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Box 5

 Container

Contains 54 Results:

Application for Registration of Historic Site. Michigan Historical Commission, Lansing. Nov. 16, 1955. Application for a marker for the Rix Robinson Trading Post.

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. Dig done by GVSU, Summer 1967 in Ada. 2001.045

Dates: 1829-1984
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Collection 295, Rix Robinson collection / Series VI. Trading Post Project / Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. / "Rix Robinson Preservation" folder. RE Continuing threat to Trading Post historic site from Amway Corporation in 1980, plus historical information.

Clipping. "Innkeeper was no Match for Schrewd Rix Robinson." / Gordon G. Beld. GR Press, Nov. 22, 1959. Includes image of the marker.

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. Dig done by GVSU, Summer 1967 in Ada. 2001.045

Dates: 1829-1984
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Collection 295, Rix Robinson collection / Series VI. Trading Post Project / Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. / "Rix Robinson Preservation" folder. RE Continuing threat to Trading Post historic site from Amway Corporation in 1980, plus historical information.

Copy of Nov. 1, 1972 letter from Benjamin F. Smith to James Miller, Prosecuting Attorney RE Amway's moving of the memorial marker for the Robinson Trading Post which had been on highway M-21, originally placed there in 1927.

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. Dig done by GVSU, Summer 1967 in Ada. 2001.045

Dates: 1829-1984
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Collection 295, Rix Robinson collection / Series VI. Trading Post Project / Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. / "Rix Robinson Preservation" folder. RE Continuing threat to Trading Post historic site from Amway Corporation in 1980, plus historical information.

Robinson Family contact information, 1972.

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. Dig done by GVSU, Summer 1967 in Ada. 2001.045

Dates: 1829-1984
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Collection 295, Rix Robinson collection / Series VI. Trading Post Project / Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. / "Rix Robinson Preservation" folder. RE Continuing threat to Trading Post historic site from Amway Corporation in 1980, plus historical information.

Letter. To Mr. Smith [probably Benjamin F. Smith RE the Amway controversy] Nov. 7, 1972. From Raymond & Linda Robinson, Grand Rapids, Michigan. (2 sheets + 1 List of Robinson family members with addresses) Photocopy.

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. Dig done by GVSU, Summer 1967 in Ada. 2001.045

Dates: 1829-1984
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Collection 295, Rix Robinson collection / Series VI. Trading Post Project / Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. / "Rix Robinson Preservation" folder. RE Continuing threat to Trading Post historic site from Amway Corporation in 1980, plus historical information.

Photo of Sketch from memory by Mr. Clements of Ada, Aug. 1921. GRPL AV Dept. photo + Later black marker sketch of same, with notes, on yellow lined notebook paper.

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. Dig done by GVSU, Summer 1967 in Ada. 2001.045

Dates: 1829-1984
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Collection 295, Rix Robinson collection / Series VI. Trading Post Project / Graphics, Illustrations, & Images / Ada Trading Post.

June 16, 1984 memo from Gordon Olson to Dick Flanders RE enclosed photos of Rebecca Richmond's July 1888 sketch of "Rix Robinson's House, oldest building in Ada, 1836.

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. Dig done by GVSU, Summer 1967 in Ada. 2001.045

Dates: 1829-1984
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Collection 295, Rix Robinson collection / Series VI. Trading Post Project / Graphics, Illustrations, & Images / Rix Robinson House. Sketch by Rebecca Richmond.

"302" Horse Pit.

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. Dig done by GVSU, Summer 1967 in Ada. 2001.045

Dates: 1829-1984
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Collection 295, Rix Robinson collection / Series VI. Trading Post Project / Graphics, Illustrations, & Images / Slides (8) Rix Robinson Ada Trading Post site. "20 KT 35" In paper mounts marked: 5 Kodachrome, 3 Ektachrome.

"308" Horse Pit.

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. Dig done by GVSU, Summer 1967 in Ada. 2001.045

Dates: 1829-1984
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Collection 295, Rix Robinson collection / Series VI. Trading Post Project / Graphics, Illustrations, & Images / Slides (8) Rix Robinson Ada Trading Post site. "20 KT 35" In paper mounts marked: 5 Kodachrome, 3 Ektachrome.

"313" General View.

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Robinson's Trading Post Archaeological Dig Data & Research. Dig done by GVSU, Summer 1967 in Ada. 2001.045

Dates: 1829-1984
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Collection 295, Rix Robinson collection / Series VI. Trading Post Project / Graphics, Illustrations, & Images / Slides (8) Rix Robinson Ada Trading Post site. "20 KT 35" In paper mounts marked: 5 Kodachrome, 3 Ektachrome.

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