Heidi Van Arnem papers 1977-2003 1994-2001

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Heidi Van Arnem papers 1977-2003 1994-2001

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-2009126?rgn=main;view=text

Entrepreneur and disability rights activist from Birmingham, Michigan. The collection document’s Van Arnem’s life and career through news clippings, columns that Heidi Van Arnem wrote for the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News, business materials, files relating to her advocacy and fundraising efforts, and visual materials.

3 linear feet and 1 oversized volume.

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Bentley Historical Library

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