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Local History

Harrison School

Climax Township

Location: District #4 – Section 27, east side of 43rd Street, just north of RS Avenue.

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

Teachers
1921-22 E. Adelma Taylor
1925-26 Vera Harris
1927-28 Ruth Mattison
1929-30 Mrs. Mary Cassidy
1930-31 Mrs. Ilah Haas
1931-33 Charlotte Haglend
1933-35 Alice Martens
1935-36 Mrs. Mary Cassidy
1936-37 Vivian Reese
1937-38 Mrs. Freda Jenner
1938-40 Lyle Stryker
1940-41 Mrs. Pauline Loughridge
1941-44 Nina Coppock
1944-45 Mrs. Frieda  Rainier
1945-46 Mrs. Charlotte M. Hall
1946-47 no longer listed in county school directory.

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 11 May 2022.

Sources

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, 1925-1947 (title varies)

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