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Public libraries -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Gertrude P. Weaver Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 449

Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation records

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 342
Abstract The Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation is the funding arm of the Grand Rapids Public Library in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was created as the Ryerson Library Foundation in the early 1990s and funds numerous programs and projects within the Gradn Rapids Public Library. The largest endeavor to date was fundraising for the library building program in the late 1990s to 2003, when the Main Library building reopened after major renovations. The name was changed to the Grand Rapids Public...
Dates: no date

May G. Quigley collection of library related and family documents

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 344
Abstract

May G. Quigley was the first children's librarian of the Grand Rapids Public Library. She was Chief of the Boys and Girls Department from 1904 to 1943 and inspired several Grand Rapids writers, including Newbery Medal winner Meindert DeJong. This collection documents her professional life and also includes some family or unidentified photographs.

Dates: circa 1924-1956; Majority of material found within 1951 - 1956

Robert Raz and Alberta Massingill oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 339
Abstract The Raz/Massingill Oral History Collection is the result of a Friends of the Grand Rapids Public Library 100th Anniversary Project. It contains interviews with retired staff of the Grand Rapids Public Library conducted in 2004-2006. Those interviewed were librarians, library assistants and administrative, support and specialized staff who worked at the Grand Rapids Public Library. The information from the interviews pertains to the personal history of the interviewee, history of the Grand...
Dates: 2004-2006