personal papers
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
Madeline Parker Groff collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 199
Abstract
The Madeline Parker Groff collection documents the vaudeville career of two young physical culture devotees, Maurice Bellclaire and Benjamin Morris and their manager, Fred Paulo Mongeon, who also had his own act. Also documented is the creation, by Maurice Bellclaire and Fred Paulo, of a summer resort on the south shore of Reeds Lake, East Grand Rapids, Michigan, which catered mainly to vaudevillians and theatrical troupes. This resort operated from 1907 until the early 1920s. ...
Dates:
1903-1968
Marguerite King Moran Grand Rapids Chicks memorabilia
Collection
Identifier: Collection 121
Abstract
Marguerite King Moran (1910-May 2002) lived and worked in Grand Rapids, Michigan and collected memorabilia relating to the Grand Rapids Chicks baseball team. Her collection includes correspondence with team members, newspaper and graphic clippings, ephemera, and black and white photographs. The Grand Rapids Chicks were a part of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGBL) from 1945-1954. Correspondence is with team players Alma Ziegler, Ernestine “Teeny” Petras, Faye Dancer,...
Dates:
1945-1948, n.d.
Marie Cady papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 215
Abstract
Marie Cady (1904-1996) was a journalist, worked in public relations and was the director of the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan. Her husband, H. Carleton Cady (1900-1963) was also a journalist. The couple lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan for much of their lives. The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, slides and memorabilia from the Cady's personal lives. The papers reflect Marie's life in advertising and public relations as well as her...
Dates:
1881-1996
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
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Marie Cady papers
Marty Arnold plank road collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 327
Abstract
This collection documents the Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids Plank Road, which was constructed in the 1850s and used through the 1860s. The road was important to the early development of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The material was collected by Marty (Martha) Arnold and includes research resources, photographs, published materials and a slide show with script. The material documents the road and depicts early settlements between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, with images from the 1850s-1870s and the...
Dates:
1840s-1980s
Mary Emily Schroeder papers on the history of Garfield Park neighborhood
Collection
Identifier: Collection 147
Abstract
Mary E. Schroeder (1912-1987) was a neighborhood activist and environmentalist in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her papers contain drafts of a manuscript for a historical novel “Journal & Journey of a Neighborhood,” detailing the history of Garfield Park Neighborhood, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. One chapter of this was self-published as "The Charles W. Garfield Story." A few family photographs and miscellaneous Grand Rapids ephemera also accompany the collection, including pages of Wurzburg...
Dates:
1947-1979
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
Nancy Mulnix Tweddale papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 001
Abstract
The Nancy Mulnix Tweddale papers document Mulnix's leading role in Grand Rapids' acquisition of Alexander Calder’s monumental stabile, La Grande Vitesse, 1967-1969.The collection also includes information on Calder’s 1974 Calder on the Roof project, his two Flying Colors airplanes for Braniff and the annual Grand Rapids all volunteer Festival of the Arts, which continues to be held with La Grande Vitesse as its focus. Mulnix's 2002 additions to the collection document...
Dates:
1966-2004
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 W. Demmon art and architecture collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 365
Abstract
Ralph W. Demmon (1894-1978) was a Grand Rapids, Michigan designer and architect. Demmon is perhaps best known today as the designer of the war memorial pillars in Veteran's Memorial Park in Grand Rapids. He also did furniture design and had an architectural practice. This collection includes papers, scrapbooks, ephemera, photographs and drawings detailing Demmon's World War I service, his education at the University of Michigan and his architectural career. Also included are an oral history...
Dates:
1910-2001
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.