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Thomas J. Majchrzak collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 203
Abstract
Thomas J. Majchrzak (1889-1981) ran the Grand Rapids Social Center from 1930 to 1933. The center was a city department that provided shelter and food to unemployed, single men during the onset of the Great Depression. The collection includes correspondence, photographs and issues of Our Gang, a newspaper published by and for people receiving various forms of welfare during the Depression. The manuscript material includes information on Majchrzak’s injury received while working and on his...
Dates:
1929-1940
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Thomas R. and Debra C. Dilley collection
Collection
Identifier: 364
Abstract
This collection is named for the donors/collectors and reflects their historical interests and expertise. The collection provides diverse visual and written information on the history of the Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan community. Some of the stereographic photographs (ca. 1865-1910) included in the collection, may also be found in the books written by Thomas R. Dilley on this historical graphic format. Other original or copy photographs document numerous events, people and organizations,...
Dates:
circa 1850s-2000s
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Thomas R. Wilson graphics collection
Collection — Box: 2
Identifier: Collection 359
Abstract
The Thomas R. Wilson graphics collection focuses primarily on the reproduction graphics or photographs created by Wilson and given to the library. Tom currently operates a home business creating poster art from historical travel literature and ephemera. Wilson and his wife, M. Christine Byron, are authors of several Michigan travel books.
Dates:
2006-
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Thomas W. Porter Archaeological, Architectural and Geological graphics
Collection
Identifier: Collection 042
Abstract
Thomas W. Porter (1827 - 1911) collected, sold and traded archaeological artifacts from West Michigan during the last third of the nineteenth century. Often working with Wright L. Coffinberry and others from the Kent Scientific Institute, he used his skill as a sketcher to draw facsimiles of Native American and other artifacts. The collection includes maps and illustrations of the Indian burial mounds in Grand Rapids and the items recovered from them, including the “Big Find” in...
Dates:
1873-1900, no date
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Tieri Slide Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 406
Abstract
The Tieri Slide Collection consists of 380 slides of mainly Grand Rapids scenes and events during the 1950's-1970's.
Dates:
1955 - 1975
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Trades and Labor Council collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 038
Abstract
This is a devised collection of programs from annual Labor Day events held by the Trades and Labor Council of Grand Rapids, an umbrella organization for local unions. The Labor Day programs were organized as a celebration of union strength and solidarity, to celebrate labor's own day and to provide an atmosphere of enjoyment for the union workers and their families. The programs include identified images of labor representatives, and/or candidates for office. Advertising is also a large...
Dates:
1890-1910
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Ukrainian Society Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 413
Abstract
The Ukrainian National Benefit Association was founded in 1894 as a fraternal organization to provide material needs and to promote Ukrainian culture for the first wave of Ukrainian immigrants. This association allowed any Ukrainian between the ages of eighteen and forty-five to become a member. The local unit of Grand Rapids' goal was to organize all of the Ukrainians in Grand Rapids, create a kinship bond among them, and to spread the knowledge of Ukrainian culture and language among...
Dates:
1885 - 1943
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
United States Army 32nd Michigan Infantry Company H papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 005
Abstract
The United States Army 32nd Michigan Infantry Company H Papers include records, correspondence, and other documents of this unit, which was part of the National Guard. Research indicates that the unit was mobilized in May 1898 during the Spanish-American War, but due to transportation problems never got to the action and was mustered out in October of that same year. The Company's membership resided primarily in Grand Rapids, Michigan and began holding reunions in 1908. Papers of...
Dates:
1895-1971
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
United States Army Weather School collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 173
Abstract
The Weather Training School of the United States Army Air Force was located in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1942-1943. The school converted several downtown buildings, including the Pantlind Hotel and Civic Auditorium, into barracks, mess halls, classrooms, offices and officer's quarters. The collection includes newspaper clippings, photographs, school publications, invitations and programs for school events, a history of the school, rosters and the Weather School newspaper, the...
Dates:
1942-1943
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Van Hoecks Shoes scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: Collection 400
Abstract
The Van Hoecks Shoes scrapbooks includes eleven scrapbooks for the years 1975-2008. Each of the scrapbooks contains clippings of advertisements for Van Hoecks Shoes that were published in the Grand Rapids Press or other local newspapers.
Dates:
1975-2008
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center