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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

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

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

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

Jacob Hampton Civil War Letter

 Item — Folder: 1 of 1
Identifier: RH-A-4351
Scope and Contents

The collection contains one letter dated November 13, 1864 by Civil War soldier Jacob Hampton (1847-1929) from Pavilion, Michigan while enlisted in the First Regiment Michigan Engineers and Mechanics and addressed to his sister while stationed in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In the letter, he discusses daily life and reports on Confederate troop movements.

Dates: November 13, 1864

John Esch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3578
Abstract

This collection is mostly comprised of family letters, dealing mostly with the Holden and Ashley families. The range of dates is from 1858 to 1964. Although the majority of the letters are between 1858 till about 1920. These letters are mostly addressed to Harriet and Jerome Ashley from their children, Harriet’s siblings and their children. Harriet and Jerome lived in Calhoun county Michigan for a majority of their lives.

Dates: 1858-1964

Karen Zantjer Collection

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Identifier: RH-A-3563
Scope and Contents

Papers of Myron A. Lovell include land and mortgage deeds for land in New York, Battle Creek, Michigan, and Oshtemo, Michigan. Also includes Myron Lovell's correspondence, tax information, and receipts. Land and mortgage deeds for Phillip Tidd, Abijah Course, Martin Chase, Benjamin Farley, and Frederick Alchin.

Dates: 1839-1880

Louretta E Stevens Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3634
Abstract

This collection contains six letters. These letters are from 1887 and are all written in the month of August

Dates: 1887

Murray Page Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4024
Abstract

The collection contains letters received by Murray Page (1881-1972) while he lived in Berrien Springs, Michigan between the years 1900-1955.

Dates: 1900-1955

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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives 2
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Bowling alleys -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
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Circus performers -- Michigan -- Van Buren County 1
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Flight training 1
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Kalamazoo (Mich.) -- City Commission -- Elections, 1969 1
Kalamazoo County (Mich.) -- History 1
Menus 1
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Military training camps -- Michigan 1
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United States. Army. Malaria Survey Unit, 19th 1
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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
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
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
Episcopal Community of St. John the Baptist (Mendham, N.J.) 1
Esch, John 1
Faulkner, Myran, 1869- 1
Finch family 1
First Presbyterian Church (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Fitch, Asa 1
Fort Custer (Mich.) 1
Freeland, Jane Patricia, 1910-2004 1
Frobenius family 1
Frobenius, Frank, 1860-1928 1
Frobenius, Mary Kammerer, 1860-1943 1
Gernant, David 1
Graves, Henry S. 1
Hamill, Ruth Marie Frobenius, 1900-1996 1
Hamptom, Jacob, 1847-1929 1
Harvard Law School 1
Hershfield Brothers (Department store) 1
Hershfield family 1
Hershfield, David, 1898-1968 1
Hershfield, Harry Aaron, 1870-1945 1
Holder family 1
Kalamazoo County Pomona Grange, No. 82 (Kalamazoo County, Michigan) 1
Kalamazoo National Bank (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Kalamazoo Public Library 1
Lockwood, Guy H., 1870-1947 1
Lovell, Myron A., 1818-1905 1
Meader, Mary, 1916-2008 1
Morris, Edward, 1918-1991 1
Morris, Harold, 1925-2009 1
Morris, Lillian V. Steinbauer, 1890-1985 1
Morris, Richard B., 1891-1974 1
Morris, Richard E., 1916-1987 1
Morris, Robert S., 1923-1945 1
Morris, Walter G., 1921-2011 1
Page, Anna May Murphy, 1857-1936 1
Page, Luella Wallace, 1899-1985 1
Page, Murray, 1881-1972 1
Page, William, 1857-1913 1
Pearl family 1
Pearl, Norton, 1878-1960 1
Popke Family Otsego Scholarship Fund 1
Popke family 1
Popke, Emil, Jr., 1925-2012 1
Popke, Ruth, -2007 1
Potter, Charity, 1826-1921 1
Rasmussen, Cornelia Brown, 1890-1965 1
Rasmussen, Esther Morris, 1914-1991 1
Rasmussen, Leo B., Jr., 1914-1988 1
Rasmussen, Leo B., Sr., 1890-1975 1
Red Brick Tavern Inn and Store (Plainwell, Mich.) 1
Rosel, Dale Edward, 1927-1990 1
Rosel, Helen Lorraine Aulm, 1928-2006 1
Royer, Archie, 1866-1956 1
Selbini, Mizpah, 1887-1955 1
Shepard family 1
Shepard, Frances Esther 1
Shepard, Hattie Florence Childs 1
Silberman, Harriette C. Hershfield 1
Simonds, Darwin, 1812- 1
Simonds, Mary C. Waterman, 1813-1868 1
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 1
Stevens, Louretta E. 1
Stone, James A. B., 1810-1888 1
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 1
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865). Company B 1
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865). Company E 1
Van Haaften, Gerret, 1904-1989 1
WKMI (Radio station : Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
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