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Local History

Clark School

Prairie Ronde Township

Location: District #1 – Section 11, southeast corner of U Avenue and 8th Street.

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

Teachers

1898 Fern Watson
1921-23 Ilah Weinberg
1925-27 Rose Taylor
1927-28 Lucile Reynolds
1929-30 Doris Batitis
1930-32 Pauline Chamberlain
1932-39 Bessie McCreary
1939-40 Mrs. Jeanette Barnes
1940-42 Mrs. May C. Thomas
1942-43 Mrs. Verna Curtis
1943-46 Mrs. Marjorie Welcher
1946-47 School closed

See a picture of Clark School students about 1914.

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 12 May 2022.

Sources

Books

Manual of the Public Schools of Kalamazoo County, Michigan for 1898-1899

J. W. Hazard, Commissioner of Schools
Kalamazoo: Ihling Bros. & Everard, Printers, 1898
History Room Orange Dot File: Education (Kalamazoo County)

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, 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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