 |
 |
 |
||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
The Grand Rapids History & Special Collections Department has a wealth of information located in its pamphlet and article files. This is a subject guide listing of current entries under which you may be able to locate information. Please ask for the file at the GRHSCD Service Desk. Actors-Grand Rapids Ada, Michigan Adoption Advertising Club-Grand Rapids African Americans-Grand Rapids Aging-Grand Rapids Aging-Michigan Agriculture-Kent County Air pollution Alabastine Company -- SEE -- Business Files Alberta-Shook Chevrolet - SEE - Business Files Alcoholism-Grand Rapids/Michigan Alexander & Co. --SEE-- Industries - GR - A - B Algoma Township -- SEE -- Bridges - Stegman Creek Bridge Allegan Allen Water Service Co. -- SEE Industries - GR - A-B Alpine Manor Nursing Home Murders American Box Board Company American Cancer Society American Civil Liberties Union (Western Michigan chapter) American Electroplaters & Surface Finishers Society American Laundry -- SEE Industries - GR - A-B American Legion-Grand Rapids Americanization AMIS-Alternative Methods for International Stability Amway Amway Grand Plaza Ancient Order of Hibernians -- SEE also Irish - GR Animals-Grand Rapids Annexation-Grand Rapids Annexation-Michigan Antiques-Grand Rapids/Michigan Apartments-Grand Rapids Aquinas College Archeology-Michigan Architects Armenians in Grand Rapids Armory Arnie's Bakery -- SEE -- Business Files Arsulowicz Brothers Mortuaries Inc. -- SEE -- Business Files Art Center School for Grand Rapids Arthritis-Grand Rapids/Michigan Artists-Grand Rapids Artists and sculptures-Michigan Arts Arts Council Arts Program-Amuseuments Assoc. of Grand Rapids Area Gov't Association for the Blind and For Sight Conservation ... SEE ...Griffith, Roberta A., Biography & Portrait File Authors-Grand Rapids Authors-Michigan Auto Routes Automatic Musical Instrument Co. -- SEE Rowe AC Manufacturing Automobile Industry-Grand Rapids
Aviation-Grand Rapids Aviation-Michigan B & J Theaters Inc. -- SEE ... Business Files Baker Book House - SEE - Business Files Baker Museum and Craft Shop Banks-Grand Rapids Banks-Michigan Barto & Son Funeral Home - SEE - Business Files Baseball-Grand Rapids Baseball Fields-Valley/Bigelow Basketball-Grand Rapids Baxter Award Recipients Baxter Laundry Co. -- SEE Industries - GR - A-B, see also Lydens Index Baxter Neighborhood Beauty Pageants-GR/Mich/US Beaver Island Bed & Breakfast --- Grand Rapids Belknap Lookout Belknap Target Area Belmont -- SEE Plainfield Berkey & Gay building -- SEE Architectural Database, Monroe St. Bethany Christian Home Better Business Bureau Bi-Centennial 1976 Bicycle Trails-Michigan Bicycles Big Bands in Grand Rapids Bil-Mar Foods Birds-Grand Rapids Birds-Michigan Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. Bissell House Bixby Office Supply SEE... Business Files Black Hills Association Blandford Nature Center Bleake, Oliver (Store) 136 E. Fulton -- SEE-- Business Files Blind in Michigan Blodgett Home for Children Blodgett Hospital Blue Laws (Sunday closing) Blue Sky Laws Boating-Michigan Bosler Hair Shop -- SEE Industries - GR - A-B Bottle Bill Boy Scouts Breen & Halladay Fuel Company -- SEE Industries - GR - A-B Breweries-Grand Rapids Brickmaking Industry in GR -- SEE Industries - GR - A-B Bridge Street Bridges-Grand Rapids/Kent Co.
Brown, Clark & Co. (bricks) -- SEE Industries - GR - A-B Building Construction Buildings-Grand Rapids Buildings (not built) - Grand Rapids
Burton Heights neighborhood Business-Grand Rapids Butterworth Hospital Byron Center, Michigan C & D Company -- SEE Industries - GR - C-E C.H. Runciman Company C.W. Mills Paper Company -- SEE Industries - GR - C-E Cadillac, MI. Caledonia, Michigan & Caledonia Township Calder, Alexander and Grand Rapids Calder Plaza Calkins Law Office Calvin College Camp Blodgett Campfire Girls-Grand Rapids Canals-Grand Rapids Canals-Michigan Canoe Trails-Michigan Capital Punishment-Michigan Cargill Co. -- SEE Business files Cartoons - Grand Rapids Cascade Cedar Springs, MI Celebration on the Grand Celebrations-Grand Rapids Cemeteries - Grand Rapids/Kent County Cemeteries-Michigan Censorship-Grand Rapids/Michigan Centennial Businesses and Cities Centennial Corporation Centennial Farms-Kent Co./Michigan Central Boiler Works -- SEE Industries - GR - C-E Central Michigan Paper Company -- SEE Industries - GR - C-E Central Volunteer Service Chaffee Planetarium Charity Organizations Society of GR Cherie Inn - SEE - Business Files Cherry Hill district Chicks -- SEE ... Grand Rapids Chicks Child abuse Child Guidance Clinics-Grand Rapids Children of the American Revolution Children's Fund of Michigan Childsport Inc. -- SEE Industries - GR - C-E Chinese in Grand Rapids/Michigan Chinnick Cafeteria, Bowling Alley & Billiards -- SEE ... Business Files Christian Labor Association Churches-Grand Rapids:
