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Frydrych (Frederick) and Mroz family photographs

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Identifier: Collection 515
Abstract The Frydrych (Frederick) and Mroz family photograph collection contains twenty-eight photographs, mainly formal portraits, taken in the early to middle part of the 20th century and left at the Grand Rapids Public Library by an anonymous donor. The people represented are members of the Polish Catholic community from the west side of Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is unclear if all of the individuals represented are part of a larger family. However, the Frydrych (Frederick) family and the Mroz...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1989
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Furniture history and design archival collection

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Identifier: Collection 335
Abstract This collection is a sibling to the Furniture Design Book Collection that is housed in the Furniture Room in the Grand Rapids History & Special Collections department. This archival collection is unique within the Grand Rapids Public Library Archives, in that it documents national, and to a limited extent international, rather than local and regional historical information. This national literature serves as a reference source to those studying the history of the furniture industry in...
Dates: 1876-1997
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Furniture Manufacturers Association records

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Identifier: Collection 084
Abstract The Furniture Manufacturers Association (FMA) was a furniture industry advocacy group in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This collection contains documents relating to the FMA and its predecessor associations. The collection primarily documents the work of the FMA, including minutes, correspondence and other files, publications, training materials, photographs, scrapbooks and some moving images. The bulk of the material dates from after World War I. The collection provides insight into...
Dates: 1881-1987
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

GAR Champlin Post Number 29 Memorial Record Collection

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Identifier: Collection 426
Abstract

The Champlin Post Numer 29 Memorial Record Collection consists of one ledger style book. This book records all of the current members of the Champlin Post in 1887. Within each signed record is a detailed description of each service member's service during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1887 - 1887
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Gary L. Hill Broadway Theatre Guild Stage Door collection

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Identifier: Collection 349
Abstract Gary L. Hill managed Stage Door, the store of the Broadway Theatre Guild in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The store, operated from circa 1988 to 2001, sold promotional material and was the main site for ticket sales. This collection includes documents, images and memorabilia representing the Broadway Theatre Guild and Stage Door. The materials primarily consist of promotional items for national theatre productions which were brought to Grand Rapids, although some information on the Broadway...
Dates: 1983-2005
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Gathered at the River project collection

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Identifier: Collection 270
Abstract

Published in 1993, "Gathered at the river: Grand Rapids, Michigan and its people of faith" details the history of churches in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The book was written by James D. Bratt and Christopher H. Meehan and funded through the Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities. This collection includes questionnaires, histories and other documents collected during the research process, including church directories, programs and books.

Dates: circa 1850-1993
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

General Motors Manufacturing Progress records

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Identifier: Collection 510
Abstract

During World War II, the B29 Bomber airplanes and the 120 mm AA gun mounts were built at the General Motors Stamping Division of Fisher Body in Grand Rapids. This collection includes manufacturing records of these two products.

Dates: 1941 - 1945
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

George A. Miller pictorials

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Identifier: Collection 112
Abstract

George A. Miller (1923-1990) was a realtor in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This collection includes photographs and slides of properties offered for sale in the Grand Rapids area from circa 1963-1971. Included are residential and commercial properties and vacant land listed for sale by Miller's firm, George A. Miller Realty. The slides in this collection depict properties featured for sale on a weekly televised real estate program during the 1970s.

Dates: 1963-1975
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

George E. Fitch photographs collection

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Identifier: Collection 018
Abstract The George E. Fitch Photographs Collection contains images of the Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan area. The images are mostly copy photos collected by George Everett Fitch, a local historian and amateur photographer. A few original family photos are also included. The images depict Grand Rapids scenes from the 1850s into the 1920s. Though most are second generation images, they are believed to be closest to first generation that are extant in some cases. George Everett Fitch...
Dates: 1857-1925
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

George R. Perry collection

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Identifier: Collection 208
Abstract George R. Perry (1849-1927) was a Grand Rapids, Michigan businessman and politician. He served as mayor of Grand Rapids from 1898 to 1902. The collection includes letter press books, newspaper clippings, correspondence, account books and accounting files. The material deals mainly with political affairs with the account books relating to Perry's business interests. During Perry's time as mayor he was involved in the Grand Rapids water scandal, relating to bonds issued to fund...
Dates: 1897-1959
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 4
Fountain Street Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 4
Grand Rapids Chicks 4
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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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