The following organizations and individuals have been so kind to provide permission to use their materials on this web site. These organizations and individuals deserve a special thanks for the time and effort spent to create these materials about the Friendship Dolls.

• Aikawa Elementary School (Yamanashi Prefecture)

• American Girl

• Azuma Elementary School (Gunma Prefecture)

• Azumi Elementary School (Nagano Prefecture)

• Nancy Bale

• Benkebetsu Elementary School (Hokkaido)

• Bikuni Elementary School (Hokkaido)

• Patrick Carey, Reitaku University (Yokohama)

• The Charleston Museum (South Carolina)

• The Children's Museum, Boston (Massachusetts)

• The Children's Museum, Detroit (Michigan)

• The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (Indiana)

• The Children's Museum, West Hartford (Connecticut)

• The Christian Science Monitor

• Kazuo Deguchi

• Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys (Colorado)

• Doll Castle News

• Doshisha Archive (Doshisha University, Kyoto)

• Nick Follger

• Former Kaichi School (Nagano Prefecture)

• Fuchu News Sokuho (Fuchu City, Hiroshima Prefecture)

• Sidney L. Gulick, 3d

• Hachioji Daihachi Elementary School (Tokyo)

• Hashimotoya Dolls

• Yoshiro Hidaka

• Hirano Elementary School (Shiga Prefecture)

• Hirobuchi Elementary School (Miyagi Prefecture)

• Historical Society of Delaware

• Hongo Elementary School (Nagano Prefecture)

• Idaho State Historical Museum

• Indiana University Home Pages

• Jinryo Elementary School (Tokushima Prefecture)

• Johnan Elementary School (Iwate Prefecture)

• Akira Kagami

• Kagawa Friendship Doll Association

• Kamiyama Elementary School (Ehime Prefecture)

• Kawamata Town (Fukushima Prefecture)

• Gail King

• Kitaibaraki City, Lifelong Learning Section (Ibaraki Prefecture)

• Konan Town (Shiga Prefecture)

• Masato Kono

• Koshika Elementary School (Mie Prefecture)

• Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun

• Takashi Kuroda (Toyama Prefecture)

• Kyoto National Museum

• Maribel Martin Kilmartin

• Look Japan

• Maebashi Joto Elementary School (Gunma Prefecture)

• Maine State Museum (Augusta)

• Matsusaki Elementary School (Yamaguchi Prefecture)

• Meitoku Elementary School (Gifu Prefecture)

• Mikajima Elementary School (Saitama Prefecture)

• Minami-Nippon Shimbun

• Ministry of Posts and Communications, Postal Bureau

• Mito Nanbu Elementary School (Aichi Prefecture)

• Miyagi Co-op, Peace Action Committee

• Momonoi Elementary School (Gunma Prefecture)

• Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute (Spokane, Washington)

• Mukogawa Women's University (Hyogo Prefecture)

• Museum of the South Dakota Historical Society, Pierre

• Nagasaki Shimbun

• Nakanojo Daisan Elementary School (Gunma Prefecture)

• Nara International Foundation

• National Science Museum, Tokyo

• The Newark Museum (New Jersey)

• Nigata Elementary School (Hiroshima Prefecture)

• Niihama Minami High School (Ehime Prefecture)

• Nishi-Hiroshima Times

• Kunio Nishimura

• North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (Raleigh)

• North Dakota State University, Apparel, Textiles and Interior Design Department (Fargo)

• Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (Spokane, Washington)

• Ooe Town (Yamagata Prefecture) 

• Ohdono Elementary School (Yamaguchi Prefecture)

• Osawa Elementary School (Saitama Prefecture)

• Otsu City Museum of History (Shiga Prefecture)

• Peace Movement Staff Iwate

• Phoenix Museum of History (Arizona)

• Richard Rich

• Rochester Museum & Science Center (New York)

• Saigo Elementary School (Aichi Prefecture)

• Sanbongi Elementary School (Miyagi Prefecture)

• Sanyo Shimbun

• Kazushi Satou

• Science Center of Connecticut (West Hartford)

• Shibusawa Memorial Museum (Tokyo)

• Shinano Education Association (Nagano)

• Shintoku Kindergarten (Yamanashi Prefecture)

• Yasumaro Shiro

• Tomoko Shizukuishi, Miyagi Blue-eyed Doll Study Group

• Tomomi Shoji

• Toko Shokansai

• The Shonai Nippo

• Shukugawara Elementary School (Kanagawa Prefecture)

• Rosie Skiles, Friendship Doll Researcher, Japanese Asian Doll Enthusiasts

• Speed Art Museum (Kentucky)

• Springfield Science Museum (Massachusetts)

• St. Joseph Museum (Missouri)

