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Box 3

 Container

Contains 73 Results:

Grave stone, n.d. (1) Marked: Unknown. 102 U.S. Colored.

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains documentation of a joint project by Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Grand Rapids Study Club, the Suburban Club, the Grand Rapids Public Library, the Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Grand Rapids Public Museum to detail the history of the Black community in Grand Rapids. Documentation, including photographs, was collected and reproduced. The material documents the people and their occupations during the first 150 years of Grand Rapids' history.

Dates: circa 1880-1990

Baseball Team. Jess Elster's All-stars, ca. 1915. Group photo. Jess Elsters Colored Giants of Grand Rapids. Shows the team in uniform standing or seated in front of empty bleachers. Bats & other equipment on the ground in front. Clarence Mabin is one of the players.

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains documentation of a joint project by Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Grand Rapids Study Club, the Suburban Club, the Grand Rapids Public Library, the Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Grand Rapids Public Museum to detail the history of the Black community in Grand Rapids. Documentation, including photographs, was collected and reproduced. The material documents the people and their occupations during the first 150 years of Grand Rapids' history.

Dates: circa 1880-1990

Land patent, 1861. Mecosta County Tract Book. James Guy SE¼ of SW½ section 4, T 14 N, R 7 W

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains documentation of a joint project by Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Grand Rapids Study Club, the Suburban Club, the Grand Rapids Public Library, the Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Grand Rapids Public Museum to detail the history of the Black community in Grand Rapids. Documentation, including photographs, was collected and reproduced. The material documents the people and their occupations during the first 150 years of Grand Rapids' history.

Dates: circa 1880-1990

Lincoln Literary Club, 1930. Interior. Annual Dinner Dance, Feb. 12.

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains documentation of a joint project by Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Grand Rapids Study Club, the Suburban Club, the Grand Rapids Public Library, the Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Grand Rapids Public Museum to detail the history of the Black community in Grand Rapids. Documentation, including photographs, was collected and reproduced. The material documents the people and their occupations during the first 150 years of Grand Rapids' history.

Dates: circa 1880-1990

Bill Weaver Camp. Two girls with horse team.

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains documentation of a joint project by Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Grand Rapids Study Club, the Suburban Club, the Grand Rapids Public Library, the Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Grand Rapids Public Museum to detail the history of the Black community in Grand Rapids. Documentation, including photographs, was collected and reproduced. The material documents the people and their occupations during the first 150 years of Grand Rapids' history.

Dates: circa 1880-1990

Jim Woods, father of Harriet Hill, driving team. Men with a large wheeled transport, and two horses pulling the logs, in a wooded scene.

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains documentation of a joint project by Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Grand Rapids Study Club, the Suburban Club, the Grand Rapids Public Library, the Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Grand Rapids Public Museum to detail the history of the Black community in Grand Rapids. Documentation, including photographs, was collected and reproduced. The material documents the people and their occupations during the first 150 years of Grand Rapids' history.

Dates: circa 1880-1990

Lumber camp of Joseph Lett. Mecosta Co. Images includes Aaron Morgan, an early settler of Mecosta Co., and Stella Lett Chandler at 2 year old, Aunt of donor of photo, seated on lady's lap front row.

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains documentation of a joint project by Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Grand Rapids Study Club, the Suburban Club, the Grand Rapids Public Library, the Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Grand Rapids Public Museum to detail the history of the Black community in Grand Rapids. Documentation, including photographs, was collected and reproduced. The material documents the people and their occupations during the first 150 years of Grand Rapids' history.

Dates: circa 1880-1990

View of several men with logs, and equipment, in a well worked landscape. African American & Caucasian workers unidentified.

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains documentation of a joint project by Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Grand Rapids Study Club, the Suburban Club, the Grand Rapids Public Library, the Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Grand Rapids Public Museum to detail the history of the Black community in Grand Rapids. Documentation, including photographs, was collected and reproduced. The material documents the people and their occupations during the first 150 years of Grand Rapids' history.

Dates: circa 1880-1990

African American man in center holding 2 horses, with large logs behind, man to his right & left. Logging in background.

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains documentation of a joint project by Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Grand Rapids Study Club, the Suburban Club, the Grand Rapids Public Library, the Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Grand Rapids Public Museum to detail the history of the Black community in Grand Rapids. Documentation, including photographs, was collected and reproduced. The material documents the people and their occupations during the first 150 years of Grand Rapids' history.

Dates: circa 1880-1990

Minisee house & farmstead, c.1880

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains documentation of a joint project by Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Grand Rapids Study Club, the Suburban Club, the Grand Rapids Public Library, the Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Grand Rapids Public Museum to detail the history of the Black community in Grand Rapids. Documentation, including photographs, was collected and reproduced. The material documents the people and their occupations during the first 150 years of Grand Rapids' history.

Dates: circa 1880-1990