Learn More

In addition to our photo essays and materials contained within our archive, the following supplemental resources are also available. These resources are also included in the search function.

• "Additional Notes on the Passenger Pigeon"

  Photo essay; Etta S. Wilson, Reporter and 'Bird-Woman'

• "Personal Recollections of the Passenger Pigeon"

  Photo essay; Etta Smith Wilson, Report and 'Bird-Woman'

• "Smoke Hawk" Towner Story

  Photo essay: Air Pollution in Grand Rapids 100 Years Ago

• "Taming Wild Birds"

  Photo Essay; Etta Smith Wilson, Reporter and 'Bird-Woman'

• A Better Lighting System in 1912

  Photo essay: Lighting City Streets, 1850s to 1950s

• A Few Facts About Grand Rapids Streetcars

  Photo essay; Grand Rapids Streetcars

• A Grandson Remembers Anna Jesiek

  Photo essay; Jesiek Brothers, Boat Builders on the Grand River

• A Grandson Remembers John R. Cassleman

  Photo essay; The Extraordinary Christmas of 1935

• A Jesiek Mystery

  Photo essay; Jesiek Brothers, Boat Builders on the Grand River

• A Rescue from the 1838 Flood

  Photo essay: The Grand River: Friend and Foe

• A Sister Remembers the Career of Etta S. Wilson

  Photo essay; Etta Smith Wilson, Reporter and 'Bird-Woman'

• Activist, Wong Chin Foo

  Photo essay: The Earliest Chinese in Grand Rapids

• Additional images and full text of the essay by Professor Davis

  Photo essay: A History of Opera in Grand Rapids

• Albert Stickley of Grand Rapids

  Photo essay: James Seino, Art Director at Stickley Brothers

• Anna Jesiek Baker Remembers the Early Days

  Photo essay; Jesiek Brothers, Boat Builders on the Grand River

• Annotated Bibliography for the 1876 Centennial

  Photo essay; Grand Rapids Celebrates the Centennial in 1876

• Architectural Highlights

  Photo essay: D.A. Blodgett Home and ICCF, Before and After

• Architectural Syle of the Clark Mansion

  Photo essay; Emily Jewell Clark

• Baxter and Belknap

  Photo essay: Surveying the Land

• Becoming a Reporter

  Photo essay; Etta Smith Wilson, Reporter and 'Bird-Woman'

• Biography of Helen Schiebout, 1900-1999

  Photo essay; Helen Castenholz, Friend of American Art

• Birth of the Streetcar in Grand Rapids

  Photo essay; Grand Rapids Streetcars

• Bringing the New Deal to Grand Rapids

  Photo essay; Fianacial Crisis: GR Neighborhoods and the HOLC Map

• Building a Jesiek Co. Boat

  Photo essay; Jesiek Brothers, Boat Builders on the Grand River

• Cassleman’s Best Kept Secret

  Photo essay; The Extraordinary Christmas of 1935

• Cassleman’s Early Years in Grand Rapids

  Photo essay; The Extraordinary Christmas of 1935

• Cassleman’s Success

  Photo essay; The Extraordinary Christmas of 1935

• Census Records and Citizenship Declarations of Some Early Chinese in Grand Rapids

  Photo essay: The Earliest Chinese in Grand Rapids

• Centennial Souveniers

  Photo essay; Grand Rapids Celebrates the Centennial in 1876

• Chan Hoy’s Nephew at S. Division St. School

  Photo essay; The Earliest Chinese in Grand Rapids

• Changes in the Grand Rapids Furniture Market

  Photo essay: Furniture Exhibition Buildings in Grand Rapids

• Charles Garfield and the Playground Movement

  Photo essay; History and Development of John Ball Park

• Charles W. Coit, Obituary

  Photo essay; Daniel W. Coit, Adventurer and Artist

• Charles W. Garfield's Concern for Others

  Photo essay: Historic Walking Tour of the Garfield Park Area

• Chinese Cooks a Feature at the Pantlind

  Photo essay: The Earliest Chinese in Grand Rapids

• City Commissioners, 1945-1971

  Photo essay; Helen M. Meade, Secretary Extraordinaire

• City Managers of Grand Rapids, Michigan

  Photo essay; Helen M. Meade, Secretary Extraordinaire

• Claytor & Browning

  Photo essay; Dr. Robert W. & Helen J. Claytor

• Coming to America

  Photo essay: Joseph C. Herkner

• Company D, First Regiment Engineers and Mechanics

  Photo essay: Joseph C. Herkner

• Constance Mayfield Rourke

  Photo essay; Helen Castenholz, Friend of American Art

• Copy for Bulman Exhibit Catalog, 1959

  Photo essay; Orville Bulman, Artist

• Creating Women's Residence Halls

  Photo essay: Mary Hefferan of Grand Rapids and Eastmanville

• Daguerreians of Grand Rapids

  Photo essay: Our First Photographers

• Daily Eagle Interviews Wong Chin Foo, 1880

  Photo essay: The Earliest Chinese in Grand Rapids

• Daniel Coit's Apprenticeship

  Photo essay; Daniel W. Coit, Adventurer and Artist

• Day Trip to Northport

  Photo essay; Etta S. Wilson, Reporter and 'Bird-Woman'

