Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Afro-American Gazette
Collection
Identifier: RHP-24
Scope and Contents
Published to serve the African American community in West Michigan. Published as Take Pride! Community after 1995.
Mathias J. Alten papers
Collection
Identifier: RHC-28
Collection Description
The Mathias J. Alten papers document the personal life and career of the West Michigan painter. The collection includes biographical information, business records, exhibit catalogs, and newspaper clippings collected by family members.
Ralph Belknap Baldwin papers
Collection
Identifier: RHC-07
Collection Description
Includes technical correspondence, primarily astronomical; correspondence concerning the publication of the book, "The Deadly Fuze" articles, general correspondence, speeches, copies of personal papers and an autobiography called "The Life of Ralph Baldwin" for which supplements were added annually.
Belarusian Digest
Collection
Identifier: RHP-23
Scope and Contents
Published monthly by Belarusian Digest to serve the Belarusian speaking community in West Michigan.
Business Direct Weekly
Collection
Identifier: RHP-34
Scope and Contents
Published to serve the West Michigan business community. Subsequently published as Michigan Business Review.
Commercial Quarterly (CQ)
Collection
Identifier: RHP-33
Scope and Contents
Published to serve the West Michigan commercial development and real estate magazine.
Dyer-Ives Foundation records
Collection
Identifier: JCPA-07
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the records of the Dyer-Ives Foundation, with materials dating from the organization's founding in 1960 until its closure in 2016. The records document the administration, finances, and grant making operations of the foundation – and illustrate the impact the foundation had on the City of Grand Rapids, its economy, social and cultural institutions, and local environment.Series 1. Corporate and Financial Records contains the founding documents, bylaws and articles of...
El Hispano
Collection
Identifier: RHP-22
Scope and Contents
Published weekly in Spanish serving Michigan’s Hispanic communities.
El Vocero
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHP-07
Scope and Contents
Published weekly in Spanish serving Michigan’s Hispanic communities. Collection contains microfilmed issues from 1993-2003 and paper issues from 1993 to the present day.
Germania (Grand Rapids)
Collection — Reel 1-13: [aspace.r.612.reel.1-13]
Identifier: RHP-55
Grand Rapids Family
Collection
Identifier: RHP-32
Scope and Contents
Published monthly serving Michigan’s parents and families since 1989.
Grand Rapids Oral Histories
Digital Collection
Identifier: RHC-23
Grand Rapids scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: RHC-69
Collection Description
The collection is a series of five scrapbooks compiled by Harvey Lemmen. The collection contains newspaper clippings and articles from local Grand Rapids, Michigan’s newspapers focusing on the history of the city, its people, places, and events. The collection includes clippings about the election of Grand Rapid’s first black mayor, the demolition of historic buildings, celebrations, and public transportation within the city. Scrapbooks also contain some printed photographs and brochures....
Grand Rapids Times
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHP-01
Scope and Contents
Published weekly since 1957 serving the black communities of Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Muskegon and Battle Creek. Collection contains microfilmed issues from 1970 to 1992, and paper issues from 1994 to the present day.
Grand Valley Advance
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHP-13
Scope and Contents
Published weekly between 1997 and 2002 serving the Grandville, Jenison, Hudsonville, Jamestown and Borculo areas. In 2002 divided into regional papers including Grand Valley Advance East, Grand Valley Advance West and Ottawa Advance. In 2007 area Advances merged again under the title Grand Valley Advance, serving Allendale, Borculo, Grandville, Georgetown Township, Hudsonville,...
Grand Valley East Advance
Collection
Identifier: RHP-14
Scope and Contents
Published weekly serving the Grandville, Jenison and Georgetown Township areas. Merged in 2007 to Grand Valley Advance and then The Advance.
Grand Valley Labor News
Collection
Identifier: RHP-11
Scope and Contents
Published monthly as labor’s voice in Kent, Montcalm, Ottawa, Ionia, Barry, Allegan & Muskegon Counties. Founded July 28, 1955. Subsequently published as Work in Progress in 2011.
Grand Valley West Advance
Collection
Identifier: RHP-15
Scope and Contents
Published weekly serving the Hudsonville, Jamestown, Zeeland, Borculo, and Georgetown areas. Merged in 2007 to Grand Valley Advance and then The Advance.
La Grand Vitesse film
Collection — Box 6-A
Identifier: RHC-64
Collection Description
The documentary film produced by William Lawson, La Grande Vitesse: The Work of Alexander Calder, follows the unloading of the stabile pieces in Detroit, its construction in downtown Grand Rapids, Calder’s arrival in the city, and several interview pieces on Calder’s life and work. The collection contains 16mm film reels, an audio CD of interview and lecture material from Klaus Perls and Sweeney, and a DVD of the completed documentary. Records also include contracts for creating the film,...
