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Black history exhibit collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 113
Abstract
The Black History exhibit collection documents a joint 1984-1985 project by Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Grand Rapids Study Club, the Suburban Club, the Grand Rapids Public Library, the Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Grand Rapids Public Museum to detail the history of the Black community in Grand Rapids. Historic items, including photographs, were collected and reproduced. From the collected data a photo exhibit, "150 Years: An Exhibit of the African American Presence in Grand Rapids," was...
Dates:
circa 1880-1990
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Blandford and De Korn family photographs
Collection
Identifier: Collection 462
Abstract
The Blandford and De Korn family photographs collections contains 31 photographs, fascimiles and originals, of the Blandford and De Korn nuclear and extended family. There are several photographs of of Christina Catherine Blandford's as a teacher at Godfrey-Lee School, including her first classroom and her first class of students at Godfrey Lee Elementery School. There are also two photos, one identified as Rev. Hulst and the other of two young girls identified as Minie and Tressa.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1880 - 1960
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Blodgett Memorial Medical Center School of Nursing records
Collection
Identifier: Collection 267
Abstract
The Blodgett Memorial Medical Center School of Nursing Records was a nursing school in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The school was founded as the Union Benevolent Association Training School for Nurses in 1886 and operated until 1987. It was also known as the Marion Louise Withey Training School for Nurses and Blodgett Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. At its closing in 1987 the schools 101 year legacy included a total of 2,674 graduates. This colletion includes administrative...
Dates:
1886-1997
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Bos Leather Company records
Collection
Identifier: Collection 079
Abstract
The Bos Leather Company was formed in 1909 in Grand Rapids, Michigan by Sidney (originally Sietse) J. Bos (1878-1941), a Dutch immigrant. The Bos firm specialized in shoe making, but also manufactured a limited amount of other leather products, such as briefcases. The Bos Leather Company records document the financial history of the firm, including inventory records from 1909 to 1967. Monthly sales records are included from the mid-1930s until 1967. A sample of trade publications and...
Dates:
1905-1967
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Breakfast Club Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 438
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1979-1982; 1966 - 1985
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Brewer family papers
Collection
Identifier: collection 074
Abstract
Joseph Henry Brewer (1875-1943) was a successful Grand Rapids, Michigan banker and hotel owner. His son, Joseph Hillyer Brewer (1898-1990) was a publisher, academic, and college president. They were descended from the Brewer family of Vermont and England's Brind and Escott families, who emigrated to the United States in 1843. This collection includes letters, genealogies, and family papers documenting these families' histories. Also represented are the families and descendants of Mary...
Dates:
1813 - 1968
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Bricklayers' Union No 1 records
Collection
Identifier: Collection 379
Abstract
The Local Bricklayers No. 1 was a notable and large early labor union in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was the first bricklayers' union in the state and was involved in strikes in 1891 and 1893, over wages and and working hours. The Local Bricklayers No. 1 was active until 1993, however the records in the collection are limited to 1886-1913. The records include meeting minutes, list of members, financial records and some correspondence. In addition, a record book from the Stonemasons Union No....
Dates:
1886-1913
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Bridge Street House records
Collection
Identifier: Collection 188
Abstract
The Bridge Street House was an early tavern and hotel in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This collection includes three volumes of records from the hotel: a register from 1857-1860 and day books from 1853-1854 and 1857-1861. Though apparently not comprehensive, these volumes detail the daily expenses of the hotel, before and after the structure burned in 1855. The names of guests of the hotel are included from 1854 to 1860, primarily after the building reopened after the fire. The volumes provide...
Dates:
1854-1860
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Britton L. Gordon airport clippings
Collection
Identifier: Collection 437
Abstract
Britton L. Gordon (1909-2002) was a Grand Rapids, Michigan businessman who strongly influenced aeronautics in the city. Gordon served on the Kent County Aeronautics Board from 1956-1978 and the Michigan Aeronautics Commission from 1963-1979. He was instrumental in developing the airport in Cascade Township, which is now known as the Gerald R. Ford International Airport. This collection contains newspaper clippings relating to aeronautics and the airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The...
Dates:
1946-1963
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Bryan family papers
Collection
Identifier: collection 532
Abstract
This is a small collection of family history, photographs and school memorabilia of the Bryan family who resided in Grand Rapids, Michigan from the early 1900s to the 1930s. Kathleen A. Bryan (1927-2004), the daughter of Walter Byran (1903-1976) and Jeannette Sessink Bryan (1906-1986), donated the collection, along with a family history she wrote describing her parents childhoods and, most notably, their family's experiences living next to Sunshine Hospital, also called Sunshine Sanatorium,...
Dates:
1918 - 1975
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center