Douglas Kendall
Phone Number
607-431-4423
Department
Museum Studies
Areas of Expertise

American material culture, museum collections management, museum administration, American Colonial Revival, Arts & Crafts Movement

Education
Ph.D., Boston University, American & New England Studies

Douglas Kendall

Museum Coordinator, and Coordinator, Museum Studies Minor Program

Recent Courses Taught:

  • MUST 203: Museums & Society
  • MUST 250: Museum Management Practicum
  • MUST 255: Museums in Film
  • MUST 302: Creative Exhibits: the Power of Display
  • MUST 304: Places of Learning: Museums & Education

Selected Publications:

  • “How ‘twas Done: The Making of County Atlas Illustrations in 19th Century America,” in Drawn Home: Fritz Vogt’s Rural New York. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2002
  • “Of Craftsmen and Consumers: Wisconsin and the Arts and Crafts Movement, 1885-1940.” Wisconsin Academy Review 45: 2 (Spring 1999)
  • “Tea in Yorktown Parlor: Wallace Nutting’s Legacy at Joseph Webb House,” in Museums and the Colonial Revival: Creating a Dignified Past, ed. Geoffrey Rossano, Albany, N.Y.: Rowman & Littlefield for Historic Cherry Hill, Inc., 1991

Professional Affiliations & Memberships:

  • American Alliance of Museums
  • Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums
  • Greater Oneonta Historical Society