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A

Abortion

Actors-Grand Rapids

Ada, Michigan

Adoption

Advertising Club-Grand Rapids (see Clubs)

African Americans-Grand Rapids (see Ethnic Groups)

Aging-Grand Rapids

Aging-Michigan

Agriculture-Kent County

Air Pollution

Alabastine Company (Business Files)

Alaska, Michigan

Alberta-Shook Chevrolet (Business Files)

Alcoholism-Grand Rapids/Michigan

Alexander & Co. (Business Files, Industries A-C)

Alger Heights Neighborhood(see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Allegan, Michigan

Allen Calculator, Inc. (Business Files)

Allen Water Service Co. (Business Files, Industries A-C)

Alpine Manor Nursing Home Murders (see Murders)

American Box Board Company (Business Files)

American Cancer Society

American Civil Liberties Union, Western Michigan ACLU

American Electroplaters & Surface Finishers Society

American Laundry (Business Files)

American Legion-Grand Rapids (see Fraternal Organizations)

Americanization

AMIS: Alternative Methods for International Stability

Amish (see Religious Groups)

Amtrak--Grand Rapids

Amway (Business Files)

Amway Grand Plaza (see Hotels)

Ancient Order of Hibernians (see Ethnic Groups; also Ethnic Groups, Irish)

Animals-Grand Rapids

Annexation-Grand Rapids

Annexation--Grand Rapids (1960s)

Annexation-Michigan

Annual Reports (various; located in separate drawers near Business Files)

Antiques-Grand Rapids/Michigan

Apartments-Grand Rapids

Aquinas College (see Colleges & Universities)

Archeology-Michigan

Architects--Grand Rapids

Architecture:

 Architecture & Engineering (general)
 Building Materials
 Grand Rapids
 Kit Homes
 Lustron Houses
 Michigan
 Octagon Houses

Archives of Michigan

Armenians in Grand Rapids (see Ethnic Groups)

Armory (see Buildings)

Arnie's Bakery (Business Files)

Arsulowicz Brothers Mortuaries Inc. (Business Files)

Art Center School for Grand Rapids (see Colleges & Universities)

Arthritis-Grand Rapids/Michigan

Artists-Grand Rapids

Artists and Sculptors-Michigan

ArtPrize

Arts

Arts Council

Assoc. for the Blind and for Sight Conservation (see Griffith, Roberta A.)

Assoc. of Grand Rapids Area Gov't

Athena Awards

Authors-Grand Rapids

Authors-Michigan

Auto Routes

Automatic Musical Instrument Co. (see A.C. Rowe Mftg, Business Files)

Automobile Industry-Grand Rapids

  General
  Austin
  DeVeaux Motors Corp.

Automobile Industry-Michigan

Aviation-Grand Rapids

Aviation-Michigan

B

B & J Theaters Inc. (Business Files)

Baker Book House (Business Files)

Baker Museum and Craft Shop (see Museums)

Balloon Ascensions -- Grand Rapids

Banks-Grand Rapids

General
Old Kent Bank
Old National Bank

Banks-Michigan

Barclay, Ayers & Bertsch (Business Files)

Barto & Son Funeral Home (Business Files)

Baseball--Grand Rapids (see Sports)

Baseball--African-American Teams (see Sports)

Baseball Fields-Valley/Bigelow (see Sports)

Basketball-Grand Rapids (see Sports)

Batts, Inc. (Business Files)

Baxter Award Recipients

Baxter Laundry Co.(Business Files; also see Lydens' Index)

Baxter Neighborhood (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Beauty Pageants

Beaver Island (see Islands--Michigan)

Beds & Breakfasts -- Grand Rapids

Belding, Michigan

Belknap Lookout (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Belknap Target Area (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Belmont (see Plainfield)

Berkey & Gay Building (see Buildings)

Bethany Christian Home (see Social Agencies)

Better Business Bureau

Bicentennial 1976

Bicycle Trails--Michigan

Bicycles

Big Bands in Grand Rapids

Big Brothers (see Social Agencies)

Bil-Mar Foods (Business Files)

Birds--Grand Rapids

Birds--Michigan

Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. (Business Files)

Bissell House (see Social Agencies)

Bixby Office Supply (Business Files)

Black Hills Association (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Blandford Nature Center

Bleake, Oliver (Store)(Business Files)

Blendon Landing

Blind Persons in Michigan

Blissvelt Romance, The (film)

Bliven, H.M. - Fish and Oysters (Business Files)

Blodgett Home for Children (see Social Agencies)

Blodgett Hospital (see Hospitals)

Blue Laws (Sunday closing)

Blue Sky Laws

Boating--Michigan

Boats--Grand Rapids

City of Grand Rapids

BOB, The (see Buildings)

Bosler Hair Shop (Business Files, Industries, A-C)

Boston Store, The (see Trankla, Charles P&B file)

Bottle Bill

Bowling--Grand Rapids (see Sports)

Boxing--Grand Rapids (see Sports)

Boy Scouts (see Social Agencies)

Breen & Halladay Fuel Company (Business Files, Industries A-C)

Breweries--Grand Rapids

Brickmaking Industry in GR (Business Files)

Bridge Street Electric (Business Files)

Bridge Street House (see Hotels)

Bridges--Grand Rapids/Kent Co.

Includes:

Bridge Street (iron) Bridge
Covered Bridges
Fulton Street Bridge
Leonard Street Bridge
North Park Bridge
Pearl Street Bridge
Pine Island Bridge (Algoma Twp)
6th Street Bridge
Stegman Creek Trestle(White Pine Trail, Algoma Twp)
Wealthy Street Bridge

Bridges--Michigan

International Bridge, Sault Ste. Marie
Mackinac Bridge

Brown, Clark & Co.(Business Files, Brickmaking)

Brown & Sehler Co. (see Sehler, John P&B file)

Buildings

Armory
Berkey & Gay Building
(The)B.O.B.
Calkins Law Office
City-County Building
Civic Auditorium
Coliseum
De Vos Place
Fanatorium
Felt Mansion
Graceland Mausoleum
GR City Hall
GR Home for Veterans
(The) Hillmount
Klingman's Building
McKay Tower (National Bank Building)
Meyer May House
Monroe Ave. Filtration Plant
Oakwood Manor
Peck Block
UICA
Van Andel Arena
Van Andel Institute
Van Andel Museum Building
Voigt House
Detroit Buildings
GR Buildings: 1838-60
GR Buildings: Not-built
Building Construction & Trends

Buildings (not built) - Grand Rapids

Furniture Capitol Building (Furniture Files)

Bulman, Orville (see Artists--GR; see also Bulman, Orville P&B file)

Burleson Sanitarium (see Hospitals--general; also, Burleson, Dr. Willard P&B file)

Burton Heights Neighborhood (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Bus transportation--GR (see Rapid, The)

Business--Grand Rapids

Butterworth Hospital (see Hospitals)

Butterworth Landfill Sites

Byron Center, Michigan

C

C & D Company (Business Files, Industries A-C)

C.H. Runciman Co. (Business Files)

C.W. Mills Paper Company (Business Files, Industries A-C)

Cable Cars--Grand Rapids

Cadillac, Michigan

Calder, Alexander and Grand Rapids

Calder Plaza

Caledonia, Michigan & Caledonia Township

Calkins Law Office (see Buildings)

Calvin College (see Colleges & Universities)

Camp Blodgett (see Social Agencies)

Campau Centennial Memorial Medals (Grand Rapids History--Centennial Celebration)

Campfire Girls--Grand Rapids (see Social Agencies)

Canals--Grand Rapids

Canals--Michigan

Candymaking (Business Files)

Canoe Trails-Michigan

Capital Punishment--Michigan

Cargill Co. (Business Files)

Cartoons--Grand Rapids

Cascade Area (Michigan)

Cedar Springs, Michigan

Celebration on the Grand (see Celebrations/Festivals)

Celebrations/Festivals

General
Celebration on the Grand
Festival GR
Festivals--Michigan
Millennium Celebration
Oktoberfest
Turn-of-the-Century Celebrations

Cemeteries--Grand Rapids/Kent County

General
Fulton
Maple Grove
Oakhill
Rosedale (0ttawa Co.)

