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Lakeside For Children records

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

Merrill R. Wiseman Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4203
Scope and Contents This collection consists of one scrapbook created by Merrill R. Wiseman (1896-1966), who spent time in the Pacific theater during World War II. The scrapbook contains photos and memorabilia obtained by Merrill R. Wiseman during his time in Manila, Philippines.The photographs cover a wide variety of topics, based on content the photos were mostly likely taken near the end of World War Two. There are photos of the ruins of Manilla, native people of the Philippines, soldiers from...
Dates: 1941-1947

Quota of Kalamazoo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4427
Abstract

The collection contains materials related to the Quota International Club of Kalamazoo ranging from 1945 to 2004.

Dates: 1945-2004

Ralph E. Oakland Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4354
Abstract

The collection is composed of 2 boxes filled with 21 folders of books, magazines, newspapers, brochures, correspondences, history, and other papers regarding the Checker Cab Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan from its start in 1921 to its bankruptcy in 2010.

Dates: approximately 1921-2010

Schoolcraft Prairie Extension Club Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4356
Scope and Contents This collection is composed of material from the Schoolcraft Prairie Extension Club, based in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan from 1927 to 1993. The collection contains 11 folders of newspaper clippings ranging from 1935-1993. It is unknown what publications the clippings came from, but they were originally compiled in scrapbooks created by the club. Other material within the collection pertains to the club’s history, community involvement, events, and activities. Photos, newspaper...
Dates: 1927-1993

The Herschfield Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4120
Dates: Majority of material found within 1912-1919

The Hurtt Family

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3349
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of one sepia-toned cabinet card, 4 ¼”x6 ½” of three children, two girls and one boy, and one adult male, all holding musical instruments. The photograph is identified as "The Hurtt Family." Local photographer C.C. Packard took the photograph and his name is at the bottom of the photograph.

Dates: ca. 1886

The Kalamazoo Fire Fighter 1973

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: RH-A-4455
Abstract

The collection is composed of a booklet featuring Kalamazoo’s fire fighters in 1973, published by local 394, the firefighter’s union.

Dates: 1973

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black-and-white photographs 18
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cartes-de-visite (card photographs) 3
minutes (administrative records) 3
newsletters 3
photograph albums 3
Advertisements 2
Aerial photographs 2
Diaries 2
Fire fighters -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo -- Photographs 2
Kalamazoo (Mich.) 2
Kalamazoo County (Mich.) -- Aerial photographs 2
Personal correspondence 2
Postcards 2
Promotional materials 2
ledgers (account books) 2
negatives (photographs) 2
Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography 1
Albums (Books) 1
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
Automobiles -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo -- History 1
Barbershop singing -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
Buildings -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
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Business records 1
Cass County (Mich.) -- Genealogy 1
Central Elementary School (Parchment, Mich.) -- Photographs 1
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Climax Township (Mich.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
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Concert Programs -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
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Kalamazoo (Mich.) -- Societies and clubs 1
Kalamazoo Fire Department -- History 1
Letters 1
Marriage licenses -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
Menus 1
Newspapers 1
Ocean travel 1
Passenger lists 1
Photographs 1
Photography of farms -- Michigan 1
Portrait photography -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
Postmortem photography 1
Schools -- Michigan -- Cooper Charter Township 1
Schools -- Michigan -- Parchment -- Photographs 1
Scores 1
Singers -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
South Elementary School (Parchment, Mich.) -- Photographs 1
Underground Railroad -- Michigan -- Cass County 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Western Michigan University -- Buildings -- Pictorial works 1
Women -- 20th century -- Travel -- Michigan 1
Women -- Michigan -- Galesburg -- Societies and clubs 1
Women teachers -- Michigan -- Parchment -- Photographs 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives 1
Youth -- Services for -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
brochures 1
bylaws (administrative records) 1
clippings (information artifacts) 1
commercial photography 1
financial records 1
marriage certificates 1
serials (publications) 1
tax records 1
tickets 1
videotapes 1
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Names
Packard, Cullen C., 1839-1898 2
Reidsema, John M. 2
Abbey, Lewis C. (Photographer) 1
American National Bank and Trust Company of Michigan 1
Bean, James 1
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Best, Earnest L., 1939- 1
Bingham, H. L. (Harry L.) 1
Brooks, Samuel, 1831-1911 1
Brown, Henry A. (Photographer) 1
Byrd, Clyde Everett, 1891-1980 1
Byrd, Essie Gladys 1
Checker Motors Corp. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Cook, George C. 1
Demming School (Cooper Township, Mich.) 1
DiMarino, Jan Van Haaften 1
Dornbush, Henry (Photographer) 1
E.B. Russell Grocery (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Eddy Paper Company (Three Rivers, Mich.) 1
Eddy, Henry 1
Firefighters Local Union No. 394 (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Ford & Humphrey (Firm : Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Ford, Arthur Homer, 1861-1929 1
Ford, Ethia P. "Effie" Johnson, 1865-1936 1
Ford, Frank P., 1845- 1
Garrett, Lutie J. 1
Heritage Community of Kalamazoo 1
Hershfield Brothers (Department store) 1
Hershfield family 1
Hershfield, David, 1898-1968 1
Hershfield, Harry Aaron, 1870-1945 1
Hicks, Mae Dorsey, -1970 1
Humphrey & Abbey (Firm : Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Hurtt Family 1
Jackson, Charles Arthur, 1915-2005 1
Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Kalamazoo Downstreamers Canoe Club (Mich.) 1
Kalamazoo Gazette 1
Kalamazoo Log Cabin Quilters 1
Kalamazoo Loose Leaf Binder Company 1
Kalamazoo National Bank (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Kalamazoo Valley Museum 1
Kohrman, George R. 1
LaPointe, Cathy 1
Lakeside for Children (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Lane, Esther Louise Wells, 1921-2010 1
Mall City Harmonizers 1
Mantele, Frederick, 1885-1975 1
Mantele, Lulu Liniger, 1893-1971 1
Markin, Morris 1
Michigan Female Seminary 1
Michigan State Normal School 1
Michigan Teachers' Institute 1
Oakland, Ralph E., 1899-1980 1
Palmiter & Warrant 1
Perry, Edgar H. 1
Porter, Morris H., 1839-1911 1
Quota Club International 1
Quota International of Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Reliance (Steamship : 1920) 1
Remington Rand, Inc. 1
Ross, Tom 1
Russell, E.B. 1
Sharpsteen, Samuel L., 1845-1916 1
Silberman, Harriette C. Hershfield 1
Smith, Charles Harold, 1896-1975 1
Smith, Mary Kathrine, 1894-1975 1
Spaeth's Studio (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Spencer family 1
Spencer, Zepha Lynn, 1887-1983 1
State Theatre (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Taylor, Frank E., 1913-1997 1
Thimble Club (Galesburg, Mich.) 1
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) (Company I) 1
Upjohn Company 1
Van Haaften, Gerret, 1904-1989 1
Van Sickle, Adolphus 1
Whipple, Elias A., 1845-1864 1
White, William S. (Photographer) 1
Wiseman, Merrill R., 1896-1967 1
Wood, Thomas E. (Photographer) 1
Yaple, Henry 1
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