Kalamazoo Public Library
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Black Resource and Enterprise Directories Collection
Collection — Box 1 of 1: [Barcode: 31141024409083], Object: 1 & 2
Identifier: RH-A-4369
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of two directories listing the workplace and organizations of African American citizens in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1969 and 1974.Inside, there is a list of businesses and organizations owned by African Americans, along with the address of their business or organization, the name of the owner, and their phone number. The Black Resource Directory lists the names of workers and their jobs, and also contains the home address of workers as well as their home...
Dates:
1969, 1974
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
Guy Lockwood Papers & Additional Paper Materials
Series
Identifier: AC-2019-070
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of material including stories, scrapbooks, art school material, and magazines that were collected and created by Guy Lockwood. There are three different magazines that were created by Lockwood: Art MagazineArt Magazine, Art and Life MagazineArt and Life Magazine, and The Student Art Magazine. These magazines serve as a helpful resource for armature artists with...
Dates:
1904-1942
Kalamazoo Public Library Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-441
Abstract
The collection is composed of materials produced by the Kalamazoo Public Library and date from 1942 to 2011.
Dates:
1942-2011
Oral history interview with Carol Waszkiewicz, July 23, 1989
File — Box 6-OralHist, Object: 1
The Hikers Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3458
Scope and Contents
The collection amounts to .05 cubic feet and is composed of three club program schedules for The Hikers, a club which began in 1921. The three club program booklets are from 1932, 1941 and 1947 and contain membership roster with names and contact information along with officers and a yearly schedule of activities, including monthly meetings and hikes around the community.
Dates:
1932-1947
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- Collection 4
- Archival Object 2
- Subject
- African American business enterprises -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- African American businesspeople -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- African Americans -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- Arts -- Periodicals 1
- Blueprints 1
- College students, Black -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- Discrimination in employment -- United States 1
- Hiking -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- Kalamazoo County (Mich.) -- History 1
- Libraries -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- Menus 1
- Personal correspondence 1
- Political cartoons 1
- Race relations 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Socialism -- Periodicals 1
- Western Michigan College -- History 1
- Western Michigan University -- Administration 1
- Western Michigan University -- Buildings 1
- Western Michigan University -- Faculty 1
- Western Michigan University -- Finance 1
- Women -- Societies and clubs 1
- Women college students -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives 1
- annual reports 1
- architectural drawings (visual works) 1
- budgets 1
- directories 1
- newsletters 1 + ∧ less
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