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Howard Cyrus Lawrence Papers, 1916-1966

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Summary

Creator:
Lawrence, Howard Cyrus, 1890-1961
Abstract:
Grand Rapids, Michigan businessman and Republican politician. Correspondence, business records, speeches, and other papers relating to state politics, charitable and civic interests, banking issues, the Grand Rapids Varnish Corporation, the Michigan Trust Company of Grand Rapids, and the Ypsilanti-Reed Furniture Company of Ionia, Michigan; also materials on Albion College, the Methodist Church, the Ionia Free Fair, and Republican Party politics, especially the campaign of Arthur H, Vandenberg for the presidency in 1940.
Extent:
25 linear feet
2 oversize volumes
Language:
English.
Call Number:
851795 Aa 2; AC
Authors:
Finding aid prepared by: Michigan Historical Collections staff

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection documents the business, civic, and political interests of Howard C. Lawrence. The series in the collection are: Correspondence; Speeches and speech material; Financial; Business Interests; Charitable and Civic Interests; Clippings; Miscellaneous; Photographs; and Notebooks.

Biographical / Historical:

Howard C. Lawrence, born August 14, 1890, was a Grand Rapids-based manufacturer and banker. Lawrence graduated from Lake Odessa High School in 1910, then in June 1911 entered the employ of the Lake Odessa State Savings Bank where he remained for ten years working his way up from bookkeeper and assistant cashier to president. In 1921, he became associated with Fred W. Green in the Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Company of Ionia, Michigan. He was first made assistant secretary-treasurer and later secretary-treasurer of the furniture company.

Lawrence service to state government began as executive secretary to Governor Fred Green, 1927-1930. In 1930, he was elected state treasurer, serving one term 1931-1932. He was later named to work with the state banking department as receiver of different banks and then as state banking commissioner, 1936-1937.

Beginning in the 1920s, Lawrence had served with the Ionia County Republican Committee. In 1929, he was elected chairman of the Michigan Republican State Central Committee serving until 1937. In 1940, he was manager of Arthur Vandenberg's campaign for president at the Republican National Convention.

Lawrence now returned to the private sector as vice president and director of the Michigan Trust Company of Grand Rapids, 1937-1944; as director, president and General Manager of the Grand Rapids Varnish Corporation; and as vice president and director of the Lake Odessa Canning Company.

Lawrence's civic positions included membership on the board of trustees of Albion College and director of the Grand Rapids Y.M.C.A. He died May 20, 1961.

Acquisition Information:
The collection was donated by Mrs. Clara L. Lawrence (donor no. 4241 ) and came to the library 1966-1967. One scrapbook, received in 1984, was given to the library by C. David Tompkins.
Physical Location:
Offsite storage; prior notification required for access

