Finding aid for the Grand Rapids Public Library small manuscript collection Collection 263 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on August 07, 2021. Describing Archives: A Content Standard Grand Rapids History and Special Collections 111 Library Street NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 [email protected] URL: https://www.grpl.org/research/history/ Finding aid for the Grand Rapids Public Library small manuscript collection Collection 263 Table of Contents Summary Information ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Scope and Contents .............................................................................................................................................. 5 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................... 6 Controlled Access Headings ............................................................................................................................... 6 Collection Inventory ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Series I. Biographical sources ......................................................................................................................... 6 Subseries A. Biographies ............................................................................................................................... 6 Subseries B. Memoriams ............................................................................................................................. 31 Subseries C. Diaries ...................................................................................................................................... 34 Subseries D. Remembrances & reminiscences on Grand Rapids Life. ............................................ 35 Subseries E. War Remembrances ............................................................................................................. 38 Subseries F. Travel Accounts by GR Citizen .......................................................................................... 38 Subseries G. Associations, such as items associated with an historical individual by ownership. ....................................................................................................................................................... 39 Series II. Letters & Documents ..................................................................................................................... 40 Subseries A. Letters / Correspondence. ................................................................................................... 40 Subseries B. Vital Records .......................................................................................................................... 43 Subseries C. Miscellaneous Military Documents .................................................................................. 44 Subseries D. Contracts ................................................................................................................................. 47 Subseries E. Small Sets of Multiple Type Documents .......................................................................... 47 Subseries F. General Publications ............................................................................................................ 48 Subseries G. Miscellaneous Yearbooks ................................................................................................... 49 Series III. Histories .......................................................................................................................................... 49 Subseries A. General Histories. ................................................................................................................. 49 Subseries B. Business & Organization Histories & Documents ......................................................... 53 Subseries H. Haunted Houses. ................................................................................................................... 58 Subseries S. Social Services and Social Services Organizations ....................................................... 59 Subseries T. Theater Histories ................................................................................................................... 63 Series IV. Government & Legal Documents .............................................................................................. 63 Americanization & Government ............................................................................................................... 63 Grand Rapids League of Women Voters. ............................................................................................... 63 Folded maps & charts .................................................................................................................................. 64 Census ............................................................................................................................................................... 65 - Page 2 - Finding aid for the Grand Rapids Public Library small manuscript collection Collection 263 Court Documents ........................................................................................................................................... 65 Grand Rapids Bar Association ................................................................................................................... 66 Patents .............................................................................................................................................................. 66 Wills .................................................................................................................................................................. 67 Land Records .................................................................................................................................................. 68 Series V. Native Americans ........................................................................................................................... 69 My Early Recollection of the Indian / Julia Finney Stone. 1836-1914. [Self published recollection of Indians in GR] ........................................................................................................................................... 71 Series VI. Uniquely Grand Rapids ............................................................................................................... 71 Floods ................................................................................................................................................................ 71 Fluoridation (Fluoride Alt. Floride; Monuments; Dentistry) ............................................................. 71 The National Flouridation News. .............................................................................................................. 73 Air Mail ............................................................................................................................................................ 73 Burleson ........................................................................................................................................................... 73 Drueke .............................................................................................................................................................. 73 Series VII. Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity in General. .............................................................................. 75 Ethnic Heritage Festival 2008, Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Jan. 19, 2008. Program and handouts 2008.016.2-8 .................................................................................................................................. 76 Series VIII. Parks. ............................................................................................................................................. 77 Grand Rapids Park and Boulevard Association .................................................................................... 77 Hodenpyl Woods, East Grand Rapids. ..................................................................................................... 77 Millenium Park .............................................................................................................................................. 78 Series IX. Tours. ................................................................................................................................................ 78 Subseries A. Walking tours ........................................................................................................................ 78 Series X. Monuments & Memorials, including historical markers. .................................................... 79 Grand Army of the Republic. (GAR) Champlin Post, no. 29. .............................................................. 79 Memorials in Kent County Erected by the Sophie De Marsac Campau Chapter, D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution) n.d. ............................................................................................................. 79 Tablets Placed by Sophie de Marsac Chapter Marking Historic Spots. ........................................... 79 Schiller Monument