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Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3975
Scope and Contents
In the diary Parmater mainly records the weather and his daily chores on the farm. He occasionally writes about large purchases, visits from neighbors, the death of friends, the health of his family, and trips to Decatur and Dowagiac Michigan to visit friends, attend fairs, or shop. Most entries are four or five lines long, though he sometimes records just one line about the weather. On January 1st of each year Parmater writes a longer entry about his family, the holidays, and the start of a...
Dates:
1894-1897
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3450
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of seven issues of the publication Successful Rabbit Breeding published by the Hustling and later Chambers Publishing Companies in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The dates of the seven issues range from 1927 to 1930.
The Kalamazoo City Directories do not list either of these publishing companies or the Reliable Rabbit Supply Company that had an advertisement in the June, 1930 issue. The Ross Coller file does list an entry in 1933 for the Kalamazoo Rabbit Breeder's...
Dates:
Publication: 1927-1930
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3883
Abstract
The collection is composed of family correspondence, books, Western State Normal School Materials, township records and documents regarding the estate of Estelle Gray. The collection is 6 cubic feet.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1828-1992
Record Group
Identifier: RG-40/146
Scope and Contents
Finding aids and inventories for Tau Kappa Epsilon (40/146).
Dates:
1954 - 1956
Collection
Identifier: 03-01-exws_wilentz-diprima
Abstract
Correspondence received by bookseller Ted (Theodore) Wilentz from the poets Diane di Prima and Barbara Guest between the late 1960s and late 1990s.
Dates:
1967-1991
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3994
Dates:
approximately 1875
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-56
Abstract
The collection is composed of four items from Temple B’nai Israel in Kalamazoo dating from 1911 to 2010.
Dates:
1911-2010
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4241
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of twelve diaries written by Teresa B. Bowmaster (1882-1969) from 1918 and 1939-1965. The diaries document the daily life of Teresa Bowmaster.
Two notable entry in the diaries: on July 30, 1960 and August 8, 1960, Teresa writes that her husband Frank passed away and finding out that her son John had also passed away.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1918, 1939-1965
Collection
Identifier: 02-exws_aelfric
Abstract
Archive of research materials relating to Aelfric of Eynsham (c. 955 CE - c. 1010 CE). Archive consists mostly of photocopied materials and offprints used by Proffessor Luke Reinsma compiled the work, Aelfric: an annotated bibliography, published by Garland in 1987.
Dates:
1850-1998; Other: Majority of material found within 1881-1985; Other: Date acquired: 1997
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3776
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of a book titled Artistic Home Decoration published by The Alabastine Company, circa 1920. The contents of the book concern the history of wall decoration, Alabastine, and what color combinations are harmonious. There are several colored drawings of what The Alabastine Company considers to be aesthetically pleasing wall decorations. Several pages are written in a Q and A format, with many questions concerning...
Dates:
1920
