Donald and Evelyn Marshall collection, 1884-1985.

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Marshall, Don,. Donald and Evelyn Marshall collection, 1884-1985.

Title

Donald and Evelyn Marshall collection, 1884-1985.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/324998284

Abstract

Family papers of Donald Marshall (1905-2002) and Evelyn Weeks Marshall (1909-1989) include correspondence; diaries; letters; scrapbooks; photographs; and genealogical material; personal and official correspondence of Major Donald Marshall, M.D., during his World War II service as Chief of the Opthalmology Section, 298th General Hospital, United States Army, 1942-1945. Correspondence between Donald Marshall and his wife, Evelyn Marshall, detail life in England and France and in Kalamazoo, Mich. during the war. Evelyn Marshall was the physician for Kalamazoo Public Schools, 1942-1944. Both were 1931 graduates of the University of Michigan Medical School. Timberbrook Community Association papers, 1952, include monographs and constitution and by-laws. Timberbrook Community is a Harry Hurni residential development in Portage, Michigan. Current Events Club History, 1895-1975, by Cornelia A. Robinson, with a 1983 update. Weeks and Stark family papers, 1884-1965, include correspondence; clippings; narratives; and photographs of Charles T. Stark and Fidelia A. Maggard Stark of Montana. John Rockwell Weeks (1876-1944) was a lawyer, an employee of the United States Weather Bureau, and author of numerous weather related articles and books. Edna Stark Weeks wrote narratives of her childhood pioneer life in Montana. Little family papers, 1892-1907, include correspondence; clippings; photographs; personal papers; and writings of Henry Little (1797-1890) and his son, Frank, early settlers of Galesburg in Kalamazoo County, 1831. Frank and his wife, Cornelia May Little, were civic and social leaders in Kalamazoo in the late 1800's. Little was township clerk for both Richland and Kalamazoo and drafted the City Charter of Kalamazoo, 1883. He also served as secretary of the State Sanitary Fair and Kalamazoo County Agricultural Society. Diaries of Cornelia Little, 1892-1907, and her daughter, Frances E. Deal, 1909-1927. Historical information and photographs of the Little House in the South Street Historic District, Kalamazoo. May family papers include Civil War material about the Michigan 2nd and 12th Infantries and Charles S. May and Dwight May of Kalamazoo.

Extent

17 cu. ft.

Holding Repository

Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7342474

Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

Related Entities

There are 21 Entities related to this resource.

Hurni, Harry.

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Marshall, Don,

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Henry Little came to Michigan in 1831 and lived here until 1863 when he returned to Vermont. Frank Little was the son of Henry and husband of Cornelia. Mrs. Cornelia Little was great grandmother of Mrs. Donald Marshall. From the description of Donald and Evelyn Marshall collection, 1884-1985. (Western Michigan University). WorldCat record id: 324998284 ...

May, Charles Sedgwick, 1830-1901

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Lawyer at Kalamazoo, Michigan and Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1863-1865. From the description of Charles S. May correspondence, 1853-1861. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 81063402 From the description of Charles S. May correspondence, 1853-1861. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423642 Born at Sandisfield, Mass, Mar. 22,1830; moved with parents to Richland, Mich., 1834; studied at Kalamazoo branch of University of Mich.; stud. law &a...

Little, Frank.

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Marshal, Donald, 1905-2002.

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Marshall, Evelyn Weeks, 1907-1989

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Vermont. Militia

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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 12th (1862-1866)

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Michigan's military establishment formally began with an August 30, 1805 act that provided for a territorial militia. A state militia was established in 1838. Public Act 147 of 1846 completely re-organized the state militia. Public Act 198 of 1893 officially designated the militia as the Michigan National Guard. In 1916, the U.S. Congress passed the National Defense Act, making all state national guards the primary reserves of the U.S. armed forces. The Executive Organization Act of 1965, which ...