Name/Title
Tales of the Villages activity bookEntry/Object ID
2023.18.19Scope and Content
Thirteen single page black and white photocopies with Brian Cook's illustrations on the front and stories written by James Schmiechen on the back. The pages were given to child visitors of the 2004 "Tales of the Villages" exhibit at the SDHC museum.
Later the tales were compiled into a coloring and activity book that was sold at the museum shop.
The tales are
1. Saugatuck's House of the Seven Gables
2. The White Squaw
3. Black Bears, Fat Men, and Mt. Baldhead
4. The Famous Kids on Spear Street - Burr Tillstrom
5. A Boy Meets a Remarkable Man
6. Helen's Chair and the History of the World
7. Jonathan Wade's Dream
8. Mrs. Vosburgh's Chapel
9. Two Brothers
10. Mrs. Swift's Heaven on Earth
11. Under the Treaty Tree
12. He Heard Music in the Woods
13. Crossing the RiverContext
Thirteen entertaining local talesCollection
SDHS Publications, Pump House Museum/Saugatuck-Douglas History Museum, SDHC Exhibits, Burr TillstromCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2023.18Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLocation
Box
183 SDHC Publication productionRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Schmiechen, James A., Cook, Brian, Winthers, SallyCreate Date
September 17, 2023Update Date
January 10, 2024
