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Alvan Motor Freight

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3270
Scope and Contents

This collection contains documents pertaining to Alvan Motor Freight, Inc., and various acquisition agreements carried out between Alvan, Putnam Transfer, and Daum. Also, the collection includes internal documents related to the production of a hand book for non-union employees, as well as various bank loan agreements.

Dates: 1962-1999

Constance Brown Hearing Center Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4373
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of financial documents, Board of Directors meetings-related documents, photographs, scrapbooks, and other miscellaneous business records for the Constance Brown Hearing Centers, located in Kalamazoo Michigan from 1941 to the present.

Dates: 1941-current

Doubleday Brothers and Company

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-1205
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of ledgers, photographs, catalogs, promotional material and other miscellaneous items from the Doubleday Brothers and Company which produced blank books, forms for schools, banks and governments and stationery and also printed and sold office supplies and furniture. The company began in 1898 and left Kalamazoo in 2005. It exists as a digital printing company called Fidlar Doubleday and is located in Iowa.

Dates: 1925-1973

Dr. Nelson W. Courtney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4330
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of materials spanning from 1913 to the early 2000s relating to Kalamazoo Radiology and collected by Dr. Nelson W. Courtney (1936-2021), a long-time member of the practice.

Dates: 1913 - early 2000s

E. J. Kelly Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3902
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of a wide variety of items dating from World War 1 to the 1960s. These items include military souvenirs, photographs, business papers and publications, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1960's

Featherbone Company Records Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-1572
Scope and Contents Edward K. Warren was born in Vermont in 1847 and moved to Three Oaks in Berrien County, Michigan in 1858 with his parents. In 1883, Edward established the Warren Featherbone Company after recognizing a market for improved corset materials. After securing a patent, Edward began producing "featherbone," an alternative to pricey and frail whalebone. Featherbone was made from pointer feathers discarded by regional feather duster factories. Warren opened his first featherbone factory in Three...
Dates: Record Keeping: 1835-1934

Frederic Sammons Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG-43/10
Abstract

This collection consisting of 15 Hollinger Boxes is from Dr. Frederic Sammons who received an honorary doctorate in Human Services from Western Michigan University in 1993 for his work in occupational therapy. This collection was donated in person by Dr. Sammons as 8 legal letter paige boxes.

Dates: 1930-2012

Gull Lake Country Club

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3447
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the financial and business documents of the Gull Lake Country Club in the first few decades after its establishment in 1911.

The documents in this collection are dated to the years 1911-1947. The majority of papers in this collection come from business and financial transactions, including receipts from members and services rendered for club maintenance and correspondence related to membership, dues, and other business matters.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1911-1930's

Haines Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-998

Handmade Paper Guild Records

 Collection — Box: 1 of 1
Identifier: RH-A-4308
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of records from the Handmade Paper Guild in Kalamazoo, MI. The items range from 1992 to 2009.

Dates: 1992-2009

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