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This collection is composed of eighteen ledgers, documents, and photographs from Alamo Township schools from 1879 to 1954.

The ledgers and documents contained within this collection are linked to several schools throughout the township such as Tamarack, Hackley, Oak Grove, and Williams School. The ledgers contain material such as teacher contracts, student grades, and student attendance records.

Scope and Contents The collection contains two teacher's register books by Charlotte DeLano Ingerson (1838-1934). It is not known when she began teaching but the Teacher’s Register book begins in 1857 when she was nineteen. In the 1860 census she is recorded as a school teacher living with her parents. The last entry in the Teacher’s Register is in 1862 and the certification is for 1863 but it is not known when she stopped teaching although it may have been either when she married or right before....

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Personal papers, books, lectures, notes, manuscripts and publishing information, correspondence and journals of Edward Burroughs Irving, Jr. (1923-1998), scholar of English literature. The collection pertains mainly to Irving's education and his teaching of and research on Old English literature. A donation of books relating to Old and Middle English literature accompany this collection and are cataloged individually and searchable via the WMU Libraries online catalog.

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The collection contains photographs of Esther Lane (1921-2010) and class composites from when she taught early elementary in Parchment, Michigan (1945-1980).

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The collection is composed of various documents relating to the Galesburg Parent-Teacher Association of Galesburg, Michigan, dating from the years 1949 to 1957. The documents include numerous annual reports, bylaws, and meeting notes. There are also various Council Committee guidelines, directories, member lists, bulletins, and articles from magazines.

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The collection is composed of two identical pamphlets created by Elmer A. Aseltine, commissioner for Van Buren County. The pamphlets originated in Paw Paw in August 1902. These two pamphlets were put together by Elmer A. Aseltine, commissioner for Van Buren County Michigan at the time.