• Death Comes to Charles W. Garfield

  Photo essay: Historic Walking Tour of the Garfield Park Area

• Death of G. A. Hendricks

  Photo essay; Furniture Exhibition Building in Grand Rapids

• Death of the Streetcar in Grand Rapids

  Photo essay; Grand Rapids Streetcars

• Deep Water from Grand Rapids to Lake Michigan

  Photo essay; The Grand River: Friend and Foe

• Detailed Description of the Centennial Arch

  Photo essay; Grand Rapids Celebrates the Centennial in 1876

• Doomed Police Building Houses a Colorful Past

  Photo essay; Booked and Fingerprinted at the Grand Rapids Jail

• Dr. Robert W. Claytor Remembered

  Photo essay; Dr. Robert W. & Helen J. Claytor

• Early Grand Rapids Opera Halls and Theaters

  Photo essay: A History of Opera in Grand Rapids

• Early Life of Charles William Garfield

  Photo essay: Historic Walking Tour of the Garfield Park Area

• Etta S. Wilson Timeline

  Photo essay; Etta Smith Wilson, Reporter and 'Bird-Woman'

• Etta S. Wilson's Professional Service

  Photo essay; Etta Smith Wilson, Reporter and 'Bird-Woman'

• Fairmount Square Historic District

  Photo essay: Historic Restoration of D.A. Blodgett Home for Children

• Fashion for Children

  Photo essay; Little Girls' Clothing

• Fighting to Give Service

  Photo essay; Grand Rapids Streetcars

• Financial Meltdown in Michigan

  Photo essay; Financial Crisis: GR Neighborhoods and the Map

• Fire and Fireworks

  Photo essay; Grand Rapis Celebrates the Centennial in 1876

• From the New Deal, a Way Out of a Mess

  Photo essay; Fianacial Crisis: GR Neighborhoods and the HOLC Map

• Full Text of Camp Blodgett's Babies Welfare Guild

  Photo essay; Camp Blodgett's Babies Welfare Guild

• Full Text of the Restoration of the Public Museum's Horsedrawn Streetcar

  Photo essay; Restoration of the Public Museum's Horsedrawn Streetcar

• Furniture Exhibit at the Grand Rapids Public Library

  Photo essay; Furniture Exhibition Buildings in Grand Rapids

• Genealogy of Widdicomb Furniture Companies

  Photo essay: Anthony Margelis, Inventor of the Dowel Press

• General Motors Clean-up

  Photo essay; The Extraordinary Christmas of 1935

• Going to Market

  Photo essay; Furniture Exhibition Buildings in Grand Rapids

• Gov. William Comstock's Proclamation of a Bank Holiday

  Photo essay; Financial Crisis: GR Neighborhoods and the HOLC Map

• Grand Rapids Furniture Awards at the Centennial

  Photo essay; Grand Rapids Celebrates the Centennial in 1876

• Grand Rapids in 1929

  Photo essay; The Extraordinary Christmas of 1935

• Grand Rapids Men in the American Furniture Hall of Fame

  Photo essay: Furniture Exhibition Buildings in Grand Rapids

• Grand Rapids Railroad Bridges Spanning the Grand River

  Photo essay: The Grand River: Friend and Foe

• Grand Rapids Smoke Abatement Ordinance, 1898

  Photo essay: Air Pollution in Grand Rapids 100 Year Ago

• Grand Rapids Smoke Abatement Ordinance, Amendment 1905

  Photo essay: Air Pollution in Grand Rapids 100 Years Ago

• Grand Rapids Smoke Inspector Ordinance, 1907

  Photo essay: Air Pollution in Grand Rapids 100 Years Ago

• Grand Rapids Unions Boycott Chinamen

  Photo essay: The Earliest Chinese in Grand Rapids

• Gustav Stickley

  Photo essay; James Seino, Art Director at Stickley Brothers

• Have You Ridden the GR Railway Co. Launches?

