Online registration is now open for the 2020 Annual Local History Roundtable.
This year's theme is Women as Changemakers. Learn more and sign up at our link here.
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.
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Events
Great Michigan Read Book Club
February 24, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
The Kutsche Office of Local History is hosting a book club around the 2019-2020 Great Michigan Read book. In "What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American...
Great Michigan Read Book Club
March 16, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
The Kutsche Office of Local History is hosting a book club around the 2019-2020 Great Michigan Read book. In "What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American...
Great Michigan Read Conversation & Book Signing
March 24, 2020 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and the Great Michigan Read for a discussion and book signing at Grand Valley State University. The Kutsche Office of Local History in conjunction with Grand Rapids Public...
11th Annual Local History Roundtable
March 26, 2020 8:30 AM - 3:45 PM
The Kutsche Office of Local History is recognizing the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment at our 11th Annual Local History Roundtable. Join us for a day examining the histories of women’s...
News
August 05, 2019
The Kutsche Office of Local History at Grand Valley is participating as a partner in the Great Michigan Read and will welcome author Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha to campus in the winter 2020 semester.
June 17, 2019
The Kutsche Office of Local History was nominated as Humanities Community Partner of the Year.
January 17, 2019
Winter 2019 Kutsche Chronicle Now available online.
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.
Community Collaboration Grant-Call for Proposals
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.