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Lee family collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 135
Abstract
The Lee family collection documents the lives of the children and grandchildren of Jefferson Lee (d.1902) and Eliza Jane Dennis Lee (1833-1919). It focuses on two of their sons, Frank Lee (1869-1959) and Benjamin Hubbard Lee (c.1875-1950), and their wives and children. The material concentrates on family life in Middleville and later Grand Rapids, Michigan, including the education of both males and females at the turn of the century (1900), and aspects of a well-to-do Grand Rapids family. It...
Dates:
1800-1989
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Lemuel S. Hillman papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 526
Abstract
Lemuel Hillman (1886–1930) was a banker and prominent member of several social organizations in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This collection of his papers consists of correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, speeches, and writings. It covers many facets of his life: his family, his military career, his banking business, and his civic engagement. The collection would be of interest to those researching Hillman family history, the banking industry in West Michigan, or the activities of any...
Dates:
1797 - 1964
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Lipczynski family papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 179
Abstract
The Lipczynski family immigrated to Grand Rapids, Michigan from Poland in the 19th century. They were the first Polish family to settle east of the Grand River. John Lipczynski was part owner of a pottery works and Valeria Lipczynski was a correspondent for Polish newspapers and was active in helping other immigrants find homes and jobs. In 2011, Valeria was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. This is a small collection including family photographs, an ad for the...
Dates:
circa 1880-1992
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Loraine Pratt Immen collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 187
Abstract
Loraine Pratt Immen (1840-1927) was a philanthropist and was active in women's clubs in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This collection contains photographs, various news clippings, dedication programs and other documents that marked memorable moments in her life. Immen founded the Shakespeariana Club in April 1887, was active in the Ladies Literary Club and donated stained glass windows to the club and to her church, First Park Congregational. She also gave various statuary items to the city, which...
Dates:
1840-1927
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Loren M. Page journal
Collection
Identifier: Collection 466
Abstract
Loren Marsh Page (1811-1886) arrived in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1836 (at the time it was the Village of Kent). Upon his arrival, Page met Jane Soper and they were married in 1837. Together they had nine children and Page ran a successful paper-hanging business for fifty years. This collection consists primarily of the journal Page kept from October of 1847 to March 1851.
Dates:
1847 - 1851
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Loretta Ortt papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 003
Abstract
The Loretta Ortt (1909-1993) papers contain documents related to Ortt's years as teacher and principal in the Grand Rapids Public Schools. The bulk of the collection consists of curriculum planning and development files for the elementary grades, as well as items on the philosophy of education. The collection spans the years 1936 to 1975, and includes one folder of newspaper clippings about Grand Rapids schools from 1950 to 1963 as well as 46 photos, some of which are groups of unidentified...
Dates:
1936-1975
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Louis Moran account book
Collection
Identifier: Collection 011
Abstract
The Louis Moran Account Book collection contains what appears to be the major portion of an original account book, 1796-1819, in French. It provides a record of bartered items exchanged in the Detroit and Saginaw areas. It has been said to be prepared by Louis Moran, originally called Louis Maurant, presumed to be an earlier relative of the settler Louis Moran of Grand Rapids. An English translation of the account book is included in the collection. Also included is...
Dates:
1796-1819
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Louise VanderVelden photo album
Collection
Identifier: Collection 487
Abstract
Louise VanderVelden was born in Bessemer, Michigan in 1891 to John K. VanderVelden and Christina (Warners) VanderVelden. In 1911 Louise married Omer A. Forrester. They moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan and lived for a few years at 40 Benjamin Ave. Louise's photo album contains interior photographs of the house. In or around 1917 Louise and Omer divorced and she returned to Detroit. Louise married John Shumaker in 1933 and died in January of 1981.Louise's brother Fred Warners, who...
Dates:
1911 - 1946
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Lucia Erin's Latvian Americans of Grand Rapids papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 266
Abstract
Lucia Erins (d. 1989) was a Latvian immigrant to Grand Rapids, Michigan. This collection includes research that Erins conducted regarding the Latvian community in Grand Rapids. Her research began with a brief student paper in December 1985 followed by a longer paper in 1988. These papers are included along with 16 accompanying poster boards with photographs, original and photocopied materials used for research and copy negatives of research images. Some of the material is in Latvian.
Dates:
1891, 1945-1988; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1988
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Lucius Lyon papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 279
Abstract
Lucius Lyon (1800-1851) was a prominent U.S. citizen, Grand Rapids settler and leader in Michigan statehood. This is a devised collection containing books and other manuscript materials that appear to have once belonged to Lyon. The collection also includes a representative sample of original correspondence and documents from Lyon’s relationship with other important early Michigan and Grand Rapids figures. Thus is found here evidence of a financial transaction with the national political...
Dates:
1755-1935; Majority of material found within 1834 - 1848
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center