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Box 3

 Container

Contains 73 Results:

First Community Church, n.d.

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
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

Grand Rapids Heavy Moving Co. Advertisement, from GR City Directory, ca 1900. Grand Rapids Heavy Moving Co., 50 & 52 N. Division St., John J. Johnson, manager

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
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

Paul Richens House/Grand Rapids Study Club Clubhouse, added to the Michigan State Register of Historic Places in 1985.

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
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

Close up view of “Grand Rapids Study Club” sign

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
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

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