A finding aid is a description of an archival collection, usually containing a history of the person or organization that produced the collection and an inventory of its contents.
| Collection Number
| Collection Name
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| 1
| Nancy Mulnix Tweddale Papers ...Calder Vandenberg Sculpture Project ...
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| 2
| John S. Lawrence Papers
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| 3
| Loretta Ortt Papers
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| 4
| World Affairs Council Records
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| 5
| U.S. Army. 32nd Michigan Infantry Co. H. Papers
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| 6
| Paul I. Phillips Papers
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| 7
| Amasa B. Watson Post #395. Dept. of Michigan. Grand Army of the Republic Records
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| 8
| Russell Family Papers
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| 9
| Robert and Harold Woodcock
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| 10
| Henry H. Masten Papers
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| 11
| Louis Moran Papers
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| 12
| Reubey S.T. Ferris Recollections
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| 13
| Harlan P. Colby Recollections
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| 14
| Edward Comstock Corwin Papers
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| 15
| Friedrich Brothers Music House. Papers
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| 16
| John Sehler Papers
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| 17
| Widdicomb and John Widdicomb Companies Records
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| 18
| George E. Fitch Collection
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| 19
| Frank Lee DuMond Papers
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| 20
| Grand Rapids Federation of Women's Clubs Records
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| 21
| Curtis Riverboat Enterprises Records
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| 22
| Frank and Robert Cebelak Collection
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| 23
| Godfrey J. Anderson Manuscripts
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| 24
| Charles H. Bender. Correspondence
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| 25
| Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Manuscript
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| 26
| William Albert Johnson Collection
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| 27
| Howard F. Baxter and Robert T. Baxter Collection
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| 28
| Annie M. Leitch Papers
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| 29
| Grand Rapids Typographical Union no.39 Records
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| 30
| Grand Rapids Branch of the Needlework of America
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| 31
| Ryskamp Brothers, Inc. Records
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| 32
| East Side Ladies Literary Club Papers
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| 33
| Godfrey Anderson Collection
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| 34
| Kent County Health Department Records
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| 35
| Street Railway Weekly / Trolley Topics
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| 36
| Woman Magazine
|
| 37
| Pere Marquette Railroad Co. Collection
|
| 38
| Trades and Labor Council Labor Day. Programs
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| 39
| Michigan Cyclist
|
| 40
| Cadette Everett Fitch. Collection
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| 41
| The Western Wheelman Collection
|
| 42
| Thomas W. Porter Archaelogical & Grand Rapids Graphics
|
| 43
| Morris Photo Collection
|
| 44
| John Ball Papers
|
| 45
| Kent County Family Life Council. Records
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| 46
| Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce. Records
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| 47
| Grand Rapids Industrial Corporation. Records
|
| 48
| Robert W. Irwin Company Records
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| 49
| William M. Glenn Papers
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| 50
| Grand Rapids Inter-Tribal Council Indian History Project Records
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| 51
| Grand Rapids Citizens League Papers
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| 52
| Ashbel Green & William Bond vs. The Chicago, Saginaw & Canada Railroad
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| 53
| Maurice La Claire Portraits
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| 54
| Grand Rapids Public Library Photo Collection
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| 55
| Spring Funeral Home Records
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| 56