Honors Institute for Young Scientists (HIFYS) Scrapbook
Digital Work
Identifier: RHC-38
Honors Institute for Young Scientists (HIFYS) scrapbook
Collection — Box 1: [aspace.r.465.Box.1]
Identifier: RHC-38
Collection Description
Scrapbook includes articles and photographs of the Honors Institute for Young Scientists (HIFYS). The scrapbook contains photos of students and instructors during classroom and recreational activities.
Interpreter
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHP-19
Scope and Contents
Published weekly with international, national, area, and local news. Ceased publication. Collection contains microfilmed issues from October 16, 1968 to November 20, 1975 and paper issues from 1968 to 1972.
Florence (Williams) Jackson scrapbooks and ephemera
Collection
Identifier: RHC-117
Scope and Contents
Collection contains one scrapbook of ephemera and personal memorabilia of Grand Rapdids Central High School from the late 1930s, where Florence Williams was a student. The book contains notes, certificates, event programs, and memorabilia of the Biology Club, Home Economics Club, the Girl Reserve organization, ticket stubs, and greeting cards. There are also several folders of loose materials related to the scrapbook.The collection also contains two photograph albums dating from...
Russel Kirkhof papers
Collection
Identifier: RHC-05
Collection Description
The collection documents the personal life and career of Russel Kirkhof. Personal materials include correspondence, diaries, interviews, photographs, materials related to Kirkhof's relationship with Grand Valley, and the Kirkhof residence. Business records include patents, investments, personal correspondence, legal correspondence, tax records, business ledgers, real estate speculation, and philanthropy.
A. Robert Kleiner papers
Collection
Identifier: RHC-25
Collection Description
The A. Robert Kleiner collection documents the reapportionment of the districts in Michigan for political representation in the 1960s until the 1980s. This collection includes petitions for the Michigan Legislature, the original Austin-Kleiner plans for reapportionment in Michigan in 1964, photographs of the commission, and newspaper articles covering the reapportionment of the districts in Michigan and the court rulings on the new reapportionment.
Mathias Alten Papers and Paintings
Digital Collection
Identifier: RHC-28
McClafferty Polish collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-26
Collection Description
Materials collected and compiled by participant James McClafferty include maps, publications, scenic postcards, artifacts, and over 2,000 slides taken on the trip or that represent Polish history, scenery, cities, people, and lifestyles.
Irvine McColl World War I correspondence
Collection
Identifier: RHC-59
Collection Description
Typed transcriptions of correspondence from Archibald Irvine McColl to his parents Dr. John and Ella Kate McColl, his brother Alexander; and handwritten letters to his aunt Hattie and uncle George Irvine, and to a friend Isadore Apted. Letters were written to his family while at the University of Michigan, and to his family and friend while he was in the service, in Columbus Ohio, Waco, Texas and primarily in France. Also includes newspaper articles about his son Alexander McColl, a Vietnam...
MI Biz
Collection
Identifier: RHP-29
Scope and Contents
Published every other week for the West Michigan business community. Formerly published as The Shoreline Business Monthly.
Michigan Business Review
Collection
Identifier: RHP-35
Scope and Contents
Published weekly to serve the business community in the lower part of the Lower Peninsula. Previously published as Business Direct Weekly.
Michigan Monthly
Collection
Identifier: RHP-26
Scope and Contents
Published to serve the West Michigan business community as the magazine for millionaires, movers and shakers.
Michigan Times (Grand Rapids)
Collection — Reel 1-8: [aspace.r.601.reel.1-8]
Identifier: RHP-44
Collection Description
Collection contains microfilmed issues of the Michigan Times newspaper of Grand Rapids from January 1938 to December 1962.
Michigan Women's Times
Collection
Identifier: RHP-31
Scope and Contents
Published for women in Michigan, “A record and confirmation of women’s voices.”
National Retail Furniture Institute records
Collection — Box 1: [aspace.r.496.Box.1]
Identifier: RHC-70
Collection Description
Volumes compiled by C. Reid Webber contain correspondence and speeches given at the Second Session of the National Retail Furniture Institute, July 13-18, 1925. Volumes include copies of The Little Record, the campus magazine of the National Retail Furniture Institute, correspondence from the registrants, and transcripts of the speeches given at the gathering.
Network News
Collection
Identifier: RHP-05
Scope and Contents
Published monthly serving the LGBT+ community network of Western Michigan.
North Kent Photo Reporter
Collection — Reel 1-2: [aspace.r.603.reel.1-2]
Identifier: RHP-46
Collection Description
North Kent Photo Reporter was continued in 1980 by North Reporter. Collection contains microfilmed issues of North Kent Photo Reporter from October 1979 to December 1980.
