Playing the Game: Black Baseball in Grand Rapids, 1900-1960
Presented by Dr. Richard Harms
Like much of the rest of America, baseball was often segregated prior to the 1950s. Some of Michigan's best amateur and semi-pro black teams played in Grand Rapids. Dr. Richard Harms, Curator of the Archives of Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary and Archivistof the Christian Reformed Church of North America will discuss the outstanding personalities and highlights of 60 years of black baseball teams in Grand Rapids.
February 13,2003
7:30 p.m.
Gerald R. Ford Museum
303 Pearl NW
Open House at the Alpine Historical Museum
Take a closer look at the veterans' display and the exhibit ofa local one-room school. The office files and books are full of local and family histories.
February 16, 2003
2-5:00 p.m.
2408 7-Mile NW
Railroads in the Civil War with Steve Hawks
February 17, 2003
7:00 pm Refreshments, 7:30 pm Program
Yankee Clipper Library
2025 Leonard NE
West Michigan Postcard Club In a Different Voice: 20 Years Later Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council Gender and Leadership: A Series of Discussions Honoring the Vision of Helen Kendall Gay Nineties Grand Rapids and Eulabee Dix: Launching a Larger-than-lifePainter of Miniatures Presented by Nancy Clouse Painter, art historian, and GRCC Faculty Emeritus Award Winner Nancy L. Clouse will use slides to illustrate the colorful career of Eulabee Dix. Initiated in turn-of-century Grand Rapids, it quickly assumed theatricalproportion. Painter and painted, Eulabee Dix was a beauty in the beauty business whose miniatures of the famous (Ethel Barrymore, Mark Twain, Daisy, Countess of Warwick among them) helped revive a centuries-old
tradition of art. March 13, 2003 West Michigan Genealogical Society From Pomology to Petunias: Grand Rapids in the Golden Age of Horticulture Presented by Dr. Cheryl Lyon-Jenness Grand Rapids was an active participant in the late 19th and early 20th century "Golden Age" of horticulture, when carefully sculpted gardens graced private residences and public parks throughout the city. Dr Lyon-Jenness, assistant professor of history at Western Michigan University will take her audience on a visual tour of someof the best gardens Grand Rapids had to offer. Michigan Historic Preservation Network Conference Annual Meeting and Banquet "A free Public Library, Open to Everyone." History of the Grand Rapids Public Library Thursday, May 8 Exhibits and events at the Van Andel Museum Center The Dead Sea Scrolls Leagues of Their Own "G is for Glass" "M is for Musical Instruments"
Along the Shoreline from Saugatuck to Glen
Mike Van Ark, a retired Holland Michigan teacher, will open the 2003 series of slide presentations. His talk will feature slides on Saugatuck, Douglas, New Richmond, Ganges, Pier Covem and Glenn. Open to the public.
February 19, 2003
7:00 pm
Parkview School
2075 Lee St SW
Wyoming, MI
A lecture by Dr. Carol Gilligan, psychologist and novelist, on women's development over the past 20 years.
February 20, 2003
7:30 pm
Loosemore Auditorium, Grand Rapids Campus, Grand Valley State University
Sponsored by GVSU Women's Center
No Charge
Contact Marlene Kowalski-Braun at 616-331-2748 for additional info.
Honor's the 2003 Legacy Lights, women from West Michigan who have made an impact in the community. Kickoff Breakfast, keynoter Connie Glaser, best-selling author (Swim With The Dolphins, When Money Isn't Enough, and her April release, What Queen Esther Knew: Business Advice From a Biblical Sage) and one of the country's leading authorities on women in business.
February 27, 2003
7:30 am
Frederick Meijer Gardens
Tickets: $25
Contact Wanda Toohey Olave at 616-391-3380 (tooheyw@meijer.com, or Judith Claytor at 616-391-3380 (judith.claytor@spectrum-health.org) for more information.
Presented by Paula Fogarty, President and CEO, Kindel Furniture
March 6, 2003
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Student Commons
Kendall College of Art and Design
111 N. Division
Sponsored by Kendall College of Art and Design
Contact Kendall College of Art and Design at 616-451-2787 for additional information.
7:30 p.m.
Gerald R. Ford Museum
303 Pearl NW
Genealogy Classes
Jump-Start Your Family Tree Search with Original records: How to research a county courthouse to your best advantage. What can be done with snail mail for places away from home? You need VR's
March 15, 2003
1:15 - 3:00 pm
Yankee Clipper Library
2025 Leonard NE
7:30 p.m.
Gerald R. Ford Museum
303 Pearl NW
The Politics of Preservation--Preservation and Public Policy
Sessions at the 2003 conference will include: Writing nominations for the National Register of Historic Places, using Federal and State Rehabilitation Tax Credits, Michigan's new Main Street program. For more information and registration, please visit their website at http://www.mhpn.org or contact them at 517-371-8080.
April 24-26, 2003
(Open to Grand Rapids Historical Society members and theirguests)
The Grand Rapids Public Library was formed in 1872 by merging the libraries of the Public Schools, Ladies Literary Club, and YMCA. It has grown dramatically from its original 4,000 volumes, but never lost sight of its commitment to provide "a free Public Library, open to everyone." Gordon Olson, former Grand Rapids City Historian, will present an illustrated lecture on the history of the Public Library. A special tour of the renovated library facility will be offered to members on a separate date.
Grand Rapids Historical Society
7:30 p.m.
Gerald R. Ford Museum
303 Pearl NW
272 Pearl NW; Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504
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From the Israeli antiquities Authority, fragments of several scrolls plus scores of artifacts from the ancient village near the caves where the scrolls were hidden 2000 years ago. Through June 1, 2003.
This exhibit tells the story of professional baseball leagues of Michigan that offered black and female players a chance to play when the major leagues were restricted to white male players. Through September 1, 2003.
Another addition to the popular Collecting A to Z series of permanent exhibitions at Van Andel Museum Center. Most of the collection is American in origin, dating from the last 200 years, including a baby bottle that dates from the 1820s, a "witch's ball" decorative globe once common in American homes, and souvenir baubles and paperweights from practically every World's Fair and tourist trap in the U.S. there is also a curious fist-sized glass globe stuffed with feathers!
A showcase of more than 100 examples of unusual and rare artifacts drawn from the Museum's permanent collection of musical instruments, from deceptively simple and primitive instruments such as conch shell to more complicated instruments with multiple keypads, holes, buttons, valvesm and strings. Many of the wood and brass instruments were made here in Grand Rapids.