Abstract The Francis Hall collection contains lists of graves of veterans of United States wars in various Michigan cemeteries, 1754-1939. These lists are arranged alphabetically by county, then chronologically beginning with the Revolutionary War through World War I. Also in the collection are rosters of military units formed in Grand Rapids for service in the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish American War and World War I. The rosters are arranged chronologically. Of special interest are...

Abstract This is a devised collection containing various accessions of information related to the participation of Grand Rapids, Michigan and its residents in the Great War, 1914-1918. The collection includes a large set of War Aid Bureau cards documenting soldiers enlisted from the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. Also included are scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings on these soldiers, prepared by Henry Idema. Also included are some original military documents, student papers and published and...

Abstract The Record of Kent County Soldiers and Sailors in Service in the Great War is a collection made up of a single set of original records from World War I. It contains typed forms, compiled in buckram ledger-type books alphabetically, by the name of the Kent County, Michigan soldiers serving. Three columns of information are captured: 1) Personal Record 2) War Record 3) Family Record. A microfilm copy is also now available. Also called the Census of World War I Veterans, there is a searchable...