Wikipedia:GLAM/The Children's Museum of Indianapolis/Caplan Collection

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Organization
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Caplan Collection

 * Folk Art
 * Folk Artists
 * Folk Toys
 * Arts and Crafts
 * Recycled Art
 * Mass produced toys & dolls
 * Strengths of the Collection: Mexican Folk Art, German Folk Toys, Japanese Folk Toys, Polish Folk Art, Russian Folk Art

Creative Playthings

 * The article has been created but redirects back to Frank Caplan.
 * Paragraphs from Frank Caplan article can be used to create new article.


 * Designer Toys/Branded items (toys, dolls, and educational playthings)
 * Imported toys sold
 * Judith Inglese (Frank and Theresa’s daughter and established ceramic mural artist, she designed toys early on for Creative Playthings)

Frank Caplan

 * Collector
 * Author

Theresa Caplan

 * Collector
 * Author

Judith Inglese

 * Designer & artist

Resources
Note: a number of other resources will be digitized this week.

Available Online

 * Caplan Collection Information Page & Digitized Sources on the Children's Museum website.
 * Digitized items listed individually in sections below.


 * Folk, Fantasy & Play catalogue introductory sections.
 * Frank Caplan's Obituary from the Indianapolis Star
 * Frank Caplan's Obituary from the New York Times
 * Theresa Caplan obituary
 * Columbia University Alumni Newsletter
 * Caplan Aerogram Mayflower Newsletter
 * Judith Inglese website
 * MoMA Collections query: 1 object
 * Informal blog commentary on Creative Playthings

Digitized museum publications

 * 1984 Museum Annual Report
 * 1985 Museum Annual Report
 * 1986 Museum Annual Report
 * Newseum Passport to the World Caplan article
 * Passport to the World in The Children's Museum Brochure
 * Making Tracks Newsletter Passport to the World Caplan article
 * Passport to the World Volunteer Flyer
 * Passport to the World Volunteer Mailer
 * June 1986 Tom Tom Newsletter
 * November 1986 Tom Tom Newsletter
 * December 1986 Tom Tom Newsletter

Images

 * Current Caplan Collection case
 * Dogon Dancer Sculptures
 * Frank & Theresa Caplan
 * Theresa Caplan in Collections
 * Miniature storefront closed Miniature storefront open
 * Woven plate

Artifact Lists

 * Caplan Collection InfoZone Image List (Also pdf located here.)
 * These accession numbers can be searched in the IMCPL database of Children's Museum artifacts in order to obtain more detailed object information that can be added to articles as sources.


 * Objects in Current Caplan Collection case

Available Online with a subscription to JSTOR

 * Amy F. Ogata. "Creative Playthings: Educational Toys and Postwar American Culture." Winterthur Portfolio, Vol. 39, No. 2/3 (Summer/Autumn 2004), pp. 129-156
 * Justine McGovern. Untitled (Review of Folk, Fantasy, and Play.) The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 106, No. 421, pp.370-371.
 * Frank and Theresa Caplan. "The Value of Play for Learning." Theory into Practice. Vol. 13, No. 4, pp.239-243.

Available On-site only

 * Frank and Theresa Caplan. The Power of Play. Anchor Books: Garden City, New York. 1973.
 * Theresa Caplan. Frank Caplan: Champion of Child's Play. Vintage Press: New York. 1999.
 * Clare M. Reckert. "C.B.S. May Enter Educational Field In $13-Million Deal." New York Times. March 2, 1966. (ProQuest Historical Newspapers.)
 * Folk, Fantasy & Play catalog
 * Selected Creative Playthings catalogs: 1959, 1962, 1965, 1970.
 * List of Creative Playthings objects in the collection.