Cemeteries--Michigan

Austin Cemetery (Calhoun County)
Indianville Catholic Cemetery (Cheboygan County)
Marble Cemetery (Ionia County)
Porter Cemetery (Calhoun County)
Riggsville Cemetery (Cheboygan County)
Rosedale Cemetery (Ottawa County)
Sylvan Township Cemetery (Osceola County)

Censorship--Grand Rapids/Michigan

Centennial Businesses and Cities

Centennial Corporation

Centennial Farms--Kent Co./Michigan

Central Boiler Works (Business Files, Industries A-C)

Central Michigan Paper Company (Business Files, Industries A-C)

Central Volunteer Service

Chaffee Planetarium

Charity Organizations Society of GR

Charter Schools (see Schools)

Cherie Inn (see Business Files)

Cherry Hill District (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Child abuse

Child Guidance Clinics--Grand Rapids

Children of the American Revolution (see Fraternal Organizations)

Children's Fund of Michigan (see Foundations)

Childsport Inc. (Business Files, Industries A-C)

Chinese in Grand Rapids/Michigan (see Ethnic Groups)

Chinnick Cafeteria, Bowling Alley & Billiards (Business Files)

Christian Labor Association

Churches--Grand Rapids:

All Souls Universalist
Baptist
Bethel Pentecostal
Calvary Undenominational
Catholic

 *St. Michael's Ukranian

Central Church of Christ
Christian Reformed
Church of Christ
Congregational
Episcopal
Evangelical--United Brethren
Fountain Street
Lutheran
Methodist
Presbyterian
Reformed
St. Mark's Episcopal

Churches--Michigan

Cigar Makers (Business Files)

Cigar Store Indians

Circuit Courts--Michigan

Circus

Citizen's Action Movement

Citizen's Advisory Council

Citizens Bee

Citizens Telephone Company (Business Files, Industries A-C)

City Bakery (Business Files)

City Beautiful Movement--GR

City Commission--Grand Rapids

City-County Building (see Buildings)

City of Grand Rapids (boat; see Boats)

City Manager (see Grand Rapids City Manager)

City Strike 1980

Civic Auditorium--Grand Rapids (see Buildings)

Civic Studio

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 Memorial Home (see Social Agencies)

Clarke Historical Library (see Libraries)

Clements Library (see Libraries)

Clinic for Infant Feeding (see Social Agencies)

Clinca Santa Maria (see Hospitals)

Clipper Belt Lacer Company (Business Files, Industries A-C)

Clubs-Grand Rapids

*General
*Advertising Club
*Dunker's Club
*Economic Club of GR
*Exchange Club
*Four-H
*Gilda's Club--Grand Rapids
*GR Women's Study Club
*Ladies' Literary Club
*Michigan United Conservation Clubs
*O-Wash-Ta-Nong Club
*Peninsular Club
*Shakespeariana Club
*Women's City Club
*Women's Clubs

Cody Hotel (see Hotels)

Coffinberry Chapter--Michigan Archeological Society

Coit Pharmacy (Business Files, Steed's Drugs)

Coldwater State Home and Training Center

Coliseum (see Buildings)

Colleges and universities

General
Art Center School for Grand Rapids
Aquinas
Calvin College
Community Colleges
Cornerstone University (GR Baptist College & Seminary)
Davenport(College) Institute
Ferris State (College) University
Grand Rapids Bible College
Grand Rapids Junior (Community)College
Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music (see Cornerstone Uni.)
Grand Rapids Veterinary College
Grand Valley State University
Hope College
Jordan College
Kendall School of Design
McLachlan Business School
Michigan State University
Reformed Bible Institute
University of Michigan
Wayne State University
Western Michigan University

Color tours

Committee of 100--Grand Rapids

Common Cause

Communications--Michigan

Communism (see Political Movements)

Community Colleges (see Colleges & Universities)

Community Councils--Michigan

Community Development

Community Food Co-op

Community Hotel (Hotel Browning; see Hotels)

Community Hunger Appeal of the Church World Service (CROP)

Community Planning--Michigan

Composers--Grand Rapids

Composers--Michigan

Comstock Park, Michigan

Conductron Corp. (Business Files, Industries A-C)

Confectioners (Business Files, see Candy making)

Connor Foundry Co.(Business Files)

Consoer, Townsend, & Assoc. (Business Files)

Conservation--Michigan

Conservative Federation of Michigan (see Political Movements)

Consolidation--Grand Rapids/Kent Co.

Constitution--Michigan

Constitutional Convention 1907 & 1914

Constitutional Convention 1961-62

Consumers Power--Grand Rapids/MI (Business Files)

Convention Bureau-Grand Rapids

Copper--Michigan

Corduroy Rubber Co. (Business Files)

Corl-Knott Co. (Business Files)

Cornerstone Architects, Inc. (Business Files)

Cornish in Michigan (see Ethnic Groups)

Cost of Living--Grand Rapids

Council of Neighborhood Assoc-GR (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Council of Performing Arts for Children

Counties--Michigan

Country Clubs--Kent County

County Road Assoc. of Michigan

Couple Gear Freight Wheel Co. (Business Files; also Church Family P&B file)

Covered Bridges (see Bridges)

Coye Inc. (Business Files)

Cranbrook Foundation (see Foundations)

Credit Unions

Creston Area (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Crime-GR/Kent Co/Michigan

Crosby & Henry Insurance (see Crosby, Moreau S. P&B file)

Crozed Stave Corporation (Business Files)

Cultural Consolidation-GR/Kent Co.

Curling (see Sports)

Curtis Foam Engineering Inc. (Business Files, Industries A-C)

Cutlerville, Michigan

D

Dairy Industry--GR

Dairy Industry--Michigan

Dance--GR

Daniels' Neuropathic Institute (see Hospitals)

Daughters of the American Revolution--GR (see Fraternal Organizations)

Daughters of the American Revolution--Michigan (see Fraternal Organizations)

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War (see Fraternal Organizations)

Daughters of 1812--Michigan (see Fraternal Organizations)

Davenport College--Grand Rapids (see Colleges & Universities)

Daverman Associates (Business Files)

Dawes Rolls

Deaconess/Esther Home (see Social Agencies)

Deer--Michigan

DeKorne Furniture Co. (Furniture Files)

Democratic Party--Grand Rapids (see Political Parties)

Democratic Party--Michigan (see Political Parties)

Dent Chemical Co. (Business Files)

(The)Depression in Grand Rapids (see: How Grand Rapids Cared for its Jobless; see also: Scrip System--Grand Rapids)

Detroit Buildings (see Buildings)

Detroit Edison (Business Files)

Detroit Historical Museum (see Museums)

Detroit--History

Detroit Institute of Arts (see Museums)

Detroit Public Library (see Libraries)

Detroit Tigers (see Sports Teams)

Detroit Zoological Society

DeVos Place Convention Center (see Buildings)

DeWitt Barrels (Business Files)

Dexter Industries Inc. (Business Files, Industries D-F)

Differential Clock Company (Business Files, Industries D-F)

Disasters--Grand Rapids

Divorces--Michigan

Dominican Sisters--Grand Rapids (see Religious Orders)

Downtown, Inc.

Driver Education--Michigan

Drueke Co./Drueke Games (Business Files)

Drugstores--Grand Rapids

Drunk Driving

Dumps

Dunker's Club (see Clubs)

Durfee Embalming Fluid Co.(see Durfee, Allen P&B file)

Dutch Immigrant Society (see Ethnic Groups)

Dutch in Grand Rapids (see Ethnic Groups)

Dutch Experience in Canada (see Ethnic Groups)

Dutch Settlers-Michigan (see Ethnic Groups)

E

Eagle Hotel (see Hotels)

East Beltline (see Grand Rapids Streets)

East Grand Rapids, Michigan

East Grand Rapids Annexation

East Grand Rapids--schools (see Schools)

East Hills neighborhood (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

East Paris (village of)

Eastown (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Eberhard Supermarkets (Business Files)

Ecology-Michigan

Economic Club of Grand Rapids (see Clubs)

Economic Conditions--Kent Co.

Economic Conditions--Michigan

Edmund Fitzgerald (ship)(see also: Great Lakes Shipwrecks)

Education

Assessment Program
in Grand Rapids
in Michigan
History of--Michigan
Reform
Special Education--Michigan
Statistics--Michigan
Vocational Education

Edwards-Hine Co.(Business Files: Tisch-Hine Co.)

