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Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 385 Collections and/or Records:

Stegmier family photos and biographical sources

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 155
Abstract

The Stegmier (also spelled Stegmeier) family emigrated from Germany to Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1890s. The collection contains a family history by Jack Stegmier, news clippings regarding Irwin Stegmier and photographs dating circa 1890 to 1910, plus 1980 images of Jack Stegmier. The material provides information on the Stegmier relatives and their lives in America. Photographs include interiors of a tailor shop and saloon during the first two decades of the twentieth century.

Dates: 1891-1981

Sterling family papers

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Identifier: Collection 238
Abstract The Sterling family papers contain original Civil War era letters, written by soldier Daniel L. Sterling of the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, Company D; dated January 30 1864-September 18, 1865. The letters were addressed to wife Fidela and children Ella (Ellen), Mary, Wellington and Emily Sterling, who remained in Lowell, Michigan during the war. Copies of Daniel L. Sterling’s military and medical records, and application for pension, obtained from the National Archives,...
Dates: 1864-1972; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1865

Stocking School PTA records

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Identifier: Collection 376
Abstract

This collection contains scrapbooks and meeting minutes of the Stocking School Parent Teacher Association in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The organization was first formed in 1906 as the Mother's Club at Seventh Street School. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, photographs and programs. Information covers the school, principals, teachers, students and parents. Some material from the city and state level of the Parent Teachers Association is also included.

Dates: 1922-1965

Street Railway Weekly/Trolley Topics collection

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Identifier: Collection 035
Abstract

Street Railway Weekly, later Trolley Topics, was a periodical published by the Grand Rapids Railway Co., a nationally recognized leader in the street railway industry. It was designed for the use of the electric streetcar patrons of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Distributed at no cost, the pamphlet format combined jokes, facts, entertainment news and an editorial espousing the company line. The issues document the impact of the automobile and the bus on the streetcar system.

Dates: 1904-1929

Stuart Hoffius collection of records

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Identifier: Collection 345
Abstract Judge R. Stuart Hoffius (1914-2005) was one of the key players in bringing the Alexander Calder sculpture La Grande Vitesse to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Hoffius served with Nancy Mulnix and other Grand Rapids notables on the Vanderberg Center Sculpture Project Committee from 1967 through the dedication of the sculpture in June 1969. This collection includes documents relating to the sculpture project as well as some biographical information. For documentation of Hoffius work as a judge and for...
Dates: 1928-2005

Swift family diaries

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Identifier: Collection 172
Abstract The Swift family diaries were written by a mother and daughter, Lucy and Genevieve Swift, from 1908-1963. Lucy wrote some, Genevieve wrote others and they both shared space in a third set. The diaries tell about animals in the Swift's yard, the weather, trips to the medical doctor and dentist and their daily routines. Some diaries give lists of garden prices, and others give lists of travel expenses. They talk about the various clubs the Swifts attended and their other forms of recreation....
Dates: 1908-1963

Tad Shaw collection

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Identifier: Collection 408
Abstract

Tad Shaw was a wholesaler and magazine distributor in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1922-1959. He owned a book shop located in the Gilbert Building from 1922-1931. Tad was involved in many clubs and organizations in Grand Rapids throughout his life and eventually became president of the Peninsular Club from 1948-1949.

Dates: 1875 - 1959

The Arab American community in Grand Rapids collection

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Identifier: Collection 353
Abstract

This collection was built by James Goode, a faculty member in the History Department at Grand Valley State University, with the periodic assistance of some of his students. The main contents are select oral histories and the Arab American / Syrian Clipping Index of Grand Rapids Press and Grand Rapids Herald Newspaper Articles. The index was done by students from one of Goode's courses.

Dates: 1905-2005

The Arleigh C. Hitchcock Homestyle Center collection

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Identifier: Collection 354
Abstract This a devised reference collection containing material related to the 1950s proposed Homestyle Center project in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The collection is named for Arleigh (Bud) C. Hitchcock, the executive director of the project. The Homestyle Center would have included demonstration houses created by notable architects and furnished with modern or traditional furniture and appliances, matched together as a complete interior design. The houses would act as showrooms and would be changed...
Dates: 1950s

The Baxter Laundry corporate records

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Identifier: Collection 459
Abstract Baxter Laundries Corporation was founded in 1876 by Alfred Baxter in the basement of the haberdashery firm of Gardner & Baxter on Monroe Ave. in Grand Rapids, Mich. Baxter Laundries, which by 1928 had become the largest corporation of its type in the world, owned 30 cleaning plants in 17 states. The bulk of the business records in this collection originate from the era in which Howard F. Baxter (1886-1969) and Robert T. Baxter (1913-1975) were in charge of the company's operations....
Dates: Majority of material found within 1928 - 1974