Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
New River Free Press
Collection
Identifier: Collection 500
Abstract
The New River Free Press was a community newspaper published in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from November 1973 through May 1977. New River Free Press covered a wide range of topics, including housing, health, labor, education, and social justice. The paper included articles, book reviews, recipes, artwork, short stories, and poetry. Other topics that were covered included feminism, tenant rights, urban homesteading, sexual assault, ecology and the environment, local politics, nutrition,...
Dates:
1974 - 1977
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
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
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
The Lincoln Republican Club
Collection
Identifier: Collection 522
Abstract
The Lincoln Republican Club of Grand Rapids, Michigan was formed in 1892. Made up of Kent County Republican Party workers, the club sought to promote the principles of Republicanism and to interest those in politics who had previously been indifferent. The club’s constitution provided that Abraham Lincoln’s birthday be commemorated with a banquet every year. Two years later the Young Men’s Republican Club formed to promote similar ideals and held a competing Lincoln Day Banquet until 1899,...
Dates:
1896 - 1922
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
William Albert Johnson papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 026
Abstract
William Albert Johnson (1909-1994) was a Grand Rapids, Michigan policeman and local politician. Johnson became a patrolman in the Grand Rapids Police Department in 1940. After serving in the Marine Corps during World War II he returned to his old job in Grand Rapids, rising through the ranks to police chief. After retirement, he served on the Grand Rapids Charter Commission and as a city commissioner from the First Ward. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper...
Dates:
1936-1979
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center