Eerdman, William B. Publishing Co.(Business Files)

Elections--GR

Before 1928 *1928 *1948-62
1963 *1964-69 *1970
1971 *1972 *1973
1974-75 *1976 *1978
1979 *1980 *1981
1982 *1983 *1984
1985 *1986 *1987
1988 *1990 *1992

Elections--Michigan

Electrical Power--Michigan

Electricity--Grand Rapids

Elenbaas Feed & Coal Co. (Business Files)

Elks(see Fraternal Organizations)

Elliott Button Fastener Co. (Elliott Machine Co.) (Business Files)

Elmcrest Home (see Social Agencies)

Emergency Exchange Association of GR

Empire Organ Company (Business Files, Industries D-F)

Employment--Grand Rapids

Employment--Michigan

Energy Conservation

Energy Crisis

Environment

Ethnic Connections--Right Place Program

Ethnic Groups

African-Americans *Ancient Order of Hibernians
Armenians in MI *Chinese in GR/MI
Cornish in MI *Dutch Experience in Canada
Dutch in GR *Dutch Immigrant Society
Dutch Settlers in MI *Finns in MI
Frisian Info. Bureau *Germans in GR/MI
Greeks in GR *Hispanic-Americans
Irish in GR *Italian-Americans in GR
Jews in MI *Latvian-Americans in GR
Polish in GR *Polish in MI
Scandinavians in GR/MI
Vietnamese in Grand Rapids

Evangeline Home (see Social Agencies)

Exchange Club--Grand Rapids (see Clubs)

Explosions--Grand Rapids

Expressways--Grand Rapids

Expressways--Michigan

F

F. Raniville Company (see Raniville, Felix P&B file)

Fair Employment Practices Commission

Fairs (see West Michigan Fair, Michigan State Fair)

Fallasburg Pioneer Village (see Museums)

Family Life Clinic-Grand Rapids

Family Service Association-GR

Fanatorium (see Buildings)

Farmers' Markets

Farming

Federal Aid--Michigan

Federation of Community Organizations & Services

Federation of Regional Tourist Associations

Felt Mansion (see Buildings)

Ferguson Hospital (see Hospitals)

Ferries

Ferris State (College) University (see Colleges & Universities)

Festival Grand Rapids (see Celebrations & Festivals)

Festivals--Michigan (see Celebrations & Festivals)

Finances--Michigan

Financial Crisis-Michigan

Finns in Michigan (see Ethnic Groups)

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.

Flottorp Propellers (Business Files)

Flu (see Influenza Epidemic 1918-1919)

Fluoridation

Food Business-Michigan

Football(see Sports)

Ford Foundation (see Foundations)

Ford Museum & Library (see Museums, Gerald R. Ford Museum & Library)

Ford Paint & Vanish Company (Business Files)

Foreign Trade--Michigan

Forest Fires--Michigan

Forests and Forestry--Michigan

Forts--Michigan

Fossils

Foster, Stevens & Co. (see Stevens, Sidney P&B file)

Foundations-Grand Rapids

Four-H--Michigan (see Clubs)

Fox Machine Co./Fox Typewriter Co. (Business Files; also, Industries D-F; also, Fox, William P & B File)

Franklin Hall Complex (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Fraternal Societies

American Legion--Grand Rapids
Children of the American Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution--GR
Daughters of the American Revolution--MI
Daughters of Union Vets of the Civil War
Daughters of 1812--MI
Elks
Knights of Pythias
Ku Klux Klan
Maccabees
Masons
Shriners
Sons of the American Revolution
Sons of Union Vets of the Civil War

Frederik Meijer Gardens

Freedom Now Party-Michigan (1963) (see Political Parties)

Freedom Train

Fresh Air Schools (see Schools, Open-Air)

Frey Foundation (see Foundations)

Frisian Information Bureau (see Ethnic Groups)

Froebel Kindergarten (see Schools)

Fruit Basket Flowerland (Business Files)

Fruit Growers

Fryling Murder (see Murders)

Fulton Street Bridge (see Bridges)

Fur Trade-Michigan

- - See FURNITURE FILES for all furniture-related entries ***

Furniture - American Furniture Hall of Fame

Furniture Capital Building

Furniture Catalogs (various firms/dates)

*Adden Furn.                *All-Steel
*American of Martinsville   *American Worldwide
*Art Metal                  *Art Metal
*Atelier Int'l              *Brickel Assoc.
*General                    *General Interiors Corp.
*George B. Bent Co.         *Gravely Furniture
*Henredon                   *J.L. Metz
*John Stuart Int'l          *Karges
*Kincaid                    *Kittinger
*Krueger                    *Lane
*Laverne                    *Ligna
*McDowell/Craig             *Mark, Inc.
*Meadowcraft                *Meldan Co.
*Modern Contract Furn.      *Modernline
*Myrtle Desk Co.            *Nichols & Stone
*Otto Gerdau Co.            *Philip Bruce, Inc.
*Philip LaVerne             *Probber
*Reiss Corp.                *Romweber
*Scroll                     *Schumacher
*School Interiors           *Selig
*Seng                       *Silas Seandel Studio, Inc.
*Simmons                    *Sjostrom USA
*Stakmore                   *Standard Chair of Gardner, Inc.
*Stanley                    *Tell City Chair Co.
*Thomasville                *Tropitone
*Trouvailles                *Troy Furniture
*Versailles, Inc.           *Virginia Metal Products
*Wels Industries, Inc.      *White of Mebane
*Whitecraft                 *Woodard

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--Furniture Industry during WW II

Furniture Industry--General

Furniture Industry--Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets

Furniture Industry--Individual Firms:

American Seating
Baker
Berkey & Gay
Bishop Furniture Co.
Century Furniture Co.
Doezema
Foote Reynolds
Forslund
Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair (Hastings)
Grand Rapids Chair
Grand Rapids Furniture
Grand Rapids Showcase Co.
Grand Rapids Store Equipment
Gunn
Haney School
Hekman
Herman Miller
Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets
Howard Miller Inc.
Imperial Bergsma
Irwin Seating Co.
Jamestown (NY)Furniture
John Widdicomb
Johnson
Karpen, S & Bros.
Kindel
Limbert
Luce
Macey
Michigan Chair
Nelson-Matter
Paalman
Phoenix
Pritchett Powers
Robert W. Irwin Furniture
Royal Chair (Sturgis, MI)
Shaw
Sligh
Smith & Hawkin
St. John's Table Co.
Steel Furniture Co.
Steelcase
Stickley Bros.
Stow Davis
Thomas Moser
Wernicke Furniture Co.
Widdicomb
Ypsilanti Reed Furniture

Furniture Library

Furniture Manufacturers Association--GR (see also Coll. 84)

Furniture Manufacturing & Environmental Issues

Furniture Market--GR

Furniture--Motion Picture Industry

Furniture Museum--Grand Rapids (see Museums)

Furniture--Rustic

Furniture--"Sanitary" Desks

Furniture Strike 1911--Grand Rapids

Furniture Trademarks

Furniture--"True Grand Rapids Cabinet Maker"

Furniture--White House

Furniture--Winterthur

Futurliner (see Parade of Progress)

G

G.J. Johnson Cigar Co. (Business Files)

Gambling

Garbage Disposal--Grand Rapids

Gardens & Landscapes

Garfield Park (see Parks, Grand Rapids)

Garfield Park Neighborhood (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations; see also Architectural Files)

Garfield Park Neighborhood Assoc. (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Geology--Grand Rapids

Geology--Michigan

Gerald R. Ford International Airport

Gerald R. Ford Museum & Library (see Museums)

Gerber Products (Business Files)

German-English Schoolhouse (see Schools)

Germans in GR/Michigan (see Ethnic Groups)

Gezon Motors (Business Files)

Ghost Towns--Michigan

Gilda's Club--Grand Rapids (see Clubs)

Gill Industries (Business Files)

Gilson Graphics (Business Files)

Girl Scouts--Grand Rapids (see Social Agencies)

Glider Production in Grand Rapids

Globe Knitting Co. (Business Files, Industries D-G)

God's Kitchen

Gold Star Mothers (see also Coll. 97)

Golf (see Sports)

Good News Community

Government--Grand Rapids

Government--Kent Co.

