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Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 385 Collections and/or Records:

Ralph H. Childs/Grand Rapids Anti-tuberculosis Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 386
Abstract The Grand Rapids Anti-tuberculosis Society existed in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1905 to 1986. The organization became the Kent County Tuberculosis Society in 1947 and the Tuberculosis, Health and Emphysema Society of Kent County in 1968. Ralph Childs was the executive director of the society from 1958 until the time of his death in 1986. This collection contains organizational records including legal and financial documents, meeting minutes and annual reports, among others. There is also a...
Dates: 1905-1986
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Ralph H. Childs/Grand Rapids Anti-tuberculosis Society records

Ray Lewis Badgley papers

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Identifier: Collection 080
Abstract Ray Lewis Badgley (1878-1958) worked in his father's agricultural implements store in Lake Odessa, Michigan and then as a sales agent and District Manager for International Harvester Company, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His papers document a twenty year segment (1889-1919) of his career. They contain personal and business correspondence, financial records of the Badgley Implement Co. (circa 1894-1909), order books, sales agreements, time payment schedules, catalogs and sales information...
Dates: 1889-1919, n.d.
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Ray Lewis Badgley papers

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

R.C. Allen Corporation records

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Identifier: Collection 095
Abstract The firm of R.C. Allen was begun by Ralph C. Allen (1884-1967) in 1932 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to produce low cost adding machines. During World War II, the firm learned about integrating electronics into their systems. At the time of Allen’s retirement in 1963 the company enjoyed international sales and had some 500 employees. During the 1980s the firm was sold to out-of-state interests and eventually production was moved to California. Including documents from 1948 to 1962,...
Dates: 1948-1962
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / R.C. Allen Corporation records

Record of Kent County soldiers and sailors in service in the Great War (World War I)

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Identifier: Collection 320
Abstract The Record of Kent County Soldiers and Sailors in Service in the Great War is a collection made up of a single set of original records from World War I. It contains typed forms, compiled in buckram ledger-type books alphabetically, by the name of the Kent County, Michigan soldiers serving. Three columns of information are captured: 1) Personal Record 2) War Record 3) Family Record. A microfilm copy is also now available. Also called the Census of World War I Veterans, there is a searchable...
Dates: 1917-1919
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Record of Kent County soldiers and sailors in service in the Great War (World War I)

Republican Party Home Front papers

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Identifier: Collection 210
Abstract

The Home Front was a political reform movement in the Republican Party of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Local politicians prominent in the movement included Ekdal J. Buys, Paul G. Goebel, Stanton W. Todd, Willard B. Vermeulen Fred C. Wetmore and others. Active from 1942 to 1948, the group worked against the McKay Republican machine in Kent County. This collection includes papers, maps and ephemera relating to the movement.

Dates: 1942-1948
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Republican Party Home Front papers

Richard F. Vander Veen papers

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Identifier: Collection 336
Abstract Richard F. Vander Veen (1922-2006) was a Grand Rapids, Michigan lawyer and politician. He served as the Democractic Congressman from the 5th District of Michigan from 1974 to 1977. Beyond his political activities, Vander Veen was devoted to his family, headed a law firm, was a rare bookman, loved sailing and headed an alternative energy company later in life. He was particularly important to the Grand Rapids Public Library, having been primarily responsible for developing the Ryerson Library...
Dates: circa 1922-2006
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Richard F. Vander Veen papers

Richmond Family Papers

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Identifier: Collection 094
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...
Dates: 1825-1923, n.d.
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Richmond Family Papers

Rix Robinson collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 295
Abstract

Rix Robinson (1792-1875) was a pioneer and fur trader and is said to be the first White settler to permanently live in the greater Grand Rapids, Michigan area. This is a devised collection of accessions related to Robinson. Included are original documents, such as a family bible, property deeds and letters. Also included is research material frmo an archaeological dig of Robinson's trading post on the Grand River in what is today Ada, Michigan.

Dates: 1890-1980, no date
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Rix Robinson collection

Robert B. Loomis diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 463
Abstract This collection of dairies are mainly those of Robert B. Loomis (1832-1907). Born in Maine, he moved with his family to Boston, Massachusetts at the age of six. He married Emily Goodhue with whom he fathered four children. From 1862 to 1866, he lived in Washington D.C. and then moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan where he ran his own business and was involved in church, civic, and state affairs. He died in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1907. His diaries document his business activities, personal...
Dates: 1852 - 1906
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center / Robert B. Loomis diaries

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