Value of an Art Institute to the Community / by Alfred G. Pelikan, Director. Milwaukee Art Institute. Ca. 1926/1927. Formerly MKG707.P36v 00.[3869].1.

File — Box: 1, Folder: 20.5

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This devised collection contains a hodge podge of manuscript items, which came to the department separately, but together begin to tell an interesting though incomplete story of Grand Rapids, and its citizens and organizations, over the years.

One of the greatest strengths of the collection is the biographical information, either direct, such as in the Citizens Biographies, or indirect, such as information from a random diary or remembrance.

Some other subseries which seem to be building consistently are the memoriams, histories and ethnic materials.

Dates

no date

Biographical / Historical

Pelikan lived in Grand Rapids in the early 1920's. He was a member of York Lodge no. 410, and evidently worked at Central High School in 1920, where he was listed on the Advisory Committee for Helios. He published several books on art, after leaving Grand Rapids. See Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American painters, sculptors & engravers, 1983 for additional biographical information.