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The material within the Aldrich and Ledyard Cashbook collection consists of 1 cash account book. The book records the cash transactions for this firm from 1866-1870. These transactions record business transactions in Michigan and Wisconsin.

Abstract The Bos Leather Company was formed in 1909 in Grand Rapids, Michigan by Sidney (originally Sietse) J. Bos (1878-1941), a Dutch immigrant. The Bos firm specialized in shoe making, but also manufactured a limited amount of other leather products, such as briefcases. The Bos Leather Company records document the financial history of the firm, including inventory records from 1909 to 1967. Monthly sales records are included from the mid-1930s until 1967. A sample of trade publications and...

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The materials for the Crohon and Roden Company Records include materials that were given to the Grand Rapids Public Library in 1987. These items span the whole of the company's existence from the 1920's until it's closing in the 1980's. The bulk of the material includes correspondence either to or from the Crohon and Roden Company. This material is not arranged chronologically, but left as found by library staff.

Abstract Kuizema Hardware was a family owned and operated hardware store in Grand Rapids, Michigan for three generations. Opened in 1905, it was run by Harm Kuizenga (1852-1939), Henry Kuizema (1892-1991) and Harold Kuizema. In approximately 1989, majority ownership was sold to an employee, Jack Huizinga. The store closed in 1999, after operating for 94 years. This small collection consists of two financial ledgers from the store, covering the years 1905 through 1927. The ledgers note receipts and...

Abstract John W. Squier (1799-1872) was a businessman and real estate investor in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He owned a flour mill and in 1859 he built the first opera house in the city, Squier's Opera House. The collection documents the affairs of this successful businessman in the growing, frontier village of Grand Rapids, Michigan during the mid 19th century. Included are various legal, financial and property documents. Also included are the Mackinac Agency payroll of 1849, data on building and...

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The Keeler Brass Company (1893-1979) collection contains photographs of the Keeler Brass Company manufacturing plants and M.S. Keeler and George Atkinson in 1975, three short typed histories which appear to have been written for speeches or presentations on the history of the company from different eras, and news clippings from the 1980s.

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The Van Hoecks Shoes scrapbooks includes eleven scrapbooks for the years 1975-2008. Each of the scrapbooks contains clippings of advertisements for Van Hoecks Shoes that were published in the Grand Rapids Press or other local newspapers.

Abstract The Voigt Milling Company operated the Star and Crescent mills in Grand Rapids, Michigan from the late 1800s until 1955. This collection contains mainly accounting and legal agreements related to the Voigt Milling Company, begun by Carl Gustav Adolph Voigt (1833-1908), originally in partnership with William G. Herpolsheimer (1841-1920), and carried on by Voigt’s wife and children upon his death until 1955 when the company shut down. This collection would be of interest to anyone researching...