Can anyone help this person? Please post your answer to her BOTH on this list (let's share & avoid duplication at the same time) AND to her at <[email protected]>. Thanks, TR > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: looking for Van Raalte info > Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 15:53:17 -0500 > From: Susan Ditto <[email protected]> > > Hi, > I am a historic preservation consultant from Oxford, > Mississippi. I came upon your website while looking for > information on a furniture maker from your area by the name > of Van Raalte. I was hoping that you could shed a little > more light on him for me or maybe direct me to someone who > could. > > D.B.K. (I am not certain all of these initials are correct) > Van Raalte was a salesman and later head of the Limbert > Furniture company from 1916 to at least 1927. He was so > influential within the company that in the mid-1920s the > company's furniture mark was redesigned to read "Limbert > Furniture by Van Raalte Craftsmen." The Limbert company, > which started out in Grand Rapids, was moved to Holland in > 1906 where it continued to make furniture under the Limbert > name until 1944. This company's furniture was extremely > popular in the early 20th century and is still sought after > by collectors of fine furniture designs in the Arts and > Crafts and Colonial Revival styles. > > I suspect that the Van Raalte I am looking for was probably > a descendent of Rev. A.C. Van Raalte, but I have found no > evidence to support this. I would sincerely appreciate any > information that you could give me. Thank you very much and > congratulations on creating such an extensively researched > website. > > Best regards, > Susan Ditto > Ditto & Associates > 1516 Madison Ave. > Oxford, Mississippi 38655 > 877-648-4203 > http://www.dittoandassociates.com/index.htm

on 9/9/00 11:26 AM, Brian & Terri Rene (DaVar) Howard at [email protected] wrote: > Can anyone help this person? > Please post your answer to her BOTH on this list (let's share & > avoid duplication at the same time) AND to her at > <[email protected]>. > Thanks, > TR > > >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: looking for Van Raalte info >> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 15:53:17 -0500 >> From: Susan Ditto <[email protected]> >> >> Hi, >> I am a historic preservation consultant from Oxford, >> Mississippi. I came upon your website while looking for >> information on a furniture maker from your area by the name >> of Van Raalte. I was hoping that you could shed a little >> more light on him for me or maybe direct me to someone who >> could. >> >> D.B.K. (I am not certain all of these initials are correct) >> Van Raalte was a salesman and later head of the Limbert >> Furniture company from 1916 to at least 1927. He was so >> influential within the company that in the mid-1920s the >> company's furniture mark was redesigned to read "Limbert >> Furniture by Van Raalte Craftsmen." The Limbert company, >> which started out in Grand Rapids, was moved to Holland in >> 1906 where it continued to make furniture under the Limbert >> name until 1944. This company's furniture was extremely >> popular in the early 20th century and is still sought after >> by collectors of fine furniture designs in the Arts and >> Crafts and Colonial Revival styles. >> >> I suspect that the Van Raalte I am looking for was probably >> a descendent of Rev. A.C. Van Raalte, but I have found no >> evidence to support this. I would sincerely appreciate any >> information that you could give me. Thank you very much and >> congratulations on creating such an extensively researched >> website. >> >> Best regards, >> Susan Ditto >> Ditto & Associates >> 1516 Madison Ave. >> Oxford, Mississippi 38655 >> 877-648-4203 >> http://www.dittoandassociates.com/index.htm > > > ==== MIOTTAWA Mailing List ==== > The Ottawa County, Michigan USGenWeb Project Page is located at: > http://www.macatawa.org/~brianter/genweb.htm > A good place to look may be the Joint Archives at Hope College in Holland MI. On their web page there is also a reference to the Van Raalte Institute. The web page for the Joint Archives is http://www.hope.edu/resources/arc/ Hope this helps Peggy