Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History
Found in 385 Collections and/or Records:
Grand Rapids Area Humanities Council/Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities records
Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority (GRATA) board files
This collection contains records collected by Rev. Dennis Morrow while he was on the board of the Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority (GRATA). GRATA was formerly known as the Grand Rapids Transit Authority (GRTA) and subsequently as the Interurban Transit Partnership (ITP) and The Rapid. The organization is the authority providing public transportation for the Grand Rapids, Michigan metro area.
Grand Rapids Authors' Night collection
The Grand Rapids Authors’ Night collection consists of biographic, bibliographic and photographic data on living (in 1934-1935) authors whose works were in the Grand Rapids Public Library, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Criteria for inclusion was that the author had to have resided in Grand Rapids or the work had to take place in or be about Grand Rapids. The source of the materials included is this collection is unknown, and documents only a small segment of Grand Rapids authors.
Grand Rapids baseball research collection
The Grand Rapids Baseball Collection is a small devised collection created to bring together by topic various accessions of primarily research materials related to men’s baseball in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Many items are copies, while other items are original ephemera related to the sport in Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan.
Grand Rapids Board of Ed. Census 1910
This is an incomplete census of school children in Grand Rapids conducted by enumerators from the Grand Rapids Board of Education. The information was collected systematically, going street by street through the different school districts and city wards. Each record contains the home address, the name of the parent or legal guardian, the child's name, gender, age, the school they attend, and supplementary remarks.
Grand Rapids buildings collection
Grand Rapids Casualties in WWII Collection
Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce records
Grand Rapids Chicks
The Grand Rapids Chicks were a part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) from 1945 to 1954. This is a devised collection containing photographs and official programs of the original team. It also contains later AAGPBL reunion programs and photographs, baseball cards, ephemera, articles and an oral history regarding the Grand Rapids Chicks.