  Photo essay; Grand Rapids Streetcars

• How Cassleman Came to Grand Rapids

  Photo essay; The Extraordinary Christmas of 1935

• How the Raniville Power Building Became the Fine Arts Building

  Photo essay; Furniture Exhibition Buildings in Grand Rapids

• Influences on the Design of John Ball Park

  Photo essay; History and Development of John Ball Park

• Installing Motors

  Photo essay; Jesiek Brothers, Boat Builders on the Grand River

• Interview with Judith Schiebout

  Photo essay; Helen Castenholz, Friend of American Art

• James L. Moran, First Police Chief

  Photo essay; Booked and Fingerprinted at the Grand Rapids Jail

• John Ball Park Zoo

  Photo essay; History and Development of John Ball Park

• John Blodgett Visits Blodgett Hall at Vassar College

  Photo essay: The Blodgetts and Brookby

• Joshua Coit's Account of His Brother

  Photo essay; Daniel W. Coit, Adventurer and Artist

• July 4, 1876

  Photo essay: Grand Rapids Celebrates the Centennial in 1876

• Jumping to Conclusions About the HOLC and Redlining

  Photo essay; Financial Crisis: GR Neighborhoods and the HOLC Map

• Kent County Court House by Albert Baxter

  Photo essay; The Wandering Court House

• Key to Reading the WWI Registration Cards

  Photo essay: The Woman's Committee of World War I

• Klingman & Limbert Chair Company

  Photo essay; Furniture Exhibition Buildings in Grand Rapids

• Leopold Stickley & John G. Stickley

  Photo essay; James Seino, Art Director at Stickley Brothers

• Lineage of Etta Smith Wilson

  Photo essay; Etta S. Wilson, Reporter and 'Bird-Woman'

• Louis Campau and Other Early Land Patentees

  Photo essay: Surveying the Land

• Mary Free Bed Guild

  Photo essay; Historic Restoration of D.A. Blodgett Home for Children

• Mary Jane Smith and Payson Wolfe

  Photo essay; Etta S. Wilson, Reporter and 'Bird-Woman'

• Mayor Goebel and Visiting Royalty

  Photo essay; Helen M. Meade, Secretary Extraordinaire

• Mayor Welsh's Resignation Letter

  Photo essay; Helen M. Meade, Secretary Extrordinaire

• Mayor Welsh's Sales Tax Letter

  Photo essay; Helen M. Meade, Secretary Extraordinaire

• Mayors of Grand Rapids Michigan

  Photo essay; Helen M. Meade, Secretary Extraordinaire

• More About Bill Secunda, 5th place

  Photo Essary; ArtPrize 2009

• More About David Lubbers, 4th place

  Photo essay; ArtPrize 2009

• More About Eric Colin Daigh, 3rd place

  Photo Essay; ArtPrize 2009

• More About Jason Michael Hackenwerth, 9th place

  Photo essay; ArtPrize 2009

• More About John Blodgett Sr.

  Photo essay: The Blodgetts and Brookby

• More About John Douglas Powers, 7th place

  Photo Essay; ArtPrize 2009

• More About John Douglas Powers, 7th place

  Photo essay; ArtPrize 2009

• More About Michael Westra, 10th place

  Photo essay; ArtPrize 2009

• More About Ran Ortner, 1st place

  Photo Essay; ArtPrize 2009

• More About Sarah Grant, 8th place

  Photo essay; ArtPrize 2009

• More About the Nessie Project, 6th place

  Photo Essay; ArtPrize 2009

• More about Tracy Van Duinan, 2nd place

  Photo Essay; ArtPrize 2009

• Newspaper Sources, 1883 Log jam

  Photo essay: The Grand River: Friend and Foe

• Night Spectacle Features FHA Campaign Opening

  Photo essay; Financial Crisis: GR Neighborhoods and the HOLC Map

• Noble Gift, The Delos A. Blodgett Home for Children

  Photo essay; Historic Restoration of D.A. Blodgett Home for Children

• Oral History from Mary Hefferan's Family

  Photo essay: Mary Hefferan of Grand Rapids and Eastmanville

• Paper Cuttings by Helen Castenholz

  Photo essay; Helen Castenholz, Friend of American Art

• Payson Wolfe's Pension Application

  Photo essay; Photo essay; Etta Smith Wilson, Reporter and 'Bird-Woman'

