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Sheckles Travel Diary

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3636
Scope and Contents This travel diary is written by the mother of the Sheckles family. The Sheckles family left Dowagiac, Michigan, on May 26, 1950 and traveled in their car nicknamed the chief. The family would either camp or stay in a motel each night on their trip. On this trip it is the mother Marguerite Sheckles, the daughter Backus, and two sons Loyd nicknamed Loydie and John nickname Johnnie. They travel down to Texas to visit their grandmother who is Marguerite’s mother. The grandmother owned a 650 acre...
Dates: 1950

Sheffer Family Reunion Book

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4259
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one composition book with reports of the Sheffer Family Reunion, a family from Southwest Michigan dating back as early as 1886. The contents of the book are reports written by the yearly rotating secretary in charge of the Sheffer Reunions and included information such as what happened, who attended, and any significant/important events.

Dates: 1886

Shepard Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3642
Abstract

This collection contains letters addressed to the Shepard family, Hattie and Esther, a mother and daughter. These letters come from various people and are from 1920’s to the 1940’s.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920-1949

Shrank’s Tasty Food Shop Menus

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4334
Scope and Contents This is a collection of three daily specials menus from Shrank’s Tasty Food Shop from circa 1935-1936. Founded by Roy A. Shrank (who also founded Shrank’s Cafeteria in Battle Creek in 1932) the restaurant was located at 111 Michigan Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo.These daily special menus advertise Shrank’s Supper Specials. The first special is given the heading “EXTRA SPECIAL SUPPER” and the other items are under the heading “SPECIAL PLATE.” An example of a special plate is:...
Dates: approximately 1935-1939

Sigma Alpha Epsilon

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-40/77
Scope and Contents

Finding aids and inventories for Sigma Alpha Epsilon (40/77).

Dates: 1975

Sigma Alpha Iota

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-40/32

Sigma Gamma Rho

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-40/114
Scope and Contents

Finding aids and inventories for Sigma Gamma Rho (40/114).

Dates: 1978

Sigma Phi Epsilon

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-40/19
Dates: Record Keeping: 1950-2011

SmartShop Metalworking School and Art Gallery Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3476
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the records of SmartShop Metal Arts Center, which operated from 2002 until its closing in 2010. Records of SmartShop Metal Arts Center (SMAC), also called SmartShop Metal Arts Collective include handwritten notes; receipts; Articles of Incorporation, 2004, 2008; by-laws, 2008; board records; contracts; and information on fundraisers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2002-2010

Soldiers and Sailors Association of SW Michigan Collection

 File
Identifier: A-3783
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of one roster of attendees at the 6th Annual Soldiers and Sailors of Southwestern Michigan Reunion held in Battle Creek, MI August 19-22, 1884 belonging to A.W. Cummings of Paw Paw, MI, one roster of attendees at the 7th Annual Soldiers and Sailors Reunion held in Benton Harbor, MI August 18-21, 1885 belonging to Harold D. Spicer, and two sets of handwritten notes listing Kalamazoo County soldiers in attendance for both reunions.

