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Arthur and Effie Johnson Ford Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3752
Abstract

The collection contains various documents and photos related to Arthur and Effie Johnson Ford and range from 1887 to 1929.

Dates: 1887-1929

Byrd-Leach Family Photographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4343
Scope and Contents

The collection contains thirty-six photographs from the Byrd and Leach families from Michigan and Ohio dating from 1880 to 1929.

Those pictured are sons-in-law, children and friends including Pauline Johnson; Essa Byrd’s family including Mary Katherine’s husband, Charles H. Smith, and her sons Robert Adrian Smith, Harold D. Smith and Frederick D. Smith.

Dates: 1880-1929

Eddy Paper Company Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4329
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single photograph album featuring pictures of the Eddy Paper Company factory Mill #3 in Three Rivers, MI. The photographs are from approximately 1902-1906.

Dates: 1902-1906

Frank E. Taylor Collection

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Identifier: RH-A-4324
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of materials relating to organist Frank E. (“Bud”) Taylor (1913 – 1997) and the State Theater of Kalamazoo. The materials cover a timespan from the mid 1930’s to the early 1980’s.

Dates: mid 1930’s to the early 1980’s

Frederick and Lulu Liniger Mantele Collection

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Identifier: RH-A-3678
Abstract

This collection contains photograph albums of the Frederick and Lulu Liniger Mantele family of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Dates: 1924-1949

Garret Van Haaften

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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

Heritage Community of Kalamazoo

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4232
Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of documents, photographs, scrapbooks, photo albums, and VHS/cassette tapes from the Heritage Community of Kalamazoo, an senior living community, located in Kalamazoo Michigan.

The documents include event information, reports, an IRS letter, lists, bylaws and ethical information, agreements, board minutes, a cookbook, guestbook, marketing materials, newletters, ledgers, court cases, and campaign materials.

Dates: 1950s-

Lakeside For Children records

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Identifier: RH-A-4248
Scope and Contents

This collection contains documents, ledgers, and photographs from Lakeside for Children, a residential treatment center located in Kalamazoo Michigan.

The photos are a mixture of black and white and color; and show buildings on the campus as well as staff and children who lived at Lakeside.

The material covered in the ledgers includes financial information such as monthly expenses, case update information, etc.

Dates: 1920s to early 2000s

Mae Dorsey Hicks Collection

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Identifier: RH-A-3894
Scope and Contents Lillian Cobb Bechmann was born in Morenci, MI in 1883. She was married to John W. Bailey on July 14, 1910. She and Mae Dorsey Hicks were residents of Battle Creek, MI. In 1933 John W. Bailey was the mayor of Battle Creek. Hicks was married to James A. Hicks in Detroit on October 19, 1921. In January 1933 Hicks and Mrs. Bailey went on an 18-day cruise of the Caribbean aboard the S.S. Reliance. On their trip they took numerous photographs of what they encountered, and kept postcards, cruise...
Dates: 1933

Mall City Harmonizers

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Identifier: RH-A-4370
Abstract

The collection is composed of 2 boxes with 28 folders of many artifacts from the Mall City Harmonizers, a barbershop chorus, of Kalamazoo Michigan ranging from 1942 all the way up to 2022.

Dates: 1942-2022

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Byrd, Essie Gladys 1
Checker Motors Corp. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
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