Subjects

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Subjects:
Banks and banking -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids.
Business records.
Clergy -- Michigan.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids.
Fairs -- Michigan -- Ionia County.
Furniture industry and trade -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids.
Paint industry and trade -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids.
World War, 1939-1945.
Buildings -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids.
Industrial buildings -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids.
Interiors.
Offices.
Politics and government -- Michigan -- 1939-1945.
Varnishing industry.
Formats:
Photographs.
Names:
Albion College.
American Bankers Association.
First Methodist Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Grand Rapids Varnish Corporation.
Ionia County Free Fair (Mich.)
Lake Odessa Canning Company.
Methodist Church (U.S.)
Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids.
Methodist Church (U.S.). Michigan Conference.
Michigan. Banking Division.
Michigan. Dept. of Treasury.
Michigan Bankers Association.
Michigan Trust Company (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Republican Party (Mich.)
Ypsilanti-Reed Furniture Company (Ionia, Mich.)
Michigan. State Administrative Board.
Republican National Convention (22nd : 1940 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Republican Party (Mich.). State Central Committee.
Lawrence, Howard Cyrus, 1890-1961.
Fitzgerald, Frank Dwight, 1885-1939.
Green, Fred W. (Fred Warren), 1872-1936.
Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987.
Adams, Evyn.
Anderson, Charles F.
Andrews, Harold F.
Andrews, Roger, 1874-
Atwood, Orville E., 1880-
Baldwin, R. W.
Barnes, M. H.
Bass, Louis.
Battley, Joseph F., 1893-
Bicknell, John W.
Blodgett, John Wood, 1860-1951.
Blood, W. J.
Brake, D. Hale, 1891-1979.
Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986.
Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961.
Brown, Harry J.
Brown, Prentiss M. (Prentiss Marsh), 1889-1973.
Brucker, Wilber Marion, 1894-1968.
Brundage, Ray O., 1881-
Bryant, Everett.
Butler, Leslie A.
Chapman, Fred A., 1878-1938.
Closterhouse, Leon T.
Cochran, Friend Morris, 1897-
Cochrane, Donald F., 1881-
Coors, D. Stanley, 1889-
Crawford, Fred L., 1888-1957.
Cudlip, William B., 1904-1988.
Davies, B. L.
Dean, Walter Clark, 1898-
Degan, James E.
Deyo, Harry N., 1892-
Dickinson, Luren Dudley, 1859-1943.
Dodge, Joseph M. (Joseph Morrell), 1890-1964.
Dunckel, Miller Lewis, 1899-
Emery, John Garfield, 1881-
Fead, Louis H., 1877-1943.
Ferguson, Homer, 1889-1982.
Field, Howard A.
Fink, George Rupert, 1886-
Fleenor, Wayne Harrison, 1902-
Flynn, Felix H. H., 1881-
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006.
Frey, James G.
Fritsche, Carl B.
Frost, Joseph D., 1888-
Gill, Etta Margaret Lawrence, 1919-
Glass, Harry.
Goebel, Paul Gordon, 1901-
Green, Helen A. Kelly.
Groesbeck, Alexander J. (Alexander Joseph), 1873-1953.
Hager, Joseph A.
Hamilton, John Daniel Miller, 1892-
Hayes, H. Jaye.
Hekman, Edward John, 1914-
Hewitt, Charles Henry, 1900-
Hill, Merrick.
Hoffman, Clare Eugene, 1875-1967.
Hollinshead, Kenneth J.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Huckle, Thomas O., 1881-
Innis, Ralph B.
Jayne, Ira Waite, 1882-
Jonkman, Bartel J. (Bartel John), 1884-1955.
Kelly, Harry F. (Harry Francis), 1895-1971.
Kilpatrick, Lester A.
Kimball, LeRoy Elwood, 1888-
Kingston, George B.
Knox, Frank, 1874-1944.
Kresge, Sebastian Spering, 1867-1966.
Kresge, Stanley Sebastian, 1900-
Lang, Samuel.
Lawrence, Gordon D., 1930-
Lawrence, Howard Cyrus, 1916-
Lawrence, Luther E., 1914-
Lawrence, Paul R.
Lawrence, Walter A., 1932-
Leffler, Emil, 1899-
Lillie, Guy.
Linderholm, C. Lincoln.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902-1985.
Lonergan, Augustine, 1874-1947.
McCartner, W. C.
McCrea, Archie Elbert, 1880-
McCurdy, Allan.
McKay, Frank D., 1883-
Mapes, Carl Edgar, 1874-1939.
Marin, Fredrik, 1898-
Mayberry, William A.
Moody, Blair, 1902-1954.
Moore, Andrew L., 1870-
Morgenthau, Henry, 1856-1946.
Moulton, Vern, 1880-
Newhall, R. Frank, 1874-
Nicholson, Walter G.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Norris, Louis William, 1906-
North, Walter Harper, 1871-1952.
Nowicki, Leo J., 1904-
Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-
Ott, Harvey N.
Owen, R. Dwight.
Pahl, Marvin F.
Pollock, James K. (James Kerr), 1898-1968.
Potter, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1916-1979.
Potter, William W., 1869-1940.
Pryor, Millard H., 1901-
Putnam, Mark Edson, 1886-
Reagan, Ronald.
Reed, Marshall Russell, 1891-
Reichert, Rudolph Edward, 1887-1965.
Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971.
Seaton, John Lawrence, 1873-
Sebastian, James R.
Shackleton, James M., 1896-
Sharp, Alexander Jefferson.
Sharpe, Nelson, 1858-1935.
Sigler, Kim, 1894-
Sink, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1879-1972.
Sligh, Charles R., Jr. (Charles Robert), 1906-1997.
Slocum, William W., 1891-
Smith, Delos Grosvenor, 1893-
Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001.
Stough, Irvin K.
Stowe, Ernest A., 1859-
Summerfield, Arthur Ellsworth, 1899-1972.
Taylor, Malcolm Cameron, 1900-
Thompson, George.
Thompson, Harold R.
Thomson, James Francis, 1892-
Toncray, Richard.
Toy, Harry Stanley, 1892-1955.
Trautman, Paul R.
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951.
Vandenberg, Arthur Hendrick, 1907-1968.
Vander Werp, Don, 1885-
VanOstenburg, Neal.
Van Wagoner, Murray Delos, 1898-
Voorhies, Paul Warren, 1875-1952.
Wade, Raymond J., Bishop, 1875-
Waldo, Dwight Bryant, 1864-1939.
Walker, Louis Carlisle, 1875-1963.
Watts, Frank B.
Weber, Al H., 1870-
Westerman, Leland.
Whitehouse, William Whitcomb, 1891-
Wier, E. G.
Williams, Allan M. (Allan Mackenzie), 1892-1979.
Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988.
Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944.
Woodruff, Roy Orchard, 1876-1953.
Wright, James F.
Ziegler, Charles M., 1888-1959.
Places:
Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Ionia (Mich.)
Lake Odessa (Mich.)
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1929-1938.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1939-1945.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1946-1960.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1837-1950.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Buildings.
Grand Rapids (Mich.) -- Industrial buildings.

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Donor(s) have not transferred any applicable copyright to the Regents of the University of Michigan. Patrons are responsible for determining the appropriate use or reuse of materials.

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Collection

Howard Cyrus Lawrence Papers, 1916-1966
Call Number 851795 Aa 2; AC
Total components 138
Last indexed 2023-12-08