S21:A9.6. Speech of William Alden Smith at the Lincoln Club Banquet. Masonic Temple, Jackson, Mich. 13 typed pages, 1916-02-14

This devised collection contains a combination of Old Collection materials, newer accessions and one purchase documenting limited aspects of the political life of this U.S. Senator from Michigan, and former owner of the Grand Rapids Herald newspaper.

William Alden Smith's collection often draws researchers from out of state due to the popularity of the sinking of the Titanic. The Senator was in charge of the United States investigation into the tragedy. Few documents are found in this collection, however, related to this incident.

The Old Collection materials represented here are primarily his speeches, printed and issued from the Government Printing Office. The Old Collection number is S21. Additional items were previously cataloged as books and now transferred to the collection from the Local History Book Collection.

The scrapbooks bring some physical bulk, but less content than desired to the collection. The limited content of the scrapbooks includes headlines from non-Michigan U.S. Newspapers.