Local History

Harmony School

Climax Township

Location: District #3 – Section 8, south side of O Avenue, east of 38th Street.

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

Teachers

1921-23 Beryl Bates
1925-26 Evelyn Gilson
1927-30 Melvin Vorenkamp
1930-31 Ithel Bailey
1931-32 A. J. Flint
1932-34 Mrs. Maude Barnes
1934-35 Mrs. Helen Horsfall
1935-36 Oliver Vorenkamp
1936-37 Mrs. Helen Horsfall
1937-39 School closed
1939-41 Mrs. Helen Streeter
1941-42 School closed

 

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 4 May 2022.

Sources

Articles

Rural schools break records in attendance

Kalamazoo Gazette, 31 January 1923, page 13, column 2.
Copy in Education (Kalamazoo County) Scrapbook #1, page 1.

Maps and atlases

USGS topographic map 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, 1925-1942 (title varies)

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