Name/Title
Douglas Mardi Gras collection by Jacqueline Carey and Julie AbelEntry/Object ID
2021.39.01Scope and Content
A carefully compiled scrapbook includes minutes from planning meetings along with press clippings and flyers. A second envelope contains newspaper clippings from 1996 to 2006. Hundreds of snapshots plus poster, float drawings, feathered mask and Egyptian papyrus.Context
The New Orleans-style Douglas Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) parade and associated celebrations were a community high-point event in the bleak late winter.
A Jan. 4, 2001 Commercial Record clipping names The Mystik Krewe of the Kalamazoo (Julie Abel, Tarue Pullen, Jacqueline Carey, Jean Crawford, Corky Oja, Sondra Stevenson and Cheri Miller) as the originators of the celebration.Cataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2021.39Source or Donor
Carey, JacquelineAcquisition Method
DonationCreate Date
July 20, 2021Update Date
April 10, 2023