Caring Community: Jennifer Morrison and Gordon Olson. Clark Retirement Community, 2006 (signed at book release party by both authors)

Book Excerpts: Photocopies from books used in researching Caring Community

Clark Retirement Community Newsletter: The first issue was published in Autumn 1967. It was originally called News From Home, then switched to The Window in 1992. Included here are photocopies of old issues from the Clark Retirement Community archives, as well as some original later issues. They date from Autumn 1967 to 2006. Organized chronologically.

Gordon Olson piece on elder care: Written for Caring Community but only appears highly edited in the book

Minutes of the Michigan Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church: Included here are photocopies of conference minutes from 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907 (organized chronologically), as well as some notes. The source of this material is the archives at Albion College and the notes were taken by Jennie Thomas, the archivist.

Newspaper and Magazine Articles: articles on Clark Home, 1905 -2006 (Organized chronologically in a notebook); obituaries and biographies of Melvin J. and Emily Jewell Clark, 1897 – 1929 (Separated by individual, then organized chronologically); business activities of Melvin Clark and associates, 1870 – 1929 (Organized chronologically); philanthropic activities of Emily Clark, 1891 – 2005 (Organized into three main groups: General, D.A. Blodgett Home for Children, Grand Rapids Art Museum, and then each arranged chronologically); Articles on others related to Clark Home including James Hamilton and Frank Jewell (Organized alphabetically by last name) Promotional Material: Clark Retirement Community brochures, pamphlets, calendars and other promotional material both from Clark and from the vertical files at GRPL; includes promotional material about centennial and centennial history book