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Local History

Dinger School / School No. 4

Brady Township

Location: Fractional District #4 – Sections 32 and/or 33, north side of junction of YZ Avenue and 28th 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-1278

In 1918 called School No. 4. It was not listed in the county school directories after 1945, so it probably closed after the 1944-45 school year.

Teachers

1921-22 Helen Fisher
1925-26 Josephine Hopkins
1927-28 Mildred Schultz
1929-30 Linna Will
1930-31 Margaret Ballman
1931-34 Mrs. Goldie Shafer
1934-35 Mrs. Pauline Maile
1935-36 Wilford Gerould
1936-37 Ruth P. Miller
1937-40 Mrs. Lena Graham
1940-41 Mrs. Dora DeMerrill
1941-43 Mrs. Edith Snow
1943-44 Mrs. Dora DeMerrill
1944-45 Mrs. Leola Wiltse

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. List of teachers compiled by Lisa Frazier, KPL Intern, January 2017. Last updated 14 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, 1925-1945 (title varies)

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

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