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The Martha Gilmore Parfet Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3505
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one Holy Bible belonging to William and Carrie Sherwood Gilmore Upjohn and two Cottage Bibles belonging to Maria and Cyrus Sherwood.The Cottage Bible was first printed in London in 1825-27 and was reprinted many times. Rev. William Patton (1798-1879) added extensive notes and edited the American edition, where it was first published in 1833-34. The Bible was primarily designed for home use, and a home Bible study today is still sometimes called a...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1909, 1957
The Mechanics’ Institute Flyer
Item
Identifier: RH-A-4314
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of one flyer from The Mechanic’s Institute of Kalamazoo, dating from 1882.The flyer details a series of lectures at the Mechanics’ Institute at Institute Hall located at N. Burdick St. Some topics are listed such as “Socrates,” “Epochs of National Life,” and “Gladstone.” Two additional lectures are listed (Spoken by Hon. Charles S. May and Edwin M. Irish, respectively) with subjects and dates to be announced. On the bottom margin of the page, tickets...
Dates:
1882
The Peter C. Schram Company papers
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4266
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of twelve issues of The Perfect Home distributed by P. C. Schram Company Subdivides and Home Builders based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The issues range from July, 1937 through May 1938.The contents of the magazine seem to be largely generic, providing different articles about house types and trends. The front cover showcases a Kalamazoo house, and the back cover contains localized ads. Various houses for sale depicted on the front include architectural...
Dates:
July 1937- May 1938
The Phyllis Anderson Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3649
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook belonged to a Muskegon, Michigan native named Phyllis Anderson, born in 1936. She chronologically recorded her years at Muskegon “Bunker” Junior High from 1947-1950 to the end of her Senior High year at Muskegon Senior High from 1950-1951. Anderson included cut-outs from the Junior High School’s newspaper The Sand Dune and Muskegon’s newspaper The Muskegon Chronicle, various photographs, play and choir programs, educational awards, personal letters, and school ephemera for...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1974-1951
The William and Melinda Lawrence papers
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3662
Scope and Contents
This collection encompasses the financial information of William and Melinda Lawrence from 1882-1906 in Galesburg and Kalamazoo Michigan. Financial information includes business-related receipts as well as rent that Melinda received. Personal financial information includes bills from a grocer, a tailor, and a luxury car establishment. Other financial statements and bills include utilities, tax forms, insurance, correspondence, and a contract with the Dodge Plow Company.
Dates:
1882-1906
The Woman’s Veteran Relief Union Collection
Item
Identifier: RH-A-3861
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of one booklet titled “The Book of Presidents” compiled in 1905 by the Woman’s Veteran Relief Union of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Dates:
Publication: 1905
Theophilus Taylor Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3374
Scope and Contents
The ledger book dates from 1906 to 1922 and is an alphabetical listing of Taylor’s customers. There is an A-Z index in the front listing the companies and individuals along with the pages numbers. Some companies he dealt with include American Express Company, Banner Laundry, Charles Clarage, Gilmore Brothers Department Store, William E. Hill and Company, Kalamazoo Fire Department, Kalamazoo Ice and Fuel Company, Kalamazoo Lumber Company, Kalamazoo Sled Company, C. Leundyke, Michigan Asylum...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1890-1922
Thimble Club Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4193
Scope and Contents
This collection is consists of material from the Thimble Club from 1905-1960 located in Galesburg Michigan. The material includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and meeting ledgers.
Dates:
1905-1960
Thomas Brady Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3997
Abstract
This collection consists of papers and materials relating mostly to Joseph Dorr Waterman and his mother, Mary C. Waterman (later Simonds). The collection contains the correspondence and financial records of these individuals. There are also items not related to the Waterman/Simonds family, including a wallet, Civil War era letters and keepsakes, and advertisements for Kalamazoo businesses. J. Dorr Waterman was a resident of Kalamazoo from 1857-1883.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1857-1883
Thomas Huff Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3989
Scope and Contents
The ledger contains records of estates, will, and trusts set up by the banks patrons. Each trust contains information about the account, such as the name of the account holder, any beneficiaries, the date the trust was issued, the capacity of the trust, an initial inventory of the trust, and the bank’s fee. Each account also keeps of record properties owned, income, and outgoing expenses. Some of the trusts contain detailed accounts of the spending and income. The trusts...
Dates:
1929-1938
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
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- A. W. Johnson Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
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- Adams, Lida Leora, 1883-1972 1
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
- Alabastine Company 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
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- Anderson, Candace 1
- Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 1
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- 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
- Balch, Nathaniel A. (Nathaniel Aldrich), 1808-1894 1
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- Barton, Edward Read 1
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- 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
- Bodmer, Joseph, 1882-1975 1
- Boekeloo, Hubert J., 1918- 1
- Bond Supply Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
- Bonine, Mary Anne, 1947-2013 1
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- Boudeman, Donald, 1880-1949 1
- Boudeman, Donna Nicholson, 1909-1987 1
- Bourne family 1
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