| Kreigh Collins Collection
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| 57
| Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Co., The Ypsi-Doodler
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| 58
| Grand Rapids Chicks. Collection
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| 59
| James R. Hooper Photograph Collection
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| 60
| Ottawa Hills Elementary PTA. Records
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| 61
| Coffinberry Family. Papers
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| 62
| Globe Knitting Works Photo Collection
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| 63
| J. Gerald Vinkemulder Collection
|
| 64
| Crosby Family Papers
|
| 65
| Native American Oral History Project Records
|
| 66
| Guy Johnston Photo Collection
|
| 67
| Grand Rapids City Welfare Department - Scrip Labor Collection
|
| 68
| Grand Rapids Public Library Native American Photo Collection
|
| 69
| Charles Vandervelde Photo Collection
|
| 70
| Charles Merrill Photo Collection
|
| 71
| Massey Family Photo Collection
|
| 72
| Birdseye Veneer Company Photo Album
|
| 73
| Camera Shop Photo Album
|
| 74
| Brewer Family Papers
|
| 75
| Thomas E. Walsh Papers
|
| 76
| Grand Rapids Public Library Stereo Card Collection
|
| 77
| Fannie Phipps Dautrich Post Card Collection
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| 78
| Grand Rapids Public Library Post Card Collection
|
| 79
| Bos Leather Company Records
|
| 80
| Ray Lewis Badgley Papers
|
| 81
| Mary Free Bed Guild and Hospital Records
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| 82
| Grand Rapids Study Club Records
|
| 83
| Old Residents Association of the Grand River Valley Records
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| 84
| Furniture Manufacturers Association Records
|
| 85
| Sluman S. Bailey Papers
|
| 86
| Grand Rapids Authors' Night Collection
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| 87
| Grand Rapids Public Library Cyanotype Collection
|
| 88
| McGee Photograph Collection
|
| 89
| Catherine (Kay) Swanlund Collection
|
| 90
| John H. Schouten Photograph Collection
|
| 91
| Grand Rapids Illustrated Collection
|
| 92
| Mary Richmond Kendall Photograph Collection
|
| 93
| Laura Lorenson Photograph Collection
|
| 94
| Richmond Family Papers
|
| 95
| R.C. Allen Corporation Records
|
| 96
| Western Michigan Genealogical Society Church Records
|
| 97
| Birdsall Funeral Home Records
|
| 98
| Mercy Central School of Nursing Records
|
| 99
| Kent County (MI) Original Survey Collection
|
| 100
| City of Grand Rapids Photograph Collection
|
| 101
| Dorothy Keister Collection
|
| 102
| Duncan E. Littlefair Sermons
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| 103
| Grand Rapids Woman's Club Records
|
| 104
| Dorothy Leonard Judd Papers
|
| 105
| Grand Rapids Railway Co. / Grand Rapids Railroad Co. / Grand Rapids Motor Coach Co. Records of Ramona Park
|
| 106
| Camp Lee Guard Reports
|
| 107
| Ionia Funeral Home Records
|
| 108
| 339th Ambulance Company Collection
|
| 109
| Grand Rapids Public Library Records/ GRPL Administrative Archives
|
| 110
| Dorothy E. Hubbard Skinner Collection
|
| 111
| Delbert W. Blumenshine Collection
|
| 112
| George A. Miller Pictorials
|
| 113
| Black History Exhibit Collection
|
| 114
| Josephene (Josephine) Bender Collection
|
| 115
| Harland Bartholomew Collection
|
| 116
| Charles William Erickson Collection (Charles William Erickson Grand Rapids Veterinary College Collection)
|
| 117
| Henry McConnell Collection
|
| 118
| Grand Rapids Public Library Urban Renewal Pictorials
|
| 119
| Lulu L. Cudney Papers
|
| 120
| Lynn H. Clark Papers
|
| 121
| Marguerite King Moran Collection
|
| 122
| Ada, Michigan Glass Plate Negative Collection
|
| 123
| Caroline P. Campbell Papers
|
| 124
| Butterworth Hospital Records
|
| 125
| Robinson Photographic Collection
- Adress Index to Buildings
|
| 126
| Grattan Township Records
|
| 127
| Grand Rapids Public Library Woman's Suffrage Collection
|
| 128
| Stephen Deming. Stover Collection
|
| 129
| Grand Rapids Rotary Club Records
|
| 130
| Grand Rapids Academy of Medicine Collection
|
| 131
| Grand Rapids Township Death Records
|
| 132
| Kent County Bridges Collection
|
| 133
| News Photographs Collection
|
| 134
| Robert Veit Fire Department Photographs
|
| 135
| Lee Family Collection
|
| 136
| Thomas Glass Plate Negatives
|
| 137
| Cannon Township Death Records
|
| 138
| Pictorial History of Grand Rapids Collection
|
| 139
| Grand Rapids (Michigan) Camera Club Collection
|
| 140
| John A. Suchowolec Collection
|
| 141
| Grand Rapids Historical Society Records
|
| 142
| Michigan Authors Collection
|
| 143
| Austin Automobile Co. Collection
|
| 144
| Kent County Men in the Civil War Collection
|
| 145
| Frank C. Kinsey
|
| 146
| Sumner Merrill Wells, Jr. Papers
|
| 147
| Mary Emily Schroeder Papers
|
| 148
| Lawrence Maile Papers
|
| 149
| Emily Deming Collection
|
| 150
| Kilmer Family Collection
|
| 151
| Kenneth C. Welch Collection
|
| 152
| Munro Family Collection
|
| 153
| Joan Van Malsen Collection
|
| 154
| Bethuel Church Diary
|
| 155
