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O.C. Simmons Ledger Book

 Item
Identifier: RH-A-4103
Scope and Contents The O.C. Simmons Ledger Book dates from 1866-1867 and documents the invoice of the hardware store, owned by Orville C. Simmons, over the year. The opening cover of the ledger is dated January 1st, 1866. Paw Paw, Michigan during this time was described as “a flourishing incorporated post village” with a population of 1300, according to the Michigan State Gazetteer for 1863-1864. It also listed other businesses in Paw Paw during this time, such as flouring mills, saw mills, blind and door...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1866 - 1867

Otis M. Southworth Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4335
Scope and Contents This collection contains diaries kept by Otis Monroe Southworth (b. 1861- d. 1940) of Benton Harbor, Michigan for the years 1902-1923. In addition to his diaries are a notebook kept by his son Grover during 1918, a 1922 Diary kept by his other son, Walter, plus items and photocopies of newspaper clippings that were within the volumes.In these diaries, Otis captured not only his present, but memories and thoughts of his wife Clara L., his children, and what they did for fun as...
Dates: 1902-1923

Pavilion Township Treasurer

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3514
Scope and Contents

The ledger starts in 1902 with the first listed treasurer, H. H. Sherwood and ends with Hart Fisher in 1915. However, for the years of 1909 and 1910 no treasurer is listed. This is also seen on the backside of the receipt where there is another list of treasurers with that one missing. Today the city hall is located at 7510 Q Ave E, Scotts, MI 49088-9760.

Dates: 1902-1915

Pease and Son Printers Job Register

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3322
Abstract

The collection is composed of one job register ledger for the Pease & Son and McCaul's Printing Company which were located in Kalamazoo between 1881 and 1962.

Dates: Created: 1926-1947

Richard Vander Molen Collection

 File
Identifier: RH-A-3751
Scope and Contents

This collection consist of newsletters, publications, staff directories, informational ephemera, and other materials regarding Bronson Methodist Hospital, the Bronson School of Nursing, being a Bronson employee, and the Bronson Retiree Association

Dates: 2015 (Time the file was created)

Robert Tefler scrapbook

 Item
Identifier: RH-A-4252
Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of a scrapbook of Robert Tefler in his senior year of high school at Richland High School in 1938. The scrapebook contains loose material like newspaper clippings of basketball box scores as Robert played basketball for Richland High School, black and white photographs of Robert Tefler, and autographs from other classmates.

Dates: 1938

Schoolcraft Prairie Extension Club Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4356
Scope and Contents This collection is composed of material from the Schoolcraft Prairie Extension Club, based in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan from 1927 to 1993. The collection contains 11 folders of newspaper clippings ranging from 1935-1993. It is unknown what publications the clippings came from, but they were originally compiled in scrapbooks created by the club. Other material within the collection pertains to the club’s history, community involvement, events, and activities. Photos, newspaper...
Dates: 1927-1993

Shakespeare Company Stockholder Ledger

 Item — Box: 1 of 1
Identifier: RH-A-4322
Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of a common stockholder ledger from the Shakespeare Company of Kalamazoo, MI. The majority of the dates in the ledger are from between 1909 and 1940’s. Red-cover ledger binder of the Shakespeare Company of Kalamazoo includes shareholders L-Z.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1909-1940s

South Side Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3726
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a ledger from the South Side Club. Many pages of the ledger were left blank. A few meeting notes were taken, but after that the pages which are used mostly deal with bonds, stocks, and interest on bank accounts. There are also some pages which show liberty bonds bought by the club. These account information ends with 1924. The club had accounts with the Kalamazoo City Savings Bank.

Dates: 1913-1924

Spencer Funeral Home

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Identifier: RH-A-3886
Scope and Contents This collection is composed of one green S. E. Ledger, which was owned by Spencer Funeral Home in Athens, MI and was used from 1949 – 1954. The ledger is 76 pages long.Purchases recorded in the ledger include item such as cards, flowers, casket sprays, dinners, and the services themselves. There are three (3) receipts pinned in the ledger for flowers, wheat, and something from Wolfe Grain & Feed Co. The entries often include which church the funeral took place at and the family member...
Dates: 1949 – 1954

