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Museography
is a publication of the
Kalamazoo Valley Museum and Kalamazoo
Valley Community College
Editor: Karen Visser
Writer: Tom Thinnes
Contributors:
Tom Dietz
Gina Fischer
Jay Gavan
Elspeth Inglis
Paula Metzner
Patrick Norris
Donna Odom
Jean Stevens
Design: Elizabeth King
Photography: David Kamm
KalaMazoo VallEy MusEuM
BoarD of MusEuM aDVisors
Carol Baker, Chairman
Laura Eiler, Vice Chairman
Callie Baskerville-Jones
Dennis Flatt
Tom Fricke
Al Heilman
Christina Holmes
Jaye Johnson
Jeffrey Palmer
Anna Whitten
Patrick Norris, Director
KalaMazoo VallEy CoMMunity
CollEgE BoarD of trustEEs
Jeffrey E. Patton, Chairman
Susan L. Miller, Vice Chairman
Anna Whitten, Secretary
Derl D. Oberlin, Treasurer
Mary T. Gustas, Trustee
A. Christian Schauer, Trustee
T. Kenneth Young, Trustee
Marilyn J. Schlack, President
Museography is published three times
a year: Fall, Winter, and Spring.
Questions about Kalamazoo Valley
Museum programs described in this
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Kalamazoo Valley Museum offices.
Phone: (269)373-7990 or (800)772-3370
Website: www.kalamazoomuseum.org
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and is recyclable.
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Contents
VoluME 7 issuE 2 WintEr/sPring 2008
special Exhibition: raise the roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Caroline Bartlett Crane and Everyman’s House . . . . . . . . . 6
albert White: Prolific Builder of Kalamazoo . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Charles B. Hayes: “Home Builder”—and more! . . . . . . . . 9
Core object: Edison Phonograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
“raise the roof” in Kalamazoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
artifact Csi: Collect, study, investigate! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
new acquisition: World War ii Memento . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Director’s Column: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
2007 Donors to the Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Black History Month film series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
artist to icon Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
townships of Kalamazoo: texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
fretboard festival iii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
What is it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Calendar of activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Mary Jane stryker theater Events . . . . . . . . inside back cover
spring Break Hands-on Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . .back cover
ON THE COVER: Kalamazoo’s tallest commercial building, the
American National Bank, provides the entry to our issue
featuring architecture. The Museum’s newest special exhibition,
“Raise the Roof,” offers insights into the secret world of buildings;
article begins on page 4. Other features on Kalamazoo’s
own notable builders and buildings are throughout the issue.
Look for the icon at right throughout the magazine. It indicates
objects you can view in the special Museography display
case, located next to the reception desk on the main floor of
the Museum, or in other exhibit areas throughout the KVM.