SALAMANCA, N.Y. — Tradition is a tie that binds people through generations. Much like the sinew they use to secure the corn husk dolls they create, the Iroquois Dollmakers in Salamanca are connected ...

Eighteenth-century iterations of paper dolls — hand-painted figures marketed to wealthy Europeans — were nearly as rarefied as the real-life versions of the towering headdresses and ruffled gowns they ...

Many girls like dolls at a young age and grow out of them. Evelyn Thomas hasn’t, and then some. The 85-year-old Yuba City resident took a doll making class at age 53 when she lived in Reno, Nev., and ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Tiffani Dean is the owner of La Diva Dolls, crafting handmade dolls representing Black women and girls. Dean has been making dolls for 27 years and started in hopes of helping provide ...