Cigar Store Indians Circuit Courts-Michigan Citizen's Action Movement Citizen's Advisory Council Citizens Bee Citizens Telephone Company -- SEE Industries - GR - C-E City Commission-Grand Rapids City-County Building City Manager-Grand Rapids City Strike 1980 Civic Auditorium-Grand Rapids Civic Theatre-Kalamazoo Civil Defense-Grand Rapids/Kent Co. Civil Defense-Michigan Civil Rights Civil Service-Michigan Civil War-Grand Rapids Civil War-Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps-Michigan Clark Historical Library Clark Memorial Home Clinic for Infant Feeding Clinca Santa Maria Clipper Belt Lacer Company -- SEE Industries - GR - C-E Clubs-Grand Rapids Coffinberry Chapter-Michigan Archeological Society Coit Pharmacy -- SEE Steed's Drugs in Business Files Coldwater State Home and Training Ctr Coliseum Colleges and universities (except GR area & large Michigan) Color tours Committee of 100-Grand Rapids Common Cause Communications-Michigan Community Colleges Community Councils-Michigan Community Development Community Food Co-op Community Hunger Appeal of the Church World Service-CROP Community Planning-Michigan Composers-Grand Rapids Composers-Michigan Comstock Park Conductron Corp. -- SEE Industries - GR - C-E Consoer, Townsend, & Assoc. Conservation-Michigan Conservative Federation of Michigan Consolidation-Grand Rapids/Kent Co. Constitution-Michigan Constitutional Convention 1907 & 1914 Constitutional Convention 1961-62 Consumers Power Annual Reports Consumers Power-Grand Rapids/MI Convention Bureau-Grand Rapids Copper-Michigan Corduroy Rubber Co. Corl - Knott Co. (millinery) Cornerstone Architects Inc. Cornish in Michigan Cost of Living-Grand Rapids Council of Neighborhood Assoc-GR Council of Performing Arts for Children Counties-Michigan Country Clubs-Kent County County Road Assoc of Michigan Covered Bridges (Ada, Fallasburg & others) SEE... Bridges - Covered Coye Inc. (awnings) Cranbrook Foundation Credit Unions Creston Area Crime-GR/Kent Co/Michigan Crosby & Henry Insurance ... SEE ... Crosby, Moreau S. Biography & Portrait File Crozed Stave Corporation Cultural Consolidation-GR/Kent Co. Curling Curtis Foam Engineering Inc. -- SEE Industries - GR - C-E Cutlerville, Michigan Dairy Industry-Michigan Daniels' Neuropathic Institute Daughters of the American Revolution-GR Daughers of the American Revolution-Michigan Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Daughters of 1812-Michigan Davenport College-Grand Rapids Daverman Associates -- SEE -- Architecture - GR Dawes Rolls Deer-Michigan DeKorne Furniture Co. -- SEE -- Business Files Democratic Party-Grand Rapids Democratic Party-Michigan Dent Chemical Co. -- SEE ... Business Files (The)Depression in Grand Rapids -- SEE -- How Grand Rapids Cared for its Jobless SEE ALSO -- Scrip System - Grand Rapids Detroit Buildings Detroit Edison Detroit-Historical Museum Detroit-History Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit Public Library Detroit Tigers Detroit Zoological Society Dexter Industries Inc. -- SEE Industries - GR - C-E Differential Clock Company -- SEE Industries - GR - C-E Disasters-Grand Rapids Divorces-Michigan Downtown Inc. Driver Education-Michigan Drueke Co. -- SEE - Industries GR - C - E Drueke Games -- SEE ... Business Files Drugstores-Grand Rapids Drunk Driving Dumps Durfee Embalming Fluid Co. ...SEE ... Durfee, Allen, Biography & Portrait File Dutch Immigrant Society Dutch in Grand Rapids Dutch Settlers-Michigan East Grand Rapids East Grand Rapids Annexation East Grand Rapids-schools East Hills neighborhood East Paris Eastown Eberhard Supermarkets Ecology-Michigan Economic Conditions-Kent Co. Edmund Fitzgerald (ship) - see ALSON Great Lakes Shipwrecks Education-Grand Rapids Education-Michigan Education Assessment Program-Michigan Education, History of-Michigan Education Reform Education-Michigan-Special Ed Education Statistics-Michigan Eerdman, William B. Publishing Co. -- SEE -- Business Files Elections- Before 1928 Elections 1928-2000 Elections-Michigan Electrical Power-Michigan Electricity - Grand Rapids Elenbaas Feed & Coal Co. Elks - Grand Rapids Emergency Exchange Association of GR Empire Organ Company -- SEE Industries - GR - C-E Employment-Grand Rapids Employment-Michigan Energy Conservation Energy Crisis Environment Esther Hall Ethnic Connections - Right Place Program Ethnic Groups-Grand Rapids Evangeline Home - see Hospitals(smaller) Exchange Club - Grand Rapids Explosions - Grand Rapids Expressways-Grand Rapids Expressways-Michigan Fair Employment Practices Commission Fallasburg Pioneer Village Family Life Clinic-Grand Rapids Family Service Association-GR Fanatorium Farmers' Markets Farming Federal Aid-Michigan Federation of Community Organizations & Services Federation of Regional Tourist Associations Felt Mansion Ferries "Festival"-Grand Rapids Festivals-Michigan Finances-Michigan Financial Crisis-Michigan Finns in Michigan Fires-Grand Rapids/MI Firsts - see Michigan Misc. Fish-Michigan Fish Ladder Fishing-Commercial Fishing-Michigan Fisk Lake Flag, Flower, Motto, Official-Kent Co. Flag, Official-Michigan Flat River Historical Society Floods-Grand Rapids/Kent Co. Flu ... SEE ... Influenza