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Grand Rapids Press

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Grand Rapids Press collection at the Grand Rapids Public Library

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 297
Abstract The Grand Rapids Press is the longest running newspaper in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is still actively published. This collection contains newspaper clippings, images and documents about the Press and by the Press, given to the Library from a variety of sources. The collection is not comprehensive in its content, but offers a sampling of the history of the newspaper. Early items relate to the Newsboys and Newsboys Band. Also included are negatives for news stories from the 1960s and 1970s....
Dates: 1892-2009

Grand Rapids Press Monday Guest oral history and graphics collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 166
Abstract The Monday Guest Collection includes interviews taped between 1978 and 1984 by Grand Rapids Press reporters for a column entitled "Monday Guest." The interviewees include both Grand Rapids residents and prominent individuals visiting the community. Among the interviewees are: Donald Riegle on upcoming 1980 presidential election; Walter "Sparky" Anderson on his new position as coach of the Detroit Tigers; Richard DeVos on business at Amway; and Guy Vander Jagt with his views on Congress. The...
Dates: 1978-1984

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