Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 51 - 60 of 533

Capt. Charles Eugene Belknap collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 300
Abstract Captain Charles Eugene Belknap (1846-1929) was a veteran of the Civil War and a well-known politician, businessman, fireman and historian from Grand Rapids, Michigan. This devised collection brings together several small accessions of material related to Belknap. The bulk of the collection consists of Belknap's writings on local history, usually handwritten copies. Also included is biographical information, correspondence, ephemera, a few photographs and programs from the dedication of the...
Dates: circa 1860-2007; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1931
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Carl Bajema Michigan History collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Collection 488
Abstract This collection contains primarily newspaper clippings compiled by Carl Bajema, a retired Professor of Biology, over the course of 53 years, with the majority being done between 1985 and 2018. Arranged by subject into binders, these clippings cover a number of topics relevant to the history of Grand Rapids, as well as the rest of Michigan and portions of neighboring states. While the subjects in the collection vary, the majority are related to natural resources, environmental history,...
Dates: 1830 - 2000
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Caroline P. Campbell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 123
Abstract Caroline P. Campbell (1859-1926) was a civic leader in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She worked with organizations such as the YWCA, Michigan State Federation of Arts, American Red Cross and Historical Society of Grand Rapids and was an active supporter of the Grand Rapids Public Library. Her participation and membership in these and other societies are documented here through correspondence, newspaper articles, pamphlets, photos and programs. Included is information on various...
Dates: 1777-1934
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Catherine (Kay) Swanlund postcards and photos and Colby family memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 089
Abstract This collection is named for its donor, Catherine (Kay) Swanlund (1911-2001). The bulk of the materials here represent her postcard collecting interests, including Grand Rapids views from 1890-1985. Shown are streets, churches, parks, hospitals, and businesses. Also found is a section of Grand Rapids business cards, 1870-1940. Documents and photographs found in the collection provide personal and family history. A Colby Genealogy is included, as well as photos of the Colby family and a...
Dates: 1890-1985, n.d.
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Celebration on the Grand Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 450
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1980-1982; 1980 - 2015
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Central High School/Grand Rapids High School collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 178
Abstract Central High School, also known in the early years as Grand Rapids High School, was opened in 1859 and remained the only high school building in Grand Rapids, Michigan until Union High School was built in 1897. In 1979 a history class at Central High School, with guidance from history teacher Ed Merizon, took on the task of documenting Central High School's history and their work produced this collectionThe collection includes a comprehensive set of the Helios, the school...
Dates: 1870-1993; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1980
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Charles E. Wilde papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 465
Abstract

Charles E. Wilde moved to Grand Rapids, Mich. in 1904 to become the district commercial manager of West Michigan for the Michigan Bell Telephone Company. He is partly responsible for bringing widespread telephone service to West Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Wilde worked for Michigan Bell for fifty years and was an important member of Grand Rapids society.

Dates: 1884 - 1950
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Charles H. Bender correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 024
Abstract

Charles H. Bender (1860-1936) was a well-known Grand Rapids banker. The collection consists of humorous incoming and outgoing letters of Bender. The letters relate to a practical joke instigated by Frederick W. Stevens, a friend of Bender and a nationally known lawyer, diplomat and financier. The practical jokes pertain to Bender's refusal to run for the governorship on the Democratic ticket and his return from a tour of Europe.

Dates: 1917, 1923
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Charles Merrill photo collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 070
Abstract

Charles Merrill was a Grand Rapids (Mich.) photographer. He worked in partnership with his father, Leonard Merrill, under the name C.L. Merrill and Co. This collection contains 37 original photographs with views of Grand Rapids circa 1887. The views are predominantly downtown scenes and buildings, particularly along Campau Square and Monroe Avenue, including North Monroe (then called Canal Street).

Dates: circa 1887
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Charles Vandervelde glass negatives and photos collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 069
Abstract

Charles Vandervelde (1867-1941) was a lifelong resident of Grand Rapids (Mich.) and an amateur photographer. This collection contains 99 items, including several duplicate images, of the greater Grand Rapids area, circa 1895-1905. The images include a unique set of street views from the near northeast side of downtown, a Spanish-American War rally, the flood of 1904 and the water reservoir break. Also included are a few photographs each of Ada, Jenison and Plainfield (Mich.).

Dates: 1895-1905
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History 397
photographs 57
Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History -- Photographs 51
personal papers 45
records (documents) 40
business records 25
Women -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- History 23
Kent County (Mich.) -- History 22
Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History -- 20th Century 18
family papers 18
Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Church history 17
Business Enterprises -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids Region 16
Furniture industry and trade -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 16
Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History -- 19th Century 16
African Americans -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 15
Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Genealogy 15
oral histories 15
scrapbooks 15
Buildings -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- Photographs 14
Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Politics and government 14
Immigrants -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- History 14
Artists -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 13
World War, 1939-1945 13
Women -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- Societies and clubs 12
letters (correspondence) 12
Charities -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 11
Publications -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 11
Railroads -- Michigan 11
Arts -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 10
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 10
Urban renewal -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 10
Business records -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 9
government records 9
City planning -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 8
Education -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- History 8
High schools -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 8
Polish Americans -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- History 8
World War, 1914-1918 8
diaries 8
Express highways -- Michigan -- History -- 20th century 7
Furniture design -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 7
Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Biography 7
Kent County (Mich.) -- Genealogy 7
Music -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 7
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 7
Architecture -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 6
Church records and registers -- Michigan 6
East Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History 6
Grande Vitesse -- Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 6
Neighborhoods -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- History 6
Politicians -- Michigan -- Biography 6
Printing industry -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 6
office files 6
Aeronautics -- Michigan -- Kent County -- History 5
African Americans -- Civil Rights -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- History 5
Art -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 5
Clubs -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 5
Indians of North America -- Michigan 5
Labor unions -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- History 5
Musicians -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 5
Portrait photography -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 5
Postcards -- Michigan 5
Street-railroads -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 5
Theater -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- History 5
West Side (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 5
postcards 5
Authors, American -- Michigan 4
Baseball -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- History 4
Baseball for women -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 4
Depressions -- 1929 -- Grand Rapids 4
Exhibitions -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 4
Frontier and pioneer life -- Michigan -- Kent County 4
Grand River (Mich.) 4
Highway planning -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 4
Industries -- Michigan -- Kent County 4
Library employees -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- Biography 4
Logging -- Michigan 4
Manufacturing industries -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 4
Michigan -- Genealogy 4
Michigan -- Politics and government 4
Performing arts -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 4
Poetry -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- History 4
Public libraries -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 4
Publishers and publishing -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 4
Ramona Park (East Grand Rapids, Mich.) 4
Tourism -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 4
Tourism -- Michigan -- History 4
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 4
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American 4
church records 4
newspapers 4
Authors, American -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 3
Catholic Church -- Michigan -- Grand River Valley 3
Community life -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 3
Dutch Americans -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 3
Dwellings -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 3
Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc. -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 3
Furniture industry and trade -- Michigan 3
Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Newspapers. 3
Historic preservation -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids 3
Names
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

Staff Interface | Visit ArchivesSpace.org | v4.1.1 | Send Feedback or Report a Problem