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Furniture industry and trade -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Phoenix Furniture Company folios

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 391
Abstract The Phoenix Furniture Company folios is a collection of 97 folios from the Phoenix Furniture Company's collection. These folios are believed to have been the working folios for the company's furniture designers, including David Wolcott Kendall, Frank J. Davidhazy, and J. Stuart Clingman, among others that were associated with Phoenix Furniture Company directly or with other companies that were part of the Phoenix Furniture Company's history, such as Robert W. Irwin, Stowe & Davis Inc.,...
Dates: 1837-1929
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Phoenix Furniture Company folios

Raymond K. Sobota furniture design collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 225
Abstract

Raymond Karl Sobota (1914-2010) was a Grand Rapids, Michigan furniture designer. Mr. Sobota graduated from the Kendall School of Art & Design in 1946. He primarily designed for Century Furniture but also did work for the Grand Rapids Bookcase and Chair Co., the Mt. Airy Furniture Co. and Hekman Furniture. The trade literature in this collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Also included are photographs and biographical news clippings.

Dates: n.d.
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Raymond K. Sobota furniture design collection

Reubey S.T. Ferris recollections of William Haldane

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 012
Abstract This collection primarily contains the 1937 reminiscences of the donor, Reubey S. Tomlinson Ferris of Baldwinsville, New York. Reubey was said to be the adopted daughter of William Haldane (1807-1898), a Grand Rapids, Michigan pioneer. In actuality she was Haldane’s niece by marriage. Deacon William Haldane is known as the father of the Grand Rapids furniture industry. In her remembrance, Mrs. Ferris describes living conditions in the Village and then Town of Grand Rapids circa...
Dates: 1837-1898
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Reubey S.T. Ferris recollections of William Haldane

Robert W. Irwin Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 048
Abstract

The Robert W. Irwin Company was a furniture company in Grand Rapids (Mich.) from 1919-1953. The Robert W. Irwin Company resulted from the merger of the Phoenix Furniture Company, founded in 1870, and the Royal Furniture Company, organized in 1892. Records include journal and cash ledgers and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1920-1953
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Robert W. Irwin Company records

Widdicomb Company and John Widdicomb Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 017
Abstract The Widdicomb Company records include correspondence, papers, account books, a few photographs and miscellaneous materials of the various companies associated with the Grand Rapids, Michigan based Widdicomb family furniture companies. The papers in this collection illustrate the every day business of the various companies from 1865 to 1951. In addition, there are some records pertaining to the Halladay Lumber Co., of which Harry Widdicomb was part-owner. The earliest Widdicomb...
Dates: 1854-1951
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Widdicomb Company and John Widdicomb Company records

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