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Hitty: her first hundred years book by Rachel Field

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Hitty's Continuing History

Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field won the Newberry Award in 1930. Since that time, Hitty has been a popular children's book enjoyed by generations of children. The book details the memoirs of a small wooden doll residing in an antique shop. Access to pen and paper prompted the doll to write her life story from the time of her creation in a cottage in her home state of Maine until her arrival in the antique store nearly one hundred years later.

The inspiration for the book was a small wooden doll discovered in an antique shop by the author Rachel Field. Once acquired, the doll seemed to take on a life of her own and became part of the author's personal collection.

Table of Contents

  2. Hitty: her first hundred years
  3. Hitty's further adventures
  4. More Hitty books for sale
  7. Hitty's daily life
  8. The original Hitty doll
  9. Pictures of Hitty dolls
  10. Artist made Hitty dolls
  11. Hitty dolls and accessories for sale
  12. Hitty links
  13. Hitty doll clothes and patterns
  14. You might also enjoy these articles:
  15. Kits to carve your own Hitty doll!

Hitty books

Hitty: her first hundred years

the original Hitty book by Rachel Field

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Hitty's further adventures

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More Hitty books for sale

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Wooden Hitty dolls

Hitty's daily life

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The original Hitty doll

The Hitty doll upon whom the book is based was found in an antique shop by Rachel Field in the 1920s. The doll is carved from ash wood and is six and one-quarter inches tall. This doll presently resides at the Stockbridge Library Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts with the clothing and accessories bought for her by Rachel Field.

Pictures of Hitty dolls

Hitty's crate house
Take a complete tour of Hitty's crate home here
Life is just a bowl of Hittys
Hitty dolls from the collection of Kay DeMattei, with the exception of one who is just paying a call.
Hitty
Doll picture.
Hittys Bernadette, Toni & Paulina
Hitty Bernadette, Hitty Toni and Hitty Paulina.
Hitty Beau
Hitty Beau. A hand carved Hitty doll found at an antique store. She's tall for a Hitty at 8".
Ancestor Hitty & Hitty Sarafina
Original Hitty on Left with Hitty Sarafina (SaraCole Shoulderhead Resin on Wooden body carved by Pauline and painted by pauline also dressed by pauline
Hitty gathering
Hitty gathering on the shelf. The tall doll is a Helen Bullard doll named Holly. There is a Janet Cordell Hitty, a Judy Brown Hitty, a Gil Knott Hitty, a Raikes Hitty, a "perfume Hitty by Michael Langton, and some cloth and wooden Hiittys by me.
The Original Hitty Olivia in 2003
This was Hitty Olivia before any changes were made on her. And it was in my pre-digital camera era, hence a scanned picture.
¡Hola, Hitty!
Hitty holds her huaraches. H3 - Toy Tues and Thurs 2010
My Hitty Family
My Hitty family (L to R): Hitty-Ann Grace, Hank, Hitty Barbara and in front Bitty Barb.
Hitty Rosabelle Kleider
Custom Carved Hitty by Erin Kleider
Hitty as Alice
Goodreau Rabbit and Hitty

Artist made Hitty dolls

Hittys are wooden dolls based on the doll in the book Hitty: Her First Hundred Years. Most wooden Hitty dolls are 6 and one-quarter inches tall like the original Hitty doll.

Hitty dolls, however, are generous in allowing other dolls to be considered a "Hitty", and it is not uncommon today to find Hittys made from wood, cloth, resin, or even porcelain, so long as they are created in a similar style to the original Hitty doll. Many Hitty artists enjoy experimenting with different media in which to create Hittys. There have also been a number of Hitty gatherings over the last few decades, and many of these feature a special artist-made Hitty doll. These dolls are highly sought-after by collectors, as are most artist-made Hitty dolls.

Hitty dolls and accessories for sale

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Hitty links

Hitty @ Forgotten Dolls
Learn about Hitty dolls.
Flickr: Hitty Dolls
Hitty pool.
Flickr: Hitty Doll Accessories
Hitty accessories pool.
HITTY ~ DRC 4 Hitty Home
Hittykin artist DeAnn Cote.

Hitty doll clothes and patterns

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You might also enjoy these articles:

  • "Where Is Hitty?" by Dottie Baker in Doll Reader (February/March 1986).
  • "'Hitty' Is Found!" by Nancy Reinhart Charlton in Doll Reader (August/September 1988).
  • "Hitty's Legacy" by Dottie Baker in Doll Reader (October 1994).
  • "Hitty approaches the Millennium" by Virginia Ann Heyerdahl in Doll Reader (November 1998).
  • "Dolls and Books: A celebration of 'Doll' Fiction"; by Dian Zillner and Marianne Clay in Doll Reader (June/July 2003).
  • "Travels with My Hitty" by Kathy Witt in Dolls (October 2003).
  • "Hello Hitty" by Trina Laube in Dolls (October 2003).
  • "Cloth Hitty" (pattern) by Barbara Spencer in Soft Dolls & Animals (March 2004).
  • "Hitty, Storied Sweetheart" by Virginia Ann Heyerdahl in Doll Reader (May 2005).

Kits to carve your own Hitty doll!

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  • vallain May 31, 2012 @ 8:56 pm | delete
    I read the book ages ago, and did not realize there was so much happening after she wrote the book. I've been researching how a child lived during Civil War times and homemade dolls was an area that interested me.
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