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Local History

Leggett School

Wakeshma Township

Location: District #9 – Section 33, southwest corner of Y Avenue and 42nd 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-1285

 

Teachers

1921-22 Ruth Shutt
1925-26 Bernice Gould
1927-28 Florence Martens
1929-30 Mrs. Irene Wetters
1930-31 Mrs. Mildred Chichester
1931-34 Thelma Faleon
1934-36 Lowell Snyder
1936-38 Henry D. Voss
1938-40 Mrs. Blanche Lusk
1940-41 Mrs. Edith Snow
1941-43 Mrs. Blanche Lusk
1943-45 Mrs. Mariam Burke
1945-46 Mrs. Francis Smink
1946-47 Glenn Jager
1947-48 no longer listed in directories

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. List of teachers compiled by Lisa Frazier, KPL Intern, February 2017. Last updated 21 June 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, 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)

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