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First (Park) Congregational Church records

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Identifier: Collection 512
Abstract This collection contains records of the First (Park) Congregational Church, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Established in 1836, the First (Park) Congregational Church is one of the earliest churches established in the city. The records include some of the earliest documents preserved by the church and registers of records up to the early 20th century. This collection could be helpful to researchers interested in the history of the church, the volunteer efforts of its members, and...
Dates: 1839 - 1940
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Fountain Street Church collection

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Identifier: collection 311
Abstract The Fountain Street Church collection has been created primarily from material transferred to the archives from the GRPL Local History Vertical File and the Local History Book Collection. It includes publications on the history of the Church and its architecture and stained glass. It includes documents related to the business of the church such as annual reports, committee and budget reports. Also included are programs of the services, as well as sermons by select former pastors of the...
Dates: circa 1860s-2000s
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Frances Wood Michigan authors biographical collection

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Identifier: Collection 142
Abstract Frances Wood was a librarian at the Grand Rapids Public Library in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In late July 1939, and again in July 1942, she sent questionnaires to contemporary Michigan authors who had produced a work of 40 pages or more. With the questionnaire she sent a request for a photograph, and a letter in which she described her intention of using the information to compile a volume on Michigan authors. This collection contains the biographical information and photographs collected....
Dates: 1939-1943
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Francis Hall collection of rosters of Grand Rapids and Michigan veterans and grave locations

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Identifier: Collection 181
Abstract The Francis Hall collection contains lists of graves of veterans of United States wars in various Michigan cemeteries, 1754-1939. These lists are arranged alphabetically by county, then chronologically beginning with the Revolutionary War through World War I. Also in the collection are rosters of military units formed in Grand Rapids for service in the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish American War and World War I. The rosters are arranged chronologically. Of special interest are...
Dates: 1754-1939, n.d.
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Francis K. Glew papers

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Identifier: Collection 492
Abstract Francis (Frank) Kinne Glew was born in Muskegon, Michigan in 1895. He relocated to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1920 where he opened his own advertising firm a few years later. In his lifetime, Glew wrote thousands of essays and poems. Many of them were published in West Michigan newspapers. He died in Grand Rapids in 1966. This collection consists of publications in which Glew contributed poems and other writings, and advertisements he created. It may be of interest to the researcher who is...
Dates: 1927 - 1980
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Frank and Robert Cebelak collection

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Identifier: Collection 022
Abstract

This is a small collection including time books and notebooks from Frank Duval Cebelak and Robert J. Cebelak. The records in this collection are valuable in tracing wages, expenses and item prices of goods from various companies of Grand Rapids, Michigan from the late 1920s to the early 1940s. The notebooks are by Frank Cebelak and the time books by Robert Cebelak.

Dates: 1929-1942
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Frank Lee DuMond papers

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Identifier: Collection 019
Abstract Frank Lee DuMond (1898-1989) was the curator of education (1923-1932) and director (1932-1964) for the Grand Rapids Public Museum. This collection includes correspondence, published papers and notes and photographs reflecting his wide interests in conservation, as well as his professional activities. Additionally, he was a research historian and active in numerous Grand Rapids, Kent County and Michigan organizations, including serving on the boards of directors of the Historical Society of...
Dates: 1926-1978
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Franklin Everett collection

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Identifier: Collection 427
Abstract

The Franklin Everett Collection contains four hand-written volumes, two of which are English tutorials which he used in “teaching Orthography and the Meaning of Words by Association” dated 1866. The other two volumes contain his original poetry, mostly undated except for one, “Father Abraham,” dated February 17, 1877. These volumes were donated by George C. Fitch, Everett's son-in-law, married to Franklina and Thirza's daughter, Cadette Everett.

Dates: 1866 - 1894
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Frederick Stuart Church

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Identifier: collection 228
Abstract

Frederick Stuart Church (1842-1924) was an American artist who was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is a devised collection that brings together original holdings and reference material. Most significant are the paintings, sketches, etchings, reproductions and photographs of work by Church that were recieved in March 1920 from the estate of the famous art collector and philanthropist Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919).

