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Grand Rapids Public Library annual report

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Identifier: Collection 274
Abstract

This collection contains annual reports for Grand Rapids, Michigan and Michigan businesses and organizations. The reports in the collection generally date from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Some later reports are also included for their historical significance.

Dates: no date
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids Public Library art and graphics collection

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Identifier: Collection 224
Abstract The GRPL Art & Graphics Collection was first created in 1998 to document holdings in the Grand Rapids Public Library that are valued first for the artistic, graphic and illustrative content. New information is routinely added to this finding aid as new items or information are received or as additional research materials are obtained. This collection brings together various art works which are not otherwise part of another GRPL archival collection. For information on art in other GRPL...
Dates: circa 1831-2006
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids Public Library civil rights exhibit collection

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Identifier: Collection 358
Abstract The exhibit Our Voices Our Liberty: Grand Rapids Area Civil Rights Leaders was displayed at the Grand Rapids Public Library beginning in February 2006. It was researched and prepared by the staff of the Grand Rapids History & Special Collections department. The exhibit encompasses a broad definition of civil rights, including the rights of African Americans and other ethnic groups, women, the handicapped and gay/lesbian rights. Materials for the exhibit come from the archival...
Dates: 2006-
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids Public Library Civil War documents

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 242
Abstract This collection has been devised to bring together several small accessions containing information related to Grand Rapids and Michigan in the United States Civil War. Also included are a few national pictorials of the era, which include information on all areas for background reference. Both originals and facsimile documents are included in the collection, such as letters, military records and journals of Michigan soldiers active in the Civil War. Additionally, there are civil war era...
Dates: 1860 - 2013
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids Public Library collection of politics and elections ephemera

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Identifier:  Collection 534
Abstract This devised collection is comprised of materials related to elections and political campaigns in West Michigan. The bulk of the collection consists of campaign flyers and newspapers from individual candidates who ran for office in the 20th and 21st century. It also contains informational flyers, booklets, and voter guides detailing important election issues, proposals, millages, the voting process, and political party platforms. This collection would be particularly useful for researchers...
Dates: 1859 - 2025
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids Public Library color images collection

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Identifier: Collection 325
Abstract

This is a devised collection that attempts to bring together by format various small accessions of color photographs. As an open collection, new images may be added. The collection includes images of scenes and of people.

Dates: circa 1950-
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids Public Library cyanotype collection

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Identifier: Collection 087
Abstract

The Grand Rapids Public Library cyanotypes collection is a devised collection containing cyanotype images. The images include views of Grand Rapids, Michigan, houses, house interiors, John Ball Park and the 1900 break in the city's water reservoir. The collection also contains a set of 56 images of vehicles manufactured by the Couple Gear Company.

Dates: circa 1880-1900
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids Public Library ephemera

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Identifier: Collection 216
Abstract

The Grand Rapids Public Library ephemera collection includes miscellaneous items relating to Grand Rapids, Michigan history. Ephemera are items that were created for a specific, limited purpose and were intended to be discarded after use. This can include posters, tickets, programs, brochures, receipts and advertisements. The collection also includes calendars, almanacs, business cards, certificates, city and county guides, cookbooks, menus and school catalogs.

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

Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation records

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Identifier: Collection 342
Abstract The Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation is the funding arm of the Grand Rapids Public Library in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was created as the Ryerson Library Foundation in the early 1990s and funds numerous programs and projects within the Gradn Rapids Public Library. The largest endeavor to date was fundraising for the library building program in the late 1990s to 2003, when the Main Library building reopened after major renovations. The name was changed to the Grand Rapids Public...
Dates: no date
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids Public Library furniture design and designers collection

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Identifier: Collection 276
Abstract

This is a devised collection that brings together small and unknown accessions of materials under this general topic. It also contains research materials identified by staff through reference requests, gathered together as biographical files or files on other topics, related specifically to the furniture designers of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Additional information on area furniture designers can also be found in many other GRPL archival collections.

Dates: no date
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

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Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Church history 17
Business Enterprises -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids Region 16
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African Americans -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 15
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Artists -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 13
World War, 1939-1945 13
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Grande Vitesse -- Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 6
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Depressions -- 1929 -- Grand Rapids 4
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Grand River (Mich.) 4
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American 4
church records 4
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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
Grand Rapids Public Museum 4
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
Baxter, Robert T 2
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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