| Stegmier Family Collection
|
| 156
| The Grand Rapids Area Humanities Council
|
| 157
| Latzek Funeral Home Records
|
| 158
| Helen Mae Meade Scrapbook
|
| 159
| Aurey Strohpaul Negatives
|
| 160
| Helen Earlene Risinger Collection (Beans)
|
| 161
| Cultural Services Consolidation Committee Records
|
| 162
| Grand Rapids Public Library Glass Plate Negative Collection
|
| 163
| Kent County Council for Historic Preservation Oral History Collection
|
| 164
| The Grand Rapids Public Library Oral History Collection
|
| 165
| James Bayne Company Negatives
|
| 166
| Grand Rapids Press Monday Guest Oral History Collection
|
| 167
| Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council Oral History Collection
|
| 168
| Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids Oral History Collection
|
| 169
| Arthur W. Weber, Jr. Papers
|
| 170
| Wolverine Brass Company Collection
|
| 171
| John W. Champlin Correspondence
|
| 172
| Swift Family Diaries
|
| 173
| United States Army Weather School Collection
|
| 174
| Women's Committee of the Council on National Defense. Grand Rapids Unit (Michigan). Records
|
| 175
| Grand Rapids Public Library Video and Film Collection
|
| 176
| Ralph B. Baldwin Papers
|
| 177
| Michigan Department of Transportation Photos
|
| 178
| Central High School Collection
|
| 179
| Lipczynski Family Papers
|
| 180
| Santa Claus Girls Collection
|
| 181
| Francis Hall Collection
|
| 182
| Norma L. Gillette Collection
|
| 183
| James C. Craig Collection
|
| 184
| Charles W. Darling Copy Photos
|
| 185
| Grand Rapids Public Library Michigan Room Copy Photograph Collection
|
| 186
| Edwin Pettis Family Papers
|
| 187
| Loraine Pratt Immen Collection
|
| 188
| Bridge Street House Registers
|
| 189
| John W. Squier Collection
|
| 190
| Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company Collection
|
| 191
| Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co. Collection
|
| 192
| Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Collection
|
| 193
| Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad Co. Collection
|
| 194
| Gordon Harrington Collection
|
| 195
| Grand Rapids Jaycees Records
|
| 196
| Michigan Central Railroad Company Collection
|
| 197
| Grand Rapids Public Library Railroads Collection
|
| 198
| Avery C. Gilleo Collection
|
| 199
| Madeline Parker Groff Collection
|
| 200
| Isaac Lewis Tower Correspondence
|
| 201
| Old Third Michigan Association Collection
|
| 202
| Harry P. Symes Pictorials and Advertising Collection
|
| 203
| Thomas J. Majchrzak Collection
|
| 204
| Grand Rapids Furniture Designers Association Records
|
| 205
| Halden Adrion Collection
|
| 206
| Baker Furniture Company Collection
|
| 207
| Antrim Iron Company Records
|
| 208
| George R. Perry Files
|
| 209
| Western Michigan Navy Mothers' Club of America
|
| 210
| Ekdal J. Buys. Collection
|
| 211
| M.C. Church Diaries
|
| 212
| William F. Drueke Photos
|
| 213
| Kent Base Ball Club Records. (baseball)
|
| 214
| Campau Family Collection
|
| 215
| Marie Cady Collection]
|
| 216
| Grand Rapids Public Library Ephemera Collection
|
| 217
| Dora Spring Collection of Diaries, Letters and Photos
|
| 218
| American Red Cross. Kent County Chapter
|
| 219
| Samuel E. Ranck
|
| 220
| Meyer Postcard Collection
|
| 221
| Philip T. Catalano La Grande Vitesse Project Collection
|
| 222
| William A. Seeley Grand Rapids & Michigan Graphics Collection
|
| 223
| Kent County Library Tour
|
| 224
| Grand Rapids Public Library Art & Graphics Collection
|
| 225
| The Raymond Karl Sobota Furniture Design Collection
|
| 226
| John Douglas Image (Slides) Collection
|
| 227
| GRPL Laser & Computer Printer Images Collection. Collecting
|
| 228
| Frederick Stuart Church Art Collection
|
| 229
| The Michigan One Room School House Records
|
| 230
| Rooks Negative Collection
|
| 231
| Marius Rooks City Hall Slide Collection
|
| 232
| Grand Rapids Public Library Furniture Trade Catalogs Collection
|
| 233
| Grand Rapids Public Library Furniture Industry Collection
|
| 234
| Emily Latzek Jennings Family Photograph Collection
|
| 235
| Grand Rapids Public Library Michigan & Grand Rapids Music Collection
|
| 236
| Grand Rapids Festival, 1969-1980
|
| 237
| Pitsch Co. (Capital City Wrecking Co.) Photograph Collection
|
| 238
| Sterling Family Records
|
| 239
| Grand Rapids Public Library Scrapbook Collection
|
| 240
| Grand Rapids Public Library Map Collection. Staff database
|
| 241
| Grand Rapids Sampler
|
| 242
| Civil War Documents Collection
|
| 243
| Gerald R. Ford Photographs & Memorabilia Collection
|
| 244
| Michigan Civil War Soldiers/Veterans Reported in Newspapers (Carl Bajema)
|
| 245
| Past Perfect Historic Preservation Collection
|
| 246
| GRPL General Trade Catalog Collection
|
| 247
| Vietnamese History Project (& Resettlement Collection)
|
| 248
| Jim Winslow Collection
|
| 249
| GRPL African American History Collection
|
| 250
| James Keeney Photo Album, 1858
|
| 251
| Kent Co. African American Baseball Collection (Jess Elsters)
|
| 252
| Grand Rapids Neighborhood Associations Collection
|
| 253
| Kay Clark Grand Rapids Dance Collection
|
| 254
| Grand Rapids Buildings Collection. Collecting.
