Ransom District Library collection, 1867-1983

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Ransom District Library collection, 1867-1983

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Pamphlets and newspaper articles about Plainwell and Kalamazoo, Michigan. Papers of the Grand Army of the Republic, Mark Thompson Post No. 269, Plainwell, Michigan, 1885-1938. History of the Michigan Female Seminary, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1867-1907, published February, 1936. Account book of an unknown dentist, ca. 1884. Letter to Fanny Crosby from "Uncle" Bob Sherwood, the last of P. T. Barnum's clowns, with recollections of performing in southern Michigan towns, January 10, 1939; one newspaper article about Bob Sherwood and P. T. Barnum's circus; four photographs of Bob Sherwood. History of the Kalamazoo State Hospital, 1964. A history of and sales brochure for Gull Lake, Michigan.

11 folders.

Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915

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Hymn writer; born in 1820; became blind shortly after birth; studied and taught at New York City Institution for the blind, where she achieved a reputation as a poet; was converted during a revival meeting, 1850; married blind musician and composer Alexander Van Alstyne, 1858; wrote first hymn, 1864; hymns were transcribed as dictated and published primarily by Bigelow and Main Company; wrote approximately 6,000 hymns; died 1915. From the description of Hymn lyric manuscripts of Fann...

Michigan Female Seminary

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Ransom District Library (Plainwell, Mich.),

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Barnum and Bailey

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Kalamazoo State Hospital (Mich.)

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Sherwood, Bobby

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Sherwood (1914-1981) was a trumpeter and big-band leader. He was an orchestra conductor for Bing Crosby and Eddie Cantor and did arrangements for Jimmy Dorsey and Artie Shaw. In the 1950s Sherwood appeared regularly in television comedy skits with Milton Berle. From the description of Papers, ca. 1930-ca. 1979. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 32048081 ...

Grand Army of the Republic. Mark Thompson Post No. 269 (Plainwell, Mich.)

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