Lectures and Presentations
Available for Conventions

These Powerpoint presentations by the Museum founders are available for future doll and teddy bear events as well as local events. Just contact the Museum at sq@quinlanmuseum.com for information about the schedule and availability of the speakers. They even bring their own projectors.

Ruth Handler, Barbie, and Cancer. 2019. A review of Ruth Handler’s amazing career, her fight against breast cancer and her development of breast prostheses for women, and how she and Barbie have supported various cancer organizations.

Dolls, Teddies, and Little Golden Books by Susan Quinlan. 2018. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of Little Golden Books. Many of the books were about dolls and teddy bears, and these are pictured along with the actual doll or teddy bear when possible.

Artist Dolls – A Work of Heart. by Susan Quinlan. February 24, 2018. Best Little Doll Club of Orange County. 

Using Photographs of Dolls and Teddy Bears to Illustrate Children’s Literature by Susan Quinlan. May 2, 2014. Quinlan Museum Artist Doll & Teddy Bear Convention.

Construction of a Doll Museum…the good, the bad, and the ugly by Terence Quinlan. Gollyfest X, September 19, 2009. This presentation covers the funny and tragic experiences of the Quinlans in the planning, design and construction of the Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum & Library.

Golliwog Fiction Books in the Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum & Library Collection by Susan Quinlan. Gollyfest X, September 19, 2009

Goldilocks vs. the Three Bears by Susan Quinlan. TBAI. August 2008.

Teddies That Pop-up, Wiggle and Slide: An Introduction to Toy and Movable Books by Susan Quinlan. Teddy Bear Artist Invitational (TBAI). August 2007. The handout prepared for this presentation is available in pdf form.