Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 388 Collections and/or Records:
Questers, Inc. Chief Noonday Chapter #879 scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: Collection 395
Abstract
The Questers, Inc. Chief Noonday Chapter #879 was a chapter of The Questers, an international organization whose purpose is to educate by research and study of antiques and to donate funds to the preservation and restoration of artifacts, existing memorials, historic buildings, landmarks, and educational purposes. This collection consists of several scrapbooks related to the formation and regular meetings of the Chief Noonday Chapter of The Questers. The scrapbooks include photographs,...
Dates:
1977-2007
Quimby Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 445
Abstract
This collection contains material related to the Quimby, Lowe, and Butterworth families of Grand Rapids, Michigan. There are two scrapbooks, one of newspaper articles mostly from London papers in the mid 1800s. A second one was kept, beginning in 1906, by George Irving Quimby recording his involvement in the theater, beginning at Central High School, and his professional work in New York City and on tour with a traveling troupe through the south, including playbills, photographs of himself...
Dates:
1842 - 1987
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
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Quimby Family Collection
Ralph B. Baldwin Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 176
Abstract
Ralph Belknap Baldwin (1912-2010) was a planetary scientist and Grand Rapids industrialist. He is known for his work on lunar craters and also helped developed the radio proximity fuze during World War II. The collection includes photographs, newspaper clippings and papers pertaining to his life, career and family. It includes a reflective and factual autobiography and is particularly rich in its data on Baldwin's work in astrophysics. Also included is information on the genealogy of the...
Dates:
circa 1850-1993
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
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Ralph B. Baldwin Papers
Ralph H. Childs/Grand Rapids Anti-tuberculosis Society records
Collection
Identifier: Collection 386
Abstract
The Grand Rapids Anti-tuberculosis Society existed in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1905 to 1986. The organization became the Kent County Tuberculosis Society in 1947 and the Tuberculosis, Health and Emphysema Society of Kent County in 1968. Ralph Childs was the executive director of the society from 1958 until the time of his death in 1986. This collection contains organizational records including legal and financial documents, meeting minutes and annual reports, among others. There is also a...
Dates:
1905-1986
Ray Lewis Badgley papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 080
Abstract
Ray Lewis Badgley (1878-1958) worked in his father's agricultural implements store in Lake Odessa, Michigan and then as a sales agent and District Manager for International Harvester Company, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His papers document a twenty year segment (1889-1919) of his career. They contain personal and business correspondence, financial records of the Badgley Implement Co. (circa 1894-1909), order books, sales agreements, time payment schedules, catalogs and sales information...
Dates:
1889-1919, n.d.
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
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Ray Lewis Badgley papers
Raymond K. Sobota furniture design collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 225
Abstract
Raymond Karl Sobota (1914-2010) was a Grand Rapids, Michigan furniture designer. Mr. Sobota graduated from the Kendall School of Art & Design in 1946. He primarily designed for Century Furniture but also did work for the Grand Rapids Bookcase and Chair Co., the Mt. Airy Furniture Co. and Hekman Furniture. The trade literature in this collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Also included are photographs and biographical news clippings.
Dates:
n.d.
R.C. Allen Corporation records
Collection
Identifier: Collection 095
Abstract
The firm of R.C. Allen was begun by Ralph C. Allen (1884-1967) in 1932 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to produce low cost adding machines. During World War II, the firm learned about integrating electronics into their systems. At the time of Allen’s retirement in 1963 the company enjoyed international sales and had some 500 employees.
During the 1980s the firm was sold to out-of-state interests and eventually production was moved to California. Including documents from 1948 to 1962,...
Dates:
1948-1962
Record of Kent County soldiers and sailors in service in the Great War (World War I)
Collection
Identifier: Collection 320
Abstract
The Record of Kent County Soldiers and Sailors in Service in the Great War is a collection made up of a single set of original records from World War I. It contains typed forms, compiled in buckram ledger-type books alphabetically, by the name of the Kent County, Michigan soldiers serving. Three columns of information are captured: 1) Personal Record 2) War Record 3) Family Record. A microfilm copy is also now available. Also called the Census of World War I Veterans, there is a searchable...
Dates:
1917-1919
Republican Party Home Front papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 210
Abstract
The Home Front was a political reform movement in the Republican Party of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Local politicians prominent in the movement included Ekdal J. Buys, Paul G. Goebel, Stanton W. Todd, Willard B. Vermeulen Fred C. Wetmore and others. Active from 1942 to 1948, the group worked against the McKay Republican machine in Kent County. This collection includes papers, maps and ephemera relating to the movement.
Dates:
1942-1948
Richard F. Vander Veen papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 336
Abstract
Richard F. Vander Veen (1922-2006) was a Grand Rapids, Michigan lawyer and politician. He served as the Democractic Congressman from the 5th District of Michigan from 1974 to 1977. Beyond his political activities, Vander Veen was devoted to his family, headed a law firm, was a rare bookman, loved sailing and headed an alternative energy company later in life. He was particularly important to the Grand Rapids Public Library, having been primarily responsible for developing the Ryerson Library...
Dates:
circa 1922-2006