Now accepting nominations for the 6th Annual Gordon Olson Award.
Our Mission: "Giving Voice to Diverse Communities Through History"
Located in the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies, the Kutsche Office is home to the annual Local History Roundtable as well as multiple projects designed to support local groups and people to preserve, protect, and retain their histories. Examples of recent initiatives are featured on our website and in the Kutsche Chronicle, published in Fall and Spring of each year. Please contact us at (616)331-8099 or kutsche@gvsu.edu to learn more about how we can work with you.
Events
Stories of Summer Exhibit Reception
February 5, 2019 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Kutsche Office partners with local communities to collect, preserve, and make accessible their unique histories. These harvests include collecting oral histories, archiving photos and historic...
10th Annual Local History Roundtable
March 14, 2019 9:00 AM - 3:45 PM
REGISTER NOW Please join us for our tenth anniversary local history roundtable on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Seidman building on GVSU's Grand Rapids Campus. You can view the schedule...
L'dor v'dor: Oral Histories of the B'nai Israel Congregation
April 3, 2019 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
We hope you will join us as Dr. Marilyn Preston discusses her Community Collaboration Grant project, “L’dor v’dor: Oral Histories of the B’nai Israel Congregation” which...
News
December 13, 2018
Do you know someone who has made outstanding contributions to local history? Someone who has used history to give voice to diverse communities? Please consider nominating them for the Kutsche Office of Local History's 2019 Gordon Olson Award.
November 06, 2018
The Kutsche Office of Local History is proud to announce our grant opportunity to tenure track and tenured faculty who work with a community partner.
June 08, 2018
Kutsche Office of Local History receives Michigan Humanities Council Third Coast Conversation Grant.
April 24, 2018
The Spring 2018 Kutsche Chronicle is now online.
2018 Community Collaboration Grant Recipient Announced
April 12, 2018
Marilyn Preston, Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies at GVSU has received the 2018 Community Collaboration Grant to support her project, "L'dor v'dor: Oral Histories of the B'nai Israel Congregation."