Government--Michigan

Governor--Michigan

Governors Task Force on Expenditure Management

Graceland Mausoleum (see Buildings)

Graham, Billy, in Grand Rapids (see Grand Rapids, Famous People)

Grand Army of the Republic

Grand Center (see also: Buildings--Civic Auditorium)

Grand Design

Grand Haven, Michigan

Grand Rapids--150 Landmarks

Grand Rapids Advertising

Grand Rapids--All-America City

Grand Rapids Americanization Council (see Americanization)

Grand Rapids Anti-Tuberculosis Society

Grand Rapids Area Center of Ecumenism

Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce

Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority (see Rapid, The)

Grand Rapids Art Glass Co. (Business Files)

Grand Rapids Art Museum (see Museums)

Grand Rapids Associations

Grand Rapids Audubon Society

Grand Rapids Automotive Supply Corp. (Business Files)

Grand Rapids Baptist College & Seminary (see Colleges & Universities, Cornerstone Uni.)

Grand Rapids Bar Association

Grand Rapids Better Government League

Grand Rapids Board of Education

Grand Rapids Board of Trade

Grand Rapids Boards and Commissions

Grand Rapids Boat & Canoe Club

Grand Rapids Bottling Co. (Business Files)

Grand Rapids Braggin' Rights

Grand Rapids Brass Co.(Business Files; also Tower, Daniel P&B file)

Grand Rapids Calendar of Events

Grand Rapids Catholic Diocese

Grand Rapids Cemeteries (see Cemeteries, Grand Rapids)

Grand Rapids Census

Grand Rapids Chicks (see Sports Teams)

Grand Rapids Children's Museum (see Museums)

Grand Rapids City Charter

Grand Rapids City Employees

Grand Rapids City Employees--Residency Requirements

Grand Rapids City Government

Grand Rapids City Hall (see Buildings; see also: Architectural Files; see also: and Myers, Elijah P&B file)

Grand Rapids City Income Tax

Grand Rapids City Manager

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 Foundation (see Foundations)

Grand Rapids Community Relations Commission

Grand Rapids Council of Churches

Grand Rapids Council for the Humanities

Grand Rapids Council of Parents & Teachers

Grand Rapids Council on World Affairs

Grand Rapids Credit Men's Association

Grand Rapids Cycle Co. (Business Files)

Grand Rapids--Description

Grand Rapids District Nurses

Grand Rapids--Downtown

Grand Rapids-Downtown Council

Grand Rapids Electric Light & Power Co. (Business Files)

Grand Rapids, Famous People in

Graham, Billy, in GR
Roosevelt, Teddy, in GR
Twain, Mark, in GR

Grand Rapids Filtration Plant (see also: Buildings -- Monroe Avenue Filtration Plant)

Grand Rapids Fire Department

GR Flag, Flower, Motto

Grand Rapids--General

Grand Rapids Growers Association

Grand Rapids Guard

Grand Rapids Hand Screw Co. (Business Files)

Grand Rapids Historical Commission

Grand Rapids Historical Society

Grand Rapids History

General Overview
1838-1860
1860-1900
1900-1950
1950 ...
Business History
Centennial Celebration
Ward development

 [see also: Year in Review: Grand Rapids Timelines]

Grand Rapids Home Building Association

Grand Rapids Home for Veterans (see also: Bajema clipping notebook "Soldiers' Home")

Grand Rapids Human Relations Commission

Grand Rapids Industries (Business Files, Industries)

Grand Rapids (Junior)Community College (see Colleges & Universities)

Grand Rapids/Kent County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Grand Rapids Label Company (Business Files; see also: Muir, James D. P&B file)

Grand Rapids Legal Aid

Grand Rapids Maps--Historical

Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area Study

Grand Rapids Motor Truck Co.(Business Files)

Grand Rapids Municipal Employees Retirement Plan

Grand Rapids Mutual Building & Loan Association

Grand Rapids National Bank Building (see Buildings, McKay Tower)

Grand Rapids Neighborhood Alliance (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Grand Rapids New City Committee

Grand Rapids Newcomers Information Kit

Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW)

Grand Rapids Oral School for the Deaf (see Schools--Grand Rapids: Special)

Grand Rapids Piano Case Co. (see Ducey, Michael P&B file)

Grand Rapids Piggery

Grand Rapids Police Department

Grand Rapids Police Department--Deaths in the line of duty

Grand Rapids Portable House Company (Business Files)

Grand Rapids Power Squadron

Grand Rapids Press (see Newspapers, Grand Rapids)

Grand Rapids Printing Co. (Business Files)

Grand Rapids Public Library (see Libraries)

Grand Rapids Public Library - Renovation (see Libraries)

Grand Rapids Public Museum (see Museums, Public Museum of Grand Rapids)

Grand Rapids Quiz

Grand Rapids Rampage (see Sports Teams)

Grand Rapids Recreation Dept. & Board

Grand Rapids Refrigerator Co. (Business Files--Kelvinator Corp.)

Grand Rapids Round Table

Grand Rapids Safety Council

Grand Rapids School of Bible & Music (see Colleges & Universities; also Cornerstone Uni.)

Grand Rapids School of Designing (see Colleges & Universities)

Grand Rapids Sesquicentennial-1988

Grand Rapids Sewage Treatment Plant

Grand Rapids Smoke Inspector

Grand Rapids Speedrome (see Racetracks, GR)

Grand Rapids Street Cars & Interurban Railway

Grand Rapids Streets

general
East Beltline
South Beltline
Franklin Street

Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra

Grand Rapids Time Capsule

Grand Rapids Timeline

Grand Rapids Times (newspaper)

Grand Rapids Traffic Engineer

Grand Rapids Trivia & games

Grand Rapids Urban League

Grand Rapids Urban Renewal--Downtown

Grand Rapids Varnish Co.(Business Files)

Grand Rapids Veterinary College (at Grand Rapids Medical College; see Colleges& Universities)

Grand Rapids Water & Light Department

Grand Rapids Wholesale Market

Grand Rapids Women's Study Club (see Clubs)

Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth

Grand Rapids Youth Ministry, Inc.

Grand Rapids/Kent County Convention & Visitors' Bureau

Grand River Alliance

Grand River Basin

Grand River--History

Grand River Log Jam (1883)

Grand River 1990

Grand River 2010 Expedition

Grand River Showcase 150

Grand River--Watershed Council

Grand Traverse Bay Region

Grand Valley American Indian Lodge

Grand Valley State University (see Colleges & Universities)

Grandville, Michigan

Grandville Ave. Business Men's Assoc.

Great Books Discussion Group

Great Depression

Great Lakes--Description

Great Lakes Historical Society

Great Lakes Levels

Great Lakes Maritime Academy (see Colleges & Universities)

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 (see Ethnic Groups)

Greenfield Village (see Museums)

Greenville, Michigan

Groskopf Brothers (see Groskopf, Ada P&B file)

Guardian Angels

Guardsman Chemicals (Business Files)

Guidotti Hat Shop (Business Files)

(W.S.)Gunn & Sons Hardware (see Gunn, William S. P&B file)

Gypsum Mines

H

Halley's Comet 1911

Handicapped--Education of, in Michigan

Handicapped--Grand Rapids

Haney School Furniture Co. (see Haney, Elijah P&B file; see also: Furniture Files, Haney School Furniture)

Harbors--Michigan

Harley Hotel (see Hotels)

Harris Sample Furniture Co. (see Harris, L.C. P&B file)

Harrison Wagon Works (Business Files)

Haven of Rest Mission (see Missions & Missionaries)

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. (see Hazeltine, Dr. Charles P&B file)

Headlee Amendment

Health--Michigan

Health Fair--Grand Rapids

Health Services--Kent County (see also: Kent County Health Dept.)

