Books & Publications by Gordon Olson

  • The Notorious Isaac Earl and His Scouts: Union Soldiers, Prisoners, Spies. (2014)
  • Grand Rapids A City Renewed – A History Since World War ll. (1996)
  • A Grand Rapids Sampler. (1992)
  • Beads: Their Use by Upper Great Lakes Indians. Catalog for an exhibition produced by the Grand Rapids Public Museum and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Edited by Gordon L, Olson (1977)
  • Grand Rapids: A City Renewed: A History Since World War II. (1996)
  • Learning to Lead: My Life and Meijer, by Earl Holton with Gordon L. Olson (1999)
  • A Free Library For Everyone: The history of the Grand Rapids Public Library. (2003)
  • Flight to Freedom: The Story of the Vietnamese of West Michigan [With DVD]. (2004)
  • Spirits in Ebony. Catalog for an exhibition produced by the Grand Rapids Public Museum. (1977)
  • Furniture Family, the Story of the Irwin Family and the Companies They Built. (2008)
  • Peninsular Club, 1881-1981. (1981)
  • In the Name of All Marys: A History of the Mary Free Bed Guild and the Mary Free Bed Hospital. (1991)
  • Leslie E. Tassell: Fun-loving Entrepreuner. (2001)
  • Fred M. Keller: Doing things his way. (2000)
  • Robert B. Annis: Man of Precision. (1993)
  • Clare Jarecki: Premier Tool and Die Maker. (2001)
  • The Calkins Law Office, Its History and Restoration. (1976)

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