Epidemic 1918-1919 Fluoridation Food Business-Michigan Ford Foundation Foreign Trade-Michigan Forest Fires-Michigan Forests and Forestry-Michigan Forts-Michigan Fossils Foundations-Grand Rapids Four H-Michigan Franklin Hall Complex Fraternal Societies Frederik Meijer Gardens Freedom Now Party-Michigan (1963) Freedom Train Fresh Air Schools ... SEE ... Open Air Schools Frey Foundation Frisian Information Bureau Froebel kindergarten Fruit Growers Fryling murder Fulton Street Bridge SEE... Bridges - Fulton Street Fur Trade-Michigan Furniture - American Furniture Hall of Fame Furniture Capital Furniture Capitol Building -- SEE ... Furniture Files Furniture - Collectors & collecting Furniture - Craftsman Style Furniture Designers Furniture Designers-Grand Rapids Furniture - Exhibitors Building Furniture - GR - Centennial Festival Furniture - GR - History Furniture Industry- Michigan Furniture Industry - A - Z Furniture Industry - Advertisements Furniture Industry - General Furniture Industry - Individual Firms:
Furniture Manufacturers Assoc-GR Furniture Market-GR Furniture - Motion Picture Industry Furniture Museum-Grand Rapids Furniture Strike 1911-Grand Rapids Furniture trademarks Furniture - White House Furniture - Winterthur Futurliner -- SEE Parade of Progress G.J. Johnson Cigar Co. -- SEE ... Business Files Gambling Garbage Disposal-Grand Rapids Garfield Park Garfield Park neighborhood - see Architectural Database Garfield Park Neighborhood Assoc. Geology-Michigan Gerald R. Ford Inter'l Airport Gerald R. Ford Museum & Library Gerber Products German-English Schoolhouse Germans in GR/Michigan Ghost Towns-Michigan Gill Industries - SEE - Business Files Gilson Graphics - SEE - Business Files Girl Scouts - Grand Rapids Glider Production in Grand Rapids Globe Knitting Co. Gold Star Mothers Golf - Grand Rapids Good News Community Government-Grand Rapids Government-Kent Co. Government Buildings-GR Governor-Michigan Governors Task Force on Expenditure Management Graceland Mausoleum ... SEE ... Architectural datebase Graham, Billy-in Grand Rapids Grand Army of the Republic Grand Center-See also Civic Auditorium Grand Rapids Children's Museum Grand Rapids Cycle Co. -- SEE ... Business Files Grand Design Grand Haven, Michigan Grand Rapids advertising Grand Rapids-All American City Grand Rapids Americanization Council ... SEE ... Americanization Grand Rapids Anti-Tuberculosis Society Grand Rapids Area Center for Ecumenism Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities Grand Rapids Area Council of Churches Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority Grand Rapids Art Glass Co. Grand Rapids Art Museum Grand Rapids Associations Grand Rapids Audubon Society Grand Rapids Baptist College & Seminary Grand Rapids Bar Association Grand Rapids Better Gov't League Grand Rapids Board of Education Grand Rapids Board of Trade Grand Rapids Boards & Commissioners Grand Rapids Boat & Canoe Club Grand Rapids Bottling Co. ... SEE ... Business files Grand Rapids Brass Co. ... SEE ... Tower, Daniel. Biography & Portrait File Grand Rapids-Calendar of Events Grand Rapids Catholic Diocese Grand Rapids Cemeteries - see Cemeteries - Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce Grand Rapids Chicks Grand Rapids City Charter Grand Rapids City Employees Grand Rapids City Employee Residency Requirements Grand Rapids City Government Grand Rapids City Hall -- SEE also Architectural database and Myers, Elijah, Biography & Portrait File Grand Rapids City Income Tax Grand Rapids City Planning Grand Rapids Civic Ballet Grand Rapids Civic Theater Grand Rapids Civil Service Board Grand Rapids Clearing House Grand Rapids Community Council Grand Rapids Community Development Grand Rapids Community Relations Commission Grand Rapids Council of Parents & Teachers Grand Rapids Council on World Affairs Grand Rapids Credit Mens Association Grand Rapids-Description Grand Rapids District Nurses Grand Rapids-Downtown Grand Rapids-Downtown Council Grand Rapids Filtration Plant - SEE also Monroe Avenue Filtration Plant Grand Rapids Fire Department GR Flag, Flower, Motto Grand Rapids Growers Association Grand Rapids Guard Grand Rapids Historical Commission Grand Rapids Historical Society Grand Rapids History
Grand Rapids Home for Veterans - SEE also Bajema clipping notebook "Soldiers' Home" Grand Rapids Human Relations Commission Grand Rapids Junior College Grand Rapids/Kent County Convention & Visitors Bureau Grand Rapids Label Company ... SEE ... Muir, James D. Biography & Portrait File Grand Rapids Legal Aid Grand Rapids Maps-Historical Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area Study Grand Rapids Municipal Employees Retirement Plan Grand Rapids Mutual Building & Loan Association Grand Rapids National Bank Building -- SEE ... McKay Tower Grand Rapids Neighborhood Alliance Grand Rapids New City Committee Grand Rapids Newcomers Information Kit Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW) Grand Rapids Piggery Grand Rapids Police -- Deaths in the line of duty Grand Rapids Police Department Grand Rapids Portable House Company Grand Rapids Power Squadron Grand Rapids Press Grand Rapids Printing Co. -- SEE - Business Files Grand Rapids Public Library Grand Rapids Public Library - Renovation Grand Rapids Public Museum-See Public Museum of Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Rampage Grand Rapids Recreation Dept & Board Grand Rapids Round Table Grand Rapids Safety Council Grand Rapids School of Bible & Music Grand Rapids School of Designing Grand Rapids Sesquicentennial-1988 Grand Rapids Sewage Treatment Plant Grand Rapids Street Cars & Interurban Railway Grand Rapids Streets:
