Annual Eastern Michigan University Pow Wow, October 1993
Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals
Indians of North America
Michigan
Michigan -- Grand Rapids
Annual Eastern Michigan University Pow Wow flyer, Ypsilanti MI, October 30-31, 1993, collected by Edward Gillis included as part of his Native American publication collection.
Eastern Michigan University Cultural Center
In Copyright
Sermones dominicales super epistolas Pauli [folium 17]
Incunabula
Printing 1450-1500
Sermons
Ebendorfer, Thomas, 1388-1464
One leaf of Sermones dominicales super epistolas Pauli by Thomas Ebendorfer. Illustrated with red rubricated initials. Printed in Strassburg by Heinrich Knoblochtzer in 1478. [GW 9173; ISTC ie00002000]
Seidman Rare Books Collection
No Copyright - United States
Alan Eberlein, 2022 (Interview video and transcript)
Oral history
Personal narrative
PFAs (Perfluorinated chemicals)
Groundwater--Pollution
Al Eberlein lives in Rockford, Michigan, where he was born and raised. In this interview, Al discusses his family's history and medical troubles which can be attributed to PFAS exposure.
Eberlein, Alan
Living with PFAS (project)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
In copyright
Eckman, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2011
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
Video recordings
United States. Army
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Don Eckman, of Lake Odessa, Michigan enlisted in the Army in March, 1944. He was in basic training in Florida at the time of D-Day, and shipped to Europe in the fall of 1944. He was assigned to the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division, at Nancy, France, and participated in fighting at Strasbourg and other places in Alsace, regularly walking point for his platoon. He was wounded twice in the space of several months, and was already on a ship heading for home when the Germans surrendered in May, 1945.
Eckman, Donald
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Edema, August (Interview outline and video), 2008
August Edema was born in Byron Center, Michigan in 1920. He was drafted after Pearl Harbor was attacked when he was 20. He went to the west coast and trained in the 96th Division. They made him a staff sergeant and he trained new recruits for 2 years. After that he went to Leyte, Philippines and was a platoon sergeant. August fought in the jungle of the Philippines until he was wounded on November 13, 1944. He spent the rest of the war in hospitals in the Pacific and the US, and was discharged when the war ended.
Edema, August
Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.)
Edema, George (Interview outline and video), 2008
George Edema was drafted into the Army in March of 1943. George traveled around the US for training and was then asked to be an instructor in small arms. He only taught for two weeks before he was called into the Army Specialized Training program. George then went to India, Burma and China for a short amount of time before he caught diphtheria and was sent back to the US.
Edema, George
Edema, Margaret (Interview transcript and video), 2008
United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve
Women
Margaret Edema was born in Cicero, Illinois and grew up on a farm, graduating from high school in 1940. She remembered everyone pulling together for the war effort. After school, Margaret began working for Douglas Aircraft where thousands of people were making parts for planes. Margaret joined the Navy in 1944 because the factory had closed and she could not find other work. She went to boot camp in New York and then began working as a secretary for a naval officer in Washington DC.
Edema, Margaret
Edmondson, Keith (Interview outline and video), 2011
United States. Army Air Corps
Keith Edmondson was born in 1924 in Wheaton, Illinois, and grew up in nearby Glen Ellyn. After graduating from high school, Edmondson began attending Purdue University the following fall, which was where he heard about the Aviation Cadet Program, which offered a deferment from military service until the end of school; however, in February 1943, the government changed the program and Edmondson enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He trained in Texas, Idaho and Nevada and was sent to the Pacific in 1944 as a bombardier on a B-24. After receiving additional training in Hawaii, Edmondson's crew deployed to the island of Kwajalein, located in the Marshall Island chain. While stationed on Kwajalein, Edmondson's B-24 participated in bombing attacks against the Japanese-held island of Truk. Eventually, Edmondson's squadron moved from Kwajalein to Guam, where they began launched bombing attacks against Japanese-held Iwo Jima. From there, he went on to Okinawa, where he completed his requisite forty missions and rotated home.
Edmondson, Keith
Book covers
Covers (Illustration)
Graphic arts
Publishers and publishing
Pictorial bindings
Binding of Cape Cod Ballads, by Joseph Crosby Lincoln, published by A. Brandt, 1902.
Edson, Mira Burr (Designer)
Autograph of Albert S. Edwards, Custodian of the Lincoln home in Springfield, Illinois
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Autograph of Albert S. Edwards, Custodian of the Lincoln home in Springfield, Illinois and nephew of Lincoln, undated.
Edwards, Albert S.
Civil War and slavery collection (RHC-45): http://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/472
Binding of The Town Traveller, by George Gissing, published by Frederick Stokes Company, c.1898.
Edwards, George Wharton (Designer)
Binding of A Doctor of the Old School, by Ian Maclaren (pseudonym), published by Dodd, Mead, c.1895.
Binding of A Rose of Yesterday, by F. Marion Crawford, published by The Macmillan Co., 1897.
Comprehensive plan publications
Big Rapids (Mich.)
Mecosta County (Mich.)
