Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes primarily clippings from Grand Rapids newspapers, with some additional national coverage around the 1974 election. Most clippings are photocopies. The clippings are housed chronologically, along with the ephemera.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes primarily clippings from Grand Rapids newspapers, with some additional national coverage around the 1974 election. Most clippings are photocopies. The clippings are housed chronologically, along with the ephemera.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes primarily clippings from Grand Rapids newspapers, with some additional national coverage around the 1974 election. Most clippings are photocopies. The clippings are housed chronologically, along with the ephemera.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes primarily clippings from Grand Rapids newspapers, with some additional national coverage around the 1974 election. Most clippings are photocopies. The clippings are housed chronologically, along with the ephemera.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes primarily clippings from Grand Rapids newspapers, with some additional national coverage around the 1974 election. Most clippings are photocopies. The clippings are housed chronologically, along with the ephemera.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Includes here are paper items which explain and document VanderVeens political career. Invitations, flyers, and political ads mark his run for the position as Congressman. One set of invitation cards uses a design by graphic artist Stephen Frykhom (Herman Miller), which he created for a poster promoting VanderVeen's 1974 campaign. Other documents, including a few letters, a newsletter “On the Record”, and brief reports, tell of his work while in Washington. Some items document his work back...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Includes here are paper items which explain and document VanderVeens political career. Invitations, flyers, and political ads mark his run for the position as Congressman. One set of invitation cards uses a design by graphic artist Stephen Frykhom (Herman Miller), which he created for a poster promoting VanderVeen's 1974 campaign. Other documents, including a few letters, a newsletter “On the Record”, and brief reports, tell of his work while in Washington. Some items document his work back...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Includes here are paper items which explain and document VanderVeens political career. Invitations, flyers, and political ads mark his run for the position as Congressman. One set of invitation cards uses a design by graphic artist Stephen Frykhom (Herman Miller), which he created for a poster promoting VanderVeen's 1974 campaign. Other documents, including a few letters, a newsletter “On the Record”, and brief reports, tell of his work while in Washington. Some items document his work back...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Includes here are paper items which explain and document VanderVeens political career. Invitations, flyers, and political ads mark his run for the position as Congressman. One set of invitation cards uses a design by graphic artist Stephen Frykhom (Herman Miller), which he created for a poster promoting VanderVeen's 1974 campaign. Other documents, including a few letters, a newsletter “On the Record”, and brief reports, tell of his work while in Washington. Some items document his work back...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Richard F. Vander Veen papers at the Grand Rapids Public Library contain general information on this Grand Rapids lawyer and politican, who was also a strong supporter of the Library itself. The bulk of the materials focus on his general biography, his family and his political career. His official congressional papers are at Michigan State University. Several images are included in this collection, from different eras and activities of Vander Veen's life. Many of...