Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection was created in 1999 to house the fragments and small accessions within the archives that relate to the furniture industry in Grand Rapids. Information on non-Grand Rapids furniture companies is not actively collected, though some national material can be found in Collection #335, Furniture Design Archival Collection, National Literature. The other complimentary collection with a national focus is the Furniture Design Book Collection, which is housed in its own room within the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Grand Rapids Public Library Art & Graphics Collection documents and summarizes the library’s two-dimensional original art, posters, plates taken from books and other types of graphics created primarily for visual communication purposes. Some later reproductions are also included. Other types of graphic materials, such as photographs or postcards, are located in their own separate collections. A few photographic series are included here, wherein these were created primarily for art...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Grand Rapids Public Library Art & Graphics Collection documents and summarizes the library’s two-dimensional original art, posters, plates taken from books and other types of graphics created primarily for visual communication purposes. Some later reproductions are also included. Other types of graphic materials, such as photographs or postcards, are located in their own separate collections. A few photographic series are included here, wherein these were created primarily for art...