This collection struggles for organization as it grows and changes. Included in the collection are materials on buildings built and unbuilt. As an open collection, the Grand Rapids Buildings Collection is designed to collect small accessions of one to a handful of items. It is possible that some of the materials in this collection may grow into its own collection in the future. However, keeping such materials together provides the conveniences of one strong finding aid to search for information about Grand Rapids buildings. It also acts as a guide to other collections and types of materials that which are valued for site and building research. As an open generic subject collection is structure is dynamic changes with the materials currenctly included in the collection. The series defined within the collection gather subgroups of like materials as defined. However, a keyword search within the collection may find other materials associated with the particular question the researcher is pursuing.