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Collection
Identifier: 01-exws_turk
Abstract
Papers of Msgr. Joseph Turk (1895-1951) including research notes, manuscript drafts, offprints, correspondence, newspaper clippings and postage stamps. The research papers and notes are concerned with the Cistercian Statuta and important figures in Cistercian history, such as Bernard of Clairvaux, William of St. Thierry and Stephen Harding. The newspaper clippings relate to mid-twentieth century politics in Yugoslavia.
Dates:
1922-1977; Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1940-1950
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4024
Abstract
The collection contains letters received by Murray Page (1881-1972) while he lived in Berrien Springs, Michigan between the years 1900-1955.
Dates:
1900-1955
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3648
Scope and Contents
The letter in the collection is a correspondence from Nathaniel Balch to the Michigan Audit General, Charles Hammond, on March 5, 1943. The letter contains information regarding a tax dispute Balch had with Mr. Howard over a certain portion of land. Balch wrote the Michigan Audit General to help get clarity on the situation.Nathaniel A. Balch was born on January 22, 1808. He graduated from Middlebury College of Vermont and soon after graduation, he took the position of Principal...
Dates:
1843
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3767
Scope and Contents
In the diary, Judge Bacon discusses various court cases and the mode of travel he uses to get to each of the cases. He discusses traveling with the Union Army and going to different forts during the Civil War. He also reviews the daily weather, and takes accounting notes for his farm. The writing for each date is between two and three statements, which are often written in fragments. The diary is helpful to see the different cases and duties of a Circuit Judge and to track different forts...
Dates:
1861
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4327
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of legal documents and receipts relating to Nathaniel H. Stewart, the Chappell-Stewart House, and other properties. The house is located in the Stuart Historical District of Kalamazoo, MI. The documents are from the 1860’s to the 1930’s.
Dates:
1860’s - 1930’s
Collection
Identifier: 01-exws_nationalCustomesMongolia
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 100 sheets of drawings made by U. Yadamsuren during his travels across the Mongolian country in the nineteen-fifties. The drawings include traditional summer and winter costumes and accessories from the following Mongolian national groups: Khalka, Buryat, Dorbet, Torgut, Barga, Dariganga, Uzumchin, Bayit, Uryankhaits, Khoton, and Mingat. Included with the set of drawings is a 24 page pamphlet which describes the customes and the history behind the different styles.
Dates:
Publication: 1967
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3391
Abstract
The collection is composed of one catalog from the National Gas Light Company located in Kalamazoo, Michigan dated 1908-1909.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-1909
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4382
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a spiral bound brochure titled Capabilities for the National Water Lift Company Division (NWL), Pneumodynamics Corporation Collection, a publication of the company called The Lift Line dated September 1966, a small brochure called NWL in Orbit, and a much larger brochure; all from Kalamazoo Michigan.
Dates:
Publication: September 1966
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4282
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the documents from the Nazareth Association, the alumni association for Nazareth College and Nazareth Academy. A part of the collection relates to the Nazareth Association’s activities from 1991 to 2021. Another part relates to the institutions run by the Sisters of St. Joseph from ca. 1900 until the closure of Nazareth College in 1992.The material reflects both the history of the Nazareth Association as well as the history of the five institutions...
Dates:
1991-2021
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3393
Scope and Contents
Neil Verburg, also sometimes spelled Verberg, lived in Kalamazoo. The 1920 Census indicates he was 30 years old then which would put his birth year approximately 1890. He lived in Kalamazoo and worked in a variety of professions. In 1917 he is listed as an agent for Metropolitan Life. He also was a timekeeper. There is no entry for him in 1924 although the 1920 census had him living in the Battle Creek area with his wife Beulah. By 1926 he is listed as a realtor, building and loans at 108 W....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1926-1929