Dates: n.d.
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Friedrich Brothers Music House papers

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Identifier: Collection 015
Abstract The Friedrich Brothers Music House Collection includes the papers of a general music dealer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their merchandise included pianos, organs, music and musical supplies, ca. 1882-1929. The firm became recognized as the most extensive music business in the city and one of the largest in the state, serving all of Western Michigan. It was established by Paul W. and Otto D.T. Friedrich as Friedrich Brothers in 1873, and later assumed by their brother, Julius A.J. Friedrich....
Dates: 1881-1952
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

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Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 8
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 4
Fountain Street Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 4
Grand Rapids Chicks 4
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Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids 3
Butterworth Hospital (Grand Rapids, Mich.). School of Nursing 3
Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart) 3
City of Grand Rapids 3
Eduard Adam Skendzel 3
Elliott, Gerald (1907-1994) 3
Garfield, Charles William 3
Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities 3
Grand Rapids Railway Co 3
Olson, Gordon L 3
Anderson, Godfrey J. 2
Baxter Laundries Company 2
Baxter, Howard F 2
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Bennett, William L 2
Butterworth Hospital (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 2
Calder, Alexander 2
Campau (Grand Rapids (Mich.)) 2
East Hills Council of Neighbors 2
Festival of the Arts (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 2
Fitch, Cadette Everett 2
Ford, Betty 2
Ford, Gerald R 2
Grand Rapids (Mich.). Fire Department 2
Grand Rapids City Hall (Mich.) 2
Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area Study (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 2
Grand Rapids Press 2
Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation 2
Grand Rapids Public Schools (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 2
Grand Rapids Symphony 2
Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council 2
Immen, Loraine Pratt 2
Keeler, Mary Ann 2
Kent County Airport 2
Kent District Library (Kent County, Mich.) 2
Metropolitan Grand Rapids Planning Association 2
Michigan State Grange. 2
Park Congregational Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 2
Polar Bear Expedition (1918-1919) 2
Richmond (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 2
Rooks, Marius 2
Santa Claus Girls (Kent County, Mich.) 2
Schouten, John H 2
St. Cecilia Music Center 2
Welsh, George W 2
339th Ambulance Company Reunion Organization 1
Adrion, Halden 1
Albert Builders, Inc 1
Aldrich 1
Allen, Ralph C 1
American Red Cross. Kent County Chapter 1
Antrim Iron Company 1
Arnold, Marty (Martha) 1
Austin Automobile Co. 1
Austin, James E. 1
Austin, Walter S. 1
Badgley Implement Co 1
Badgley, Ray Lewis 1
Bailey, Sluman S 1
Baker Furniture Company 1
Baker, Hattie Carlyle 1
Baldwin 1
Baldwin, Ralph Belknap 1
Ball, John 1
Bards of Grand Rapids, Michigan 1
Barnhart, Willard 1
Bartholomew, Harland 1
Baum, Benjamin 1
Baxter Neighborhood Association 1
Beineman, Barbara 1
Belknap 1
Belknap, Charles Eugene 1
Bellclaire, Maurice 1
Bender 1
Bender, Charles H 1
Bender, Josephene 1
Bill 1
Birdsall Funeral Home 1
Birdseye Veneer Company (Escanaba (Mich.)) 1
Black Hills Citizens for a Better Community 1
Blodgett Memorial Medical Center (Grand Rapids, Mich.). School of Nursing 1
Blumenshine, Delbert W 1
Bos, Sidney J 1
Bradford 1
Bratt, Hero D 1
Brecken, Clarence E. 1
Brecken, Jennie 1
Brewer, Joseph Hillyer 1
Bricklayers' Union No 1 (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1
Bridge Street House (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1
Broadway Grand Rapids 1
Broadway Theatre Guild 1
Brown and Sehler Co. 1
Browning, Eugene S 1
Bulman, Orville 1

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