Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History
Found in 388 Collections and/or Records:
Paul I. Phillips papers
Peck family and Peck's drugstore collection
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.
Peninsular Club collection
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.
Pere Marquette Railroad Co. collection
Peregrine Grand Rapids records
Phillip T. Catalano Calder project
Phoenix Furniture Company folios
Pitsch Wrecking Company (Capitol City Wrecking Co.) photographs
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.
Poetry of Linda Nemec Foster collection
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.
Polish Heritage Society scrapbooks
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.