|
| 255
| Lawrence Jessup Furniture History Collection
|
| 256
| Underground Newspapers, ca. 1970's
|
| 257
| Peck Collection (including Murder)
|
| 258
| City Renewed
|
| 259
| GRPL Newspaper Collection
|
| 260
| GRPL Womens' History Collection
|
| 261
| Grand Rapids Playground Association/Recreation Association of Grand Rapids
|
| 262
| Lydens "The Story of Grand Rapids" files
|
| 263
| GRPL Small Manuscripts Collection
|
| 264
| Making a Difference : outstanding women in Grand Rapids history
|
| 265
| Clemetsen Glass & Film Negative Collection
|
| 266
| Lucia Erins Latvian Americans of Grand Rapids Collection
|
| 267
| Blodgett Memorial Medical Center School of Nursing Records ...
|
| 268
| Grand Rapids Century : 100 Years of Photographs : Exhibit (A Grand Century : online exhibit version)
|
| 269
| Paul Collins Biographical & Exhibit Catalogs Collection
|
| 270
| Gathered at the River Collection
|
| 271
| Grand Rapids Baseball
|
| 272
| Grand Rapids : Past, Present & Future
|
| 273
| Father Dennis Morrow Buildings Photos
|
| 274
| Michigan & Grand Rapids Annual Reports Collection
|
| 275
| Ladies Literary Club Collection
|
| 276
| GRPL Furniture Design, Designers & Instructors Collection
|
| 277
| Hellenic Horizons
|
| 278
| GRPL Poets & Poetry Collection
|
| 279
| Lucius Lyon Papers
|
| 280
| GRPL Michigan Travel Literature Collection
|
| 281
| GRPL General Michigan History Collection
|
| 282
| William Alden Smith Collection
|
| 283
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union Collection
|
| 284
| St. Cecilia Society Records
|
| 285
| GRPL Michigan & Grand Rapids Serials Collection
|
| 286
| Perschbacher Real Estate Listing Cards
|
| 287
| Betty Gibout Real Estate Listings Slip
|
| 288
| Greater Grand Rapids Convention & Visitors Bureau
|
| 289
| Greater Grand Rapids Area Publishers, Printers & Publishing Collection
|
| 290
| GRPL African American Clippings Collection (Bajema)
|
| 291
| Edward Gillis Growing Up in Old Lithuanian Town Papers & Photographs
|
| 292
| Hispanic American Oral History Project [Calvin College Latin American History Oral History Project
|
| 293
| Ketcham Family Papers
|
| 294
| Lyman Parks Photos & Newspaper Clippings
|
| 295
| Rix Robinson Collection
|
| 296
| Arthur Ormsbee & the Graphic and Printing Industry Collection
|
| 297
| Grand Rapids Press Collection at the Grand Rapids Public Library
|
| 298
| William Bennett Collection
|
| 299
| Eduard Adam Skendzel Polonian Historical Collection
|
| 299X
| Eduard Adam Skendzel Churches Reference Collection
|
| 300
| Capt. Charles Eugene Belknap Collection
|
| 301
| Grand Rapids Historical Business, City, and Telephone Directories
|
| 302
| Fannie Phillips Young Advertising Trade Card Collection
|
| 303
| City of Grand Rapids. Records.] [For the official City Records, see the City Archives
|
| 304
| Gerald Elliott Michigan Authors Collection
|
| 305
| YMCA Collection
|
| 306
| DAR : Daughters of the American Revolution Collection
|
| 307
| Grand Rapids Lesbian & Gay Organizations Project Collection
|
| 308
| Helen Claytor Civil Rights Collection
|
| 309
| Kent County, Mi. Records. [Unofficial]
|
| 310
| Grand Rapids in World War II, 1941-1946?
