Collections

The Museum at Southwestern Michigan College is the premier repository for historic artifacts from Cass County and Keeler and Hamilton townships in Van Buren County.

The collection consists of over 20,000 objects, photographs and documents that highlight the rich history of the area. In addition to the Round Oak collection, other collections include:

• James Heddon’s Sons Company
• Rudy Furnace, Premier Furnace and Dowagiac Steel Furnace companies
• Dowagiac Manufacturing Company
• Chapman Engine Company of Marcellus
• Smith Hoist Company of Cassopolis
• William Dick letters (Civil War Papers)
• Papers of Major Gen. Irving Phillipson (WW I through WW II)
• Papers of Capt. Iven C. Kincheloe (Korean War and early U.S. space program)
• Artifacts of foreign newspaper correspondent Webb Miller