Grand Rapids Time Capsule Grand Rapids Timeline Grand Rapids Traffic Engineer Grand Rapids Trivia & games Grand Rapids Urban League Grand Rapids Urban Renewal-Downtown Grand Rapids Veterinary College Grand Rapids Wholesale Market Grand Rapids Women's Study Club -- SEE Women's Study Club Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth Grand Rapids Youth Ministry Inc. Grand River Alliance Grand River Basin Grand River-History Grand River Log Jam- 1883 Grand River 1990 Grand River Showcase 150 Grand River-Watershed Council Grand Traverse Bay Region Grand Valley American Indian Lodge Grand Valley State University Grandville Grandville Ave. Business Mens Assoc. Great Books Discussion Group Great Depression Great Lakes-Description Great Lakes Historical Society Great Lakes Levels Great Lakes Maritime Academy Great Lakes Naval History (Naval Reserves) Great Lakes Research Studies Great Lakes Shipping Great Lakes-Ships Great Lakes Shipwrecks (includes Edmund Fitzgerald) Greater Grand Rapids-Ottawa Authority Greeks in Grand Rapids Greenfield Village Greenville History Guardian Angel' Guardsman Chemicals Guidotti Hat Shop - SEE - Business Files Gypsum Mines Halley's Comet 1911 Handicapped-Education of, in Michigan Handicapped-Grand Rapids Harbors-Michigan Harris Sample Furniture Co. -- SEE .. P & B File on L.C. Harris Haven of Rest Mission (Bridge Street) Headlee Amendment Health-Michigan Health Fair-Grand Rapids Health Services-Kent County - SEE also Kent County Health Dept. Heartside Neighborhood Hefner's Art Store -- SEE ... Business Files Hekman Biscuit Co. SEE... Business Files Heritage Hill Association Heritage Hill Target Area Herkner Jewelry Store ... SEE ... Herkner, J.C. Biography & Portrait File Herpolsheimers Hibernian Hall -- SEE Irish - GR Hispanic Americans Highways-Michigan Historic Buildings-Grand Rapids Historic Districts-Grand Rapids Historic Houses-Grand Rapids Historic Houses-Grand Rapids-kit homes Historic Houses-Grand Rapids-The Castle Historic Houses-Michigan Historic Landmarks-Grand Rapids Historic Landmarks-Michigan Historical Markers-Michigan Historical Societies-Michigan Historical Society of Michigan Newsletter- See also History Periodicals Hockey-Grand Rapids Holland, MI Holland Home for the Aged Home Building Association of Grand Rapids Home Research Foundation Inc. SEE... Homestyle Center - Grand Rapids Home Rule for Counties-Michigan Homestyle Center-Grand Rapids Hope College Hope Rehabilitation Network Horse Racing-Michigan Hospice Hospitals-Grand Rapids (smaller) (Large GR hospitals listed separately) Hospitals-Michigan Hotels-Grand Rapids Hotels-Michigan-Historic Hotels-Michigan Houseman's Clothing Company ... SEE ... Houseman, Julius. Biography & Portrait File Housing-Grand Rapids Housing-Michigan Hudson, J.L. Humane Society of Kent County Hunting and Game Animals-Michigan Idlewild Immigration in Michigan Income-Grand Rapids Indian Mounds-Kent County & Michigan Indian Reservations Indian Schools Indians-Art Indians-Fishing Rights Indians-Kent County Indians-Michigan Indians-Treaties Indians-Tribes-Michigan Industries-Grand Rapids Industries-Grand Rapids (General & Historical) Industries-Michigan Influenza Epidemic 1918-1919 Inheritance & Succession Laws-Michigan Insects, Pests-Michigan Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations-Michigan Institutions-Michigan Insurance Industry-Grand Rapids Interlochen Arts Academy Internal Improvement International Bridge-Sault Ste. Marie Interurban Railroad & Street Cars - SEE also Grand Rapids Streetcars & Interurban Railway Inventors & inventions -- GR Ionia & Ionia County Irish - Grand Rapids Isabella Home-Grand Rapids Island-Michigan Italian-Americans in Grand Rapids Izaac Walton League-Grand Rapids & Michigan Jacobson Heating & Cooling - SEE - Business Files Jarecki Corp. -- SEE ... Business Files Jaycees - see Archival Collection #195 Jesuits Jews in Michigan JW Marriott Hotel John Ball Community Association John Ball Park Zoo John Birch Society Jordan College Junior Achievement-Grand Rapids Juvenile Delinquency Keeler Brass Co. -- SEE ... Business Files Kellogg Company-Battle Creek Kellogg Foundation-Battle Creek Kelvinator Corporation SEE... Business Files Kendall School of Design Kent Community Action Program Kent County International Airport-see Gerald R. Ford International Airport Kent County Animal Shelter Kent County Association for Retarded