• Plainfield to Move Old House

  Photo essay; Surveying the Land

• Plainfield-Sheridan Indian Trail, Stage and Mail Route

  Photo essay: Surveying the Land

• Population Pushes School Construction

  Photo essay: Building Hall School

• Population Pushes School Construction Again

  Photo essay: Building Hall School

• Post WWII, Frederick C. See

  Photo essay; History and Development of John Ball Park

• Public Land Survey System

  Photo essay: Surveying the Land

• Remembering Kin-ne-quay

  Photo essay; Etta S. Wilson, Reporter and 'Bird-Woman'

• Ringelmann Smoke Charts

  Photo essay; Air Pollution in Grand Rapids 100 Years Ago

• Robert W. Claytor, Obituary

  Photo essay; Dr. Robert W. & Helen J. Claytor

• Romance of the War

  Photo essay: Joseph C. Herkner

• Sources for additional research on building Richmond Park Pool

  Photo essay: A Pool for the People

• Surviving Development Proposals

  Photo essay; History and Development of John Ball Park

• Tending the Wealthy St. Bridge

  Photo essay; Jesiek Brothers, Boat Builders on the Grand River

• The Bertillon System in Grand Rapids

  Photo essay; Booked and Fingerprinted at the Grand Rapids Jail

• The Big Splash! by George W. Welsh, Former Mayor and City Manager

  Photo essay: A Pool for the People: Building Richmond Park Pool and Bath House

• The Cost of the Celebration

  Photo essay; Grand Rapids Celebrates the Centennial in 1876

• The Detroit Episode and Henry Ford

  Photo essay; Financial Crisis: GR Neighborhoods and the HOLC Map

• The Early Days of Widdicomb Furniture

  Photo essay: Anthony Margelis, Inventor of the Dowel Press

• The First Park Gardeners, Haerlin and Cukierski

  Photo essay; History and Development of John Ball Park

• The First Santa Claus Girl

  Photo essay; Santa Claus Girls Celebrate 100 Years

• The Great Log Jam of 1883

  Photo essay: The Grand River: Friend and Foe

• The Great Migration to Grand Rapids

  Photo essay; Thelma Estelle Garnett: Memphis to Chicago to Grand Rapids

• The Hooks Brothers, African American Photographers of Memphis

  Photo essay; Thelma Estelle Garentt: Memphis to Chicago to Grand Rapids

• The Influence of Garfield's Father

  Photo essay: Historic Walking Tour of the Garfield Park Area

• The Lasting Influence of Eugene Goebel

  Photo essay; History and Development of John Ball Park

• The Original Santa Claus Girls of Park Church

  Photo essay; Santa Claus Girls Celebrate 100 Years

• The Pantlind Exhibition, Fine Arts, and Furniture Capitol Buildings

  Photo essay: Furniture Exhibition Buildings in Grand Rapids

• The Woman Behind the "Spirit of Woman Power" Poster

  Photo essay: The Woman's Committee of World War I

• Thousands Congregate in Campau Square

  Photo essay; Grand Rapids Celebrates the Centennial in 1876

• Tiger Baseball During WWII

  Photo essay: Roots in New England and New York

• Tower Light Falls

  Photo essay; Light City Street, 1850s to 1950s

• Travels of Daniel Wadsworth Coit

  Photo essay; Daniel W. Coit, Adventurer and Artist

• Twentieth Century Artists of Grand Rapids

  Photo essay; Orville Bulman, Artist

• UICA Curator's Prize

  Photo essay; ArtPrize 2009

• Unsuitable for Romping Girls

  Photo essay; Little Girls Clothing

• Using the HOLC Map of Grand Rapids

  Photo essay; Financial Crisis: GR Neighborhoods and the HOLC Map

• Views of Street Lighting at Monroe and Division

  Photo essay: Lighting City Streets, 1850s to 1950s

• What Happened to all those WWI Registration Cards?

  Photo essay: The Woman's Committee of World War I

• What Happened to the International Association for the Prevention of Smoke?

  Photo essay: Air Pollution in Grand Rapids, 100 Years Ago

• What is LEED?

  Photo essay: Historic Restoration of D.A. Blodgett Home for Children

• Which Colleges Awarded Advanced Degrees to Women before 1900?

  Photo essay: Mary Hefferan of Grand Rapids and Eastmanville

• Who Was Delos A. Blodgett?

  Photo essay: The Blodgetts and Brookby

• Why Men Came to Michigan

  Photo essay: Roots in New England and New York

• Why This Place is Called Grand Rapids

  Photo essay; The Grand River: Friend and Foe

• Woman of the Week, Helen Castenholz

  Photo essay; Helen Castenholz, Friend of American Art

• Working for Mayor Welsh

  Photo essay; Helen M. Meade, Secretary Extraordinaire