Florence T. Dewing collection, 1784-1945.

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Florence T. Dewing collection, 1784-1945.

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Correspondence between Nellie Thompson, Kalamazoo, Michigan, and her sons, Gene and William. William's papers pertain to military service on Great Lakes training ship S.S. Matthew Andrew and U.S.S. Indianapolis, 1918-1919. Papers of the Dunkley Company, Kalamazoo, makers of special machinery; blueprints of machinery, 1917-1921. Inventory of Thermophore Manufacturing Company, Kalamazoo, 1917, manufacturers of gas space heaters. By-laws of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Lucinda Hinsdale Stone Chapter, 1934. By-laws and Rules of the Westsern Michigan Yachting Association, 1934. Statement of the properties of Mrs. Ellen Parker, 15 Jan. 1905. Information about the Gibson Company.

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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