Box 28
Container
Contains 3 Results:
"Dateline Defense" Mutual. Grand Rapids Tornado. Broadcast Apr. 17, 1956 Length: 14:30 Interview to about 12:30 Label: Interview had with Tom Walsh last afternoon of Apr. 4, 1956, on Standale, Comstock Park, etc. tornado disaster. This recording was later broadcast under sponsorship of Federal Civil Defense Administration, over all Mutual Network stations. We also had this over WGRD in Grand Rapids. Dan R. Waters.
File — Box: 28
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers document the development of aviation and the airport in Kent County, Michigan. The largest part of the collection dates from 1930 to 1957 when Walsh was Kent County Airport Manager at the former airport site along Eastern Avenue, south of 32nd Street, in southeast Grand Rapids. Walsh was quick to understand the commercial and military potential of aviation and has often been credited with being the driving force behind efforts in Kent County to advance aviation beyond the era of...
Dates:
1956, 1980s
Original Version: Reel to Reel magnetic audio tape. 1/4" x 1200 ft. reel.
File — Box: 28
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers document the development of aviation and the airport in Kent County, Michigan. The largest part of the collection dates from 1930 to 1957 when Walsh was Kent County Airport Manager at the former airport site along Eastern Avenue, south of 32nd Street, in southeast Grand Rapids. Walsh was quick to understand the commercial and military potential of aviation and has often been credited with being the driving force behind efforts in Kent County to advance aviation beyond the era of...
Dates:
1956, 1980s