Scope and Contents From the Collection: The set of dolls in this collection, entitled An American Family, 1630-1900, was carved from horse chestnut wood by Helen Bullard. The set includes nine generations of couples, each at their age of marriage, and was designed to show a parade of ordinary middle class people, starting with the 17th century Puritan immigrants in Massachusetts. Bullard only made six sets of An American Family. This collection is registered with...