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WKZO Radio Collection, 1940-1995.

Title: WKZO Radio Collection, 1940-1995.

WKZO 590, under the ownership of John Fetzer, began broadcasting in Kalamazoo in 1931. Until 1957 the radio, and eventually television station was located in the Burdick Hotel, at first on the seventh floor, later on the second. In 1958 they moved to West Maple Street between Crosstown Parkway and South Westnedge. In the 1990's, the radio station moved to a site on West Main.The earliest items in the collection are three booklets, one from 1940 and two from 1947. They are filled with a number of photographs of Fetzer and his employees including radio personalities of the station. There are also photographs of Columbia Broadcasting Personalities. There are several photographs of Dr. Willis Dunbar who was employed by the station at this time. Also in the collection are two cardboard fans on wood sticks that say, "I'm a WKZO Radio Fan Dial 590 Kalamazoo, Mich." The brochure "Disaster strikes" has images of Kalamazoo after the tornado of 1980. Also included is a calendar, which is an example of an annual photo competition the station held for several years.

ArchivalResource: .05 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/624459971 View

W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Collection, 1946-2007.

Title: W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Collection, 1946-2007.

Radio scripts from the program, "Western Michigan at work," produced by WKZO Radio, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1940-1950, hosted by Willis Dunbar. Scripts contain historical information about various businesses in the Kalamazoo area. W. E. Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation, 75th Anniversary, 1932-2007 (compact disk).

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/434891079 View

Dunbar, Willis Frederick, 1902-1970. Kalamazoo Savings and Loan Association collection, 1886-1966.

Title: Kalamazoo Savings and Loan Association collection, 1886-1966.

Records include a photocopy of a passbook with constitution, by-laws, 1886; an annual report, 1889; a newspaper supplement about the history of Kalamazoo Savings and Loan Association,1959; and a 1966 pamphlet by Willis Dunbar titled: Financial progress, a history of Kalamazoo's banks.

ArchivalResource: 3 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/557492891 View

Dunbar, Willis Frederick, 1902-1970,. Willis Dunbar Collection, 1929-1970.

Title: Willis Dunbar Collection, 1929-1970.

Dunbar papers include information on his career as an educator, author, historian, radio programming director, and civic leader. Collection reflects Dunbar's varied interests in Kalamazoo and Michigan including files from his radio programs, ca. 1943-1951, material relating to the House of David, Benton Harbor, Michigan, American Expeditionary Forces (Polar Bears), correspondence regarding the Michigan Centennial Commission, Michigan Constitutional Convention material, 1961-1962, scrapbook on Colonel Frederick W. Curtenius, who served with the Michigan 6th Infantry during the Civil War, material concerning Michigan railroads including maps.

ArchivalResource: 101 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/771939813 View

Claude Halstead Van Tyne papers

Title: Claude Halstead Van Tyne papers

Professor of history at University of Michigan; scholar of America's revolutionary era. Correspondence concerning the historical profession, publishing, current events, and personal matters; lecture notes, newspaper clippings concerning personal matters and travels in Europe and India; papers concerning his activities during World War I, particularly with the National Security League.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-86747?rgn=main;view=text View

Dunbar, Willis Frederick, 1902-1970. Drafts of chapters 12 and 15 of Michigan: a history of the wolverine state, 1965.

Title: Drafts of chapters 12 and 15 of Michigan: a history of the wolverine state, 1965.

Drafts of chapters 12 and 15 of Michigan: a history of the wolverine state, 1965 (23, [1] p., copy) in a pamphlet binder.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45723001 View