Effie M. Biever papers

Collection

Identifier: Collection 503

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Effie M. Biever papers contain personal diaries, newspaper articles and ephemera related to Grand Rapids businesses and organizations. Effie Biever lived at the Cody Hotel from the mid 1940s to the mid 1950s. There is mention in multiple places of the Cody Hotel and Biever notes the date of a fire there in 1946. Those researching the funeral business may find the Metcalf Funeral Director’s and Blackstone Monument Company materials of particular interest.

Dates

1921 - 1959

Biographical / Historical

Effie M. Bevier was born to Richard Brisbin and Anna Wilson in Casnovia, Michigan in 1872. In March of 1900 she married Henry Bevier. After graduating from the Grand Rapids Normal School and then Western Michigan University, Effie taught in the Grand Rapids Public Schools for more than thirty years, first at Stocking Straight School and then at Eastern School. She retired in 1932 and was widowed in 1940. Effie attended Park Congregational Church and she volunteered for the American Red Cross for many years. Effie spent the last six years of her life in the Veenstra Nursing Home, in Grand Rapids. She died there in 1966.

Extent

.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Effie Bevier was born in Casnovia, Michigan in 1872 and taught in the Grand Rapids Public Schools for over thirty years, retiring in 1932. After the death of her husband, Henry Bevier in 1940, she volunteered for the American Red Cross for many years and she died in Grand Rapids in 1966. The Effie M. Bevier papers contain personal diaries, newspaper articles and ephemera related to Grand Rapids businesses and organizations.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Effie Bevier's papers were donated by Elizabeth Ginebaugh. Elizabeth's mother, Vita McConnaughey, was a close friend of Effie Bevier's and was left with Effie's things.

Effie M. Bevier papers, 2020.028