RH. Regional History Collections

Lincolniana collected by Dwight B. Waldo (1864-1936), the first president of Western Michigan University (the books associated with this collection are cataloged individually and searchable through the Western Michigan University Libraries online catalog)

This collection is composed of programs from the Kalamazoo Philharmonic Concert series that were held in Kalamazoo beginning in 1923 and into 1930.

The collection is composed of eight newsletters called the Kalamazoo Township Monitor produced by the Friends of Responsible Government located in Kalamazoo Township, Michigan. The newsletters date from December, 1976 to September, 1977.

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

The collection is filled with menus and dining guides from a variety of restaurants predominately from the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek areas although there are a very few from the other ten counties covered by the WMU Regional History Collections.

The collection is composed of one multi-paged typed history and three record books filled with minutes, attendance lists and activities for the Shakespeare Club of Niles, Michigan which began in 1906. It is not known when the Club ceased to exist but the typed history goes until 1981.

The collection is composed of one ledger owned by Benjamin C. Sheldon who was enrolled in Clark Commercial College in Kalamazoo. The ledger has work in it dated January to September, 1856.

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

This collection contains the Diary about Richard G. Lobdell's day to day activities living in Kalamazoo; in early 1929.

The collection is composed of financial documents, correspondence, and organizational documents from the Michiana Cello Society. This collection has documents that date from 1984-1997 contained within.