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Local History

Briggs School

Pavilion Township

Location: District #5 – Section 29, east side of 26th Street between RS and S Avenues.

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-1283

Teachers
1921-22 Mrs. Edna McIntyre
1925-26 Winifred Rockwell
1927-28 Winifred Rockwell
1929-30 Mrs. Jennie Cooley
1930-31 Doris Earle
1931-34 Mrs. Ilah Haas
1934-37 Mrs. Blanche Harsha
1937-44 Ruby Romig
1944-47 Mrs. Mary Berger
1947-48 no longer listed in county directories

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 6 April 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

USGS topographic map for Kalamazoo County, 1922/1950 (Schoolcraft Quadrangle)

  • History Room topographic map case, drawer 5B, folder #37

Files

Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1947 (title varies)

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

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