Abstract Frances Wood was a librarian at the Grand Rapids Public Library in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In late July 1939, and again in July 1942, she sent questionnaires to contemporary Michigan authors who had produced a work of 40 pages or more. With the questionnaire she sent a request for a photograph, and a letter in which she described her intention of using the information to compile a volume on Michigan authors. This collection contains the biographical information and photographs collected....