Heartside Neighborhood(see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Hefner's Art Store (Business Files)

Hekman Biscuit Co. (Business Files; see also: Hekman Family P&B file)

Helm Scenes

Heritage Hill--tours, houses, association

Heritage Hill Target Area (moved to Coll. 254)

Herkimer Hotel (see Hotels)

Herkner Jewelry Store (Herkner, J.C. P&B file)

Hermitage Hotel (see Hotels)

Herald Square Hotel (see Hotels)

Herpolsheimers (Business Files)

Heyman Company (Business Files)

Hibernian Hall (see Ethnic Groups, and Ethnic Groups--Irish)

(L.S.)Hill Co.(Business Files)

(The) Hillmount (see Buildings)

Hispanic-Americans (see Ethnic Groups)

Highways--Michigan

Historic Buildings--Grand Rapids

Historic Districts--Grand Rapids

Historic Houses--Grand Rapids

The Castle

Historic Houses--Michigan

Historic Landmarks--Grand Rapids

Historic Landmarks--Michigan

Historic Preservation--Grand Rapids

Historical Markers--Michigan

Historical Societies--Michigan

Historical Society of Michigan Newsletter (see also: History Periodicals)

Hockey (see Sports)

Holland, Michigan

Holland Home for the Aged

Home Building Association of Grand Rapids

Home Research Foundation, Inc. (Homestyle Center--Grand Rapids)

Home Rule for Counties--Michigan

Homestyle Center--Grand Rapids

Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets(Furniture Files)

Hope College (see Colleges & Universitites)

Hope Rehabilitation Network

Horse Racing--Michigan

Horses/Horse Racing--Grand Rapids

Horses/Horse Racing--Michigan

Hospice

Hospitals

General
Blodgett Hospital
Butterworth Hospital
Clinica Santa Maria
Daniels' Neuropathic Institute
Ferguson Hospital
Kent Oaks Hospital
Maple Grove Medical Facility
Metro Health Hospital & Village
St. Mark's Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
Sunshine Hospital

Hospitals--Michigan

General
University Hospital (Ann Arbor)

Hotels

General
Amway Grand Plaza
Hotels: B-D
Bridge Street House
Charlevoix Hotel
Clarendon Hotel
Cody Hotel
Derby Hotel
Eagle Hotel
Hotels: H-I
Hotels: Historic (Michigan)
J.W. Marriott
Hotels: K-W
Livingston Hotel
Mertens Hotel
Morton House
Pantlind Hotel
Rowe Hotel
Sweet's Hotel

Hotels--Michigan

House of David (see Religious Movements)

House Plans (see Architectural Files)

Houseman's Clothing Company (see Houseman, Julius P&B file)

Housing--Grand Rapids

Housing--Michigan

Humane Society of Kent County

Hunting and Game Animals--Michigan

I

Ideal Clothing Co.(Business Files)

Idlewild, Michigan

Immigration in Michigan

Imperial Hotel (see Hotels)

Income--Grand Rapids

Indian Mounds--Kent County & Michigan

Indians (see Native Americans)

Indian Trails Camp

Industries--Grand Rapids, general & historical (Business Files)

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 (see Schools, Michigan)

Internal Improvement

International Bridge--Sault Ste. Marie (see Bridges, Michigan)

Interstate Motor Freight System (Business Files)

Interurban Railroad & Street Cars (see also: Grand Rapids Streetcars & Interurban Railway)

Inventors & Inventions--GR

Ionia & Ionia County

Irish--Grand Rapids (see Ethnic Groups)

Iron Cottage Co. (Business Files)

Isabella Home--Grand Rapids

Islands--Michigan

Beaver Island
Mackinac Straits/Island

Italian-Americans in Grand Rapids (see Ethnic Groups)

Izaac Walton League--Grand Rapids & Michigan

J

Jacobson Heating & Cooling (Business Files)

Jarecki Corp.(Business Files)

Jaycees (see Social Agencies; also Coll. 195)

Jennings Flavoring Extract Co. (see Jennings, Charles W. P&B file)

Jesuits (see Religious Orders)

Jews in Michigan (see Ethnic Groups)

John Ball Community Association (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

John Ball Park (see Parks--Kent County)

John Ball Zoo

John Birch Society

Jordan College (see Colleges & Universities)

Junior Achievement--Grand Rapids

Juvenile Delinquency

JW Marriott Hotel (see Hotels)

K

Keeler Brass Co. (Business Files)

Kellogg Company (Business Files)

Kellogg Foundation (see Foundations)

Kelloggsville (see Kellogg, Francis W. P&B file)

Kelvinator Corporation (Business Files)

Kendall School of Design (see Colleges & Universities)

Kent Community Action Program (see Social Agencies)

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 Veterans' Affairs

Kent County Courthouse

Kent County Dept. of Public Works

Kent County Fair (see West Michigan Fair)

Kent County Ground Observers' Corps

Kent County Health Department

Kent County History

Kent County Jail

Kent County Jury Commission

Kent County Juvenile Court/Home

Kent County Library (see Libraries)

Kent County Medical Society

Kent County Mental Health Clinic

Kent County Mortality 1850,1860

Kent County Muscular Dystrophy Association

Kent County Poor Farm (see Hospitals--Maple Grove Medical Facility)

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 (see Hospitals)

Kent Philatelic Society

Kent Scientific Museum (see Museums, Public Museum of Grand Rapids)

Kentfields Rehabilitation Program (see Kent County Juvenile Court/Home)

Kentree School of Horsemanship (see Schools)

Kentwood, Michigan

Kingma's Market (Business Files)

Kit Homes (see Architecture, Kit Homes)

Klingman Building (see Buildings)

Knape & Vogt (Business Files)

Knights of Pythias (see Fraternal Organizations)

Koeze Nut Co. (Business Files)

Korean War

Kregel Bookstore(Business Files)

Kresge Drum Corps

Ku Klux Klan-Grand Rapids/Kent County (see Fraternal Organizations)

L

Labor Heritage Society of West Michigan

Labor Laws--Michigan

Labor Unions--Michigan

Ladies Literary Club (see Clubs; see also: Archival Colls. #20, 32, & 275)

LaFontsee Galleries (Business Files)

Lake Michigan Car Ferries

Lake Michigan Maritime Museum (see Museums)

Lake Michigan Pipeline

Lakes and Streams--Michigan

Lamont, Michigan

Land Trust--Michigan

Landlords--Michigan

Landmarks--Grand Rapids (see Historic Landmarks)

Latin Americans/Hispanic Americans (see Ethnic Groups)

Latvian-Americans in Grand Rapids (see Ethnic Groups)

Law Day--May 1st

Law Enforcement--Federal District of West Michigan

Law, Weathers & Richardson (see Champlin, John W. P&B files)

Lawyers--Grand Rapids (Historical)

Lawyers--Michigan

League of Women Voters

Lear-Siegler Inc. (Business Files)

Legal History--Grand Rapids

Leitelt Ironworks (Business Files)

Leonard Refrigerator Co.(Business Files, Kelvinator Corp.)

Leonard Street Bridge (see Bridges)

Liberty Amendment

Libraries

Clarke Historical
Clement
Detroit Public
Grand Rapids Public
Kent County
Library of Michigan
University of Michigan

Licenses--Michigan

Lighthouses--Michigan

Limestone

Lincoln Foundation (see Foundations)

Lincoln Lake, Michigan

Lincoln Lake Baptist Youth Camp (Spencer Twp)

Liquor Business--Michigan

Literacy Center of West Michigan

Litscher Electric Co. (Business Files)

Litter

Little Hoover Commission 1951

Livestock Industry--Michigan

Livingston Hotel (see Hotels; see also: Architectural Files, Division Street, South)

Lobbying and Lobbyists--Michigan

Local First

Logging Railroads

Loretto Home

Lowell, Michigan

Lumbering--West Michigan

Lustron Homes (see Architecture--Lustron Homes)

M

McInerney Spring & Wire (see McInerney, James L. P&B file)

McKay Tower (see Buildings)

McLachlan Business School (see Colleges & Universities)

Maccabees (see Fraternal Organizations)

Mackinac Bridge (see Bridges, Michigan)

Mackinac Straits/Island (see Islands, Michigan)

Madison Square (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Majestic Theater (see Theaters)

Manpower Training Act

Maple Grove Medical Facility (see Hospitals)

Marlborough, Michigan

Mary Free Bed Guild--Grand Rapids

Mary's City of David--Benton Harbor (see Religious Movements)

Masonic Home--East Grand Rapids

Masons (see Fraternal Organizations)

Mayors--Grand Rapids

Medal of Honor--Grand Rapids area

Medical care

Medicine--History--Michigan

Meijer Stores & Thrifty Acres (Business Files)

Mel Trotter Rescue Mission (see Missions & Missionaries; also see Trotter, Mel P&B file)

Memorial Societies

Mental Health--Michigan

Mental Retardation

Mentally Handicapped (Institutions)

Mentally Handicapped--Kent County

Mentha, Michigan

Mertens Hotel (see Hotels)

Methodist Community House-Grand Rapids

Metro Health Hospital & Village (see Hospitals)

