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Peninsular Club collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 366
Abstract

The Peninsular Club was a private social club in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1881 to 2010. This is a devised collection bringing together documents associated with the club from numerous accessions. In late 2008, the Peninsular Club donated many of their own historical files, images and publications to the Library. This collection includes correspondence, registers, ephemera, directories, yearbooks, the Peninsular Club magazine, scrapbooks and some photographs.

Dates: circa 1880s-2000s
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Pere Marquette Railroad Co. collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 037
Abstract The Pere Marquette Railroad operated across Michigan's lower peninsula and extending into Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and New York. The Pere Marquette’s headquarters were at Detroit. The Pere Marquette used the Union Station in Grand Rapids. In 1947, the Pere Marquette was merged into the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. This collection documents the operations and business affairs of the company from its creation in 1899 through 1946. It contains various company publications...
Dates: 1900-1940, 1946
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Peregrine Grand Rapids records

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 384
Abstract Peregrine Grand Rapids is a group in Grand Rapids, Michigan that is dedicated to reestablishing peregrine falcons. In the mid to late 1980s, Peregrine Grand Rapids worked with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Nongame Wildlife Fund to establish a hack box (nesting box) on the top of McKay Tower. Over three years, nearly 20 young peregrine falcons were released into the wild from the hack box. The Grand Rapids effort was part of a larger Great Lakes area effort to boost the...
Dates: 1985-2008; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1990
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Phillip T. Catalano Calder project

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 221
Abstract Phillip T. Catalano was chairman of a committee of the Grand Rapids Transportation Club that oversaw shipping Alexander Calder's sculpture, La Grande Vitesse. This collection provides information on the process of moving the crates to Grand Rapids from the delivery point at the Detroit Harbor. The crates were shipped from Biemont Foundry in Tours, France via Antwerp on the Dutch ship, the Bonita. Phillip Catalano worked with other members of the Grand Rapids Transportation Club to achieve...
Dates: 1968-1984
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Phoenix Furniture Company folios

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 391
Abstract The Phoenix Furniture Company folios is a collection of 97 folios from the Phoenix Furniture Company's collection. These folios are believed to have been the working folios for the company's furniture designers, including David Wolcott Kendall, Frank J. Davidhazy, and J. Stuart Clingman, among others that were associated with Phoenix Furniture Company directly or with other companies that were part of the Phoenix Furniture Company's history, such as Robert W. Irwin, Stowe & Davis Inc.,...
Dates: 1837-1929
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Pictorial History of Grand Rapids

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Identifier: Collection 138
Abstract A Pictorial History of Grand Rapids is a book published by Lynn G. Mapes and Anthony Travis in 1976. The book details the social history and development of Grand Rapids, Michigan. This collection includes photographs copied from various sources that document the metropolitan Grand Rapids area. Included are views of the city from the 1920s and 1930s, as well as images taken in 1975. The images depict street scenes, activities, churches, trucks, streetcars, theaters and churches. They focus on...
Dates: 1870-1975, n.d.
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Pitsch Wrecking Company (Capitol City Wrecking Co.) photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 237
Abstract

Pitsch Companies is a Grand Rapids, Michigan based demolition, salvage and land development company. This collection includes images taken by Pitsch staff at sites where the firm was involved in the demolition of structures. The images are for scattered or unidentified locations, primarily in Grand Rapids, Michigan where the firm is based, but also for other Michigan cities.

Dates: circa 1930s-1990s
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Poetry of Linda Nemec Foster collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 355
Abstract

Linda Nemec Foster (1950-) is a poet in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2003, she was selected as the first Poet Laureate of the city. This collection is a reference collection containing copies of her poetry (given by Foster), as well as other materials researched and contributed by library staff.

Dates: circa 1987-2008
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Polish Heritage Society scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 383
Abstract

The Polish Heritage Society promotes Polish heritage in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. The organization was founded in 1963 as the Polish Arts Society, with the name changing to Polish Heritage Society in 1970. This collection includes scrapbooks dating from 1963 to 1985 which document the activities of the group through newspaper clippings, photographs, event fliers and other ephemera.

Dates: 1963-1985
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Questers, Inc. Chief Noonday Chapter #879 scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 395
Abstract The Questers, Inc. Chief Noonday Chapter #879 was a chapter of The Questers, an international organization whose purpose is to educate by research and study of antiques and to donate funds to the preservation and restoration of artifacts, existing memorials, historic buildings, landmarks, and educational purposes. This collection consists of several scrapbooks related to the formation and regular meetings of the Chief Noonday Chapter of The Questers. The scrapbooks include photographs,...
Dates: 1977-2007
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
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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