Local History

Dunham School

Texas Township

Location: District #8 – Section 10, southwest corner of O Avenue and 8th 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-1271.

 

Dunham School was not listed in the county school directories after 1941, so it probably closed after the 1940-41 school year.

Teachers

1921-22 Mabel Lawton
1925-28 Mrs. Georgia Shaw
1929-30 Mrs. Ruth Amey
1930-31 Mrs. Edith Drake
1931-34 Mable Lawton
1934-35 Frances Austin
1935-36 Mrs. Frances Welch
1936-37 Mrs. Hester Thompson
1937-39 Mrs. Hazel A. Wade
1939-40 Mrs. Blanche Gregory
1940-41 Mrs. Violet Smith

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. List of teachers compiled by Lisa Frazier, KPL Intern, January 2017. Last updated 12 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, 1925-1941 (title varies)

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