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John Esch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3578
Abstract

This collection is mostly comprised of family letters, dealing mostly with the Holden and Ashley families. The range of dates is from 1858 to 1964. Although the majority of the letters are between 1858 till about 1920. These letters are mostly addressed to Harriet and Jerome Ashley from their children, Harriet’s siblings and their children. Harriet and Jerome lived in Calhoun county Michigan for a majority of their lives.

Dates: 1858-1964

Judith Moffett Literary Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03-01-exws_moffett
Abstract

Collected correspondence between writer, English professor and translator Dr. Judith Moffett (1942-) and other poets and writers. Over 400 letters, notes, postcards, and cards all addressed to Dr. Moffett covering a period from 1963 to 1996. Includes letters from George Abbe, Isaac Asimov, Peter Beagle Marvin Bell, Wendell Berry, David Bromwich, Paul Engle, Seamus Heaney, Donald Justice, Lisel Mueller, Alicia Ostriker, Grace Schulman, Paul Zelinsky and others.

Dates: 1964-1999; Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1969-1985; Other: Date acquired: 1998

Louretta E Stevens Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3634
Abstract

This collection contains six letters. These letters are from 1887 and are all written in the month of August

Dates: 1887

Lydia Siedschlag Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3643
Scope and Contents This collection contains letters written between Lydia Siedschlag and Alfonso Ianelli, and some newspaper clippings.Letters from Lydia are undated but topics covered indicate they are from 1934-1935 and the 1940s. Letters from Alfonso Ianelli are dated and cover 1934-1935 and one is from 1960. Newspaper clippings concern the Fountain of the Pioneers that Ianelli created for Bronson Park.Topics in the letters range from where colleagues are working, how much Lydia’s...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1934-1935, 1940s, 1960

Mable Beckley Millen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-587
Abstract

The collection is composed of 10 diaries written by Frederic Millen (1891- 1954) along with various letters written by family members from 1818 to 1932 all from the eastern part of the United States.

Dates: 1818-1932

Mrs. Paul Noecker Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-1262
Scope and Contents This collection contains the letters of John C. Forbes, a Civil War veteran and native of Rome Township, Bradford County, PA. Forbes served successively with the 50th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers and 15th New York Engineers from September 9, 1861 until his second discharge in June 1865. A veteran of both the Siege of Fort Pulaski and the Battle of Sharpsburg/Antietam, Forbes’ service mainly involved the construction of fortifications, earthworks, or infrastructure projects....
Dates: 1777-1881

Mrs. Ruth Van Haaften Collection

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Identifier: RH-A-1624
Abstract

The collection is composed of photographs, artifacts, and documents from Edward Clarence Van Haaften who was a Kalamazoo resident and veteran of both World Wars I and II. The collection ranges in date from 1917 to 1945.

Dates: 1917-1945

Msgr. Joseph Turk Papers

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Identifier: 01-exws_turk
Abstract

Papers of Msgr. Joseph Turk (1895-1951) including research notes, manuscript drafts, offprints, correspondence, newspaper clippings and postage stamps. The research papers and notes are concerned with the Cistercian Statuta and important figures in Cistercian history, such as Bernard of Clairvaux, William of St. Thierry and Stephen Harding. The newspaper clippings relate to mid-twentieth century politics in Yugoslavia.

Dates: 1922-1977; Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1940-1950

Nathaniel A. Balch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3648
Scope and Contents The letter in the collection is a correspondence from Nathaniel Balch to the Michigan Audit General, Charles Hammond, on March 5, 1943. The letter contains information regarding a tax dispute Balch had with Mr. Howard over a certain portion of land. Balch wrote the Michigan Audit General to help get clarity on the situation.Nathaniel A. Balch was born on January 22, 1808. He graduated from Middlebury College of Vermont and soon after graduation, he took the position of Principal...
Dates: 1843

