Jack Hoffman, an attorney with the firm of Wheeler, Upham in Grand 
              Rapids and avid local historian will describe how the park assumed 
              a special place in Grand Rapids' history.</font></p>
            <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thursday, 
              October 10, 2002.</font> <br>
              <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">7:30 
              p.m.<br>
              Gerald R. Ford Museum<br>
              303 Pearl NW</font><font size="2"></font></p>
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              <br>
              </font>&quot;Here, the surveyor died.&quot; Michigan's Original 
              Survey and its Legacy in the Grand River Valley&quot;<br>
              <font color="#CCCCCC"> </font></b></font></p>
            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Presented 
              by Jim Mulder and Kevin Finney<br>
              Over 160 years ago, trailblazing surveyors braved isolation, disease, 
              swamps and mosquitoes to lay out the precise boundaries Grand River 
              Valley residents still use. Local historians Jim Mulder and Kevin 
              Finney will describe 19th century surveying techniques and the life 
              of early surveyors</font></p>
            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Thursday, 
              November 14, 2002.</font><br>
              7:30 p.m.<br>
              Gerald R. Ford Museum<br>
              303 Pearl NW<br>
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              </b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Playing 
              the Game: Black Baseball in Grand Rapids, 1900-1960</b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#CCCCCC"><b> 
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              </b> </font></p>
            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Presented 
              by Dr. Richard Harms</font></p>
            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">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 Archivist 
              of the Christian Reformed Church of North America will discuss the 
              outstanding personalities and highlights of 60 years of black baseball 
              teams in Grand Rapids.</font></p>
            <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">February 
              13, 2003<br>
              7:30 p.m.<br>
              Gerald R. Ford Museum<br>
              303 Pearl NW</font><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
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              </b></font><b>Gay Nineties Grand Rapids and Eulabee Dix: Launching 
              a Larger-than-life Painter of Miniatures</b></font></p>
            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Presented 
              by Nancy Clouse</font></p>
            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">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 theatrical 
              proportion. 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. </font></p>
            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">March 
              13, 2003<br>
              7:30 p.m.<br>
              Gerald R. Ford Museum<br>
              303 Pearl NW</font></p>
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            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#CCCCCC"><br>
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              </b></font></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>From 
              Pomology to Petunias: Grand Rapids in the Golden Age of Horticulture</b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
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            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Presented 
              by Dr. Cheryl Lyon-Jenness<br>
              </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Grand 
              Rapids was an active participant in the late 19th and early 20th 
              century &quot;Golden Age&quot; 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 some 
              of the best gardens Grand Rapids had to offer. </font> </p>
            <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">April 
              10, 2003<br>
              7:30 p.m.<br>
              Gerald R. Ford Museum<br>
              303 Pearl NW</font></p>
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      <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000"><b>Grand 
        Rapids Historical Society</b><br>
        60 Library Plaza NE<br>
        Grand Rapids, MI 49503 </font><font color="#000000"><br>
        <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">(616) 456-3640</font></font> 
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