Metropolitan Hospital [Metro Health Hospital Village] (see Hospitals)

Meyer May House (see Buildings)

Michigan Arbor Day

Michigan Archaeological Society

Michigan Archival Association

Michigan Area Data Sheets

Michigan Bell Telephone (Business Files)

Michigan Board of Nursing

Michigan--City Historical Information

Michigan Civil Rights Commission

Michigan Civil Service Commission

Michigan Commission on Interstate Cooperation

Michigan Consolidated Gas (Business Files)

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 Departments (State of)

Administration
Aeronautics
Agriculture
Civil Service
Commerce
Conservation
Economic Development
Education
Health
Mental Health
Public Instruction
Social Welfare
State

Michigan--Description

Michigan Education Association

Michigan Employment Bureau

Michigan Employment Security Commission

Michigan Employees Unemployment Compensation Bureau

Michigan Engineering Society

Michigan Epilepsy Center & Association

Michigan Eye Collection Center

Michigan Farm Bureau

Michigan "Firsts" (see Michigan Miscellaneous)

Michigan Hearse & Carriage Co. (Business Files)

Michigan Higher Education Assistance Authority

Michigan Historical Collection

Michigan Historical Commission

Michigan History

General
Civil War
Pioneer Era
Political
Short

Michigan Hospital Survey & Construction Office

Michigan Independent Telephone Association

Michigan--Judiciary

Michigan Laws

Michigan--Legislature

Michigan Library Association

Michigan Manufacturers' Association

Michigan Maps--Historical

Michigan Military

Michigan Military District

Michigan--Miscellaneous

Michigan Municipal League

Michigan National Bank--Grand Rapids (see Banks)

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 (see Prisons)

Michigan Rehabilitation Institute--Pine Lake, Plainwell

Michigan Retired School Employees

Michigan Scale Manufacturers

Michigan Sesquicentennial Events

Michigan Sheriffs' 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 (see Libraries)

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 (see Colleges & Universities)

MSU College of Human Medicine (see Colleges & Universities)

MSU Institute for Community Development (see Colleges & Universities)

Michigan State University-Oakland (see Colleges & Universities)

Michigan Street Business Area (Business Files)

Michigan Township Association

Michigan Tradesman (periodical)

Michigan Travel

Michigan Trust Company--Grand Rapids (Business Files)

Michigan Tuberculosis Association

Michigan United Conservation Clubs (see Clubs)

Michigan Veterans Facility (see Grand Rapids Home for Veterans)

Michigan Water Resources Commission

Michigan Week

Michigan Welfare League

Michigan Youth Commission

Midtown Neighborhood (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Mieras Family Shoes (Business Files)

Migrant Labor--Michigan

Military--Grand Rapids

Millennium Celebration (2000) (see Celebrations & Festivals)

Millennium Commission

Millennium Park (see Parks--Kent County)

Millennium Park area--Economic History

Millionaires

Mills and milling

Minerals

Mines--Michigan

Mining--Kent County

Minorities

Missaukee County, Michigan

Missions and Missionaries

General
Haven of Rest
Mel Trotter Rescue Mission

Model Cities--Grand Rapids

Molesta Floral (Business Files)

Monarch Road Machinery Company (Business Files; see also: Jackoboice, George P&B file)

Monroe Avenue Filtration Plant (see Buildings)

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 P&B file)

Mormons in Michigan (see Religious Groups)

Morton House (see Hotels)

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

Motmans Greenhouses (Business Files)

Motor Vehicles--Michigan

Mount Mercy Academy (see Schools, GR: Non-Public)

Mount Vernon Society--Detroit

Mulick Floral Shop (Business Files)

Multiple Sclerosis Society--Michigan

Municipal Fair--Grand Rapids

Municipal Finance Commission

Municipal Income Tax--Michigan

Municipal Ownership--Grand Rapids

Murders--Grand Rapids

Alpine Manor Murders
Dantzler/Heeren/Emkin Murders
Fryling Murder
Heritage Hill Murder
Lonely Hearts Murder
McCarthy Murder
Naylor Murder
Peck Murder
Siple Murder
Sr. Mary Janina Murder
Thomson Jewelry Store Murder
Vander Veen Murder
Welsh Murder

Museums

Baker Museum & Craft Shop
Detroit Historical Museum
Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)
Fallasburg Pioneer Village
Furniture Museum--Grand Rapids
Gerald R. Ford Museum & Library
Grand Rapids Art Museum
Grand Rapids Children's Museum
Greenfield Village
Lake Michigan Maritime Museum
Public Museum of Grand Rapids
Museums in Michigan (general)

Mushrooms

Music in Grand Rapids/Kent County

Music Teachers in Grand Rapids

Muskegon, Michigan

N

NAACP

Nachtegall Manufacturing Co.(Business Files, Industries M-Q; see also: Nachtegall, Alfred B. P & B Files)

Narcotics

National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)

National Defense Education Act

National Forests in Michigan

National Parks of the Great Lakes

National Projectile Works (arms manufacturers)(Business Files)

Native Americans

Art
Fishing Rights
Kent County
Michigan
Potawatomi
Reservations*
Schools
Treaties
Trails
Tribes

Natural Resources--Michigan

Naturalists

Naturalization

Nature Center: Howard Christensen

Neighborhoods (except Heritage Hill)& N'hood Assoc.

Alger Heights
Baxter Neighborhood
Belknap-Lookout Neighborhood
Belknap Target Area
Black Hills Association
Burton Heights
Cherry Hills District
Council of Neighborhood Associations
Creston Area Neighborhood
East Hills Neighborhood
Eastown
Franklin-Hall Complex
Garfield Park Neighborhood Association
Grand Rapids Neighborhood Alliance
Heartside Neighborhood Association
Madison Square
Midtown (The Brickyard)
North East Complex
North Park Neighborhood
Neighborhood Alliance
Neighborhood Program
Neighborhood Transition
Ottawa Hills -- History
Roosevelt Park/Grandville Association
South East Community Association
SE End/Boston Square/Oakdale Park
Southeast End Neighborhood Association
Stocking Area Target Council
West Side Neighborhood
West Side Complex

Neighborhood Alliance (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Neighborhood Program (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Neighborhood Transition (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Association)

New Era Life Association (Business Files)

Newcomers Guide--Current

Newspapers--Grand Rapids:History

Newspapers--Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids Press

Newspapers--Kent County

Newspapers--Michigan

No-Fault Auto Insurance

Noise Pollution

North Country Trail

North East Complex

North Park Neighborhood (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

North Park Bridge (see Bridges, North Park)

Norton Mounds (see Indian Mounds, GR/Kent County)

Nuclear Power Plants--Michigan

Nursery Business

Nursing (healthcare)

O

O-Wash-Ta-Nong Club (see Clubs)

Oakway Hotel (see Hotels)

Oakwood Manor (see Buildings)

Octagon Houses--Michigan (see Architecture)

Oil & Gas Drilling--Kent County

Oktoberfest (see Celebrations/Festivals)

Old Kent Bank--Grand Rapids (see Banks)

Old Kent River Bank Run

Old Northwest Territory

Oliver Machinery (Business Files)

One-Man Grand Jury Law

One-Room Schools (see Schools, Special)

Open-Air Schools (see Schools, Special)

Opera Grand Rapids

Opera Houses--Grand Rapids

Grand Opera House
Smith's Opera House

Ordinances-Grand Rapids

Osteopathic Hospital-Grand Rapids (see Hospitals, Metro Health Hospital & Village)

Ottawa County

History
Recreation
Towns & Villages--Misc.