Citizens Kent County Bar Association Kent County Board of Education Kent County Board of Social Services Kent County Board of Supervisors Kent County Child Haven Kent County Civil Defense Kent County Commission Kent County Council for Historic Preservation Kent County Council of Veteran's Affairs Kent County Courthouse Kent County Dept. of Public Works Kent County Ground Observer's Corps Kent County Health Department Kent County History Kent County Jail Kent County Jury Commission Kent County Juvenile Court/Home Kent County Library Kent County Medical Society Kent County Mental Health Clinic Kent County Mortality 1850,1860 Kent County Muscular Dystrophy Association Kent County Recreation Council Kent County Road Commission Kent County Science Fair Kent County Sheriff's Dept. Kent County Soil Conservation Districts Kent County Towns, Villages-Misc. Kent County Tuberculosis Society Kent County Welfare Department Kent County Work Farms Kent Intermediate School District Kent Oaks Hospital Kent Philatelic Society Kent Scientific Museum - see Public Museum of Grand Rapids Kentfields Rehabilitation Program ... SEE ... Kent County Juvenile Court/Home Kentree School of Horsemanship Kentwood, Michigan Kit Homes Klingman Building Knape & Vogt SEE... Business Files Knights of Pythias-Grand Rapids Korean War Ku Klux Klan-Grand Rapids/Kent County L.S. Hill Company ... SEE ... Business files Labor Heritage Society of West Michigan Labor Laws-Michigan Labor Unions-Michigan Ladies Literary Club - see Archival Colls. # 20, 32, & 275 Lake Michigan Car Ferries Lake Michigan Maritime Museum Lake Michigan Pipeline Lakes and Streams-Michigan Lamont, Michigan Land Trust-Michigan Landlords-Michigan Landmarks - Grand Rapids Latin Americans-See Latinos Latinos - see Hispanic Americans Law Day-May 1st Law Enforcement-Federal District of West Michigan Law, Weathers & Richardson ...SEE ... Champlin, John W. Biography & Portrait File Lawyers-Grand Rapids (Historical) Lawyers-Michigan League of Women Voters Lear-Siegler Inc. (4 folders) Leonard Refrigerator Co. -- see Kelvinator Corp. Leonard Street Bridge SEE... Bridges - Leonard Street Liberty Amendment Libraries-Michigan (2 folders) Licenses-Michigan Lighthouses-Michigan Limestone Lincoln Foundation-Grand Rapids Liquor Business-Michigan Litscher Electric Co. -- SEE ... Business Files Litter Little Hoover Commission 1951 Livestock Industry-Michigan Livingston Hotel -- SEE -- Architectural Database -- Division S. Lobbying and Lobbyists-Michigan Logging Railroads Loretto Home Lowell, Michigan Lumbering-West Michigan Lustron Homes McKay Tower McLachlan Business School Maccabees Mackinac Bridge Mackinac Straits/Island Madison Square Manpower Training Act Maple Grove Medical Facility Marlborough, Michigan Mary Free Bed Guild-Grand Rapids Mary's City of David-Benton Harbor Masons-Grand Rapids Mayors-Grand Rapids McInerney Spring & Wire Co. ... SEE ... McInerney, James L., Biography & Portrait File Medal of Honor-Grand Rapids area Medical care Medicine-History-Michigan Meijer Stores & Thrifty Acres Mel Trotter Rescue Mission (Mel Trotter - see P & B File) Memorial Societies Mental Health-Michigan Mental Retardation (General) Mentally Handicapped (Institutions) Mentally Handicapped-Kent County Mentha, Michigan Mertens Hotel Methodist Community House-Grand Rapids Metro Health Hospital & Village Metropolitan Hospital (Grand Rapids) -- SEE ... Metro Health Hospital Village Meyer May House Michigan Archaeological Society Michigan Archival Association Michigan Area Data Sheets Michigan Bell Telephone Michigan Board of Nursing Michigan-City Historical Information (2 folders) Michigan Civil Rights Commission Michigan Civil Service Commission Michigan Commission on Interstate Cooperation Michigan Consolidated Gas Michigan Constitution Michigan Council for the Arts Michigan Council for the Humanities Michigan Council for UNESCO Michigan-County Histories Michigan Credit Union League Michigan Crippled Children Commission Michigan Dept. of Administration Michigan Dept. of Aeronautics Michigan Dept. of Agriculture Michigan Dept. of Civil Service Michigan Dept. of Commerce Michigan Dept. of Conservation Michigan Dept. of Economic Development Michigan Dept. of Health Michigan Dept. of Labor Michigan Dept. of Mental Health Michigan Dept. of Public Instruction Michigan Dept. of Social Welfare Michigan Dept. of State Michigan-Description Michigan Education Association Michigan Employment Bureau Michigan Employment Security Commisison Michigan Employees Unemployment Compensation Bureau Michigan Engineering Society Michigan Epilepsy Center & Association Michigan Eye Collection Center Michigan Farm Bureau Michigan "Firsts" - see Michigan Misc. Michigan Higher Education Assistance Authority Michigan Historical Collection Michigan Historical Commission Michigan History Michigan History-Civil War Michigan History-Pioneer Era Michigan History-Political Michigan History-Short Michigan Hospital Survey & Construction Office Michigan Independent Telephone Association