Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History
Found in 385 Collections and/or Records:
William Alden Smith papers at the Grand Rapids Public Library
William Bennett Grand Rapids Kiwanis Club scrapbooks
William Hill images of Alexander Calder's La Grande Vitesse
William Hill is a photographer in Grand Rapids, Michigan who documented the installation of Alexander Calder's La Grande Vitesse. The collection includes color slides showing the construction of the sculpture on the plaza at Vandenberg Center and the dedication ceremony. Also included is information relating to the Big Red Thing project at Grand Valley State University (circa 2007) and some biographical information on Hill.
William L. Bennett collection
William M. Glenn papers
William Ryland slides
Wilson and Seydel Family papers
Wolverine Brass Company collection
Wolverine Brass Company was a brass goods manufacturer in Grand Rapids, Mich. They mainly manufactured plumbing supplies. This collection contains catalogs, company publications, and business records detailing the growth, expansion and ultimate demise of the company. Also included are personal information, scrapbooks and photographs on the company's founder, L.A. Cornelius (1870-1953) and his service on various social, service and charitable organizations.
"Woman" Magazine
Woman was a weekly newspaper founded in 1908 in Grand Rapids, Michigan by a group of local newspaper women. Spanning November 21, 1908 to January 23, 1909, the ten issues of Woman reveal turn of the century views on suffrage, wage equity for women, home-furnishing and decoration, national and international news, music, theatre, motherhood and more.