The bulk of this collection as of 2003 was formed by the official materials received from the Shakespeariana Club of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Other miscellaneous items related to the local club, found in GRHSC, were added. As with some other archival collections, materials from other unknown sources, or other donors, are sometimes attached to the collection, making it a devised collection, rather than pure provenance.

The collection includes the poem “Shakespeariana Twenty Years Ago” by Sophie Bingham Buchanan. It is signed by the author, and was Loraine Pratt Immen’s own copy, having been received by the Library from her estate. Immen and other early members are referred to in the poem.

In addition to the records found here, a wooden chest, given to the Library by the Club, resides in the Grand Rapids History Center on Level 4 of the Main Library building.