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Effie Bevier was born in Casnovia, Michigan in 1872 and taught in the Grand Rapids Public Schools for over thirty years, retiring in 1932. After the death of her husband, Henry Bevier in 1940, she volunteered for the American Red Cross for many years and she died in Grand Rapids in 1966. The Effie M. Bevier papers contain personal diaries, newspaper articles and ephemera related to Grand Rapids businesses and organizations.

Abstract The Monday Guest Collection includes interviews taped between 1978 and 1984 by Grand Rapids Press reporters for a column entitled "Monday Guest." The interviewees include both Grand Rapids residents and prominent individuals visiting the community. Among the interviewees are: Donald Riegle on upcoming 1980 presidential election; Walter "Sparky" Anderson on his new position as coach of the Detroit Tigers; Richard DeVos on business at Amway; and Guy Vander Jagt with his views on Congress. The...

Abstract The Grand Rapids Public Library oral history collection contains both oral histories donated to the library and oral history interviews conducted by library staff, the City Historian's office or others. The interviews and recordings of local events date back to 1945. They contain information on Grand Rapids, Michigan history, politics, Native American businesses, immigrants, World War II, the 1911 furniture strike and major natural disasters, such as tornadoes and floods. Synopses are...

Abstract The James M. Crosby family papers mainly consists of a large, binder containing well organized genealogy materials including family records, ancestral charts, photographs and newspaper clippings. James Moseley Crosby was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan July 6, 1867. In 1893 he took over J.S. Crosby&Co., the insurance company began by his father and grandfather in 1858. Crosby's son, James M. Crosby, Jr. (1901-1973) joined his father in the insurance business, as...