World Doll Day

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Today is World Doll Day. For the occasion, we present a few dolls from our collections. They were made to mark the centenary of the arrival of the Grey Nuns in Nicolet (1886-1986). From January to April 1986, Sister Marguerite Beaumier, s.g.m. dressed the dolls to recall the evolution of the Grey Nuns’ habits over the years.

Doll dressed in the traditional Grey Nuns habit worn until the 1960s. Source: Grey Nuns of Montreal Collections, 2012.285
Doll dressed in the contemporary Grey Nuns habit worn from 1968 to 1981. Source: Grey Nuns of Montreal Collections, 2012.289
This doll represents a Grey Nun who worked as a nurse, technician, cook or laundry worker between 1946 and 1968. Source: Grey Nuns of Montreal Collections, 2012.298
This doll depicts a Grey Nun dressed for travel in Brazil in 1957. Source: Grey Nuns of Montreal Collections, 2012.302