Partial Bibliography: Kent County History & Biography **Books from the Library of Michigan Online Catalog** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Ball, John, 1794-1884. UNIFORM TITL Autobiography of John Ball. TITLE Born to wander : autobiography of John Ball, 1794-1884 / compiled by his daughters, Kate Ball Powers, Flora Ball Hopkins, Lucy Ball ; annotated and with a new introduction by Gary Burbridge ; index by Anne D. Slade. PUBLISHER [Grand Rapids, Mich.] : Grand Rapids Historical Commission, c1994. DESCRIPT x, 164 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TITLE Builders of greater Grand Rapids in biographical caricatures / by cartoonists of Grand Rapids. PUBLISHER [Grand Rapids, Mich. : s.n., ca. 1914]. DESCRIPT [71] leaves : ill. ; 24 x 28 cm. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Biography. Caricatures and cartoons -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TITLE The City of Grand Rapids and Kent County, Mich., up to date, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens. PUBLISHER [Logansport, Ind.] Bowen & Co., 1900. DESCRIPT 1105 p. 27 cm. LOCAL NOTE LM copy 4 gift of Charles F. Leneweaver and Boadicea E. Leneweaver. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Biography. Kent County (Mich.) -- Biography. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TITLE Friendly fellows of furniture town, Grand Rapids, Michigan : a book of caricatures. PUBLISHER [Grand Rapids, Mich.? : s.n., ca. 1900] DESCRIPT 319 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Biography. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Olson, Gordon L. TITLE Grand Rapids, a city renewed : a history since World War II / by Gordon L. Olson ; with Business Hall of Fame biographies by Susan Lovell. PUBLISHER Grand Rapids, Mich. : Published for the Greater Grand Rapids Chamber Foundation by the Grand Rapids Historical Commission, c1996. DESCRIPT v, 152 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. BIBLIOG Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-152) and index. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Biography. ALT AUTHOR Lovell, Susan. Greater Grand Rapids Chamber Foundation. Grand Rapids Historical Commission. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TITLE Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan : historical account of their progress from first settlement to the present time / Ernest B. Fisher, editor. PUBLISHER Chicago [Ill.] : Robert O. Law Company, 1918. DESCRIPT 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 27 cm. NOTE Running title: History of Kent County, Michigan. Includes indexes. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. Kent County (Mich.) -- History. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Biography. Kent County (Mich.) -- Biography. ALT AUTHOR Fisher, Ernest B. ALT TITLE History of Kent County, Michigan. LIB HAS v. 1-2. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Goss, Dwight. TITLE History of Grand Rapids and its industries [microform] / by Dwight Goss. PUBLISHER Chicago : C.F. Cooper & Co., 1906. DESCRIPT 2 v. : ports. SERIES Genealogy and local history ; LH8018. NOTE Includes indexes. Microfiche. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1992. 17 microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm. (Genealogy and local history ; LH8018) SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Industries. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Biography. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Baxter, Albert, 1823-1905. TITLE History of the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan : with an appendix--History of Lowell, Michigan / by Albert Baxter. PUBLISHER [Grand Rapids? : Grand Rapids Historical Society, 1974?] DESCRIPT xiii, 854 p., [110] leaves of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 26 cm. NOTE Facsim. of the 1891 ed. published by Munsell, New York. Includes index. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Biography. Lowell (Mich.) -- History. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TITLE The men behind the guns in the making of greater Grand Rapids : an illustrated biographical and industrial reference work, giving the lives of professional men whose interests are centered in Michigan's western metropolis / Edward Altenbrandt, editor. PUBLISHER Grand Rapids, Mich. : Dean-Hicks Printing Company, 1909. DESCRIPT 280 p. : ports. ; 25 cm. NOTE Includes indexes. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Biography. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Industries. ALT AUTHOR Altenbrandt, Edward. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Hutchins, Lee Montgomery. TITLE Downtown Grand Rapids, 1830-1910 / Lee Montgomery Hutchins, Fred A. Meyers, James Nachtegall. PUBLISHER [s.l. : s.n., [19--]. DESCRIPT [44] p. ; 21 cm. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Buildings. ALT AUTHOR Meyers, Fred A. Nachtegall, James. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TITLE Centennial anniversary of American independence : celebration at Grand Rapids, Mich., July 4th, 1876. PUBLISHER Grand Rapids, Mich. : Loomis & Dillenback, 1876. DESCRIPT 33 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. NOTE At head of title: 1776. 1876. Cover title: Centennial celebration. SUBJECT Fourth of July celebrations -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Centennial celebrations, etc. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. ALT TITLE Centennial celebration. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TITLE Heritage Hill historic homes tour / sponsored by The Hill Association, Inc. PUBLISHER [Grand Rapids, Mich. : The Association, 1969] DESCRIPT 19 p. : map ; 28 cm. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Dwellings. Historic buildings -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids. ALT AUTHOR Heritage Hill Association. