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Holcomb School

Rural Schools of Kalamazoo County > Wakeshma Township

Location: (District #6) - Section 30, south side of X Avenue, west of 38th Street.

Teachers

1925-26 Mrs. Lucile Valentine

1927-28 George W. Kent

1929-31 Garnette Ford

1931-32 E. J. Thomas

1932-33 Walter Nidy

1933-34 Ovid Martin

1934-36 Mrs. Ruth Harman

1936-37 Wilford Gerould

1937-41 Mrs. Leola Wiltse

1941-43 Mrs. Marguerite Kellogg

1943-45 Mrs. Ruth G. Harman

1945-47 Mrs. Gertrude Evans

1947-48 No longer listed in directory

 

 

 

 

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. List of teachers compiled by Lisa Frazier, KPL Intern. Last updated 1 March 2017.

Sources

Maps and atlases

USGS Topographic Map for Kalamazoo County, 1918 (Leonidas Quadrangle)

  • History Room map case, left drawer #1

Files

Teachers' and School Officers' Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1925-1948 (title varies)

  • Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)