Browse Collections (52 total)

Browse the William James College Interviews collection

William James College Interviews

Videotaped interviews of William James College faculty, students and administrators by Barbara Roos. William James College opened in 1971 as the third…

Contributors: Roos, Barbara (Interviewer)

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 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 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 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 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 Naval Recognition Training Slides collection

Naval Recognition Training Slides

Slides developed during World War II as a training tool, for top-side battle-station personnel on board ship and for all aircraft personnel, by the US…

Browse the Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection collection

Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection

Collection contains genealogical, personal, and family papers and photographs documenting the lives and interests of Adriana and Peter Termaat. The…

Browse the Temple B'nai Israel Collection collection

Temple B'nai Israel Collection

Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was…

Contributors: Preston, Marilyn, Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives

Browse the The Pine Tree in Michigan collection

The Pine Tree in Michigan

The Pine Tree in Michigan depicts the drama of Michigan's pine woods in twenty-four block prints carved by the artist from his original sketches.

Browse the Oceana County Migrant Labor History Collection collection

Oceana County Migrant Labor History Collection

Collection contains images and documents digitized and collected through the project "Growing Community: A Century of Migration in Oceana County."…

Contributors: El Centro Hispano de Oceana; Oceana County Historical and Genealogical Society

Browse the Richard A. Rhem Collection collection

Richard A. Rhem Collection

Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake,…

Contributors: Kaufman Interfaith Institute