Ottawa Hills--History (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Owen-Ames-Kimball (Business Files)

P

P & R Homecraft Co. (Business Files, Industries M-Q)

Pacers--Grand Rapids (see Sports Teams)

Palmer Shirt Co. (Business Files)

Panoramic Maps

Pantlind Hotel (see Hotels)

Parade of Progress (1953)

Parades--Grand Rapids

Parks--Grand Rapids

*General           *Aberdeen 
*Ah-Nab-Awen       *Aman
*Belknap           *Briggs
*Burton Woods      *Calder Plaza
*Campau            *Canal Street
*Cherry            *Cheseboro
*Clemente          *Crescent
*Fish Ladder       *Foster
*Futon St. Mkt.    *Garfield
*Heartside         *Highland
*Hillcrest         *Indian Trails Golf Cs.
*Ken-O-Sha/Plaster Creek
*Lincoln           *Look-Out
*MLK,Jr.           *Midtown Green
*Monument          *Mulick
*Paul I. Phillips Rec. Ctr.
*Richmond          *Riverside 
*Riverwalk & Paths *Roosevelt
*Rosa Parks Cir.   *School-Parks
*Sixth St. Bridge  *Sullivan Field
*Vets' Memorial    *Wilcox

Parks--Kent County

John Ball Park
Millennium Park

Parks--Michigan

Parkside Marketplace (Business Files)

Past Perfect, Inc. (Business Files)

PBB in Michigan

Peace Corps

Peck Building (see Buildings)

Peninsular Club (see Clubs)

Peoples Department Store (Business Files)

Pere Marquette

Petosky Stones

Petroleum Trade & Industry--Michigan

Pewabic Pottery (Business Files)

Philanthropy

Photography--Grand Rapids/Michigan

Physicians in the Early Grand River Valley

Piano Manufacturers (see Business Files)

Picric Acid Plant

Pine Rest Christian Home (see Social Agencies)

Place Names--Kent County

Place Names--Michigan

Plainfield

Plank Roads (see Toll Roads)

Planned Parenthood

Plants-Michigan

Plaster Creek/Mills/Mining

Playgrounds

Poetry--Grand Rapids

Point Paulo (see Reeds Lake)

Poison Control Center

Polar Bear Expedition (SEE World War I--GR and World War I--MI)

Polish--Grand Rapids (see Ethnic Groups)

Polish--Michigan (see Ethnic Groups)

Political Movements

Communism
Conservative Federation of MI
Progressivism
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Young Americans for Freedom

Political Parties

Democratic Party--Grand Rapids
Democratic Party--Michigan
Freedom Now Party--Michigan
Progressive Party
Republican Party--Kent County
Republican Party--Michigan

Population--Grand Rapids

Population--Michigan

Porter, C.O. & A.D. Machinery Co. (see Porter, Clare and Porter, Thomas Earle P&B Files)

Porter Hills Retirement Community

Postcards--Grand Rapids (see also Coll. 078)

Post-War Issues

Poverty (General)

Poverty Programs--Grand Rapids

Powers Theater (see Theaters)

Powers & Walker Casket Co. (Business Files)

Precincts--Grand Rapids/Kent County

Presidential visits to Grand Rapids

Press Newsboys

Preusser Jewelers (Business Files)

Pridgeon & Clay (Business Files)

Printing & Publishing--Grand Rapids & Michigan

Prison camps--Michigan

Prisons--Michigan

Michigan Reformatory--Ionia

Progressive Party (see Political Parties)

Progressivism (see Political Movements)

Prohibition--Grand Rapids

Prohibition--Michigan

Property Tax Reform

Proudfit Loose Leaf Co. (Business Files)

Public Domain Commission of Michigan

Public Museum of Grand Rapids (see Museums)

Public Utilities--Grand Rapids

Public Utilities--Michigan

Q

Queen Juliana (of the Netherlands)

R

R.S.V.P (Retired Senior Volunteer Program)

Rabbit Lounge

Racetracks--Grand Rapids

(H.) Rademaker & Sons (Business Files)

Radio & TV Stations--Grand Rapids

Raft Race

Railroad Stations

Railroads--Grand Rapids (see also Interurban Railroad)

Railroads--Individual lines

Railroads--Michigan

Ramona Park (Reeds Lake)

RAPID, The

Rapid-Standard, Rapistan- (Business Files)

Rathbun House (see Hotels)

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 Business Files, Industries R-T)

Reeds Lake

Refineries

Reformed Bible Institute--Grand Rapids (see Colleges & Universities)

Rehabilitation

Religious Groups

Amish
Mormons in Michigan

Religious Movements

House of David
Mary's City of David

Religious Orders

Dominican Sisters
Jesuits

Renaissance Zones

Reptiles

Republican Party--Kent County (see Political Parties)

Republican Party--Michigan (see Political Parties)

Resettlement Program--Michigan

Restaurant Menus--Grand Rapids (see Coll. 216)

Retail Stores

(H.M.) Reynolds Shingle Co. (Business Files)

Riggsville Cemetery (see Cemeteries, Michigan)

Right Place Program

Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie Company (Business Files)

Riots

Rivers--Michigan

Rockford, Michigan

Rogers Department Store

RoMan Manufacturing Inc. (Business Files)

Roosevelt Park/Grandville Avenue Neighborhood (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Roosevelt, Theodore in Grand Rapids (see Grand Rapids, Famous People in)

Rosa Parks Circle (see Parks--Grand Rapids)

Rose Patch and Label Co. (see Rosenthal, Arthur P&B Files)

Rowe AC Manufacturing (Business Files)

Rowe Hotel (see Hotels; see also Scrapbook Collection #239, Box 90)

Russo, GB & Sons (Business Files)

Ruster Dairy (Golden Health Dairy Products)(Business Files)

Ryerson Foundation (see Foundations)

S

S-Curve (US-131)

Safety Education

St. Adalbert Basilica (see Churches, Catholic)

St. Cecilia Society--Grand Rapids

St. Francis Xavier Church (see Churches, Catholic)

St. John's Home--Grand Rapids (see Social Agencies)

St. Lawrence Seaway

General
Dedication
History

St. Mary's Clinic (see Hospitals, Clinica Santa Maria)

St. Mary's Hospital (see Hospitals)

Salaries--Michigan

Sales Tax

Saloons (see Taverns/Saloons)

Salt Industry--Michigan

Salvation Army--Grand Rapids (see Social Agencies)

Sand Dunes

Sand Lake, Michigan

Santa Claus Girls (see Social Agencies)

Scandinavians in GR/MI (see Ethnic Groups)

Scandinavians-Michigan

Schnitzelbank Restaurant (Business Files)

School for the Blind--Michigan (see Schools)

School Holding Power--Michigan Dropouts

Schools

General
Alternative
Grand Rapids--Non-Public:

  *Mt. Mercy Academy
  *Villa Maria

Grand Rapids--Public:

  *Central High
  *Creston High
  *Davis Tech
  *Elementaries (includes C.A. Frost)
  *Froebel Kindergarten
  *Kindergartens
  *Ottawa Hills High
  *Park High 
  *South High
  *Union High
  *Walden Village High

Grand Rapids--Special:

  *German-English Schoolhouse
  *GR Oral School for the Deaf
  *Kentree School of Horsemanship
  *One-Room Schools
  *Open-Air (Fresh-Air) Schools
  *School for the Blind

Kent County
Michigan

  *General
  *Interlochen Arts Academy

Union High School

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 (Business Files, Marietta-Stanley Co.; see also Carr, Mrs. J.C. P&B Files)

Senior Neighbors, Inc. (see Social Agencies)

Sermons--Grand Rapids

Sewage Disposal--Michigan

Shakespeariana Club (see Clubs)

Sheldon Complex (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Shopping Centers--Michigan

Shrine of the Pines

Shriners--Grand Rapids (see Fraternal Organizations)

Siegel Jewelers (Business Files)

Silent Observer

Sims Inn (see Hotels)

Sintz Gas Engine Co. (Business Files; also Sintz, Clark P&B Files)

Sister Cities

Sleeping Bear Dunes

Social Security

Social Agencies

General
Bethany Christian Services
Big Brothers
Bissell House
Blodgett Home for Children
Boy Scouts
Camp Blodgett
Campfire Girls
Clark Memorial Home
Clinic for Infant Feeding
Deaconess/Esther Home
Elmcrest Home
Evangeline Home
Girl Scouts
Inner City Christian Federation
Jaycees
Kent Community Action Program
Salvation Army
Santa Claus Girls
Senior Neighbors, Inc.
St. John's Home
United Way
Y.M.C.A.
Y.W.C.A.

