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Browse the Insel-Bücherei Series collection

Insel-Bücherei Series

The German publishing company Insel Verlag was founded in 1899 by Anton Kippenberg in Leipzig. In its early years the firm only printed expensive,…

Browse the Incunabula collection

Incunabula

The term incunabula refers to books printed between 1450 and 1500, approximately the first fifty years following the invention, by Johann Gutenberg of…

Browse the Honors Institute for Young Scientists (HIFYS) Scrapbook collection

Honors Institute for Young Scientists (HIFYS) Scrapbook

The Honors Institute for Young Scientists provided a competitive scholarship to an advanced summer educational program in science and math for high…

Browse the GVSU Theatre Photos collection

GVSU Theatre Photos

Photographs of Grand Valley theater productions from the 1980s to the 2010s. Photos include shots of performances, backstage, casts and crewmembers.…

Browse the GVSU Sexuality and Gender Flyers collection

GVSU Sexuality and Gender Flyers

Digitized posters, flyers, event notices, and other materials relating to gender expression and sexuality at Grand Valley State University, with…

Browse the GVSU Concert & Event Posters collection

GVSU Concert & Event Posters

Division of Student Services provides programs, services, and environments that enhance the personal, social, and intellectual growth of undergraduate…

Browse the Grand Valley State University Photographs collection

Grand Valley State University Photographs

People, places, and events of Grand Valley State University from its founding in 1960 as a 4-year college in western Michigan.

Browse the Grand Valley Ravines collection

Grand Valley Ravines

Collection of digitized photographs, graphic materials, and documents related to the physical environment and history of the ravines on GVSU’s…

Contributors: University Communications, Institutional Marketing

Browse the Grand Valley Media collection

Grand Valley Media

Collection of digitized audio and video from the Grand Valley State University Archives. The collection includes ceremonies, speeches, sports,…

Browse the Grand Rapids Oral Histories collection

Grand Rapids Oral Histories

Taped and transcribed interviews conducted in the early 1970s primarily of the children and grandchildren of many of the founders of Grand Rapids,…

Browse the Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club collection collection

Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club collection

Scrapbooks of newsclippings, photographs, postcards, and ephemera of the Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club. Photos were taken at regattas on Reeds…

Browse the Gi-gikinomaage-min Interviews collection

Gi-gikinomaage-min Interviews

Interviews with members of Grand Rapids' urban Native American population collected as part of the Gi-gikinomaage-min Project: Defend Our History,…

Browse the Fore-Edge Paintings collection

Fore-Edge Paintings

A fore-edge painting is a miniature watercolor executed on the fanned edge or edges of a book; when the book is closed the art disappears, now hidden…

Browse the Flying Tigers Interviews and Films collection

Flying Tigers Interviews and Films

Collection contains original 1940s films and interviews conducted in the 1990s, documenting the history of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying…

Contributors: Fei Hu Films
Christopher, Frank
Gasdick, Joseph
Misenheimer, Charles V.
P.Y. Shu

Browse the Faces of Grand Valley collection

Faces of Grand Valley

A non-comprehensive collection of photographs of Grand Valley faculty, staff, administrators, board members, friends, and alumni. Photos collected by…

Contributors: University Communications

Browse the F. W. Beasecker collection collection

F. W. Beasecker collection

Photographs of Lt. (later Capt.) F.W. Beasecker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Photographs of training at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts; visit to the…

Browse the F. C. Angus collection collection

F. C. Angus collection

Photographs of Sergeant F.C. Angus, Battery A 328th Field Artillery, American Express Forces, by D. J. Angus. The 328th Field Artillery was one of…

Browse the Edward Manley collection collection

Edward Manley collection

A collection of letters and photographs from Edward "Ned" Manley, a soldier in the U.S. Army, and his girlfriend Jean Worthington, a teenage…

Browse the Douglas R. Gilbert Photographs collection

Douglas R. Gilbert Photographs

Photographs scanned from negatives and transparencies from the Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183).

Douglas R. Gilbert (b. 1942) is an American…

Browse the Decorated Publishers' Bindings collection

Decorated Publishers' Bindings

From the early 1870s to roughly 1930, many publishers issued their commercial book covers with a remarkable variety of graphic designs and…

Browse the D.J. Angus Photographs collection

D.J. Angus Photographs

An extensive photographic record of Angus’ work and travels throughout the U.S. and Mexico. The images of manmade and natural phenomenon often reflect…

Browse the D. J. Angus Moving Pictures collection

D. J. Angus Moving Pictures

Indiana resident and entrepreneur, D. J. Angus produced an extensive photographic record of his work and travels throughout the U.S. and Mexico,…

Browse the COVID-19 Journals collection

COVID-19 Journals

This collection of journals and personal narratives was solicited from the GVSU community by archivists of the University Libraries during the events…

Browse the Connected Exhibit Interviews collection

Connected Exhibit Interviews

Collection of audio recordings and transcripts of Grand Valley State University students sharing their stories and experiences. The recordings were…

Contributors: Cadena, Cara; Schaub, Gayle; Frigo, Emily; Lubbers, Ellie; Fisher, Erin