Michigan-Judiciary Michigan Laws Michigan-Legislature Michigan Library Association Michigan Maps-Historical Michigan Military Michigan Military District Michigan Miscellaneous Michigan Municipal League Michigan National Bank-Grand Rapids Michigan National Guard Michigan Nature Association Michigan Oil Leasor's Association Michigan Public Safety Frequency Allocation Committee Michigan Psychiatric Attendant Nurse Association Michigan Reformatory-Ionia Michigan Rehabilitation Institute-Pine Lake, Plainwell Michigan Retired School Employees Michigan Sesquicentennial Events Michigan Sheriff's Association Michigan Society for Mental Health Michigan Society of Architects Michigan Soldiers' Home - see Grand Rapids Home for Veterans Michigan State Archives Michigan State Board of Education Michigan State Board of Mortuary Science Michigan State Capitol Michigan State Chamber of Commerce Michigan State Department of Corrections Michigan State Employees Association Michigan State Fair Michigan State Federation of Arts Michigan State Grange Michigan State Highway Department Michigan State Horticulture Society Michigan State Library Michigan State Medical Society Michigan State Nurses Association Michigan State Parks Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association Michigan State Police Michigan State Records Center Michigan State Safety Commission Michigan State Teachers Association Michigan State University MSU Institute for Community Development Michigan State University-Oakland Michigan Street Business Area - SEE -- Business Files Michigan Township Association Michigan Tradesman (periodical) Michigan Travel Michigan Trust Company-Grand Rapids Michigan Tuberculosis Association Michigan United Conservation Club Michigan Veterans Facility - Grand Rapids Home for Veterans Michigan Water Resources Commission Michigan Week Michigan Welfare League Michigan Youth Commission Midtown Neighborhood
Military - Grand Rapids Millennium Celebration (2000) Millennium Commission Millennium Park Millennium Park area -- Economic History Millionaires Mills and milling Minerals Mines-Michigan Mining -- Kent County -- Sand/Gravel Minorities Missaukee County, Michigan Missions and Missionaries-Michigan Model Cities-Grand Rapids Monarch Road Machinery Company ... SEE ... Jackoboice, George. Biography & Portrait File Monroe Avenue Filtration Plant Monroe Mall Monuments and Memorials-Grand Rapids/Kent County Monuments and Memorials-Michigan Moral Re-Armament Morals Efficiency Commission-Grand Rapids Morman, S.A. & Co. Inc. ... SEE ... Morman Family. Biography & Portrait File Mormons in Michigan Morton House-Grand Rapids Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Motmans Greenhouses - SEE - Business Files Motor Vehicles-Michigan Mount Mercy Academy Mount Vernon Society-Detroit Mulick Floral Shop - SEE - Business Files Multiple Sclerosis Society-Michigan Municipal Fair-Grand Rapids Municipal Finance Commission Municipal Income Tax-Michigan Municipal Ownership-Grand Rapids Murders-Grand Rapids Museums in Michigan Mushrooms Music in Grand Rapids/Kent County Music Teachers in Grand Rapids Muskegon, Michigan N Top of Page NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Grand Rapids chapter) Narcotics National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) National Defense Education Act National Forests in Michigan National Parks of the Great Lakes Native Americans Native Americans -- Potawatomi Natural Resources-Michigan Naturalists Naturalization Neighborhoods-General Nature Center-Howard Christensen Neighborhood Alliance Neighborhood Program Neighborhood Transition Newcomers Guide-Current Newspapers-Grand Rapids-History Newspapers-Grand Rapids Newspapers-Kent County Newspaper-Michigan No Fault Auto Insurance Noise Pollution Norht County Trail North East Complex North Park North Park Bridge SEE... Bridges - North Park Norton Mounds -- SEE -- Indian Mounds GR/Kent County Nuclear Power Plants-Michigan Nursery Business O-Wash-Ta-Nong Club Oil & Gas Drilling -- Kent County Oktoberfest Old Kent Bank-Grand Rapids Old Kent River Bank Run Old National Bank-Grand Rapids Old Northwest Territory One Man Grand Jury Law Open Air Schools Opera Grand Rapids Opera Houses - Grand Rapids Ordinances-Grand Rapids Osteopathic Hospital-Grand Rapids -- SEE ... Metro Health Hospital & Village Ottawa County-History Ottawa County - Recreation Ottawa County-Towns & Villages-Misc. Ottawa Hills-History Owen-Ames-Kimball -- SEE Business Files P & R Homecraft Co. -- SEE - Industries GR N - R Pacers-Grand Rapids Pantlind Hotel-Grand Rapids Parade of Progress (1953) Parades-Grand Rapids Parks-Grand Rapids Parks-Kent County Parks-Michigan PBB in Michigan (2 folders) Peace Corps Peck Building Peninsular Club-Grand Rapids Peoples Department Store ... SEE ... Business files Pere Marquette Petosky Stones Petroleum Trade & Industry-Michigan Pewabic Pottery Philanthropy Photography-Grand Rapids/Michigan Picric Acid Plant Pine Rest Christian Home Place Names-Kent County Place Names-Michigan Plainfield Planned