Dates: 1885

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Diaries 40
Business enterprises -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 33
Letters 29
ledgers (account books) 29
Personal correspondence 25
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Photographs 22
newsletters 22
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Correspondence 14
financial records 14
account books 13
black-and-white photographs 13
minutes (administrative records) 13
Business records 12
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 12
Menus 11
Certificates 9
Kalamazoo (Mich.) -- Societies and clubs 9
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 9
Kalamazoo (Mich.) -- Church history 8
Pamphlets 8
Records (Documents) 8
Advertisements 7
Catalogs 7
records (documents) 7
Promotional materials 6
booklets 6
brochures 6
membership lists 6
Clubs -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 5
Music -- Societies, etc. 5
Postcards 5
Schools -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 5
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives 5
annual reports 5
church records 5
family papers 5
photograph albums 5
Buildings -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 4
Business correspondence 4
Kalamazoo (Mich.) -- History 4
Nursing schools -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 4
Western Michigan University -- History 4
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives 4
bylaws (administrative records) 4
cabinet photographs 4
directories 4
estate records 4
notebooks 4
personal papers 4
school records 4
tax records 4
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Kalamazoo (Mich.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works 3
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Restaurants -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 3
Restaurants -- Michigan -- Menus 3
Tuberculosis 3
Women -- Michigan -- Diaries 3
Women -- Societies and clubs 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American 3
cartes-de-visite (card photographs) 3
clippings (information artifacts) 3
commercial photography 3
financial statements 3
journals (accounts) 3
registers (lists) 3
Aerial photographs 2
African Americans -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 2
Bible records 2
Business enterprises -- Michigan -- Marshall 2
Carriage and wagon making -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 2
Christmas cards 2
Concert Programs -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 2
Country clubs -- Michigan -- Richland 2
Diplomas 2
Drugstores -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 2
Fans (Machinery) industry -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 2
Farm management -- Michigan -- Records and correspondence 2
Fourth of July celebrations -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 2
Fraternal organizations -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 2
Graduation ceremonies 2
Hardware stores -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 2
Hotels -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 2
Hotels -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo County 2
Kalamazoo (Mich.) -- Pictorial works 2
Kalamazoo (Mich.) -- Politics and government 2
Kalamazoo County (Mich.) -- Aerial photographs 2
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Upjohn Company 5
Kalamazoo Public Library 4
Bronson Methodist Hospital. School of Nursing (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 3
Clarage Fan Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 3
Kalamazoo Central High School 3
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Kalamazoo Post Office (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 3
Kalamazoo Valley Museum 3
Waldo, Dwight B. (Dwight Bryant), 1864-1939 3
Western Michigan University 3
Alphadelphia Association (Organization) 2
Balch, Nathaniel A. (Nathaniel Aldrich), 1808-1894 2
Bronson Methodist Hospital (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 2
First Presbyterian Church (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 2
Gull Lake Country Club (Richland, Mich.) 2
House of David (Religious society) 2
Kalamazoo Corset Co. 2
Kalamazoo Public Schools 2
Kalamazoo Publishing Company 2
Kalamazoo Sled Company 2
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
Marlborough Apartments (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 2
Packard, Cullen C. 2
Parks, Floyd 2
Pere Marquette Railroad 2
Pfizer Inc. 2
Reidsema, John M. 2
State Theatre (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 2
Tuberculosis Sanitorium (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 2
Western Michigan College of Education 2
Western State Normal School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 2
A. W. Johnson Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
A.K. Edwards and Co. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
A.L. Pratt & Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Abbey, Lewis C. (Photographer) 1
Abrams, Samuel T., Rabbi 1
Academy of Music (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Acme Manufacturing Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Adams, Lida Leora, 1883-1972 1
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Alabastine Company 1
Allen, J. Adams (Jonathan Adams), 1825-1890 1
Allied Paper Corporation 1
Alvan Motor Freight Inc. 1
American Featherbone Company (Chicago, Ill) 1
American Hotel (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
American National Bank and Trust Company of Michigan 1
American Peat Fuel Company (Capac, Mich.) 1
American Playing Card Co. 1
American Roentgen Ray Society 1
American Tool & Die Works (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
American Tool & Engineering Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Ames, Charles S., 1853-1925 1
Ames, Edward, 1851-1949 1
Anders, Jennie 1
Anderson, Candace 1
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 1
Anderson, Phyllis, 1936- 1
Andrie, Eugene 1
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 1
Arcadia Roller Rink (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Ashley family 1
Ashley, Harriet M. Holder, 1841-1922 1
Ashley, Jerome B., 1837-1906 1
Austin, Frank G., 1852-1915 1
B. F. Freeland Sons Company (Sturgis, Mich.) 1
Bacon, Nathaniel, 1802-1869 1
Bannister, Burr, 1837-1916 1
Barton, Edward Read 1
Barton, Olin W. 1
Battle Creek (Mich.). Fire Department 1
Bayles, Burtis 1
Bayles, Charles H. 1
Bean, James 1
Beard, Chauncey 1
Beebe family 1
Beeby, Betty, 1923-2015 1
Beeson, B. F. 1
Ben Franklin Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Bennett, Reuben, 1848-1919 1
Berghoff Cafe 1
Best, Earnest L., 1939- 1
Beta Phi Mu. Kappa Chapter (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Billingham & Cobb Architects (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Bingham, H. L. (Harry L.) 1
Bird, Charles Harold 1
Blanchard family 1
Blanchard, William 1
Bloom, Oliver J., 1861-1933 1
Blossom Shop (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Blossom, Alice E., -1936 1
Boardman, Ann Gilbert 1
Boardman, Gilbert S (Gilbert Simeon), 1833-1917 1
Boardman, S. (Samuel Ward) 1
Bodmer, Joseph, 1882-1975 1
Boekeloo, Hubert J., 1918- 1
Bond Supply Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Bonine, Mary Anne, 1947-2013 1
Boudeman, Donald O. 1
Boudeman, Donald, 1880-1949 1
Boudeman, Donna Nicholson, 1909-1987 1
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