Grand Rapids Historical SocietyJanuary - May 2015 Programs

All programs co-sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford Museum and held in the Museum auditorium unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public, free parking.

Federal Building to W.N. Ferris Building: Renewal and Reconstruction

January 8, 2015, 7:00 p.m.Kendall College of Art & Design: Woodbridge N.

Ferris “The Fed” BuildingTom Mathison and Eugene Hopkins

The Exciting Early History of African American Women’s Clubs

in Grand Rapids February 12, 2015, 7:00 p.m.

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum 

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Open Door: The One Hundred Year History of Grand Rapids Junior

College/Community College March 12, 2015, 7:00 p.m.

Gerald R. Ford Presidential MuseumWalt Lockwood and Mike Klawitter

Who the Heck is Abner Doubleday:Baseball and the Civil War

April 9, 2015, 7:00 p.m.Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum

Bruce Allardice (member of the Chicago Civil War Round Table)

GRHS Annual Banquetand

Berkey and Gay Litigation of 1933-34:The Furniture City’s Struggle Against a Corporate Raider

May 14, 2015 (Time and Place to be determined)Patrick E. Mears

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