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Browse the Believing and Belonging on Campus collection

Believing and Belonging on Campus

During the 2024 Winter semester at GVSU, the Kaufman Interfaith Institute and Interfaith Photovoice hosted nine students from different religious,…

Contributors: Interfaith Photovoice

Browse the Wyckoff Planning and Zoning Collection collection

Wyckoff Planning and Zoning Collection

Municipal master plans and zoning ordinances from across the state of Michigan, spanning from the 1960s to the early 2020s. The bulk of the collection…

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 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 Robert H. Merrill photographs collection

Robert H. Merrill photographs

Photographs, negatives, and lantern slides digitized from the papers of engineer and archaeologist Robert H. Merrill. A Grand Rapids native, Merrill…

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 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 Richard Platte Red Arrow Division collection collection

Richard Platte Red Arrow Division collection

Collection of photographs and a scrapbook pertaining to the 126th Infantry, 32nd (Red Arrow) Division of the U.S. Army. Sgt. Richard "Dick" Platte, of…

Browse the Living with PFAS Interviews collection

Living with PFAS Interviews

The Living with PFAS interviews were recorded during 2021 to gather the personal stories of individuals impacted by PFAS contamination. PFAS, or per-…

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 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 Joe Olexa letters collection

Joe Olexa letters

Collection of letters between Joseph Olexa and Agnes Van Der Weide, dating from 1941 to 1946. Olexa fought in the U.S. Army 26th Infantry Division,…

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 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 James Ochs collection collection

James Ochs collection

Collection includes a photo album of images taken by Ochs, 16 photos taken by the Army Signal Corps of the 26th Infantry Division, and document his…

Browse the Otto Kuxhaus collection collection

Otto Kuxhaus collection

Photographs collected by Otto Kuxhaus. Materials document his tour of duty with the 81st Squadron and his leisure time activities. Some photos of…

Browse the Ronald Oakes collection collection

Ronald Oakes collection

Collection of photographs by Ronald Oakes, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, and in the U.S. National Guard in the Iraq War.…

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 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 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 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 Summers in Saugatuck-Douglas Collection collection

Summers in Saugatuck-Douglas Collection

Collection contains images and documents digitized and collected through the project "Stories of Summer," supported by a National Endowment for the…

Contributors: Saugatuck-Douglas History Center