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David A. Armour Collection

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Mackinac Memoirs

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Collection Overview

Title: David A. Armour Collection, 1963-2000

ID: COLL/002

Primary Creator: Armour, David A. (1937-2010)

Extent: 6.0 Boxes. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Date Acquired: 00/00/1974

Subjects: Covenant Christian Reformed Church (Grand Ledge, Mich.), Hmong Americans, Hmong Christian Reformed Church (Grand Ledge, Mich.), Mackinac Island Region (Mich.)

Languages: English

Abstract

Historian, Assistant Director of Mackinac Island State Park Commission, and editor. The collection includes articles, pamphlets, and lectures relating to the Mackinac area; and clippings, articles, papers, research materials, manuals, booklets, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and biographical material on the Hmong people who settled in the Lansing, Michigan, area through the efforts of members of the Covenant Christian Reformed Church, Grand Ledge, Michigan. [See also Hmong Christian Reformed Church, Grand Ledge, Michigan - CRC Church Collection.]

Biographical Note

Son of Arthur and Marian Bowie Armour, David Arthur Armour was born 1937 in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He attended Calvin College, graduating in 1959. He received his Masters and Ph.D. in History at Northwestern University. Armour moved to Milwaukee, WI where he became faculty at the University of Wisconsin for 4 years.

Armour returned to Michigan as he was hired by the Mackinac Island State Historic Parks Commission to be the Deputy Director. He held the position for 36 years as well as Acting Director 2 times. He and his family resided on Mackinac Island, MI for the Spring/Summer seasons, while living in Lansing, MI for the remainder of the year. He was involved in Hmong Christian Ministry at Grand Ledge and Lansing. He was an elder at River Terrace Church in East Lansing and later at Covenant CRC in Grand Ledge, MI. Trinity Episcopal Church was the Armour family church while living on Mackinac Island.

Armour was greatly involved in historic building restoration. He restored 40+ historic buildings and consulted on numerous projects as well. He was Editor of Historical Archaeology for 4 years. He also was a prolific writer as well, author of numerous articles and book reviews. He also wrote 7 books, 3 of which were award winning. Armour did not let his 2003 retirement slow him down. With his wife Grace, they moved back to Grove City in 2004. He taught classes at Grove City College and was named Adjunct Professor in 2007.

A life filled with numerous awards, honors, and achievements, David A. Armour passed away on April 28, 2010 from cancer. He was married to Grace for over 50 years with 4 children and 7 grandchildren: Marian Armour-Gemmen and Randall, Angelyn and Ellena; Arthur Armour and Rebecca Lew, Samuel and John; David Armour and Joanna Tong, David, Keith and Michael; Anneke Myers and Matthew.

Subject/Index Terms

Covenant Christian Reformed Church (Grand Ledge, Mich.)
Hmong Americans
Hmong Christian Reformed Church (Grand Ledge, Mich.)
Mackinac Island Region (Mich.)

Administrative Information

Repository: Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

Alternate Extent Statement: 3.0 cubic ft.

