Welcome ToTHE COULTER DOLL MUSEUM NOTE: The Coulter doll collections are NOT OPEN to the public. CHESTER ARTHUR WAS PRESIDENT 1881-1885. FIRST LADY MARY McELROY (President's sister). Chester Arthur's wife, Nell, died a few months before he was elected Vice-President. He asked his sister, Mary Arthur McElroy to handle social affairs. Mrs. McElroy was First Lady from 1881 to 1885. The Coulter Doll Museum - First Lady or Ladies of that Administration