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Morse School

Brady Township


Location: District #5 – Section 9, southwest corner of UV Avenue and 29th Street.

(1890 map shows northwest corner)

Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room

Teachers

1921-22 Mercer D. Munn
1925-26 Thelma Faleon
1927-28 Mrs. Pauline Peterson
1929-30 Lillian Lawton
1930-33 Mrs. Jennie Cooley
1933-34 Mrs. Ruth Harman
1934-35 Mrs. Pauline Maile
1935-36 Mabel Lawton
1936-42 Mrs. Ruth Harman
1942-43 Mrs. M[argaret]. Harriger
1943-45 Mrs. Letha Munn
1945-47 Mrs. Lena Graham
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, February 2017. Last updated 14 June 2022.

Sources

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, 1925-1948 (title varies)

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

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