Elective Detectives & Crowdsourcing Grand Rapids Women’s History

Grand Rapids Public Library 111 Library NE, Grand Rapids

At History Detectives, the Grand Rapids Public Library’s day-long offering of local history programming, Julia Bouwkamp and Jo Ellyn Clarey will report on how the charting of 19th-century local women’s […]

African Americans in Early Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids Public Library 111 Library NE, Grand Rapids

At History Detectives, GGRWHC’s Ruth Van Stee will present African Americans in Early Grand Rapids—including, of course, more women’s history. From 1850 to 1920 African Americans here were a steady one […]