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Business enterprises -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Kalamazoo Sled Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3345
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of one scrapbook from the Kalamazoo Sled Company from 1931-1952. The scrapbook is filled with advertisements of sleds, the majority of them made by the Kalamazoo Sled Company.

Dates: 1931-1952
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

Lacey-Webber Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3413
Abstract

The collection is composed of photographs and signs from the Lacey-Webber Company that was located in Kalamazoo between 1939 and 1947.

Dates: 1939-1947
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

Lull Carriage Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3540
Scope and Contents The collection amounts to .05 cubic feet and is composed of one booklet, titled "The Four Wheeler ‘Kalamazoo Kind’" published by the Lull Carriage Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan in July, 1918. The booklet contains stories, anecdotes, information and advertisements from the company. Almost all of the pieces in this booklet relate to World War I and deal with for example, substituting beans for meat, rationing wheat, women and war and stories about those who have enlisted. This booklet is...
Dates: July 1918
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

Michigan Buggy Company

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3456
Abstract

The collection is composed of advertisements for the Michigan Buggy Company located in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Dates: 1883-1909
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

Phelps & Bigelow Windmill Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3531
Abstract

The collection is composed of one catalog from the Phelps & Bigelow Wind Mill Company, c1888.

Dates: 1888
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

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
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

Robert Van Blarcom Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4367
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of educational and business material dating from 1930 to 1941, owned by Robert Van Blarcom, who lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Most of the materials included in this collection consist of memorabilia from Robert Van Blarcom’s education. Van Blarcom attended Kalamazoo Public High School and Western State Teachers College (now Western Michigan University). The ledgers were made before Van Blarcom joined the company, and they list daily expenses and...
Dates: 1930-1941
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

The Comstock Manufacturing Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3653
Scope and Contents

The catalogue was produced in 1895 by the Comstock Manufacturing Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The company was a manufacturer of automatic cut-off engines, boilers, pumps, and power transmitting machinery. The catalogue includes illustrations of its products along with their prices and information.

Dates: 1895
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

Theophilus Taylor Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3374
Scope and Contents The ledger book dates from 1906 to 1922 and is an alphabetical listing of Taylor’s customers. There is an A-Z index in the front listing the companies and individuals along with the pages numbers. Some companies he dealt with include American Express Company, Banner Laundry, Charles Clarage, Gilmore Brothers Department Store, William E. Hill and Company, Kalamazoo Fire Department, Kalamazoo Ice and Fuel Company, Kalamazoo Lumber Company, Kalamazoo Sled Company, C. Leundyke, Michigan Asylum...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1890-1922
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

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