Philip M. Farnsworth Diaries

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Identifier: RH-A-3399
Scope and Contents The first diary runs from 1854 to 1858. It appears Philip along with being a farmer worked in the lumber industry as he notes a day to day schedule of what he did, how long he did it and how much he was paid. That part of the diary goes from 1854 to 1856. In 1857 and 1858, Farnsworth covers his daily activities.The second and third diaries cover the period September, 1870 to December 2, 1870 and December 2, 1870 to August, 1871. He notes in the second diary that it was purchased...
Dates: 1854-1871

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Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
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Ashley, Harriet M. Holder, 1841-1922 1
Ashley, Jerome B., 1837-1906 1
Balch, Nathaniel A. (Nathaniel Aldrich), 1808-1894 1
Bayles, Burtis 1
Bayles, Charles H. 1
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 1
Bourne family 1
Boylan, Walter J. 1
Bridges, Arthur 1
Callan, Edward (Edward Thomas O'Dwyer), 1917-2011 1
Camp Albert L. Mills (N.Y.) 1
Catholic Church--Clergy 1
Cory, Clyde Vern, 1889-1976 1
Cory, Marguerite (Molly) Bernice Bosworth, 1893-1960 1
Crane, Augustus W., 1868-1937 1
Crane, Caroline Bartlett, 1858-1935 1
Crane, Mary Alice, 1913-1987 1
Crews, Judson 1
Davis, Bert Byron (1880-1944) 1
Davis, Rosella Snyder (1876-1958) 1
Esch, John 1
Farnsworth, James S., 1907- 1
Farnsworth, Philip M. 1
Faulkner, Myran, 1869- 1
Forbes family 1
Forbes, John C. 1
Forbes, Lydia Jane 1
Foreman family 1
Foreman, Alta Werkman, -1992 1
Foreman, Willis H., 1914-1996 1
Fort Custer (Mich.) 1
Fouch, Betty Louise Spaulding Kohler 1
Frobenius family 1
Frobenius, Frank, 1860-1928 1
Frobenius, Mary Kammerer, 1860-1943 1
Girl Scouts of America. Glowing Embers Council (Galesburg, Mich.) 1
Gordimer, Nadine 1
Griffin family 1
Gull Lake Country Club (Richland, Mich.) 1
Haines, Horace F. 1
Haines, Horace G. 1
Haines, Margaret, 1898-1952 1
Haines, Mary French 1
Hamill, Ruth Marie Frobenius, 1900-1996 1
Hammond, Charles G. 1
Hamptom, Jacob, 1847-1929 1
Haynes family 1
Helms, Alan 1
Hershfield Brothers (Department store) 1
Hershfield family 1
Hershfield, David, 1898-1968 1
Hershfield, Harry Aaron, 1870-1945 1
Hilles, Howard 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
Holder family 1
Hollister, Albert Newcomb, 1874-1914 1
Jarvis, Roman I., 1851-1940 1
Kalamazoo Public Schools 1
Kingsley, David, Dr. 1
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 1
Luthuli, A. J. (Albert John), 1898-1967 1
Millen, Frederic, 1891-1954 1
Moffett, Judith, 1942- 1
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 1
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Palmer, George Culver, 1839-1894 1
Paton, Alan 1
Paton, Anne, 1927- 1
People's Church (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Peterson, Faith 1
Pierrot, George, 1898-1980 1
Pope family 1
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Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933 1
Sangren, Paul V. (Paul Vivian), approximately 1895-1967 1
Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 1
Shepard family 1
Shepard, Frances Esther 1
Shepard, Hattie Florence Childs 1
Siedschlag, Lydia E., 1891-1980 1
Silberman, Harriette C. Hershfield 1
Small, David, 1945- 1
Stevens, Louretta E. 1
Stewart, Sarah, 1939- 1
Turk, Joseph, 1895-1951 1
United States. Army. Ohio Regiment, 43rd 1
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 102nd 1
United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865) 1
Van Haaften, Edward C., 1894-1967 1
Van Haaften, Ruth, 1896-1990 1
Waldo, Dwight B. (Dwight Bryant), 1864-1939 1
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