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Local History

Harrison School

Charleston Township

Location: District #5 – Section 26, southwest corner of Mercury Drive and 46th 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-1303.

Teachers

1921-22 Dorris J. Wilson
1925-26 Vivian Reese
1927-30 Ithel L. Bailey
1930-33 Vivian Reese
1933-34 Mrs. Nina Phillips
1934-35 Beatrice Harrison
1935-36 Frances Johnston
1936-37 Margaret Lacey
1937-46 School closed
1946-50 No longer listed in directory

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 17 November 2021.

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

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

  • History Room topographic map case, drawer 5A, folder 15

Files

Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1950 (title varies)

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

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