RACHEL FIELD and HITTY

Hitty City

Hitty Thonotosassa
Donated by the Hittygirls Yahoo Group
Arranged by Ann Stroupe

4 December 2006

The active Hitty enthusuasts of the Hittygirls Yahoo group just donated a Hitty, carved by Janet Cordell, to the Historical Society.

Donated in memory of Diane Barrow-Clark, a well-known Hitty carver, Hitty Thonotosassa is named for the lake in Florida nearby where Diane lived.

Accessories and props included with the donation illustrate Hitty's adventure in the crow's nest, from chapter 2 of Hitty Her First Hundred Years, by Rachel Field.  Also included is a print of Dorothy Lathrop's delightful illustration of the crow's nest adventure.

The gift was organized by Ann Stroupe, but many other members of the group helped hunt down or make the different pieces.  Ann supplied the following information, summarized from her web page:

• A 6-1/4" Hitty carved by Janet Denton-Cordell from Linden (Basswood).
• Dressed in Swiss batiste "onesie" underwear with Hitty cross-stitched in red on the yoke, and a flowered buff-yellow cabbage rose dress by "Hitty Couture".
• Sitting in nest with three crows, in front of an illustration by Dorothy P. Lathrop for Hitty: Her First Hundred Years, written by Rachel Field, 1929.
• The idea to donate a Hitty doll to GCIHS was conceived by Nancy Schaub.
• Doll, clothing and display donated by:
  Vickie Applegate
  Elise Buhn
  Susan Duncan
  Josie Fuller
  Elaine Hill
  Sharon Horswill
  Jill Hunter
  Michelle Kirby
  Martha Maxwell
  Laurel Parker
  Sue Parker
  Barbara Polidoro-Conklin
  Nancy Schell
  Ann Stroupe
  Eileen Turner
  TC Vollum

This Hitty will make a striking display at the nuseum - thanks, Hittygirls!
-Bruce Komusin