In case you didn’t know, we post an unidentified photo each month on the Archives & Photos page. This is also the same photo that is listed in Mature Lifestyles magazine. We ask that you contact us if you can help identify the people or place. This month’s photo is 1962 Golden Gloves Champions. We [...]
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by Karolee on
September 1, 2010
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In addition to Spanish language materials, which all of our branches offer, the Main branch also has books in Bosnian, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Vietnamese. This past year we actively added to the Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Vietnamese collections (and, of course, Spanish). A whole new collection [...]
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by Kate on
November 4, 2009
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Handling your own common legal issues can save time and costly attorney’s fees, but it can also be an intimidating and confusing process. One way the GRPL can help is with the Gale Legal Forms Database. The database offers thousands of common forms covering an extensive variety of issues, including leases, real estate, contracts, bills [...]
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by Gayle on
October 26, 2009
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Ever wonder who built that house in Heritage Hill? Who lived there, when it was built, what significance the building might have? The image below is what is called the Heritage Hill Inventory, which can be found in the Local History department. Conducted during the early to mid 1970′s this inventory lists all of the [...]
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by Tim on
July 17, 2009
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Had a patron coming in looking for information on a Bishop Rancans who resided here in Grand Rapids. This patron remembers their family had a picture of Bishop Rancans on their mantle while growing up and was trying to figure out why he was so important? According to the book Where the Star Came to [...]
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by Tim on
July 10, 2009
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