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Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 397 Collections and/or Records:

Grand Rapids Academy of Medicine collection

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Identifier: Collection 130
Abstract The Grand Rapids Academy of Medicine was a medical and veterinary school in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This small collection provides some documentation of three medical associations and teaching organizations, related to the Academy, in Grand Rapids from 1856 to 1914. Included is material on the Grand Rapids Medical and Surgical Society, the Grand Rapids Academy of Medicine and the Grand Rapids Medical College. The collection contains meeting minutes and such business records as canceled...
Dates: 1868-1914, 1930, 1958
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company collection

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Identifier: Collection 190
Abstract The Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company collection is a small representation of the operations of this regional transportation business, which had its home office in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was initially known as the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Company. The collection includes documents of the operations and business affairs of the railroad during the last quarter of the 19th century, and the first four decades of the 20th century. The bulk of the collection is...
Dates: 1875-1950
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids and nature collection

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Identifier: Collection 367
Abstract

The Grand Rapids and Nature Collection is a small devised collection, newly created to bring together small accessions which document the flora and fauna in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Items held in other collections already created, relevant to this topic, may be cross referenced here, as time allows.

Dates: no date
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids Area Humanities Council/Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities records

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Identifier: Collection 156
Abstract The Grand Rapids Humanities Council was organized in 1976 to celebrate the nation's Bicentennial. The Council is affiliated with the Michigan Humanities Council and is involved in helping organize and fund programs for the arts, as well as other historical and cultural endeavors. This collection includes memos, committee meeting records, correspondence, donation records, brochures and records of programs. Many of the programs were connected with the Michigan sesquicentennial celebration in...
Dates: 1984-1989, 1999
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority (GRATA) board files

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Identifier: Collection 380
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1985-1993
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids Authors' Night collection

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Identifier: Collection 086
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1934-1935
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids baseball research collection

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Identifier: Collection 271
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1906-
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids Board of Ed. Census 1910

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Identifier: Collection 409
Abstract

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.

Dates: July 1910
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids buildings collection

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Identifier: Collection 254
Abstract This devised collection attempts to bring together and coordinate materials about Grand Rapids physical structures and the planned and unplanned areas which those structures currently or previously occupied. Data on buildings by name and location are incorporated, including information on the site, builders and architects, as the information is available. Included are city planning documents with related site planning, layout, urban design and physical infrastructure data. Included is...
Dates: 1830s-2000s
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

Grand Rapids Casualties in WWII Collection

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Identifier: Collection 493
Abstract This collection is comprised of lists of soldiers in various military branches from the Grand Rapids, Michigan area thought to be missing or confirmed deceased between December 7 of 1941 and December 7 of 1945 while fighting in World War II. These lists represent the efforts of a small group of women (namely, Anna S. Sutton (1894-1987)) to accurately represent local casualties in order to add them to a new war memorial in Grand Rapids. This collection could be used to investigate the names...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1941 - 1945
Found in: Grand Rapids History Center

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