memorandum
Catalog Number
2023.45.158Description
Memorandum regarding the 4-cent Dag Hammarskjold Commemorative postage stamp. The US Post Office sent this to postmasters in Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin on 11-13-1962, requesting the sale of this particular stamp stop immediately. This copy of the memo was sent to Art Tazelaar at the Macatawa Park Post Office.History
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.