Holcomb School
Wakeshma Township
Location: District #6 Fractional – Section 30, south side of X Avenue, west of 38th Street.
Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
Teachers
1921-22 Leona Cartwright
1925-26 Mrs. Lucile Valentine
1927-28 George W. Kent
1929-31 Garnette Ford
1931-32 E. J. Thomas
1932-33 Walter Nidy
1933-34 Ovid Martin
1934-36 Mrs. Ruth Harman
1936-37 Wilford Gerould
1937-41 Mrs. Leola Wiltse
1941-43 Mrs. Marguerite Kellogg
1943-45 Mrs. Ruth G. Harman
1945-47 Mrs. Gertrude Evans
1947-48 No longer listed in directory
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 21 June 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, 1921-22, 1925-1948 (title varies)
- Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)