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Local History

Bond School / Brainard / School No. 7

Brady Township

Location: District #7 – Section 1, northeast corner of U Avenue and 34th Street.

Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
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Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1297

Details

Shows on 1918 topographic map as School No. 7. Early known as Bond School; at least in the 1930s was called Brainard School.

Teachers

1921-22 Minnie Vroman
1925-26: Closed
1927-42: Mrs. Ruth Brainard
1942-43: Edith Ellyson
1943-45: Mrs. Helen Horsfall
1945-46: Mrs. Margaret Harriger
1946-47: Mrs. Bessie B. Kott

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 15 June 2022.

Sources

Manuscripts

List of one-room schools still standing in Kalamazoo County in 1982

Hultmark, Sarah.
Manuscript, Local History Collection, Kalamazoo Public Library

Maps and atlases

Map of Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Geil & Harley, Philadelphia. 1861
History Room atlas case, left shelf #2

Atlas of Kalamazoo County, Michigan from Recent and Actual Surveys and Records

F. W. Beers & Co., New York. 1873
Library of Congress

Illustrated atlas of Kalamazoo County [Michigan] with early and present history of Kalamazoo County

Sauer, William C.
Wm. C. Sauer, Detroit. 1890
History Room atlas case, left shelf #1

USGS topographic maps for Kalamazoo County, 1918 (Leonidas Quadrangle)

History Room topographic map case, drawer 1B, folder 23

Files

Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1947 (title varies)

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

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