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Collection Overview
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
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],
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Series 2: Photographs],
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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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