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Box 1

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Contains 15 Results:

Photographs of Effie M. Biever and an unidentified man, possibly her husband

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Newspaper articles: Only One Matheson Left, Grand Rapids Press 25 Jul 1953 and an article from an unidentified newspaper dated 4 Jan 1953

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Newspaper articles: Five Generations of Brisbins, unknown date and paper; 101 Years Old St. Patrick's Day, article about Emma Hubbard, 15 Mar 1955, Grand Rapids Press; GR Woman 102 St. Patrick's Day from an unidentified paper, March 1956

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Class Program of 1921, lined notebook with handwritten notes about the class history and its members. School Bulletin of the Teachers' Club and the Board of Education, February 1924

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Diary, spiral composition book with Red Cross Book handwritten at the top., 1945 - 1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: 1945 - 1947

Leather bound notebook/diary with a list of dates of trips and residences; appears first few pages have been torn out, 1943 - 1960

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: Other: 1943 - 1960

Metcalf's Funeral Directors business card, identification card, funeral pricing, postcard, booklet and envelope; Black Monument Co. order form filled out by Effie M. Bevier, 1953

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: Other: 1953

University of Michigan in Western Michigan Fall Semester 1959 course offerings, price lists of groceries handwritten in corner

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Letter to Ivan E. Barber from Effie Bevier, 1959-11-25

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: Other: 1959-11-25

Park Congregationalist newsletter 22 October 1959; United Workers' Society program First (Park) Congregational Church 1956-1957

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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