Scope and Contents Baker Furniture Company is a furniture business, known internationally for the high quality of its designs and workmanship, that operated in the West Michigan area from 1890 through 2006. The collection contains legal, financial and business records of the company. Included are documents related to the furniture for sale by the company, photos of products, and price lists. The scrapbooks contain additional information, such as advertising, but also some actual catalogs. Business and legal...

Abstract

This devised collection contains trade catalogs issued from furniture companies in the greater Grand Rapids, Michigan area. Included are representative catalogs from the prominent American Seating, Baker, Berkey & Gay, Carl Forslund, Herman Miller, John Widdicomb, Nelson-Matter, Steelcase, Stickley Bros. and Stow & Davis companies, among numerous others. The catalogs list items for sale and usually give prices, item numbers and photographs or illustrations.

Abstract The Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Co. was a manufacturer of specialty reed furniture and was based in Ionia (Mich.). This collection consists of three volumes (incomplete) of the Ypsi-Doodler, a publication by and for the employees of the company. It appears to have been created to keep workers informed during the great changes experienced in the plants during war production. The publication expressed the employee's views, spotlighted their personalities and complimented their individual and...