Grand Rapids in World War I

Collection

Identifier: Collection 318

Staff Only

Abstract

This is a devised collection containing various accessions of information related to the participation of Grand Rapids, Michigan and its residents in the Great War, 1914-1918. The collection includes a large set of War Aid Bureau cards documenting soldiers enlisted from the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. Also included are scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings on these soldiers, prepared by Henry Idema. Also included are some original military documents, student papers and published and unpublished military histories. Several military histories document the 126th Infantry, and the 32nd Division, which was formed during the Spanish American War and served in both World War I and II.

Dates

circa 1914-1918

Extent

14.8 Linear Feet (22 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Various and unknown donors

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Coll. 119, LuLu Cudney Papers. "Butterworth Nurses Serving in the Red Cross, 1898, 1918-19," 1930.

Coll. 141-25, Harry Wells Naval Related materials, 1999.108

Coll. 145, Dr. Frank C. Kinsey World War I Photographs

Coll. 146, Dr. Sumner Merrill Wells, Jr. World War I & Personal Papers

Coll. 174, Women's Committee of the Council on National Defense. Grand Rapids Unit. Records.

Coll. 198, Avery C. Gilleo Collection of World War I

Coll. 219, Samuel H. Ranck Papers.

Coll. 320, Record of Kent County Soldiers and Sailors in Service in the Great War [World War I]