Business enterprises -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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
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
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