Kalamazoo Light Guard Collection
Scope and Contents
The Kalamazoo Light Guard was a military branch and the primary purpose of the guard was to be an independent military corps that is important for municipal regulation, as well as an efficient aid in war time. The Code of Laws books are from December 12th, 1881 and they consist of 23 articles, 15 rules of order, fines, penalties and the collection thereof, the original Light Guard Roster, the current guard roster and an index. The account book is hand written and is from June-August 1898 and it has an inventory of items that were available and who bought items. The letters seem to be like descriptions of a person joining the Light Guard and how much they would need to spend on supplies/how much their supplies would cost.
Dates
- Creation: 1881
Creator
- Kalamazoo Light Guard (Organization)
- Michigan State Troops. Regiment, 2nd. Company C (Organization)
- Michigan. National Guard (Organization)
Extent
1 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection is composed of letters and booklets from the Kalamazoo Light Guard from 1881.
Physical Description
The collection amounts to 0.5 cubic feet and is composed of letters, an account book, and two Code of Law books from the Kalamazoo Light Guard. The Code of Laws books are 4” x 5½” and are not in best condition: The covers of both books are loose from the spine, the books themselves are very dirty, there is major discoloration on the pages as well as stains, and one of the books has a red stain on the front. The account book is also not in the best condition: The cover is loose from the spine and the pages have major discoloration. However, the hand writing is still legible. The letters are “8 x 11” and are not in the best condition: The letters show significant discoloration as well as stains. The collection was received in a series of folders with no particular order and were later organized in categories that were similar and placed into archive safe folders.
Notes
This was found in the Wayne Mann Collection
- Title
- The Kalamazoo Light Guard Finding Aid
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ian Daly
- Date
- 1881
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections Repository
Charles C. and Lynn L. Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
arch-collect@wmich.edu