Taped and transcribed interviews conducted in the early 1970s primarily of the children and grandchildren of many of the founders of Grand Rapids, Michigan; many of whom were residents of the Heritage Hill neighborhood. Interviews were collected to develop a significant collection of oral resources that would supplement other primary and secondary local history materials. Initially funded as a private project, Grand Valley State College (now University) assumed responsibility for continuing the project until 1977.
Local historian Don Bryant has contributed extensively to this project.
Related Collections: Kent County Council for Historic Preservation, Oral History Project Collection #163 at the Grand Rapids Public Library History Room; Grand Valley State Colleges Oral History Project 1976-1977 at the Bentley Historical Library.
Grand Rapids Oral Histories 
