Bards & Co.'s Classified Business Directory of Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Bay City, Muskegon, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Lansing, Flint, Etc. for the years ... / compiled by M.M. Pruden. N.Y. : Bards & Co. ; G.R. : Press of the Dean Printing Co. 1897-1898 Formerly M910.3.B23. 00.[1618].1

File — Box: 7.3

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This is a general collection which holds information about area publishers and printers. In some cases there is also a separate collection of materials related to a firm listed here.

For a list of newspaper and periodical publishers as of the 1890s see the “History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan” by Albert Baxter.

The larger percentage of information included in this collection at this time appears to document newspaper publishing. Since this is an open collection, this orientation may change with new additions.

Dates

no date

Extent

From the Collection: 9.2 Linear Feet (17 boxes plus flat files)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

The Grand Rapids section is first in the book, perhaps because of the local printer. This suggests that possibility that local presses in various Michigan cities could have printed the book, and asks the question whether they could chose their own order, and list their own city first.

Processing Information

This item is rare & very fragile. (High Priority) Microfilm preservation & digital facsimile desired. Pages are brittle. Signatures are loose, and all are detached from the spine & covers, with torn loose pages.