Information on individual furniture designers can be found on many other GRPL Archival Collections, and other types of departmental references.

Several photo collections exist which may contain information on furniture companies, furniture designers, or furniture. A few of these are: Coll. 054, the GRPL Photo Collection; Coll. 125, the Robinson Studio Collection and Coll. 230, the Rooks Studio Collection.

See also:

Collection 204, Grand Rapids Furniture Designers Association Records. This collection includes historical documents which originally belonged to this organization. Scrapbooks provides some information on numerous designers.

Collection 084, Furniture Manufacturers Association. Focuses on the buildings and manufacturing, with little information on designers.

Collection 232, GRPL Furniture Trade Catalog Collection. Some trade catalogs give the names of the designers, many do not.

Collection 233, GRPL Furniture Industry Collection. Includes mostly publications from the companies which may refer to or give information on the designers. Also includes miscellaneous periodicals which may refer to the designers.