Parenthood Plants-Michigan Playgrounds Poetry-Grand Rapids Poison Control Center Polar Bear Expedition -- SEE World War I (GR) and World War I (Mich) Polish-Grand Rapids Polish-Michigan Population-Grand Rapids Population-Michigan Pornography Porter, C.O. & A.D. Machinery Co. -- SEE ... Porter, Clare and Porter, Thomas Earle Biography & Portrait Files Porter Hills Retirement Community Postcards -- GRand Rapids Poverty (General) Poverty Programs-Grand Rapids Powers Theater-Grand Rapids Precincts-Grand Rapids/Kent County Presidential visits to Grand Rapids Preusser Jewelers - SEE - Business Files Pridgeon & Clay - SEE - Business Files Printing & Publishing-Grand Rapids & Michigan Prison camps - Michigan Prisons-Michigan Progressive Party Progressivism Prohibition-Grand Rapids Prohibition-Michigan Property Tax Reform Proudfit Loose Leaf Co. ... SEE ... Business Files Public Domain Commission of Michigan Public Museum of Grand Rapids (4 folders) Public Utilities-Grand Rapids Public Utilities-Michigan Queen Juliana (of the Netherlands) R.S.V.P Retired Senior Volunteer Program Rabbit Lounge Rademaker, H. & Sons - See Business Files Radio & TV Stations-Grand Rapids Raft Race Raiload stations Railroads-Grand Rapids (see also Interurban Railroad) Railroads-Individual lines Railroads-Michigan Ramona Park Real Estate-Grand Rapids Real Estate Association of Michigan Reapportionment-Michigan Recreation - Grand Rapids Recreation-Michigan Recycling Programs Red Cross Reed Brush & Archery Co. -- SEE - Industries GR N - R Reeds Lake Refineries Reformed Bible Institute-Grand Rapids Rehabilitation Religious Movements Renaissance Zones Reptiles Republican Party-Kent County Republican Party-Michigan Resettlement Program-Michigan Restaurants-Grand Rapids Retail Stores Reynolds Shingle Co. -- SEE ... Business Files Riggsville Cemetery - See Cemeteries, Mich. Right Place Program Riots Rivers-Michigan Rockford, Michigan Rogers Department Store RoMan Manufacturing Inc. -- SEE Business Files Roosevelt Park/Grandville Avenue Neighborhood Roosevelt, Theodore in Grand Rapids Rosa Parks Circle Rose Patch and Label Co. ... SEE ... Rosenthal, Arthur, Biography & Portrait File Rowe AC Manufacturing -- maker of jukeboxes Rowe Hotel - note: SEE ALSO... Scrapbook Collection #239 Box 90) Russo, GB & Sons SEE... Business Files Ruster Dairy (Golden Health Dairy Products) -- SEE ... Business Files Ryerson Foundation S-Curve Safety Education St. Adalbert Basilica ... SEE ... Churches - Catholic St. Cecilia Society-Grand Rapids St. Francis Xavier Church - SEE - Churches, Catholic St. John Home-Grand Rapids St. Lawrence Seaway St. Lawrence Seaway-Dedication St. Lawrence Seaway-History St. Mary's Clinic - SEE - Clinica Santa Maria St. Mary's Hospital-Grand Rapids Salaries-Michigan Sales Tax Saloons-Grand Rapids Salt Industry-Michigan Salvation Army-Grand Rapids Santa Claus Girls Sand Dunes Sand Lake, Michigan Scandinavians-Grand Rapids Scandinavians-Michigan Schnitzelbank Restaurant -- SEE -- Business Files School for the Blind-Michigan School Holding Power-Michigan Dropouts Schools -- Alternative Schools-Grand Rapids-Non Public Schools-Grand Rapids-Public:
Schools-Michigan Scrip System-Grand Rapids SEE ALSO -- How Grand Rapids Cared for its Jobless Scriptorium Sculpture -- Grand Rapids Sculpture-Michigan Seal of Michigan Seat Belt Law Sempray Jovenay - SEE also - P & B File, Carr, Mrs. J. C. Senior Neighbors Inc. Sermons-Grand Rapids Sewage Disposal-Michigan Shakespeariana Club Sheldon Complex Shopping Centers-Michigan Shrine of the Pines Shriners-Grand Rapids Siegel Jewelers Silent Observer Sintz Gas Engine Co. -- SEE -- Biography and Portrait File -- Sintz, Clark Sister Cities Sleeping Bear Dunes Social Security Social Welfare Agencies-Grand Rapids Soil Conservation-Michigan Solar Energy Songs-Grand Rapids Songs-Michigan Sons of American Revolution Soundex Indexing System South Beltline South East Community Association South Haven Southeast End Neighborhood
Southeast Michigan Council of Government Spanish American War Sparta, Michigan Spectrum Health Special Olympics Spirit of Solidarity Spirit of South High Sports-Grand Rapids Sports-Michigan Spouse Abuse Spring Lake, MI Stadium Arena Stagecoaches Stained glass Standale, Michigan Standard Companies Inc. (Standard Lumber & Supply, Standard Kitchens) - SEE - Business Files Steamships-Georgian Bay Liner Steed's Drugs -- SEE Business Files Stegman Creek Bridge -- SEE -- Bridges - Stegman Creek Steketee's Department Store Stocking Area Target Council Stone Hills SEE... Architectural Database - Bridge St. Stores-Grand Rapids Streetcars-- see Grand Rapids Streetcars & Interurban Railways Streets-see Grand Rapids Streets Street Lights-Grand Rapids Street People Students for a Democratic Society Suburban Growth Summer Resorts Sunday School Association-Michigan Sunshine Hospital-Kent County Supermarkets-Grand Rapids Surveying Survival-Michigan Swamps Switchboard Synagogues
