The Special Collections and Rare Books area has many unique resources that you may find useful. For example, if you are researching anything to do with children, you might want to look at some of the historical children's periodicals they have: Our Young Folks (1865-1870) or St. Nicholas (1873-1890 in Rare Books, and 1891-1939 in storage). You can always email them, explain your topic, and ask if there are any resources that might match. The contact information is in the link below.
The Western Michigan University 1923 freshman women's basketball team. The basketball is marked 1924--perhaps they were looking forward to the coming season?
(Courtesy Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections)
The WMU Archives & Regional History Collections contains many artifacts, photographs, and other materials about WMU, Kalamazoo, and southwest Michigan history. You can visit them in historic East Hall--the first building on WMU's campus. The email contacts are listed in the link below.