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Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 385 Collections and/or Records:

Grand Rapids Mineral Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 381
Abstract

The Grand Rapids Mineral Society was active in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1958 to 1994. The society met monthly at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, participated in fund raising activities, presented speakers, held rock shows and led field trips. This collection includes meeting minutes, correspondence, scrapbooks, press releases and programs. The organization's newsletter, the Glacial Drifter, is available on the periodical shelves in the local history department.

Dates: 1956-1994
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Grand Rapids Mineral Society records

Grand Rapids neighborhoods collection

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Identifier: Collection 252
Abstract The Grand Rapids neighborhoods collection is a devised collection which brings together materials which have the common mission of supporting and documenting unique neighborhood areas and their businesses for Grand Rapids, Michigan. The materials collected here may include a history of a specific neighborhood, if one has been created. Items may also be found which document that history, such as newsletters and other publications, maps, flyers, images, original documents of the organization...
Dates: 1914-2009
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Grand Rapids neighborhoods collection

Grand Rapids Press collection at the Grand Rapids Public Library

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Identifier: Collection 297
Abstract The Grand Rapids Press is the longest running newspaper in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is still actively published. This collection contains newspaper clippings, images and documents about the Press and by the Press, given to the Library from a variety of sources. The collection is not comprehensive in its content, but offers a sampling of the history of the newspaper. Early items relate to the Newsboys and Newsboys Band. Also included are negatives for news stories from the 1960s and 1970s....
Dates: 1892-2009
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Grand Rapids Press collection at the Grand Rapids Public Library

Grand Rapids Press Monday Guest oral history and graphics collection

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Identifier: Collection 166
Abstract The Monday Guest Collection includes interviews taped between 1978 and 1984 by Grand Rapids Press reporters for a column entitled "Monday Guest." The interviewees include both Grand Rapids residents and prominent individuals visiting the community. Among the interviewees are: Donald Riegle on upcoming 1980 presidential election; Walter "Sparky" Anderson on his new position as coach of the Detroit Tigers; Richard DeVos on business at Amway; and Guy Vander Jagt with his views on Congress. The...
Dates: 1978-1984
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Grand Rapids Press Monday Guest oral history and graphics collection

Grand Rapids Public Library African American history collection

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Identifier: Collection 249
Abstract

The Grand Rapids Public Library African American history collection is a devised collection designed to make a place for various found information and small accessions of items documenting African Americans in Grand Rapids and Michigan. The collection also contains general reference publications relating to slavery. The finding aid also references known African American resources elsewhere in the GRPL local history collections.

Dates: no date
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Grand Rapids Public Library African American history collection

Grand Rapids Public Library African American newspaper clippings collection: Bajema collection

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Identifier: Collection 290
Abstract

This collection contains photocopies of newspaper clippings reporting the lives of African Americans in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The newspaper clippings cover a hundred year period, from 1830 to 1936. They include mostly Grand Rapids newspapers but are supplemented with clippings from Chicago and other Michigan newspapers. Review and collection of the articles was primarily done by the donor, Carl Bajema.

Dates: 1836-1936
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Grand Rapids Public Library African American newspaper clippings collection: Bajema collection

Grand Rapids Public Library civil rights exhibit collection

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Identifier: Collection 358
Abstract The exhibit Our Voices Our Liberty: Grand Rapids Area Civil Rights Leaders was displayed at the Grand Rapids Public Library beginning in February 2006. It was researched and prepared by the staff of the Grand Rapids History & Special Collections department. The exhibit encompasses a broad definition of civil rights, including the rights of African Americans and other ethnic groups, women, the handicapped and gay/lesbian rights. Materials for the exhibit come from the archival...
Dates: 2006-
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Grand Rapids Public Library civil rights exhibit collection

Grand Rapids Public Library Civil War documents

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Identifier: Collection 242
Abstract This collection has been devised to bring together several small accessions containing information related to Grand Rapids and Michigan in the United States Civil War. Also included are a few national pictorials of the era, which include information on all areas for background reference. Both originals and facsimile documents are included in the collection, such as letters, military records and journals of Michigan soldiers active in the Civil War. Additionally, there are civil war era...
Dates: 1860 - 2013
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Grand Rapids Public Library Civil War documents

Grand Rapids Public Library ephemera

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Identifier: Collection 216
Abstract

The Grand Rapids Public Library ephemera collection includes miscellaneous items relating to Grand Rapids, Michigan history. Ephemera are items that were created for a specific, limited purpose and were intended to be discarded after use. This can include posters, tickets, programs, brochures, receipts and advertisements. The collection also includes calendars, almanacs, business cards, certificates, city and county guides, cookbooks, menus and school catalogs.

Dates: n.d.
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Grand Rapids Public Library ephemera

Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation records

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Identifier: Collection 342
Abstract The Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation is the funding arm of the Grand Rapids Public Library in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was created as the Ryerson Library Foundation in the early 1990s and funds numerous programs and projects within the Gradn Rapids Public Library. The largest endeavor to date was fundraising for the library building program in the late 1990s to 2003, when the Main Library building reopened after major renovations. The name was changed to the Grand Rapids Public...
Dates: no date
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation records

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