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TITLE The Flood in Grand Rapids [microform] : photographic views of the inundated sections of the city : March 25-29, 1904. PUBLISHER Grand Rapids, Mich. : Dean-Hicks Print. Co., c1904. DESCRIPT [25] p. : chiefly ill. SERIES Genealogy and local history ; LH5397. NOTE Cover title. "Photos by Royal Photo Co., Grand Rapids, Mich."--Colophon. Microfiche. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1989. 1 microfiche ; 11 x 15 cm. (Genealogy and local history ; LH5397) SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History -- Pictorial works. Floods -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids. ALT AUTHOR Royal Photo Co. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Etten, William J., comp. TITLE A citizens' history of Grand Rapids, Michigan, with program of the Campau centennial, September 23 to 26, 1926, compiled and edited by William J. Etten. PUBLISHER [Grand Rapids] A.P. Johnson company for the Campau centennial committee, 1926. DESCRIPT vii, [1], 206 p. incl. front. (port.) illus. 24 cm. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. Campau, Louis, 1791-1871. ALT AUTHOR Grand Rapids. Campau centennial committee. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Ransom, Frank Edward. TITLE The city built on wood : a history of the furniture industry in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1850-1950 / by Frank Edward Ransom. PUBLISHER Ann Arbor, Mich. : Edwards Brothers, c1955. DESCRIPT viii, 101 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. BIBLIOG Includes bibliography. SUBJECT Furniture industry and trade -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- History. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Moore, Ellen Lenora. TITLE Early days in Grand River Valley / by Ellen Lenora Moore. PUBLISHER Grand Rapids, Mich. : [E.L. Moore], 1924. DESCRIPT 53 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. SUBJECT Grand River Valley (Mich.) -- History. Kent County (Mich.) -- Social life and customs. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Carron, Christian G. TITLE Grand Rapids furniture : the story of America's furniture city / by Christian G. Carron ; with contributions by Kenneth L. Ames, Jeffrey D. Kleiman, Joel Lefever ; [editor, Karen McCarthy] PUBLISHER Grand Rapids, Mich. : Public Museum of Grand Rapids, c1998. DESCRIPT 244 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. BIBLIOG Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-240) and index. SUBJECT Furniture industry and trade -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- History. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. ISBN 0966652401 : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Dillenback, J. D. (Jackson D.), 1776-1886. TITLE Grand Rapids in 1874 : sketches of trade, manufactures and progress of the city, including a list of buildings erected in 1874, a sketch of local history, and a view of its future prospects / by J. D. Dillenback. PUBLISHER Grand Rapids, Mich. : Daily Times Job Printing Rooms, 1875. DESCRIPT 60 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. NOTE Includes advertising matter. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Description. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR White, Arthur Scott, 1844- TITLE Grand Rapids on parade : being a series of outstanding events and happenings that have helped make a city big and friendly / written by Arthur Scott White. PUBLISHER [Grand Rapids, Mich.] : Herpolsheimer Co., 1926. DESCRIPT 32 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. NOTE "Published by Herpolsheimer Co. to commemorate its fifty-sixth birthday, May, 1926." SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Description. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. ALT AUTHOR Herpolsheimer Co. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Tuttle, Charles R. (Charles Richard), b. 1848. TITLE History of Grand Rapids : with biographical sketches / by Chas. Richard Tuttle. PUBLISHER Grand Rapids : Black Letter Press, 1974, c1874. DESCRIPT 153 p. ; 19 cm. NOTE Reprint of the ed. published by Tuttle & Cooney, Grand Rapids. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. ISBN 0912382155. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Fitch, Geo. E. TITLE Old Grand Rapids : a picture story of old conditions / Geo. E. Fitch. PUBLISHER [Grand Rapids, Mich. : Geo. E. Fitch], 1925. DESCRIPT 60 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 x 31 cm. NOTE "Intended only as supplementary to the local histories, so well written by Albert Baxter and others." SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Description -- Views. Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. ALT TITLE A picture story of old conditions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Lydens, Z. Z., ed. TITLE The story of Grand Rapids. Z. Z. Lydens, editor. PUBLISHER Grand Rapids, Kregel Publications, 1966. DESCRIPT xx, 682 p. illus. (part col.) maps, ports. 24 cm. BIBLIOG Bibliography: p. 658-660. LOCAL NOTE LM copy 3 gift from Dr. G.D. Dibble. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. ALT AUTHOR Grand Rapids (Mich.). Historical Commission. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Holt, Carol Mary. TITLE The story of Grand Rapids, Michigan / Introduction by Charles W. Garfield. PUBLISHER Grand Rapids, Mich. : Holt, 1915. DESCRIPT 77 p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Holt, Carol Mary. TITLE The story of Grand Rapids, Mich., revised by a committee of Grand Rapids teachers from the book by Carol Mary Holt. PUBLISHER Grand Rapids, Mich., 1932. DESCRIPT 68 p. incl. font., illus. col. pl. 24 cm. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. ALT AUTHOR Grand Rapids. Teachers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTHOR Thompson, Elizabeth Ballard. TITLE The times that were / by Elizabeth Ballard Thompson ; illustrated by Helen E. Miller. PUBLISHER Grand Rapids, Mich. : Grand Rapids Engraving Company, The Cargill Press, 1899. DESCRIPT [33] p. : ill. ; 23 cm. SUBJECT Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- History. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~