Acquisition Source: Gift of D.A. Armour, 1974, 2004


Box and Folder Listing


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Series 1: Mackinac Memoirs --- 1963-1974
Box 1
Folder 1: Bibliography
Folder 2: "Archeology and the Public," David A. Armour; a reprint --- 1971
Folder 3: "Askin's Welcome Will Sail Again,"Telescope, pp. 1939-1940 --- 1973
Folder 4: "The Attack at Michilimackinac," edited by David A. Armour. Travels of Alexander Henry, 1760-1764. --- 1963
Folder 5: Comments on Clyde Dollar's paper.  A reprint from the Conference on Historic Site Archaeology Papers --- 1968
Folder 6: Historical Archaeology, Vol. 7 --- 1973
Folder 7: "Made in Mackinac,"in Mackinac History Leaflet, no. 8 --- 1966
Folder 8: "Pothunter or Professional?" Historical Archaeology, Vol. 3 --- 1969
Folder 9: "Preservation and Conservation,"in Historical Society of Michigan, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 16-19
Folder 10: "The Remnants of the Revolution in Michigan,"in Chronicle, Vol. 10, No. 1 --- 1974
Folder 11: "A White Beaver for the Colonel,"in Michigan Natural Resources, July-August, pp. 11-13 --- 1973
Folder 12: "The Women of Mackinac,"in Mackinac Historical Leaflet, No. 10 --- 1967
Folder 13: Treason?  At Michilimackinac:  Proceedings of a General Court Martial in October, 1768, edited by David A. Armour
Folder 14: The Wound That Would Not Heal --- 1972
Box 2
Folder 1: News clippings, Laotian Hmong people
Folder 2: Biographical data on Laotian refugees
Folder 3: Magazine article re: Laotian Hmong People
Folder 4: Article from The Hmong World - "My Life in Laos"
Folder 5: Paper: "The Hmong, Their History and Culture"
Folder 6: Research material - Thailand
Folder 7: News article re: Asian Refugees in Iowa
Folder 8: Research material - the Vietnamese
Folder 9: Research material - the Khmer
Folder 10: Research material - China
Folder 11: Research material - the Hmong
Folder 12: Research material - Laos
Folder 13: Papers: "The History of the Hmong Christian Reformed Church"; "Evaluation and Recommendations for Growth at Hmong Christian Reformed Church"
Folder 14: Paper: "Children of Laos/Children of Cambodia and Vietnam"
Box 3
Folder 1: Papers: "The Hmong in the West"; "A Hmong Courtship Ritual in America - Assimilation and Conservation"
Folder 2: Government publications: Glimpses of Hmong History and Culture
Folder 3: Southeast Asia maps
Folder 4: Manual for Sponsoring Indo-Chinese Refugees
Folder 5: Article: "Migrants of the Mountains"
Folder 6: Article: "History of the Hmong"
Folder 7: Article: "Southeast Asian Tribes"
Folder 8: Asian Survey - Laos --- 1965-1982
Folder 9: Orientation brochure for Laotian refugees
Folder 10: Manual for sponsorship of refugees
Folder 11: Booklets on resettlement of refugees
Folder 12: Lao Family Community Incorporation By-laws and Correspondence
Folder 13: Booklet: "The Older Generation of Southeast Asian Refugees"
Folder 14: Article: "Laos - the Land and the People"
Box 4
Folder 1: Articles: "The End of Nowhere"; "Managing Unconventional War in Laos"; "Honored and Betrayed"; "Obbligato"
Folder 2: Articles: "From Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia"; "The Hmong World"; "Profiles of the Lao Communities in the United States"
Folder 3: Papers on Southeast Asian subjects
Folder 4: PhD dissertation on Laotian Refugee Flight and Resettlement
Folder 5: Paper: Hmong in America - Refugees from a Secret War
Folder 6: History of the Lao/Tai People in Northwest Iowa
Folder 7: Bible Lessons in Hmong Language
Folder 8: Laotian Bible Study material
Folder 9: Cambodian Bible Study material
Folder 10: Vietnamese Bible Study material
Folder 11: Hmong Bible Study material
Folder 12: Bible study outlines for Lao people
Box 5
Folder 1: Bible tracts in Laotian and Cambodian
Folder 2: Bible tracts in Laotian and Cambodian
Folder 3: Hmong prayer calendar --- 2000
Folder 4: Annual Ministry Plans - Lansing - Hmong Christian Reformed Church
Folder 5: Harvest Fellowship evaluation forms
Folder 6: Harvest Fellowship church plant material
Folder 7: Church Development Ministries Reports
Folder 8: Evaluation forms for Hmong Christian Reformed Church
Folder 9: Material on organization of Hmong Christian Reformed Church
Folder 10: Refugee Information booklets
Box 6
Folder 1: Hmong tracts on Mormonism and Jehovah
Folder 2: Proposal for Laotian Ministries presented to Classis Lake Erie
Folder 3: Asian Steering Committee minutes
Folder 4: Laotian Veterans documents
Folder 5: Newsletter Laotian Legend
Folder 6: Hmong Employment Advisory Committee minutes
Folder 7: Correspondence
Folder 8: Correspondence
Folder 9: Hmong news clippings
Folder 10: Ann Arbor Korean Church material
Folder 11: Personal note pads
Folder 12: New Church Development Committee minutes and reports

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