COLLECTION NAME:
Kalamazoo County Records of the Poor
Record
Identifier:
exwa_A285Poorhouse_bk
Title:
Records of Inmates of Poorhouse
Date:
1885-1912
Creator:
Comstock (Mich. : Township). Clerk
Description:
The Register of Inmates at the Poorhouse in Comstock Township near the Kalamazoo River, lists persons who stayed at the poor house between 1885-1912. The register records names, age, sex, city of residence, nationality, date of receiving into poorhouse, person who received person into poorhouse, date of discharge, time in poorhouse in weeks and days, cause of discharge, cause of receiving into poorhouse, disabilities, and other remarks.
Physical Description:
Four permits for burial or removal forms pasted on back of first page. The cover is worn and sewing threads are visible. Binding includes marbled end-papers. The register has 135 numbered leaves; 95 leaves are filled out with handwritten data.
Subject:
Poor--Michigan--Kalamazoo County
Subject:
Public welfare--Michigan--Kalamazoo County
Subject:
Almshouses--Michigan--Kalamazoo County
Subject:
Registers (Lists)
Type:
Text
Source:
Kalamazoo County Records of the Poor. Western Michigan University, Archives and Regional History Collections
Relation:
volume 27 of 29
Relation:
record group 68-98
Location:
Kalamazoo County (Mich.)
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
Collection:
Kalamazoo County Records of the Poor
Collection:
Kalamazoo County records, A-285 (RG 68-98)
Publisher:
Western Michigan University