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Scrapbooks

 Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series contains two scrapbooks created by Idema, and other documents found and saved by him, and deposited at the Grand Rapids Public Library. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings only about the soldier, including deaths, wounds and other information. Vol. 1 includes at least one article on Idema himself, and his War Work. There is some indexing within the volumes. The saved documents are ledger type books or sheets with the heading “Record of M.N.G. From Grand Rapids, Michigan”, and are perhaps part of the separate Coll. 320, Record of Kent County Soldiers and Sailors in Service in the Great War [World War I] Idema found one of these volumes at the City Hall in 1921, and another at the Armory later that same year. No photocopying is permitted from these fragile early volumes. See desk staff for alternatives.

Dates

  • circa 1914-1918

Extent

From the Collection: 14.8 Linear Feet (22 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Grand Rapids History Center Repository

Contact:
Grand Rapids Public Library
111 Library Street NE
Grand Rapids Michigan 49503 USA
616-988-5497