Soil Conservation-Michigan

Solar Energy

Soldiers' Home (see Grand Rapids Home for Veterans)

Songs--Grand Rapids

Songs--Michigan

Sons of American Revolution (see Fraternal Organizations)

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (eee Fraternal Organizations)

Soundex Indexing System

South Beltline (see Grand Rapids Streets)

South East Community Association (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

South Haven, Michigan

South East Community Association (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Southeast End Neighborhood/Boston Square/Oakdale Park (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Southeast Michigan Council of Government (SEMCOG)

Spanish-American War

Sparta, Michigan

Special Olympics

Spirit of Solidarity (sculpture)

Spirit of South High

Sports

Baseball
Baseball--African-American Teams
Baseball Fields (Valley/Stadium)
Basketball
Bowling
Boxing
Curling
Football
Golf
Hockey

Sports--Michigan

Sports Teams

Detroit Tigers
Grand Rapids Chicks
Grand Rapids Rampage
Pacers--Grand Rapids
West Michigan Whitecaps

Spouse Abuse

Spring Funeral Home (see Spring, B.A. P&B Files; also Coll. #55)

Spring Lake, Michigan

Stadium Arena

Stagecoaches

Stained glass

Standale, Michigan

Standard Companies Inc. (Standard Lumber & Supply, Standard Kitchens) (Business Files)

Star Truck Rentals (Business Files)

Steamboats--Grand River

Steamships--Georgian Bay Liner

Steed's Drugs (Business Files)

Stegman Creek Bridge (Bridges)

Steketee's Department Store (Business Files)

Stocking Area Target Council (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Stone Hills (Architectural Files: Bridge Sreet)

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-M-ichigan

Sunshine Hospital (see Hospitals)

Supermarkets--Grand Rapids

Surveying

Survival--Michigan

Swamps

Sweetland Candies (Business Files)

Sweet's Hotel (see Hotels)

Switchboard

Synagogues

Ahavas Israel
Temple Emmanuel

T

Takens, LuAnn (see Inventors & Inventions--GR)

Talsma Furniture Co. (see Business Files)

Tanglefoot Co. (Thum)- (see Business Files; also Thum, Ferdinand; Hugo; Otto; & William P&B Files)

Target Area Council Leadership Council

Taverns/Saloons

Taxation

Grand Rapids
Kent County
Michigan--History

Taxes

Affecting Agriculture
Business
Equalization Statistics
Inheritance
Motor Vehicle
Nuisance
Property
Proposal

Taxicabs--Grand Rapids

Teachers

Certification
Grand Rapids
Michigan

Telephone Companies--Michigan

Telephones--Grand Rapids

Television--Grand Rapids/West Michigan

Telfer Spice Company (Business Files)

Temperance Movement

Terryberry Co. (Business Files)

Thanksgiving

Theaters--Grand Rapids

4-Star Theater
Grand Opera House
Keith's Theater
Majestic Theater
Our Theater
Powers Theater
Regent Theatre
Smith's Opera House

Theaters--Michigan

Summer Theater

Theatre Arts Centre (see Hanchett, Gerald J. P&B File)

Thomas Dairy (Business Files)

Thwaites X-Ray Co. (Business Files)

Time--Michigan

Time Capsule (see Grand Rapids Time Capsule)

Tisch-Hine Corp. (Business Files)

Togan-Stiles Co. (Business Files)

Tokens and Medallions

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

General
North Country Trail

Transportation--Grand Rapids

Transportation--Michigan

Travelers' Aid Society--Kent County

Tree Farming

Tree--Michigan, official

Trees--Michigan

Trucking--Grand Rapids

Trucking-Michigan

True Grand Rapids Cabinet Making Certified (Furniture Files)

Tuberculosis

Turn-of-the-Century Celebrations (1899-1901)(see Celebrations/Festivals)

U

UAW-CIO--Michigan

Underground Railroad--Michigan

Unidentified Flying Objects--Grand Rapids

Union Bank and Trust Co. (Business Files)

United Auto Workers--Kent County

United Community Service

United Motors Co. (Business Files)

United Spanish-American War Veterans--Michigan

U.S. Customs--Grand Rapids

U.S. Post Office--Grand Rapids

U.S. Post Office--Michigan

United Way (see Social Agencies)

University Hospital--Ann Arbor (see Hospitals)

University of Grand Rapids (see Colleges & Universities: Davenport Institute)

University of Michigan (see Colleges & Universities for the following, unless otherwise noted)

Extension Services
General and History
Library (see Libraries)
Phoenix Project
Research
Special Departments

Upper Peninsula--Cloverland (Historical)

Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Urban Concern

Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA)

V

Valley City Milling (Business Files)

Valley Field (see Sports, Baseball Fields)

Van Andel Arena (see Buildings)

Van Andel Institute (see Buildings)

Van Andel Museum Center Building (see Buildings)

Van Den Berg Bros. Furniture (Furniture Files)

Van's Pastry Shoppe (Business Files)

Vaudeville (see Theaters)

Ventura, Michigan

Verhey Carpets Inc. (Business Files)

Veterans--Michigan

Veterans Memorial Park (see Parks, Grand Rapids)

Veterinary College (see Colleges & Universities, Grand Rapids Veterinary College)

Vietnam War--Grand Rapids

Vietnamese in Grand Rapids (see Ethnic Groups)

Villa Maria (see Schools--Grand Rapids: Non-Public)

Vital Statistics--Michigan

Vocational Education--Grand Rapids/Michigan (see Education)

Voigt House (see Buildings)

Voigt Milling Company (see Voigt, Carl P&B Files)

Voluntary Action Center

Voting--GR

W

WBDC Architects & Planners (Business Files)

W.S. Gunn & Sons Hardware (Business Files)

Waddell Manufacturing Company (Business Files)

Wagemaker Boat Co. (Business Files)

Walden Village (school)(see Schools--Grand Rapids: Public)

Walenga's Market (Business Files)

Walker, Michigan

War of 1812--Michigan

Warner Norcross & Judd (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 (see Colleges & Universities)

Wealthy Street Bridge (see Bridges)

Wealthy Theatre (see Theaters; see also Architectural Files, Wealthy Street)

Weather Ball

Weather--Grand Rapids

Weather--Michigan

Wedgewood Acres Home

Welfare--Michigan

West Leonard Business Association (Business Files)

West Michigan Baseball (see Sports)

West Michigan Environmental Action Council (WMEAC)

West Michigan Fair

West Michigan Jazz Society

West Michigan Whitecaps (see Sports Teams)

West Side--Grand Rapids (see Neighborhoods& N'hood Associations)

West Side Complex (see Neighborhoods & N'hood Associations)

Western Michigan Genealogical Society (WMGS)

Western Michigan University (see Colleges & Universities)

Western Union Telegraph Co. (History)

Wetlands--Michigan

Wheeler & Green Mfg. (Business Files)

Wheeler, Upham, Bryant & Uhl (see Wanty, George P. P&B Files)

White Flame Light Co. (Business Files)

Whitecaps (see Sports Teams, West Michigan Whitecaps)

Who is Who in Grand Rapids

Wildflower Conservation--Michigan

Wildlife--Michigan

William H. Dean Memorial Bridge (see Bridges, Fulton Street Bridge)

Willow Run, Michigan

Wine--Michigan

Winegar's Greater Store (Home Furnishers)(Furniture Files)

Wisconsin Historical Society

Wolverine Worldwide (Business Files)

Woman's Committee, Michigan Division, Council of National Defense (WWI)

Women--Grand Rapids

Women--Michigan

Women's Christian Temperance Union

Women's City Club (see Clubs)

Women's Clubs--Grand Rapids (see Clubs)

Women's Resource Center

Women's Study Club (see Clubs)

Women's Suffrage--Grand Rapids

Women's Suffrage--Michigan

Woodcarving & Woodcarvers--Grand Rapids

Worden Grocer Co. (Business Files)

Workmen's Compensation Dept.--Michigan

Works Progress Administration

World Affairs Council of Western Michigan (see also Coll. #004)

World War I--Grand Rapids (see also Coll. #s: 174, 219, 318, & 320)

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 (Business Files)

Wyoming, Michigan-History

Y

Yamaha

Year in Review--Grand Rapids Timelines

York Band Instruments (Business Files)

Young Americans for Freedom (see Political Movements)

Young & Chaffee Furniture Co.(Furniture Files)

Y.M.C.A.--Grand Rapids (see Social Agencies)

Y.W.C.A.--Grand Rapids (see Social Agencies)

Youth--Grand Rapids/Michigan

Youth Day--Commonwealth, Camp O'Malley

Ypsilanti Reed Furniture (Ionia) (Furniture Files)

Z

Zagman Memorial Chapel (Business Files)

Zeeland, Michigan

Zindel Bottling Co. (Business Files)

Zondervan Publishing House (Business Files)

Zoning--Grand Rapids

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