The General Development Plan final report was prepared for the City of Big Rapids by Edwards, Johnson, Mills & Associates in 1976.
Edwards, Johnson, Mills & Associates, Community Planning Consultants
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
Einertson, Norris L (Interview outline and video), 2016
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Norris Einertson was born on August 6, 1930, near Westbrook, Minnesota. He studied at the Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and became a chaplain in the Army in 1961. His first assignment was at Fort Riley, Kansas, where he served with the division artillery for 20 months. Norris was reassigned to the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Infantry Regiment and served at Wildflecken, Germany, for seven months. He returned to Fort Riley and was assigned to support command. His next duty was a year-long tour in Vietnam with the 34th Engineer Group based out of Can Tho in the Mekong River Delta. He returned to the United States and attended the Chaplain's Advanced Course then served at Fort Ord, California. He went on to serve at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and eventually became the post chaplain then went to Washington D.C. to serve as the executive officer in the chief of chaplains' office. Norris was promoted to brigadier general on December 1, 1985, then became the chief of chaplains on July 1, 1986. He served for four years as the chief of chaplains, then retired from the Army.
Einertson, Norris L.
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Eitel, Albert (Interview outline and video), 2011
United States. Navy
Albert Eitel, born in Nebraska in 1926, served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946 in the Pacific theater during World War II. Albert enlisted at the age of 17. He did basic training at Great Lakes Naval Base in Illinois, and then trained on LSTs at Camp Bradford, Virginia. He then joined the crew of a new LST at its shipyard in southern Indiana and sailed with her to the Pacific, where he participated in the campaign in the Philippines. Albert started out as a deck hand, but soon became a storekeeper. After the Japanese surrender in August 1945, the ship spent several months ferrying Japanese and Chinese soldiers from Korea, China and Indochina back to their home countries.
Eitel, Albert
Elliott, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2015
United States. Marine Corps
Bob Elliott was born in Hart, Michigan on November 22, 1948. He enlisted in the Marines in March 1966 and began basic training in late July 1966. He received his basic training in San Diego and Infantry Training at Camp Pendleton, California. He remained at Camp Pendleton for Radio Training then was stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay on Oahua, Hawaii with the 1st Battalion of the 27th Marine Regiment of the 5th Marine Division. In late January 1968 the unit sailed to Vietnam and went ashore near Danang. They operated out of a base near Bong Song and conducted patrols in the area. He participated in Operation Allen Brook near Go Noi Island and helped clear an area for the establishment of Camp Eagle. In September 1968 he returned to the United States and was briefly stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He voluntarily redeployed to Vietnam and arrived there in February 1969. He was assigned to the Headquarters Company of the 3rd Marine Division and helped with artillery operations around Quang Tri and Con Thien. At the end of his second tour he was stationed at a base near Laos. He returned to the United States at the end of that summer and was discharged from the Marines at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California.
Elliot, Robert
Correspondence
Patriotic envelopes
La Crosse (Wis.)
Wisconsin
Schuyler County (N.Y.)
Letter from David M. Elliott to his sisters in New York, describing life in Wisconsin and asking for news from home. Sent with an envelope with impression of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin stamped on the front.
Elliott, David M.
Elliott, Gloria Cordes (Interview outline and video), 2007
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League--Personal narratives
Baseball for women--United States
Baseball
Sports for women
Baseball players--Michigan
Gloria Cordes Elliott was born in Staten Island, New York, in 1931. She grew up playing ball with her brothers, and first learned about the AAGPBL when they played an exhibition game on Staten Island in 1949. She tried out for the league before the game, and was invited to spring training the following year. She played as a pitcher for teams in Muskegon, Racine, Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, and at one point pitched twenty-four straight complete games.
Elliott, Gloria Cordes
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Collection, (RHC-55)
Kevin Elliott, 2021 (Interview video and transcript)
Dr. Kevin Elliott lives in Lansing, Michigan, and is involved in the Center for PFAS Research at Michigan State University. He also serves on a National Academy of Sciences Committee that gives guidance to clinicians working with people concerned about PFAS exposure. Elliott holds a PhD in the history of philosophy and science, and studies controversies about science and environmental pollution. In this interview, Elliott discusses his involvement with PFAS research and education.
Elliott, Kevin
Elliott, Roger (Interview outline), 2012
Roger Elliott, born in 1949, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1967 and served in Vietnam as a supply sergeant at Cam Ranh Bay. After his tour in Vietnam, he completed his enlistment at Fort Lee, Virginia.
Elliott, Roger
COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020
Epidemics
Grand Valley State University
College students
Personal narratives
Video journal of Ryan Elliott, GVSU electrical engineering student, and his fiancée Shay, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this video, Ryan discusses the transition to online classes at GVSU.
Elliott, Ryan
University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project
Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives.
Video journal of Ryan Elliott, GVSU electrical engineering student, and his fiancée Shay, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this video, Ryan discusses co-ops, job loss, and the change in future plans for their wedding.
Video journal of Ryan Elliott, GVSU electrical engineering student, and his fiancée Shay, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this video Shay discusses her work in health care, and Ryan talks about his church involvement and the changes they have experienced due to social distancing.