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Usually only ephemera associated with clubs of the Greater Grand Rapids area are included in this series. This means that if other types of materials from an organization are held, they may be located in other collections by material type.

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Cookbooks are arranged alphabetically by title.As with calendars, the cookbooks most desired are those which have unique Grand Rapids information. This may be favorite recipes suggested by a named individual, or valuable historical information on the organization providing the cookbook, or because unique local illustrations were used in the publication.

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Most of the business sources located in this collection are listed alphabetically by the name of the firm. If the firm name includes a personal name, it may be filed alphabetically for the first name or initial in the name, or by the last name of the person, if this is believed to be the more common usage. Some other types of business related items may be filed within other series. For example, a calendar from a business, may be in the Calendar series instead.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The GRPL Ephemera collection was first given life in 1998, during the process of organizing the collections for the moves to the temporary and new buildings, during the library renovation period. A large cache of unprocessed miscellaneous items formed the core and other like items were shifted to the collection from the materials found during the move clean up or from the small unprocessed accessions in the processing backlog. A liberal definition of ephemera is used in...

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Included here primarily are theater programs, but also in some cases a history or other documents, such as newsletters, or other items such as historical theater playbills. Posters about theater features may be found in Collection 224 the Art and Graphics Collection.

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Included here primarily are theater programs, but also in some cases a history or other documents, such as newsletters, or other items such as historical theater playbills. Posters about theater features may be found in Collection 224 the Art and Graphics Collection.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Included here primarily are theater programs, but also in some cases a history or other documents, such as newsletters, or other items such as historical theater playbills. Posters about theater features may be found in Collection 224 the Art and Graphics Collection.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the business sources located in this collection are listed alphabetically by the name of the firm. If the firm name includes a personal name, it may be filed alphabetically for the first name or initial in the name, or by the last name of the person, if this is believed to be the more common usage. Some other types of business related items may be filed within other series. For example, a calendar from a business, may be in the Calendar series instead.

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Included here are general school catalogs, school certificates, and miscellaneous ephemeral type publications, such as coloring books. Annual reports may be found in the Annual Report Collection, other formal reports or meatier publications may be found in the generic small manuscript collection.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The GRPL Ephemera collection was first given life in 1998, during the process of organizing the collections for the moves to the temporary and new buildings, during the library renovation period. A large cache of unprocessed miscellaneous items formed the core and other like items were shifted to the collection from the materials found during the move clean up or from the small unprocessed accessions in the processing backlog. A liberal definition of ephemera is used in...