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Textiles ➔ Lace, Coptic (egyptian) Embroidery
Identifier:
154326Date:
1701 – 1800Current Location Status:
In StorageSource:
Gift Of Booth, EstherRelated Entity:
Esther Irene Booth (donor)Esther Irene Booth of Grand Rapids was a member of the founding family of Booth Newspapers. She was a niece of the late George Booth, founder of the newspaper group. Her father, the late Edmund Booth, was editor of the Grand Rapids Press and an officer of Booth Newspapers. For seven years during the Depression, Miss Booth was acting director of the Grand Rapids Art Gallery [now the Grand Rapids Art Museum]. She worked in the Red Cross in France during World War One. In World War II, she was chairman of the Red Cross citywide sewing center project in Grand Rapids. She also worked in the Veterans Hospital in Kalamazoo. Miss Booth was an honorary life trustee of Kent County Club.
Source: Obituary for Esther Booth, The Grand Rapids Press, July 12, 1984, page 6.