Abstract Caroline P. Campbell (1859-1926) was a civic leader in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She worked with organizations such as the YWCA, Michigan State Federation of Arts, American Red Cross and Historical Society of Grand Rapids and was an active supporter of the Grand Rapids Public Library. Her participation and membership in these and other societies are documented here through correspondence, newspaper articles, pamphlets, photos and programs. Included is information on various...

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Frederick Stuart Church (1842-1924) was an American artist who was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is a devised collection that brings together original holdings and reference material. Most significant are the paintings, sketches, etchings, reproductions and photographs of work by Church that were recieved in March 1920 from the estate of the famous art collector and philanthropist Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919).

Abstract The Richmond family was one of Grand Rapid's early pioneering families, settling in Western Michigan in the 1830s. The bulk of the collection is the William Almy Richmond (1809-1871) papers, dealing with Indian Affairs, 1845-1849. Richmond was Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Michigan and Wisconsin and in this position made treaty payments to the Indians at La Pointe on Lake Superior. Also included in this collection are the significant Civil War era diaries primarily of his...