On the Town
Collection
Identifier: RHP-03
Scope and Contents
The arts & entertainment magazine of West Michigan. Also published online.
Ottowa Advance
Collection
Identifier: RHP-16
Scope and Contents
Published weekly serving Allendale, Coopersville, Marne, Lamont, Ravenna and Conklin areas. Merged in 2007 to Grand Valley Advance and then The Advance.
Paul I. Phillips reference collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-19
Collection Description
The collection includes biographical information, copies of speech notes and testimony, writings, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles from 1947-1980 about blacks in America.
Regional history miscellany collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-102
Scope and Contents
Collection contains an assortment of printed ephemera, realia, photographs, personal papers, and other, unrelated materials purchased by and donated to Special Collections & University Archives. Some materials relate to Grand Rapids, West Michigan history, and the history of photography.
Harold Samuel Sawyer Congressional papers
Collection
Identifier: RHC-01
Collection Description
The papers of Congressman Harold (Hal) Sawyer detail Sawyer's efforts on behalf of his constituency and his leadership in areas of anti-crime legislation, job creation, and the preservation and protection of the Great Lakes. The collection includes files from both his Washington and his Grand Rapids, Michigan offices and document his committee work including his participation on the Select Committee on Assassinations. Collection consists of photographs, surveys, congressional committee papers,...
Mary Schneider GVSC scrapbooks and memorabilia
Series
Identifier: RHC-76
Collection Description
Mary Schneider started collecting memorabilia of her personal and school experiences while at Union High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan and continued through her enrollment in the Pioneer class at Grand Valley. The collection consists of 4 scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, Grand Valley publications, student records and memorabilia, and correspondence from her tenure on the Alumni Association.
Frank J. Schulte papers
Collection
Identifier: RHC-06
Collection Description
The Frank J. Schulte collection documents the history and the progress of civil service in Grand Rapids. The documents include information from Grand Rapids and other cities in Michigan, budget reports, civil service board files, Public Administration reports from Afghanistan, newspaper clipping and other information regarding civil service.
Shoreline Business Monthly
Collection
Identifier: RHP-28
Scope and Contents
Published as the Business Advocate of the West Michigan Shoreline. Later published as MIBiz.
Take Pride! Community
Collection
Identifier: RHP-25
Scope and Contents
Published to serve the African American community in West Michigan. Published previously as Afro-American Gazette.
The Dispatch (Grand Rapids)
Collection — Reel 1: [aspace.r.602.reel.1]
Identifier: RHP-45
Collection Description
Collection contains microfilmed issues of the Dispatch newspaper of Grand Rapids from November 1975 to March 1976.
The Paper
Collection
Identifier: RHP-30
Scope and Contents
Published weekly for the Grand Rapids area community. “Everything You Need. Free Every Week.”
Third Coast Magazine
Collection
Identifier: RHP-27
Scope and Contents
A Great Lakes publication for gay, lesbian and bisexual communities in West Michigan.
Turtle Talk
Collection
Identifier: RHP-20
Scope and Contents
Published by Native American Community Services, in cooperation with the Kent County Health Department serving the Kent County area Native American community. Ceased publication.
Guy Vander Jagt Congressional papers
Collection
Identifier: RHC-11
Collection description
The collection documents Vander Jagt's involvement on the National Republican Congressional Committee. It consists primarily of speeches and tapes, committee and administrative files, and includes copy of the WPA American Guide Series: A guide to its history, highways, and people, 1941.
Ella Koeze Weed papers
Collection
Identifier: RHC-18
Collection Description
The Ella Koeze Weed collection documents the political career of Ella K. Weed, the Republican Party and the Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1961-1962. Documents include information from the Michigan Constitution Convention and the revision of the Constitution, Journals of the Constitution Convention, news clippings, conference notes from Koeze, notes from the Committee on Legislative Powers, the Official Records of the 1961 Michigan Constitution, proposals, and information on the...
West Michigan Profile
Collection
Identifier: RHP-21
Scope and Contents
Published monthly to serve the regional business community by offering a profile of business activity in the area.
Western Michigan Catholic (Grand Rapids)
Collection — Reel 1-18: [aspace.r.608.reel.1-18]
Identifier: RHP-51
Collection Description
Collection contains microfilmed issues of the Western Michigan Catholic newspaper of Grand Rapids, from September 1948 to April 1988.
Work in Progress
Collection
Identifier: RHP-12
Scope and Contents
Published monthly in West Michigan to report national labor news, title changed from Grand Valley Labor News in 2011.
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