• Lucille Supple

• Suujin Elementary School (Kyoto)

• Tahara Chubu Elementary School (Aichi Prefecture)

• Taihei Elementary School (Akita Prefecture)

• Jun Takahashi

• Shoichi Takahashi (Uncle Tell Nagano)

• Takakura Elementary School (Kyoto)

• Takanosu Elementary School (Toyama Prefecture)

• Tenri Cultural Institute (New York City)

• Ellen Thompson

• Tobe Elementary School (Kanagawa Prefecture)

• Tottori Prefectural Government

• Shoko Tsujimura

• Mitsuo Tsukahara, Ueda City Daiyon Junior High School (Nagano Prefecture)

• Toyohashi Board of Education, Peace Education Research Committee (Aichi Prefecture)

• University of Nebraska State Museum, Anthropology Division

• University of Oregon Museum of Art

• Urinko Theater Company (Nagoya)

• Wachi Elementary School (Gifu Prefecture)

• Watauchi Elementary School (Nagano Prefecture)

• Serena Wong

• Wyoming State Museum (Cheyenne)

• Yachi Chubu Elementary School (Yamagata Prefecture)

• Yamagata City Daiichi Elementary School Eikoukai (group of alumni who graduated in March 1976) (Yamagata Prefecture)

• Yamagata City Daiju Elementary School (Yamagata Prefecture)

• Yokohama Doll Museum

• Yoko Yagi

• Zao Daiichi Elementary School (Yamagata Prefecture)

The following individuals and organizations have provided materials, suggestions, and other invaluable assistance for this web site on Friendship Dolls.  Their kind support for this collaborative project is very much appreciated.

• Zephyr Baker

• Marc and Sachiko Bible

• Ellen Biro

• Joan Bloom, Henry Barnard School at Rhode Island College

• Ann Braaten, North Dakota State University

• Dody Burkey

• Katherine Child, Phoenix Museum of History

• Elaine Christiansen

• A.M. Cohen, Reitaku University (Yokohama)

• Margaret Corbet

• David Cranshaw

• Leda Frank

• Manami Fukuda

• Merrilee Gladkosky, Cheshire Elementary School

• Pat Girard, Clarksburg Elementary School

• Bruce Gordon

• Kevin Gordon

• Noriko Gordon - Miss Chosen children's book

• Ruth Gordon

• Sharon Gulick

• Scott Hankins, The Newark Museum

• Makoto Hayashi, Takanosu Elementary School

• Kyoko Hibino, Wachi Elementary School

• Manabu Higashide

• Bob Hunter

• Iai Asahioka Kindergarten (Hokkaido)

• Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles

• Julia Hunter, Maine State Museum

• Kisaku Kadota

• Mischelle Keller, Arrowhead Elementary School (Virginia)

• Yoko Kiser

• Fiona Lockett

• Marshall County Historical Society (Kansas)

• Tatsuya Matsuda

• Hiroyoshi Matsuura, Sanbongi Elementary School

• Mikuma Kindergarten (Oita Prefecture)

• Chris Miller

• Denice Minakuchi, International Understanding Education (IUE) Program of Yokohama

• Miyagi Blue-eyed Doll Study Group

• Masumi Miyoshi

• Al Muchka, Milwaukee Public Museum

• Rob Murphey

• Masahiro Okamura, Doshisha University

• Masaki Okita, Ohdono Elementary School

• Onuma Department Store, Yamagata City

• Yukiko Ota, Doshisha University

• Patrice Pendell, Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute

• Barbara Roth

• Michael Roy

• Margaret Russomanno

• Toshiko Saito, Miyagi Blue-eyed Doll Study Group

• Kunio Sasayama

• Keiko Sato, Miyagi Co-op

• Yoshihisa Sato, TV-U Yamagata

• Ellen Schattschneider, Brandeis University

• Kimiko Shimizu, Takasago Kindergarten

• Judy Shoaf, Japanese Asian Doll Enthusiasts

• Rosie Skiles, Friendship Doll Researcher, Japanese Asian Doll Enthusiasts

• Mary Elizabeth Stanfield, Wilmington College Peace Resource Center (Ohio)

• Luella Steil

• Yuji Suzuki, Yamagata Blue-eyed Doll Association

• Michiko Takaoka, Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute

• Takasago Kindergarten (Hyogo Prefecture)

• Hirofumi Tanaka, Yamaguchi Prefectural Board of Education

• Hirobumi Toyama

• Urayasu Friendship Doll Exchange Association

• Beth Wilkins, University of Nebraska State Museum, Anthropology Division

• Yamakataya Department Store, Kagoshima City

• Shoko Yamashita, Nagasaki Shimbun

Last Update: June 4, 2006