Abstract Thomas J. Majchrzak (1889-1981) ran the Grand Rapids Social Center from 1930 to 1933. The center was a city department that provided shelter and food to unemployed, single men during the onset of the Great Depression. The collection includes correspondence, photographs and issues of Our Gang, a newspaper published by and for people receiving various forms of welfare during the Depression. The manuscript material includes information on Majchrzak’s injury received while working and on his...