll from America kept in the home of a woman in Okayama Prefecture

April 18, 2002

• Added pages on Watauchi Elementary School in Nagano Prefecture
  - Friendship Visit on March 1 and 2, 2002
  - Paula - New Blue-eyed Doll
  - Mary's New Hair
• Added pages on Tahara Chubu Elementary School in Aichi Prefecture
  - Friendship Visit on February 28, 2002
  - Marshall Central - Blue-eyed Doll
  - Miyako - a Japanese Ichimatsu doll made in same style as the Japanese Friendship Dolls sent to America in 1927
• Added pages on Shukugawara Elementary School in Kanagawa Prefecture
  - Lisa - New Blue-eyed Doll
  - Letter from Sidney Gulick, 3d
  - Thank-you Letters from 4th and 5th graders
• Added Friendship Visits - February and March 2002
• Added Miss Kagoshima - Japanese Friendship Doll
• Added Miss Aichi - Japanese Friendship Doll
• Added photo of Blue-eyed Dolls in Aichi Prefecture

March 24, 2002

• Added two translated articles from a series published by the Sanyo Shimbun
  - "Farewell Ceremony"
  - "The Wish of a Missionary"  
• Added 1927 photo of welcome to Blue-eyed Doll at Taihei Elementary School, Akita Prefecture

March 10, 2002

• Added two articles about Miss Okayama (from Sanyo Shimbun)
   - "In the Land of America, Kept Safely Even During World War II"
   - "Miss Okayama's Nickname Decided"
• Added Mary Louise - Blue-eyed Doll at Kagemori Elementary School
• Added Gail and Reed - Blue-eyed Dolls at Iwado Elementary School
• Added "Secret Friend," a play for elementary school children to be performed by the Urinko Theater Company in Nagoya

February 17, 2002

• Added first page of a series of articles on Miss Okayama and Her Times (originally published in Japanese by the Sanyo Shimbun)
• Added Elizabeth Ann - Blue-eyed Doll at Benkebetsu Elementary School

January 19, 2002

• Translated to English two songs written by 6th graders for the play "Helen's Story," performed in November 2001 at Daiju Elementary School in Yamagata City
• Added 1928 newspaper article about Miss Miyagi's arrival at her new home in Topeka, Kansas
• Added Blue-eyed Dolls Remaining in Toyama Prefecture
• Added article on Miss Fukue Atsumi, a Japanese doll sent in 1927 from a school in Aichi Prefecture to Fullerton, California

January 2, 2002

• Added Special Exhibit - Nagano Prefecture's Blue-eyed Dolls
• Added Watauchi Elementary School - Friendship Doll Activities in 2001
• Added pages on visits with three Friendship Doll groups in Japan:
  - Miyagi Blue-eyed Doll Study Group (Nov. 14)
  - Koneta Friendship Doll Group, Toyohashi City (Nov. 15)
  - Urayasu Friendship Doll Exchange Association (Nov. 26)
• Added page with comments on November 2001 trip to Japanese schools
• Added links to photos of Blue-eyed Dolls in different prefectures, including Chiba, Aichi, and Miyagi

Recent Changes
2003 Changes - January to June
2002 Changes - January to June (this page), July to December
2001 Changes - July to December