Talsma Furniture Co. -- SEE - Business Files Tanglefoot Co. -- SEE ... Business Files Target Area Council Leadership Council Taverns Taxation-Grand Rapids Taxation-Kent County Taxation-Michigan-History Taxes Affecting Agriculture Taxes-Business Taxes-Equalization Statistics Taxes-Inheritance Taxes-Motor Vehicle Taxes-Nuisance Taxes-Property Taxes-Proposal Teachers-Certification Teachers-Grand Rapids Teachers-Michigan Telephone Companies-Michigan Telephones-Grand Rapids Television -- Grand Rapids/West Michigan Telfer Spice Company --SEE Business Files Temperance Movement Terryberry Co. -- SEE - Business Files Thanksgiving Theaters-Grand Rapids
Theatre Arts Centre -- SEE ... Hanchett, Gerald J. Thomas Dairy -- SEE Businesss Files Thwaites X-Ray Co. Time-Michigan Time Capsule-See Grand Rapids Time Capsule Tisch-Hine Corp. ... SEE ... Business Files Togan-Stiles Co. (Home builders) Toledo Strip Toll Roads Tornadoes SEE... Weather Tourist Business-Michigan Tourist camps (local) Tours-Grand Rapids-Historical Townships-Michigan Traffic Law Enforcement Trails-Riding and Hiking Transportation-Grand Rapids Transporation-Michigan Travelers Aid Society-Kent County Tree Farming Tree-Michigan Official Trees-Michigan Trucking-Grand Rapids Trucking-Michigan Tuberculosis Turn-of-the-Century Celebrations (1899-1901) UAW CIO-Michigan Underground Railroad-Michigan Unidentified Flying Objects-Grand Rapids Union Bank and Trust Co. United Auto Workers-Kent County United Community Service United Motors Co. -- SEE Business Files United Spanish American War Veterans-Michigan U.S. Customs-Grand Rapids U.S. Post Offices-Grand Rapids U.S. Post Offices-Michigan United Way University Hospital-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Extension Services University of Michigan (General & History) University of Michigan-Library University of Michigan-Phoenix Project University of Michigan-Research University of Michigan-Special Departments Upper Peninsula-Cloverland (Historical) Upper Peninsula of Michigan Urban Concern Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts Valley City Milling ... SEE ... Business Files Valley Field-See Baseball Fields Van Andel Arena Van Andel Institute Van Den Berg Bros. Furniture -- SEE Business Files Van's Pastry Shoppe SEE ... Business Files Ventura, Michigan Verhey Carpets Inc. SEE... Business Files Veterans-Michigan Veterans Memorial Park Veterinary College -- SEE Grand Rapids Veterinary College Vietnam War-Grand Rapids Villa Maria-Grand Rapids Vital Statistics-Michigan Vocational Education-Grand Rapids/Michigan Voigt House Voigt Milling Company ... SEE ... Voigt, Carl. Biography & Portrait File Voluntary Action Center Waddell Manufacturing Company ... SEE ... Business Files Wagemaker Boat Co. Walker, Michigan War of 1812-Michigan Warner Norcross & Judd -- SEE -- Business Files Wastes-Michigan Wastewater Treatment Plant - SEE - Monroe Avenue Filtration Plant Water Pollution Water Supply-Grand Rapids Water Resources-Michigan Waterfalls-Michigan Waterway-Trans-Michigan Wayne State University WBDC Architects & Planners - SEE -- Business Files Wealthy Street Bridge SEE... Bridges - Wealthy Street Wealthy Theatre building -- SEE Architectural Database, Wealthy St. Weather Ball Weather-Grand Rapids Weather-Michigan Wedgewood Acres Home Welfare-Michigan West Leonard Business Association West Michigan Baseball West Michigan Fair West Michigan Whitecaps West Side-Grand Rapids West Side Complex Western Genealogical Society Western Michigan University Western Union Telegraph Co. (History) Wetlands-Michigan Wheeler, Upham, Bryant & Uhl ... SEE ...Wanty, George P. Biography & Portrait File White Flame Light Co. Whitecaps SEE... West Michigan Whitecaps Who is Who in Grand Rapids Wildflower Conservation-Michigan Wildlife-Michigan William B. Eerdman Publishing Co. -- SEE -- Business Files William H. Dean Memorial Bridge SEE... Bridges - Fulton Street Bridge Willow Run-Michigan Wine-Michigan Winegar's Greater Store - Home Furnishers SEE - Business Files Wisconsin Historical Society Women-Grand Rapids Women-Michigan Women's Christian Temperance Union Women's City Club Women's Clubs -- Grand Rapids Woman's Committee, Michigan Division, Council of National Defense (WWI) Women's Study Club -- founded in 1901 by/for African American women Women's Suffrage - Grand Rapids Women's Suffrage-Michigan Woodcarving & Woodcarvers - Grand Rapids Workmen's Compensation Dept.-Michigan Works Progress Administration World Affairs Council of Western Michigan World War I-Grand Rapids World War I-Michigan World War II & Korean War-Grand Rapids World War II-Michigan World War II - Michigan - Japanese Balloon Bombs Wurzburg's Department Store Wyoming, Michigan-History Year in Review: Grand Rapids Timelines York Band Instruments Young Americans for Freedom Y.M.C.A.-Grand Rapids Y.W.C.A.-Grand Rapids Youth-Grand Rapids/Michigan Youth Day-Commonwealth, Camp O'Malley Zeeland, Michigan Zondervan Publishing House - SEE Business Files Zoning-Grand Rapids Ypsilanti Reed Furniture (Ionia) -- SEE ... Furniture Files |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||