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Maynard-Lao Archive: Item 0002 [Historic Ann Arbor Farmhouse Brass Doorknob]

By Mark | April 27, 2019

As I explained in an earlier post, I’m in the process of making my way through the house and separating the wheat from the chaff, determining which items will remain in our family archive, and which will be jettisoned into the ever-churning gyre of garbage that surrounds us. What follows is my justification for keeping […]

Posted in Education, History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1995, American Studies, Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, archeology, arson, creative writing, Ed Rutsch, EMU, farmhouse, Hands-On History, Henry Ford Museum, historic archeology, historic artifacts, Linette Lao, Mark's chances to change history, Mark's jobs, Sears catalog, Seva, Smithsonian Institution, Society for Industrial Archeology, summer camp, teaching, The Brown Jug, University of Michigan, work-study, Ypsilanti State Mental Hospital | 9 Comments

FLY Children’s Art Center to launch Fabulous Contraptions series with A2Awesome grant

By Mark | February 2, 2014

Earlier today the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation awarded $1,000 in cash to representatives of Ypsilanti’s FLY Children’s Art Center to help fund the launch of a community-wide event called Fabulous Contraptions. After our meeting, I took the opportunity to ask FLY board members Christine Bruxvoort, Linette Lao and Morgan Cox (seen above after receiving their […]