Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
May G. Quigley collection of library related and family documents
Collection
Identifier: Collection 344
Abstract
May G. Quigley was the first children's librarian of the Grand Rapids Public Library. She was Chief of the Boys and Girls Department from 1904 to 1943 and inspired several Grand Rapids writers, including Newbery Medal winner Meindert DeJong. This collection documents her professional life and also includes some family or unidentified photographs.
Dates:
circa 1924-1956; Majority of material found within 1951 - 1956
Robert Raz and Alberta Massingill oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 339
Abstract
The Raz/Massingill Oral History Collection is the result of a Friends of the Grand Rapids Public Library 100th Anniversary Project. It contains interviews with retired staff of the Grand Rapids Public Library conducted in 2004-2006. Those interviewed were librarians, library assistants and administrative, support and specialized staff who worked at the Grand Rapids Public Library. The information from the interviews pertains to the personal history of the interviewee, history of the Grand...
Dates:
2004-2006
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- Subject: Library employees -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- Biography X