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	Civil War Diaries Coming Soon Preview: See the entire collection
	Ward Morgan Photography Collection Southwest Michigan Images from 1939 - 1980 These photographs reflect the people, industries, built environment, and commercial activities of the Kalamazoo area in the mid 20th century. The 27,000 item negative collection is a unique individual's view of a "typical" mid-western community. Browse Categories \| See the entire collection
	Caroline Bartlett Crane Collection, Everyman’s House A national competition winner for an efficient home design for the common man in the 1920s This digitized subcollection is an interesting mix of documents and images about the winning design conceived and built in Kalamazoo by Caroline Bartlett Crane, a prominent social activist and minister in Kalamazoo’s early history. Includes material about housing in her 1920s book, Everyman’s House, photographs and design plans for the house, which was a winner of Herbert Hoover’s "Better Homes of America" campaign. See the entire collection