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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
Item
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
File
Identifier: RH-A-3120
Abstract
The Frederick and Shawn Hinga Collection is comprised of various handwritten letters, pictures, Benton Harbor High School material, ledger book, financial records, and funeral service booklets belonging to the Hinga, Pope/Griffin, and Quigley/Born families of Benton Harbor and Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1926-2012
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
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
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
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3632
Abstract
This collection contains documents from John Van Eck former resident of Kalamazoo and Postmaster. The dates of this collection range from 1883 to 1985.
Dates:
1883-1985
Item
Identifier: RH-A-4032
Scope and Contents
The Typographical Auxiliary of Kalamazoo was a social organization consisting of women whose husbands were Kalamazoo printers and members of the International Typographical Union. The women held monthly business meetings, held at the homes of various members, elected officers, and formed internal group committees. In the years recorded in the journal, 1939-1945, members of the Typographical Auxiliary contributed to war efforts by sewing utility bags for soldiers, volunteering weekly at the...
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1939-1945
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
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3725
Scope and Contents
Two ledgers of minutes, 1956-1961, and an invitation from the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, Department of Michigan, to meet Helen Harys, Department Commander, Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary at the Holiday Inn, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Dates:
1956