|
| 311
| Fountain Street Church Collection
|
| 312
| Kiwanis Club of Grand Rapids
|
| 313
| Meijer (Meyer) Postcard Collection
|
| 314
| Michigan Lithographing Collection
|
| 315
| GRPL Public Domain Images from Historic Book Sources
|
| 316
| Grand Rapids High Schools Collection (includes yearbooks)
|
| 317
| George Welsh Collection
|
| 318
| Grand Rapids in World War I, 1914-1918
|
| 319
| GRPL Realia Collection
|
| 320
| Record of Kent County Soldiers and Sailors in Service in the Great War [World War I
|
| 321
| Latinos in Western Michigan Collection
|
| 322
| Albert Builders Collection
|
| 323
| Grand Rapids Public Library Fuji Pictography Photographic Prints Collection
|
| 324
| GRPL Michigan and Grand Rapids Authors & Publications Collection
|
| 325
| Grand Rapids Public Library Color Photo Collection
|
| 326
| Milhaupt Dabakay Colorama Studio Collection
|
| 327
| Marty Arnold Plank Road Collection
|
| 328
| Michigan Woman and the Whooping Cough Vaccine Collection : Pearl Kendrick, Grace Eldering
|
| 329
| Wayne T. Vandercook family records, including Senator Henry B. Vandercook
|
| 330
| Henrietta DeLoof Collection, including Rapids Standard
|
| 331
| Shakespeariana Club Collection
|
| 332
| Jackson Davis Dillenback Collection
|
| 333
| Grand Rapids Ski Club (1954-19??)
|
| 334
| Mouw Family Papers
|
| 335
| Grand Rapids Public Library Furniture Design Archival Collection, National Literature
|
| 336
| Richard F. VenderVeen Papers
|
| 337
| Grand Rapids Public Library Grand Rapids Symphony Collection
|
| 338
| Grand Rapids Public Library Opera Grand Rapids Collection
|
| 339
| Robert Raz and Alberta Massingill Oral History Collection
|
| 340
| Hattem Family Collection
|
| 341
| Seven Family Glass Plate Negative Collection
|
| 342
| Ryerson Library Foundation / Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation Records
|
| 343
| Heart and Soul: Grand Rapids Neighborhoods
|
| 344
| May G. Quigley Collection of Library and Family Documents
|
| 345
| Judge Stuart Hoffius Records of the Vandenberg Sculpture Committee Project
|
| 346
| William Hill Photo Collection
|
| 347
| Grand Rapids Public Library Church References Collection
|
| 348
| Grand Rapids Teachers Club / Grand Rapids Kindergarten Primary Club (formerly the Grand Rapids Kindergarten Union)
|
| 349
| Gary L. Hill Broadway Theatre Guild Stage Door Collection
|
| 350
| Robert E. Haynes Magic Collection
|
| 351
| Schubert Male Chorus of Grand Rapids, Michigan Collection Historical Records
|
| 352
| Emma J. Cole Collection
|
| 353
| The Arab American Community in Grand Rapids Collection
|
| 354
| Arleigh C. Hitchcock Homestyle Center Collection
|
| 355
| Poetry of Linda Nemec Foster Collection
|
| 356
| Archives : Sampling the Past Collection, from the Grand Rapids Public Library exhibit, 2005-2006.
|
| 357
| Orville Bulman Art References Collection
|
| 358
| Grand Rapids Public Library Civil Rights Exhibit Collection: Our Voices Our Liberty
|
| 359
| Thomas R. Wilson Digital Photographs of Grand Rapids, Michigan,2006-
|
| 360
| The Clark Collection
|
| 361
| Giacomo “Jack” Buzzitta Stow & Davis Furniture Design Collection
|
| 362
| John Gelderloos Civil War Research Collections
|
| 363
| Robert G. Nelson Grand Rapids and Michigan History Collection
|
| 364
| Thomas R. and Debra C. Dilley Historical Collection
|
| 365
| Ralph W. Demmon Art & Architecture Collection
|
| 366
| Peninsular Club Collection
|
| 369
| Sharing Our Uncommon Legacy of Philanthropy:the SOUL Project
|
| 370
| Community Voices Oral History Project
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