# Fashion at the Library: Small Clothes, Big Stories: Fashion Dolls and the American Story

A celebration and discussion of fashion dolls, clothing, and their generational role in educating children about American history. The conversation, which will include a good dose of nostalgia, will examine fashion dolls and their clothing as storytelling tools, exploring how style, design, and dress have shaped narratives and perceptions of American history and culture.

Actor and writer Mara Wilson will moderate a panel of doll experts and scholars analyzing fashion dolls from paper dolls to American Girl: Dr. Emilie Zaslow, author of “Playing with America’s Doll: A Cultural Analysis of the American Girl Collection,” American Girl author Valerie Tripp, and American Girl’s resident historian, Dr. Katherine Cartwright.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 1 h 14 min
- By: Schreiber-byers, Elizabeth
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-12073/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-12073?play=1)