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Ocean travel 1
Pamphlets 1
Passenger lists 1
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Postal service -- Michigan -- Saint Joseph County 1
Postcards 1
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Requisitions, Military 1
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Bronson Methodist Hospital (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 2
Kalamazoo Post Office (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 2
Kalamazoo Public Schools 2
Waldo, Dwight B. (Dwight Bryant), 1864-1939 2
A.K. Edwards and Co. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
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Acme Manufacturing Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
American Roentgen Ray Society 1
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 1
Beeson, B. F. 1
Bonine, Mary Anne, 1947-2013 1
Bourne family 1
Bower, Charles L., 1831- 1
Bronson Methodist Hospital. School of Nursing (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Chamberlin Hardware Co. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Chamberlin, Charles 1
Chase H. Dickinson 1
Chase family 1
Chase, Helen Sebring, 1883-1967 1
Chase, Jay Gould, 1880-1949 1
Clark Commercial College (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Cook, Barbara Wood 1
Crane, Augustus W., 1868-1937 1
Crane, Caroline Bartlett, 1858-1935 1
Crane, Mary Alice, 1913-1987 1
Cronin, Jeremiah H., 1873-1960 1
Dooley, Lloyd S., 1896-1979 1
E.J. Kelly Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Edwards & Chamberlin Hardware Co. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Farrell Products Company (Dowagiac, Mich.) 1
Ferris, Wilcox & Co. (Leonidas, Mich.) 1
First National Bank and Trust Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Flannery, Norma, 1899-1984 1
Four Township Water Resources Council (Mich.) 1
Galesburg High School Alumni Association (Mich.) 1
Gaudie, Mary Louise Treash, 1912-1991 1
Green, W. Frank (William Frank), 1860-1939 1
Griffin family 1
Helmsworth, James A., 1915-2015 1
Helmsworth, Juliet Chase Muller, 1909-2000 1
Hicks, Mae Dorsey, -1970 1
Hinga, Dirk, 1861-1928 1
Hinga, Frederick Martin, 1926-2012 1
Hinga, Marvin, 1891-1951 1
Hinga, Mildred Quigley, 1897-1994 1
Hinga, Shawn 1
Humphrey, Bissel, 1792-1855 1
International Typographical Union. Local 122 (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
J.H. Cronin Store (Marshall, Mich.) 1
Kalamazoo Downstreamers Canoe Club (Mich.) 1
Kalamazoo Light Guard 1
Kalamazoo Sled Company 1
Kalamazoo Society for Crippled Children and Adults 1
Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad 1
Kelly, Eugene, 1890-1964 1
Kingsbury, Charles Henry 1
Kovalak, Tom, 1968- 1
Lakeside for Children (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Lawson, Estella Sanders, 1909-2011 1
LeFevre Institute (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Lighthouse Funeral and Cremation (Athens, Mich.) 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Loney, Wayne H. 1
McCaul's Printers (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Michigan State Troops. Regiment, 2nd. Company C 1
Michigan. National Guard 1
Milwood Elementary School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Milwood Mothers Club (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Muller, Charles F., 1906-1968 1
Newcomb, Martha, 1867-1963 1
Oakwood School District, Kalamazoo County, Mich. 1
Pease & Son Printers (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
People's Church (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Pierce, Ardis J. (Ardis Jean), 1944-2013 1
Pope family 1
Quigley family 1
Reliance (Steamship : 1920) 1
Ritter, Joseph K. 1
Robert G. McCaul 1
Robinson, Claude, 1880-1957 1
Saint Augustine High School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Sangren, Paul V. (Paul Vivian), approximately 1895-1967 1
Schroeder, Orville B., 1896-1970 1
Shakespeare Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 1
Shell, Barbara 1
Shell, Bobby 1
Shirtum, Martha Louise, 1928-2015 1
Siedschlag, Lydia E., 1891-1980 1
Simmons, Orville C., approximately 1827- 1
South Side Club (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Southworth, Otis (Otis Monroe), 1861-1940 1
Spencer Lighthouse of Athens (Athens, Mich.) 1
State Theatre (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Steward, L.J. 1
Taylor, Frank E., 1913-1997 1
Taylor, Theophilus, 1849-1922 1
Tefler, Robert, approximately 1920- 1
Thimble Club (Galesburg, Mich.) 1
Treash, Delia 1
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