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Emil Popke, Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3626
Scope and Contents This collection is composed of a number of documents detailing Emil Popke’s various ventures and miscellaneous school work from Emil Popke and his son, Jeff Popke. Also in the collection is a large number of letters written to different members of the Popke family. Additionally, there are photos ranging from Emil Popke’s High School senior photo to little league shots of Emil’s children Jeff and Jon.Material includes information detailing Emil Popke's work with WYYYY (AM 1470),...
Dates: 1940-1999

Esther Morris Rasmussen

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-1584
Scope and Contents Letters exchanged between Esther Morris Rasmussen (1914-1991), her immediate family, and friends, 1930-1980. The collection includes correspondence from Leo. Brown, Jr. to Esther, 1934-1939 and letters from Esther’s five brothers, Richard, Edward, Walter G., Robert S. and Harold during their service in the armed forces during World War II. Included are letters exchanged in early 1945 in regards to Robert’s untimely death in an airplane crash, as well as Harold’s abrupt marriage later in the...
Dates: 1930-1980

Frobenius Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3493
Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of family letters written to Mary Kammerer Frobenius, Frank Frobenius and his daughter, Ruth Frobenius Hamill from the years 1882 to 1948. This collection was originally part of A-55, Kalamazoo Valley Museum.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1882-1948

Galesburg PTA Council Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4195
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of various documents relating to the Galesburg Parent-Teacher Association of Galesburg, Michigan, dating from the years 1949 to 1957. The documents include numerous annual reports, bylaws, and meeting notes. There are also various Council Committee guidelines, directories, member lists, bulletins, and articles from magazines.

Dates: 1949-1957

Garret Van Haaften

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3878
Abstract

The collection is comprised of correspondence, articles, photos, and awards that involve Garret Van Haaften, dating from the late 1940’s to the 1990’s.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940-1990

General Farm ledger

 Item — Box: 1 of 1
Identifier: Rh-A-4246
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one ledger possibly from a local farmer in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. The range of the material is from 1888-1901. The ledger tracks farm expenses of the unnamed farmer, the farms of Frank Milham and Noah Bryant, and keeps track of a “wood account” which recorded lumber purchased by various individuals.

Dates: 1888-1901

Gilbert S. Boardman Letters

 File — Folder: 1 of 1
Identifier: RH-A-4353
Scope and Contents The collection contains two letters written in April 1859 by Gilbert S. Boardman living in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to his parents Samuel and Ann Gilbert Boardman who are living in Vermont.Both letters were written by Gilbert Simeon Boardman while living in Kalamazoo, Michigan to his parents Samuel and Ann Gilbert Boardman who are living in Pittsfield, Vermont. He discusses the trip in the April 4th letter describing leaving Schenectady, New York and riding all the way to Detroit. He...
Dates: April 1859

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

Guy H. Lockwood Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3080
Scope and Contents The collection contains material created and gathered by Guy H. Lockwood. Seventeen magazines dealing with socialism written and published by Guy Lockwood, Lockwood Publishing Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Titles include: The prophet and the ass, 1911 (continued by The billygoat, 1912-1913); Unity, approximately 1913; and Pa and young American, no date. Fourteen binders of documents and two boxes of printing plates associated with Guy H. Lockwood. Materials include correspondence with Upton...
Dates: 1904-1942

Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4219
Scope and Contents

The collection is made up of documents related to Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation of Kalamazoo Michigan from 1979 to the mid-2000s. The records consist of grant requests, foundation correspondence, member and trustee meeting minutes, and other miscellaneous documents.

Dates: 1979 - mid-2000s

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Ashley, Harriet M. Holder, 1841-1922 1
Ashley, Jerome B., 1837-1906 1
Balch, Nathaniel A. (Nathaniel Aldrich), 1808-1894 1
Barton, Edward Read 1
Beebe family 1
Beeby, Betty, 1923-2015 1
Boardman, Ann Gilbert 1
Boardman, Gilbert S (Gilbert Simeon), 1833-1917 1
Boardman, S. (Samuel Ward) 1
Bower, Charles L., 1831- 1
Brady, Christine 1
Bunkers, Suzanne L 1
Camp Albert L. Mills (N.Y.) 1
Campau family 1
Campau, Edward J., 1916-2007 1
Campau, Elward B., 1919-1998 1
Cash, Sophie, 1834-1932 1
Clarke, Emma W. 1
Cole, Bert (1875-) 1
Colony Room (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Cook, Ralph, 1942-1945 1
Cory, Clyde Vern, 1889-1976 1
Cory, Marguerite (Molly) Bernice Bosworth, 1893-1960 1
Davis, Bert Byron (1880-1944) 1
Davis, Rosella Snyder (1876-1958) 1
DiMarino, Jan Van Haaften 1
Drake, Jane, 1826-1899 1
Dutch Treat Bakery (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
ETANDA Club (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Eat and Dance Club (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Esch, John 1
Farnsworth, James S., 1907- 1
Farnsworth, Philip M. 1
Faulkner, Myran, 1869- 1
Finch family 1
First Presbyterian Church (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Fitch, Asa 1
Fort Custer (Mich.) 1
Frobenius family 1
Frobenius, Frank, 1860-1928 1
Frobenius, Mary Kammerer, 1860-1943 1
Galesburg Parent-Teacher Association (Galesburg, Mich.) 1
Gernant, David 1
Graves, Henry S. 1
Gull Lake Country Club (Richland, Mich.) 1
Hamill, Ruth Marie Frobenius, 1900-1996 1
Hamptom, Jacob, 1847-1929 1
Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation 1
Harvard Law School 1
Henderson-Ames Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Hershfield Brothers (Department store) 1
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Hershfield, Harry Aaron, 1870-1945 1
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Hollister, Albert Newcomb, 1874-1914 1
International Association of Administrative Professionals 1
International Typographical Union. Local 122 (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Jarvis, Roman I., 1851-1940 1
Kalamazoo County Council of Governments 1
Kalamazoo County Pomona Grange, No. 82 (Kalamazoo County, Michigan) 1
Kalamazoo Light Guard 1
Kalamazoo National Bank (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
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Lockwood, Guy H., 1870-1947 1
Lovell, Myron A., 1818-1905 1
Marshall, Don 1
Michigan Central Railroad Company 1
Michigan Land Trustees 1
Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance 1
Michigan State Troops. Regiment, 2nd. Company C 1
Michigan. National Guard 1
Morris, Edward, 1918-1991 1
Morris, Harold, 1925-2009 1
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Morris, Richard B., 1891-1974 1
Morris, Richard E., 1916-1987 1
Morris, Robert S., 1923-1945 1
Morris, Walter G., 1921-2011 1
National Secretaries Association (International) 1
National Secretaries Association (U.S.). Kalamazoo Chapter 1
Oakwood School District, Kalamazoo County, Mich. 1
Page, Anna May Murphy, 1857-1936 1
Page, Luella Wallace, 1899-1985 1
Page, Murray, 1881-1972 1
Page, William, 1857-1913 1
Palmer, George Culver, 1839-1894 1
Parks, Floyd 1
Pearl family 1
Pearl, Norton, 1878-1960 1
Pere Marquette Railroad 1
Popke Family Otsego Scholarship Fund 1
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Popke, Emil, Jr., 1925-2012 1
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