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Identifier: RH-A-4353
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two letters written in April 1859 by Gilbert S. Boardman living in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to his parents Samuel and Ann Gilbert Boardman who are living in Vermont.Both letters were written by Gilbert Simeon Boardman while living in Kalamazoo, Michigan to his parents Samuel and Ann Gilbert Boardman who are living in Pittsfield, Vermont. He discusses the trip in the April 4th letter describing leaving Schenectady, New York and riding all the way to Detroit. He...
Dates:
April 1859
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3447
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the financial and business documents of the Gull Lake Country Club in the first few decades after its establishment in 1911.
The documents in this collection are dated to the years 1911-1947. The majority of papers in this collection come from business and financial transactions, including receipts from members and services rendered for club maintenance and correspondence related to membership, dues, and other business matters.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1911-1930's
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3080
Scope and Contents
The collection contains material created and gathered by Guy H. Lockwood. Seventeen magazines dealing with socialism written and published by Guy Lockwood, Lockwood Publishing Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Titles include: The prophet and the ass, 1911 (continued by The billygoat, 1912-1913); Unity, approximately 1913; and Pa and young American, no date. Fourteen binders of documents and two boxes of printing plates associated with Guy H. Lockwood. Materials include correspondence with Upton...
Dates:
1904-1942
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4219
Scope and Contents
The collection is made up of documents related to Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation of Kalamazoo Michigan from 1979 to the mid-2000s. The records consist of grant requests, foundation correspondence, member and trustee meeting minutes, and other miscellaneous documents.
Dates:
1979 - mid-2000s
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3541
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of design templates, catalogues, and correspondence from the Henderson-Ames Company located in Kalamazoo Michigan, which was in business from 1893 to 1993.
Dates:
1890-1911
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4323
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters, diaries, and legal documents from the Hollister family who lived in Burr Oak, Michigan and Hamilton, Illinois during the mid-1800s and early 1900s.Several letters are to and from Albert N. Hollister (1842-1915) and his mother Mary (Hollister) Shaw née Newcomb (1821-1905) and his younger sister (Mary) Lillian Hollister (1848-1866). The bulk of these letters were written during a long illness that claimed Lillian’s life in 1866 and the period...
Dates:
mid-1800s to early 1900s
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Identifier: RH-A-4351
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one letter dated November 13, 1864 by Civil War soldier Jacob Hampton (1847-1929) from Pavilion, Michigan while enlisted in the First Regiment Michigan Engineers and Mechanics and addressed to his sister while stationed in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In the letter, he discusses daily life and reports on Confederate troop movements.
Dates:
November 13, 1864
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3578
Abstract
This collection is mostly comprised of family letters, dealing mostly with the Holden and Ashley families. The range of dates is from 1858 to 1964. Although the majority of the letters are between 1858 till about 1920. These letters are mostly addressed to Harriet and Jerome Ashley from their children, Harriet’s siblings and their children. Harriet and Jerome lived in Calhoun county Michigan for a majority of their lives.
Dates:
1858-1964
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4122
Abstract
This collection is composed of documents from the Kalamazoo Chapter of the National Secretaries Association which existed from 1946 to 2015 until the chapter moved operations exclusively online.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1946-2015
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3104
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of 15 boxes altogether with 10 of those boxes being 1.0 cubic feet of Kalamazoo County Council of Governments (hereby after referred to as Kalamazoo C.O.G.) material and several smaller Hollinger boxes. The materials enclosed are related to the Kalamazoo C.O.G. organizational structure, long-term planning, and various initiatives the organization took during its tenure of being. The material dates from c.1981-2001.Kalamazoo County Council of Governments...
Dates:
1981-2001
