Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 397 Collections and/or Records:
Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce records
Collection
Identifier: Collection 046
Abstract
The Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1887 as the Grand Rapids Board of Trade. The name was changed to Grand Rapids Association of Commerce in 1911, and to Chamber of Commerce in 1943. The Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce Records include the minutes, financial and other records, scrapbooks, photographs and publications of the organization, 1888-1991. The papers detail activities of the Chamber as it tried to improve the business environment in Grand Rapids, to...
Dates:
1881-1996
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Grand Rapids Chicks
Collection
Identifier: collection 058
Abstract
The Grand Rapids Chicks were a part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) from 1945 to 1954. This is a devised collection containing photographs and official programs of the original team. It also contains later AAGPBL reunion programs and photographs, baseball cards, ephemera, articles and an oral history regarding the Grand Rapids Chicks.
Dates:
1948-1986; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1954
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Grand Rapids Citizens League papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 051
Abstract
The Grand Rapids Citizens League was a citizens group in Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan, active from 1916 through 1926. With the goal of better government, the League led the drive for the city commission / manager form of government. After this governmental form was adopted the League turned its attention to preserving it against attack, and to supporting prohibition and other moral issues. The League was dissolved in 1926, having lost most of its membership. Included are minutes,...
Dates:
1916-1926
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Grand Rapids City Welfare Department scrip labor collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 067
Abstract
The Grand Rapids (Mich.) City Welfare Department operated a public works relief program from 1929 to 1932. It provided work for unemployed men and some women, as well as housing for single unemployed men in the Grand Rapids and Kent County area. This collection consists of approximately 110 photographs depicting various projects undertaken by the workers, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects. The photographs present a vivid depiction of local municipal...
Dates:
1930-1932
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Grand Rapids Federation of Women's Clubs records
Collection
Identifier: Collection 020
Scope and Contents
The collection covers the years 1896-1959, and is currently divided into numerous series by type of document or activity. Within the series are documents from the Grand Rapids Federation of Women's Clubs, the Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs (MSFWC), the General Federation of Women's Clubs GFWC) and the GRFWC's affiliated clubs. A majority of the collection includes correspondence, minutes, financial-related material and yearbooks.The bulk of the collection consists of...
Dates:
1896-1997
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Grand Rapids Furniture Designers Association records
Collection
Identifier: Collection 204
Abstract
The Grand Rapids Furniture Designers Association (Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an organization of furniture designers dedicated to maintaining high standards in the design profession. The collection contains materials from the group's inception in 1917 through the 1990s. The bulk of the collection is scrapbooks and the magazine and newspaper articles provide access to locally printed design literature. The materials show how the designers influenced the furniture market and depict styles and...
Dates:
1917-1978
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Grand Rapids Historical Society records
Collection
Identifier: Collection 141
Abstract
The Grand Rapids Historical Society was officially founded in 1895 as the Historical Society of Grand Rapids. It was reorganized in 1906 and again in 1951. Through its programs and publications, members explore the history of Western Michigan, and in particular Kent County and the Greater Grand Rapids area. Records documented in this finding aid are the collected filed of the organization. Included are minutes, working files, membership records, books and student papers on local history...
Dates:
1888-1992
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Grand Rapids in World War I
Collection
Identifier: Collection 318
Abstract
This is a devised collection containing various accessions of information related to the participation of Grand Rapids, Michigan and its residents in the Great War, 1914-1918. The collection includes a large set of War Aid Bureau cards documenting soldiers enlisted from the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. Also included are scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings on these soldiers, prepared by Henry Idema. Also included are some original military documents, student papers and published and...
Dates:
circa 1914-1918
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Grand Rapids in World War II collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 310
Abstract
This is a devised collection which brings together several accessions of materials related to World War II. Included are documents, letters, images and memories of those from the Grand Rapids and Kent County area who served during World War II. Other war memorabilia, such as ration books or newspaper clippings on the War at home, are also included. The collection also includes cards, collected by the Kent County Historical Commission, with information on individuals from Kent County who...
Dates:
1940s
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
Grand Rapids Industrial Corporation records
Collection
Identifier: collection 047
Abstract
The Grand Rapids Industrial Corporation (GRIC) was a not-for-profit corporation with the mission to make loans, secured by real estate and/or chattel mortgages or other collateral, to local businesses unable to secure loans from banks or other lending institutions. The purpose of the GRIC was to support manufacturing jobs in the Grand Rapids community. The records include minutes, by-laws, tax and financial records, ledgers, Raabe et. al. vs. City of Walker court records and journals, maps...
Dates:
1935-1980
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center