Abstract The Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1887 as the Grand Rapids Board of Trade. The name was changed to Grand Rapids Association of Commerce in 1911, and to Chamber of Commerce in 1943. The Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce Records include the minutes, financial and other records, scrapbooks, photographs and publications of the organization, 1888-1991. The papers detail activities of the Chamber as it tried to improve the business environment in Grand Rapids, to...