Sources for additional research on building Richmond Park Pool
Proceedings of the City Commission, City of Grand Rapids, Michigan: 1929-1930, 1930-1931, 1931-1932, 1932-1933. Each of the volumes has information about scrip and the Richmond Park Pool. Check the index (in the front of the books) for Scrip and for Parks-Richmond for further details about both issues.
The Grand Rapids Herald and Grand Rapids Press are available on microfilm. Check, for example, issues of the
Herald: 26 Oct. 1930; 27 Dec. 1931; 9 June 1932
Press: 14 July 1932
The above items are available in the History and Special Collections Dept. of the Grand Rapids Public Library