10:30-11:15 AM Selling Grand Rapids: Expositions in the Furniture City, 1878-1965 Scott St. Louis Sponsored by the Grand Rapids Historical Society Grand Rapids’ late-nineteenth century business leaders were ambitious and optimistic: striving for the greatest profit from available resources, they rationalized production workflows, integrating the latest technologies into their factories. They also took advantage of […]
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Saturday, January 28, 2017, 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM *Limited Seating – Space is limited and seating is offered first come, first served. There will be an overflow room available with a simulcast video presentation. The first presentation of the day this year features the Dutch immigrant population… 9:30 – 10:15 AM Present, But Not […]
As promised in the first bus trip post, here are some personal thoughts from some of the Bus Trip attendees. “The Microfilm reader room is the ACPL’s best kept secret” “I found the PHD dissertation about the Dred Scott fall from grace”- Claudia Day
Our next monthly meeting: Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 1:30 pm in the Ryerson Auditorium, Grand Rapids Public Library Topic this month: Traffic Violations, Criminal Complaints and Marriages: Records of a Justice of the Peace Justices of the Peace served as local magistrates empowered primarily to administer summary justice in minor cases, to commit for […]
Our fall bus trip has just ended and it was a great success. We left early Wednesday morning, November 16. Sue Irving always treats us to a morning rest stop break, including donuts, coffee and juice. We arrived about 11:30 at the Allen County Public Library. This is a high energy time as we rush […]
I confess I have spent more time researching the life and work of a former resident of my house in Grand Rapids than I have of any other single person. I can’t seem to resist searching for Lawrence Carmichael Earle when new resources come to my attention (see www.lcearle.com). Recently, I was looking on the Grand […]
A few years ago, I took an online course at Cornerstone University entitled “The Civil War.” I own quite a few books about the “War of the Rebellion” and I wasn’t looking for a rehash of the usual – military strategies, battle tactics, and hero generals on which many of those books focus. The reading selections […]
