Grandville Star Photographs
Scope and Contents
The photographs in this collection are predominantly identified people from Grandville and Grand Rapids, Michigan. The photographs were used in the Grandville Star Newspaper from the mid-1960s to 1970. The images contain local store owners, people within the community, local politicians and some national celebrities. A smaller portion of the collection consists of negatives, identified group photos and unidentified photographs.
Dates
- 1965 - 1971
Biographical / Historical
The photographs in this collection range from the mid-1960s to 1970 and were used in the weekly newspaper, The Grandville Star, located in Grandville, Michigan. The bulk of the collection consists of individual, identified portrait-style photographs of individuals from the Grandville and surrounding Grand Rapids area of Michigan. Also within the collection are negatives both containing identified and unidentified people. A smaller portion of the collection consists of identified individual and group photographs.
Extent
4 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains photographs used for the Grandville Star Newspaper from the mid-1960s to 1970. The photographs are predominantly identified, individual portrait-style images that range from local members of the community and store owners to local politicians and celebrities.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Grandville Star photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katherine Besemer
- Date
- December 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Grand Rapids History Center Repository
Grand Rapids Public Library
111 Library Street NE
Grand Rapids Michigan 49503 USA
616-988-5497
localhis@grpl.org