William Thomson Powers / William T.P. Spooner possessions

File — Box: Unknown, Folder: Unknown

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

This section includes manuscript items associated with a particular individual, such as previously owned by an historical citizen of Grand Rapids. In this area, the items valued as previously owned or used by some, the object itself may or may not be about Grand Rapids.

Dates

no date

Biographical / Historical

William Thomson Powers, 1820-xxxx, partner with Ebenezer Ball in Powers & Ball, founder of Powers Opera House, owner of the Michigan Iron Works in 1885, along with many other endeavors, first used this Nomenclature below in his youthful studies at Lansingburgh, New Hampshire. The Bible has his date of 1832. Through some manner currently unknown, these same two volumes later became the possessions of William T.P. Spooner, xxxx-xxxx, as clearly stated in his ink ID stamp on both items. Spooner is known to have taken an Engineering course in 1904.

Extent

From the Collection: 15.1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

These items are not typical of collection materials for the GRPL Archives in the sense that they are not written about or published in Grand Rapids. However, they are interesting objects of association with two Grand Rapids citizens of different generations, as known from the ownership marks on the items.