diary
Catalog Number
2023.45.27Description
Diary covering the years 1960 to 1964, kept by Georgie Miller, summer resident of Macatawa Park, MI. The entries for the summer months contain numerous references to Holland and the people of Macatawa Park.History
Georgie Miller was born on 5-30-1892 to George (1860-1928) and Nannie Miller. The family lived part of the year in the Sacramento, CA area. Summers were spent in Macatawa Park, MI.Georgie passed away on 11-25-1983. She was buried in Sacramento.
Items in accession 2023.45 focus on the history of Macatawa Park (in Park Township, a few miles southwest of Holland, MI) . They are from the collection of Art Tazelaar, gathered over the course of his lifetime. Art was born in Grand Rapids, MI in 1913 to John J. Tazelaar (1868–1957) and Gertrude C Lopperson (1880–1961).
The US Census shows that the Tazelaar family had moved to Macatawa Park by 1920. By 1940 (US Census), Art had begun working as the postmaster here, a position he held up to 1980. He also worked at a hardware store in Macatawa Park.
Art married Janet Virginia Wierda on 4-15-1941 in Grand Rapids, MI.