Grand Rapids Public Library Michigan and Grand Rapids authors and publications collection
This collection is currently defined to hold any title where the main purpose is to document the publications of a Grand Rapids or Michigan author. The subject content has value, but by specifying a place, and collecting the publications together by author, the “opus” of works of a particular author is gathered, for longer research and preservation. The items included in the collection often duplicate those also in the circulating or non-circulating book collections of the library or the department.
Book jackets, were available, are physically housed separately in acid free folders.
The holdings here are from non-collection specific accessions, as compared to the Gerald Elliott Michigan Authors Collection #304A, which is a collection of Michigan associated publications specifically collected by and associated with Gerald Elliott. It is also distinct from Coll. 142, the Michigan Authors Collection, which is a collection that contains biographical information about a specific group of Michigan authors, but without any of their actual publications included within that collection.
- Dates
- no date
- Extent
- 4.6 Linear Feet (Six boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Script
- Latin
Series A. Biographical flyers, resumes, etc. .
This series contains list of information identifying Michigan and Grand Rapids associated authors. It also contains ephemera and biographical information about those authors.
Series B. Book Jackets
Since book jackets often provide valued information on the author or the publication, these are being preserved, where available, and housed in this series.
This series documents Michigan and Grand Rapids locations used in the setting of the book, such as a book of fiction set in Grand Rapids. If the author is also from Michigan, these items may be listed in Series III, instead.
This series contains the actual books or periodicals published by Grand Rapids or Michigan residents or former residents.
Items are usually listed first by the last name of the author, and then alphabetically by the title of the publication. Or, books with many authors or about Grand Rapids but not resident Michigan authors are listed by title, alphabetically.