Mrs. Paul H. Todd collection, 1829-1968.

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Mrs. Paul H. Todd collection, 1829-1968.

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Papers of Paul H. Todd, Sr. (1887-1969) and Elizabeth Dewing Todd (1898-1976), about their involvement in Kalamazoo, Michigan, civic, business, and political activities. Paul H. Todd, Sr. served as Mayor and as City Commissioner in Kalamazoo, ca. 1920s-1940s. Dewing and Todd family genealogies. Farnum family genealogy. Photocopies of ship's logs/journals of William Dewing on voyages between Bombay, India, and England, 1829-1835. Papers and miscellaneous items about the Mac Sim Bar Paper Company, Otsego, Michigan, 1930-1944. Surveys and reports about the depression era in Kalamazoo, include a 1934 housing survey with a particular reference to the "Negro Housing Problem" and a 1934 report of the Civil Works Administration in Kalamazoo County; a 1951 financial report for the Dewing Children's Home, Kalamazoo. Miscellaneous papers and publications about Paul Todd, Jr.'s term as United States Congressman from Kalamazoo, beginning in 1964. Papers of Lebeus Cornelius Chapin include materials about his Civil War services as Assistant Surgeon at Burlington, Vermont, and Beaufort, South Carolina; miscellaneous papers about soldiers who died at Beaufort in the 1st Division General Hospital, 1864-1865; Mary Chapin's European travel diary, 1906. Fittz Henry Chapin diaries, 1904-1935, include entries noting his carpentry work with the Michigan Central Railroad and the Chicago, Kalamazoo, and Saginaw Railroad. Papers of William Kay Wallace include journals and diaries, 1904-1916; letters, 1903-1930; poetry; unpublished articles and writings; World War I photographs. William Kay Wallace (1886-) was an historian, author, poet, war correspondent, United States diplomat and captain in the United States Army in France during World War I. He was married to Winifred Dewing of Kalamazoo.

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Chapin, Lucius D.

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Todd, Paul Harvey Jr. 1921-2008.

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Dewing family.

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Todd, Paul H. Mrs.

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Kalamazoo Citizen Loan and Investment Corporation (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

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Todd family.

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Wallace, Winifred Dewing.

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Todd, Albert May, 1850-1931

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Kalamazoo College

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St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

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Chapin, Fitz Henry.

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Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Co.

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Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company was started in 1909 by Jacob Kindleberger on the Kalamazoo River in Parchment, Michigan. KVP produced grease insoluble vegetable parchment paper, which was used in the meat packing and dairy industries. In 1960, KVP merged with another local company, Sutherland Paper. At that time the company was called KVP-Sutherland. Since the late 1960s the company has merged with or been purchased by Brown Company, James River Corporation and Crown-Vantage. F...

Todd, Elizabeth Dewing 1898-1976.

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Kalamazoo Livestock Sales Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

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Chapin, Mary Weaver.

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Chapin family.

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Dewing, Fanny Chapin.

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Wallace, William Kay, 1886-

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Farnum, John.

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Dewing, Arthur S. (Arthur Stone), 1880-1971

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Born April 16, 1880 Boston (Mass.) Noted Greek numismatist and founder of the Harvard Business School, Dewing served on the Society's Council from 1942 until his death in 1971, most importantly as President from 1947 to 1949. Noted Greek numismatist Arthur S. Dewing was born in Boston, Massachusetts on April 16, 1880, and educated at Harvard University, where he received his doctorate in 1905. Dewing remained at Harvard until 1912, teaching philosophy and economics. After a brief sojourn i...

Ladies' Library Association (Kalamazoo, Mich.)

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Kalamazoo Ladies' Library Association was the first women's club organized in Michigan, and the third in the United States. The organization met in various places beginning in 1852, and in 1879 they began meeting in the present Ladies' Library Association building. The Kalamazoo Ladies' Library Association is affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs. From the description of Kalamazoo Ladies' Library Association collection, 1854-1982. (Western Michigan University). Worl...

Dewing, William S.

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Dewing, Charles.

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Chapin, Lebeus C. Dr.

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Todd, Paul Harvey Sr. -1969.

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Farnham family.

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Dewing Childrens' Home Kalamazoo (Mich.).

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Michigan. State Emergency Welfare Relief Commission

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Salvation Army

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Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Salvation Army">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Salvation Army</a>. From the guide to the Salvation Army Combined Corps Roll and Ledger, 1926-1980, 1928-1969, (Special Collections Research Center) ...

Kalamazoo Industrial State Bank (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

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Kalamazoo War Camp Community Services.

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A. M. Todd Company

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American Red Cross Kalamazoo (Mich.).

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Mac Sim Bar Paper Company.

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Farmers' Chemical Company.

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