The collection documents through the Chamber's minutes, activities programs, scrapbooks, records, publications and photographs, the impact of the organization in and on the community, and reflects especially the economic development of Grand Rapids from 1888. The bulk of the collection dates from 1888 to 1946, the exception being the photograph series which encompasses primarily the 1950 to 1980 period. The collection consists of the following series: Minutes of the Directors' Meetings, Miscellaneous Committee Minutes, Wholesale Department Committee Minutes, Annual Reports, Special Reports, "Gold Book" Directories, Activities Programs, Scrapbooks, Subject files, All-America City Commission 1980-81, Annexation, Chamber of Commerce Publications, Photographs and Miscellaneous Publications.