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Lakeside For Children records
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4248
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents, ledgers, and photographs from Lakeside for Children, a residential treatment center located in Kalamazoo Michigan.
The photos are a mixture of black and white and color; and show buildings on the campus as well as staff and children who lived at Lakeside.
The material covered in the ledgers includes financial information such as monthly expenses, case update information, etc.
Dates:
1920s to early 2000s
Mae Dorsey Hicks Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3894
Scope and Contents
Lillian Cobb Bechmann was born in Morenci, MI in 1883. She was married to John W. Bailey on July 14, 1910. She and Mae Dorsey Hicks were residents of Battle Creek, MI. In 1933 John W. Bailey was the mayor of Battle Creek. Hicks was married to James A. Hicks in Detroit on October 19, 1921. In January 1933 Hicks and Mrs. Bailey went on an 18-day cruise of the Caribbean aboard the S.S. Reliance. On their trip they took numerous photographs of what they encountered, and kept postcards, cruise...
Dates:
1933
Merrill R. Wiseman Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4203
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one scrapbook created by Merrill R. Wiseman (1896-1966), who spent time in the Pacific theater during World War II. The scrapbook contains photos and memorabilia obtained by Merrill R. Wiseman during his time in Manila, Philippines.The photographs cover a wide variety of topics, based on content the photos were mostly likely taken near the end of World War Two. There are photos of the ruins of Manilla, native people of the Philippines, soldiers from...
Dates:
1941-1947
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
Underground Railroad Society of Cass County
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4254
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of photocopies, original documents, and photographs relating to the history of the Underground Railroad in Cass County, Michigan, in addition to research about families in the area. This research was collected by the Underground Railroad Society of Cass County, Michigan.The collection covers a wide range of materials primarily focusing on social, legal, and political issues concerning the African American population in Cass County, Michigan from the...
Dates:
1700s-1800s
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- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 3
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- Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography 1
- Albums (Books) 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- Cass County (Mich.) -- Genealogy 1
- Correspondence 1
- Menus 1
- Ocean travel 1
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- Postcards 1
- Promotional materials 1
- Records (Documents) 1
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- Underground Railroad -- Michigan -- Cass County 1
- Women -- 20th century -- Travel -- Michigan 1
- Women -- Michigan -- Galesburg -- Societies and clubs 1
- Youth -- Services for -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- color photographs 1
- newsletters 1
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- Bonine, Mary Anne, 1947-2013 1
- Cook, Barbara Wood 1
- Hicks, Mae Dorsey, -1970 1
- Kovalak, Tom, 1968- 1
- Lakeside for Children (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
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