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Article: Gordon L. Olson. A Free Library for Everyone: the History of the Grand Rapids Public Library.(Book Review)
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- Michigan Historical Review
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- March 22, 2004
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Gordon L. Olson. A Free Library for Everyone: The History of the Grand Rapids Public Library. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Grand Rapids Public Library, 2003. Pp. 75. Index. Notes. Photographs. Paper $15.00.
A venerable local institution receives substantive treatment in Gordon Olson's gracefully written new book, A Free Library for Everyone: The History of the Grand Rapids Public Library (GRPL). The author will be familiar to many as the long-time city historian of Grand Rapids, in which capacity he has written extensively on various aspects of the city's past.
The story of the library has been told once before, in One Hundred Years of Service: The Grand Rapids ...