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Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 388 Collections and/or Records:

Paul I. Phillips papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 006
Abstract Paul I. Phillips (1914-1976) was an African American community services leader of Grand Rapids, Michigan. This collection contains news clippings, writings, speeches, memorabilia and biographical information on Phillips. Phillips came to Grand Rapids in 1946 to work for the Borough Community Association of Grand Rapids. Working with the board, he affiliated this organization with the National Urban League. Phillips served as executive secretary/director for the Grand Rapids Urban...
Dates: 1947-1979

Peck family and Peck's drugstore collection

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Identifier: Collection 257
Abstract

The Peck family owned a well-known drugstore on Monroe Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. The family name is also remembered for the sensational 1916 family murder (Peck-Waite murder), which was widely reported in the national press of the era. This is a small, devised collection relating to the family. Included are newspaper articles and photographs.

Dates: 1916-2000

Peninsular Club collection

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Identifier: Collection 366
Abstract

The Peninsular Club was a private social club in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1881 to 2010. This is a devised collection bringing together documents associated with the club from numerous accessions. In late 2008, the Peninsular Club donated many of their own historical files, images and publications to the Library. This collection includes correspondence, registers, ephemera, directories, yearbooks, the Peninsular Club magazine, scrapbooks and some photographs.

Dates: circa 1880s-2000s

Pere Marquette Railroad Co. collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 037
Abstract The Pere Marquette Railroad operated across Michigan's lower peninsula and extending into Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and New York. The Pere Marquette’s headquarters were at Detroit. The Pere Marquette used the Union Station in Grand Rapids. In 1947, the Pere Marquette was merged into the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. This collection documents the operations and business affairs of the company from its creation in 1899 through 1946. It contains various company publications...
Dates: 1900-1940, 1946

Peregrine Grand Rapids records

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Identifier: Collection 384
Abstract Peregrine Grand Rapids is a group in Grand Rapids, Michigan that is dedicated to reestablishing peregrine falcons. In the mid to late 1980s, Peregrine Grand Rapids worked with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Nongame Wildlife Fund to establish a hack box (nesting box) on the top of McKay Tower. Over three years, nearly 20 young peregrine falcons were released into the wild from the hack box. The Grand Rapids effort was part of a larger Great Lakes area effort to boost the...
Dates: 1985-2008; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1990

Phillip T. Catalano Calder project

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Identifier: Collection 221
Abstract Phillip T. Catalano was chairman of a committee of the Grand Rapids Transportation Club that oversaw shipping Alexander Calder's sculpture, La Grande Vitesse. This collection provides information on the process of moving the crates to Grand Rapids from the delivery point at the Detroit Harbor. The crates were shipped from Biemont Foundry in Tours, France via Antwerp on the Dutch ship, the Bonita. Phillip Catalano worked with other members of the Grand Rapids Transportation Club to achieve...
Dates: 1968-1984

Phoenix Furniture Company folios

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Identifier: Collection 391
Abstract The Phoenix Furniture Company folios is a collection of 97 folios from the Phoenix Furniture Company's collection. These folios are believed to have been the working folios for the company's furniture designers, including David Wolcott Kendall, Frank J. Davidhazy, and J. Stuart Clingman, among others that were associated with Phoenix Furniture Company directly or with other companies that were part of the Phoenix Furniture Company's history, such as Robert W. Irwin, Stowe & Davis Inc.,...
Dates: 1837-1929

Pitsch Wrecking Company (Capitol City Wrecking Co.) photographs

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Identifier: Collection 237
Abstract

Pitsch Companies is a Grand Rapids, Michigan based demolition, salvage and land development company. This collection includes images taken by Pitsch staff at sites where the firm was involved in the demolition of structures. The images are for scattered or unidentified locations, primarily in Grand Rapids, Michigan where the firm is based, but also for other Michigan cities.

Dates: circa 1930s-1990s

Poetry of Linda Nemec Foster collection

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Identifier: Collection 355
Abstract

Linda Nemec Foster (1950-) is a poet in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2003, she was selected as the first Poet Laureate of the city. This collection is a reference collection containing copies of her poetry (given by Foster), as well as other materials researched and contributed by library staff.

Dates: circa 1987-2008

Polish Heritage Society scrapbooks

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Identifier: Collection 383
Abstract

The Polish Heritage Society promotes Polish heritage in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. The organization was founded in 1963 as the Polish Arts Society, with the name changing to Polish Heritage Society in 1970. This collection includes scrapbooks dating from 1963 to 1985 which document the activities of the group through newspaper clippings, photographs, event fliers and other ephemera.

Dates: 1963-1985