Abstract The Hattem family owned and operated Hattem's Cafe in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Moses Hattem was the proprietor and Maxine, his wife, played the organ at the restaurant. The property, at the corner of Division Street and Wealthy, was originally acquired by Moses' father, Deeb Hattem, who came to the United States from Lebanon. This collection includes advertising material, ephemera, photographs and documents relating to Hattem's Cafe, as well as a few family papers and items relating to the...

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This collection was built by James Goode, a faculty member in the History Department at Grand Valley State University, with the periodic assistance of some of his students. The main contents are select oral histories and the Arab American / Syrian Clipping Index of Grand Rapids Press and Grand Rapids Herald Newspaper Articles. The index was done by students from one of Goode's courses.