Local History Donors
Over the years, the Buchanan District Library has grown a robust collection and archive of documents, photos, and other local artifacts which showcase the history of Buchanan. The collection has been made possible by the generosity of many donors throughout the decades. The Library wishes to sincerely thank the following donors for their recent gifts. We thoughtfully acknowledge all of our previous donors without whom our collection and Buchanan’s history would be lost.
Marjorie Aldrich | Jerry Flenar | Jack and Diane Payne |
Wade Amiel | Fort Saint Joseph Museum | Eric Peterson |
Connie Lee Baber | Angela Fowler | Virgil Peterson |
Joseph C. Bachman | Betty Francis | Kim Pilarski-Hall |
Sarah Bailey | Rebecca Frazier | Heather Pruett |
Mike Balos | Dr. Robert French | Carole Rauch |
Harry Banke | Friends of Oak Ridge Cemetery | Redbud Area Ministries |
Robert and Judith Banke | Edna Gardiner Estate | Redbud Hardware |
Martha Banks | Dick Gault | Virginia Reed |
Kevin Barker | Sarah Gault | Charlotte Rifenberg |
Georgia Barnhart | Paul Gearhart | Jerry Ritter |
Deborah Batson | Patrick K. Gill | Alan Robandt |
Joellen Bellaire | Anita Gillette | Mildred Roe |
Dr. Eugene Benedict | Lonnie Green | Diane Ross |
Benton Harbor Public Library | Shawne Greenleaf | Kathy Rossow |
Berrien County Historical Association | Terry Hanover | Robert Rotzien |
Berrien County Record | Doris Harris | Brady Rousch |
Berrien County Tax Equalization Department | Laura Hauch | Rickie Russell |
Berrien Springs Community Library | Nancy Heib | Susan Haedtler Ruth |
Judith Bever | Mr. Hess | Mrs. Herbert Ryan |
Josetta Bibbs | Pat Hickey | Don and Martha Ryman |
Donald L. Boyer | Tom Hitchcock & Joe Paolucci | Emily Ryman |
William Brackett | Don Holmes | Eleanor Schwab |
Donald D. Brooks | Roma Holmes | Leigh, Mary, John, and Joyce Schwartz |
Bob Brown | Brian Hubbell | Paul B. Scott |
Buchanan Area Chamber of Commerce | Melanie, Robert, & Doris Hutchison | Mary Scroggins |
Buchanan Area Senior Center | Jack Knight Air Mail Society | Joseph Shaner |
Buchanan College Club | William Jaslowski | Terry Sheets |
Buchanan Community Schools | Marie Kangas | Charlene Pears Simpson |
Buchanan Lodge No. 68, Free and Accepted Masons | Marilyn Kay | Wilbur Smith |
Buchanan Police Department | Scott King | St. Anthony Catholic Church |
Buchanan Preservation Society | Estate of Glen and Lydia Kinney | St. Paul's Lutheran Church |
Buchanan Scarecrow Charities | Lois Klindworth | Marilyn Steele |
Bill Cameron | Alice Kring | Norma Stevens |
Julie Capron | Janet Kuhn | Joyce Stibbs |
Anthony Carbon | Jack Ladonski | Family of Sandra Stick |
Betty Sue Carlisle | Les and Carol Lamport | James Strong |
Duane Chain | Rita Layher | Steve Sulak |
Elizabeth Christie | Wendell and Janice Leist | Lyle Sumerix |
City of Buchanan | Amy Lingle | Joyce Surch (in memory of Pearl Eckelbarger) |
Estate of Luella M. Clark | Debbie Lonie | Margaret Swartz |
Rodney Clark | Emma Lysy | Mary Swartz |
Samantha Clark | Peter and Mary Lysy | Joe Swelnis |
Martha Cleveland | Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library | Frank Takace |
Darlene Clevenger | Ann Maurer | Estate of Patricia Talbot |
Elaine Strong Cole | Heather McCrea | Fran Terry |
Jim Cole | Carol McKean | The Thirty Club |
Connie Conjalka | Tom McVeigh | Charles Town |
Armin Cornwell | Evelyn Mecklenburg | John and Marjorie Foster Trapp |
Country Heritage Credit Union | Mike Metz | Kay Trull |
Sandra Dalton | Ruth Metzger | Frances Tuite |
Janet Colip Dehring | Michigan Gateway Community Foundation | United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 |
Sally Dehring | Barbara Voyles Miles | Dan Vigansky |
Lou Dellinger | Marcus Mitchell | Doyle Vergon |
Ann Desenberg | William D. Moore | Robert Virgil |
Louis A. Desenberg | Barbara Godfrey Morgan | Jan Watson |
Corbin Detgen | Dawn Mumford | Wednesday Book Club |
Howard Dillman | New Good Hope Baptist Missionary Church | Mike Weny |
Dave Dippo | Don Nichols | Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections |
Linda Doyle | Niles District Library | Western Michigan University Department of Anthropology |
Jesse East | Pam O'Connor | Al Whitfield |
Jim Eckelbarger | L. Clare Olmstead | Anne Marie Widmer |
Ludwig Fadder | One Room School House Association | Mary Lou Williams |
Tom Fehlner | Diane Oppenhuiser | Doris Swartz Womack |
Fernwood Botanical Garden | Wanda Orth | Frances Froberg Wooley |
Norma Ferris | Jeff Paulette | Ruth Writer |
Scott Fisher | Rick Young |