Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History
Found in 388 Collections and/or Records:
Michigan Grange Papers
Michigan Lithographing collection
Michigan soldiers reported in Civil War era newspapers: Bajema collection
Michigan women and the whooping cough vaccine
Mouw family papers
The William Mouw family lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the early 1900s. The family included three sons: Andrew, John and Cornelius. The family papers relate primarily to the son's involvement in World War I and to Andrew's work with youth and newsboys bands, such as the Grand Rapids News Jackies and the Drum & Bugle Corp. Also included is documentation of College M. Mouw (daughter of Andrew) as editor on the staff of the Wayne University College of Medicine.
Munro family papers
The Munro Family papers contain genealogical data, historical correspondence and images, and other historical documents, spanning the dates from 1812 to 1952. Family names represented include: Bill, Burling, Calkins, Clark, Courtright, Madden, Munro, and Ringle. The collection also includes a number of family photographs and a great deal of correspondence, dating back to the 1840s.
Nancy Mulnix Tweddale papers
Native American History and education project
Needlework Guild records
The Needlework Guild of America collected and distributed clothing through charitable agencies. The Grand Rapids Branch was organized in 1921 and disbanded in 1968. This collection includes the club's minutes for most years, membership lists, reports, correspondence and a substantial group of newspaper clippings from a scrapbook.
Norma L. Gillette collection
The Norma L. Gillette collection contains newspaper clippings and photographs, circa 1946-1949, of the Grand Rapids Chicks, a team in the All American Girl Professional Baseball League. Included are details of games, particularly those during which extraordinary skill or performance were demonstrated. Also included are photographs of individual Chicks in formal posed shots and snap shots on South Field in Grand Rapids.