Research

 

The mission of the North Berrien Historical Society is to preserve and promote information regarding the history of North Berrien County. In order to achieve this mission the Society strives to assist researchers in their work.

 

Staff is available to pull information from the archives by appointment.

Please contact the museum for research and reproduction fees.

Archival Collections:

North Berrien Historical Society (1966-present)

Watervliet Paper Mill

North Berrien Schools

Watervliet Record newspaper

Self Culture Club

40^th Club

Literary Guild

Paw Paw Lake Resorts

Coloma Theatre

 

Photographic Collections:

Downtown Coloma

Downtown Watervliet

Paw Paw Lake

North Berrien Rural Schools

Watervliet Paper Mill

 

The North Berrien Historical Society does not collect or retain government or genealogical records. For county records please contact the Berrien County Historical Association. For Genealogical resources in Southwest Michigan please contact the Van Buren District Library in Decatur, Michigan. The State of Michigan Archives for West Michigan is located at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.

 

Copies of the Coloma Courier newspaper are available at the Coloma Public Library and copies of the Watervliet Record are available at the Watervliet District Library. Other newspapers relevant to the North Berrien area are available at the St. Joseph and Benton Harbor Public Libraries.

 

For more information please contact our curator at info@northberrienhistory.org.