Field Family Farm Records, 1947
subject: Shelby (Mich.)
subject: Farms
subject: Account books
subject: Diaries
description: Farm Records from 1947. Diary includes all expenses, crops, and labor related to family farm for that period including cost of sales. Blank pages not scanned. Shelby, Michigan.
creator: Field family
source: Peterson, Marjorie (Field)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1947
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Growing Community (NEH Common Heritage Project)
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Field Family Farm Records, 1948
subject: Shelby (Mich.)
subject: Farms
subject: Account books
subject: Diaries
description: Farm Records from 1948. Diary includes all expenses, crops, and labor related to family farm for that period including cost of sales. Blank pages not scanned. Shelby, Michigan.
creator: Field family
source: Peterson, Marjorie (Field)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1948
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Growing Community (NEH Common Heritage Project)
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Field Family Farm Records, 1949
subject: Shelby (Mich.)
subject: Farms
subject: Account books
subject: Diaries
description: Farm Records from 1949. Diary includes all expenses, crops, and labor related to family farm for that period including cost of sales. Blank pages not scanned. Shelby, Michigan.
creator: Field family
source: Peterson, Marjorie (Field)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1949
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Growing Community (NEH Common Heritage Project)
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Field Family Farm Records, 1950
subject: Shelby (Mich.)
subject: Farms
subject: Account books
subject: Diaries
description: Farm Records from 1950. Diary includes all expenses, crops, and labor related to family farm for that period including cost of sales. Blank pages not scanned. Shelby, Michigan.
creator: Field family
source: Peterson, Marjorie (Field)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1950
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Growing Community (NEH Common Heritage Project)
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Field Family Clippings, 1918-1940
subject: Shelby (Mich.)
subject: Farms
subject: Farmers
subject: Scrapbook
description: Book of clippings from local newspaper maintained by Mrs. A.T. Field, Shelby, Michigan (Oceana County). Clippings span 1918-1940, with bulk of clippings from 1920s-1930s. Articles are pasted into a book telling the history of the Detroit News, a way of repurposing that book for a purpose deemed more important. Cloth bound.
creator: Field Family (Mrs. A.T. Field)
source: Peterson, Marjorie (Field)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1918/1940
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Growing Community (NEH Common Heritage Project)
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

"Land of the Vikings"
subject: Shelby (Mich.)
subject: Farms
subject: Farmers
subject: Migrant agricultural laborers
description: Letter from S.O. Field published in the local Shelby, Michigan paper describing why he decided to leave Michigan and move back to Norway, the country of his birth.
creator: Field, S. O.
source: Peterson, Marjorie (Field)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1905
rights: No Copyright - United States
relation: Growing Community (NEH Common Heritage Project)
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

"Success Without a Mortgage: A Thrifty Norwegian's Way," circa 1900
subject: Shelby (Mich.)
subject: Farms
subject: Farmers
subject: Migrant agricultural laborers
description: Article published in the local Shelby newspaper discussing S. O. Field's (great grandfather of Marge Peterson) success at financing their farm. Article accompanies Peterson_Marge-006.jpg
creator: Field, S. O.
source: Peterson, Marjorie (Field)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1900
rights: No Copyright - United States
relation: Growing Community (NEH Common Heritage Project)
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

"The Old Norway Home"
subject: Shelby (Mich.)
subject: Farms
subject: Farmers
subject: Migrant agricultural laborers
subject: Correspondence
description: Letter written by S. O. Field describing his visit to Norway, where he was born. Published in the local newspaper, Shelby, Michigan.
creator: Field, S. O.
source: Peterson, Marjorie (Field)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1901
rights: No Copyright - United States
relation: Growing Community (NEH Common Heritage Project)
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Fields, Mike (Interview outline and video), 2010
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Air Force
description: Mike Fields served in the United States Air Force from 1957 to 1963. He trained as an aircraft radio technician, but wound up performing a wide assortment of duties on air bases in Oregon, Labrador and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Most of his assignments were with units involved in defense against possible attacks from the Soviet Union.
creator: Fields, Mike
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2010-07-27
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Fieser, Lawrence (Interview transcript and video), 2019
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States—History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: World War, 1939-1945—Personal narratives, American
description: Larry Fieser was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1950. He joined thr Army while studying engineering at Merrimack Community College. After basic training, he trained to become an Army medic and was assigned to accompany an infantry unit. He was then flown to Bien Hoa, Vietnam, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne at Camp Evans, and was deployed to A Shau Valley for combat assault missions. While on a period of Rest and Recovery in Thailand, Fieser’s unit was hit hard by enemy forces, killing a few of his friends, including the medic who replaced him during his absence. For the rest of his tour, Fieser remained with C “Charlie” Company where his interaction with Vietnamese civilians increased. When his tour was over, Fieser was flown into Fort Lewis, Washington, where he was resupplied with new gear and dress uniforms before being sent home. At home, he felt he had to readjust himself completely from the person he had been in Vietnam. People on the homefront were generally hostile towards veterans and the war effort, so he had to censor or reserve aspects of his speech and noted how American civilians were much less communicative than soldiers in the field. When he returned to Fort Sam Houston, Fieser became an unofficial secretary for the NCOs at the base for nearly five months, which he viewed as useless. Ultimately, he was no longer interested in continuing his military service and was soon discharged. From there, Fieser resumed attendance at Merrimack Community College and went to work in the Psychiatric Ward at a VA hospital, improving its efficiency and interaction with patients over his six-year tenure. His work at the VA was emotionally and psychologically draining, so he left, got married, bought a house, and began working as an insurance agent for twenty years with Farmers Insurance. However, he yet again became bored of this mundane work, so he left and began work at Target, enjoying the physical labor and lack of mental stress…
creator: Fieser, Lawrence
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
date: 2019-07
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Diego Figuearoa, Jr. video interview and transcript
subject: Young Lords (Organization)
subject: Puerto Ricans--United States
subject: Civil Rights--United States--History
subject: Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
subject: Mexican Americans--Personal narratives
subject: Social justice
subject: Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
subject: Mexican Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions
subject: Race relations
subject: Social conflict
subject: Cultural identity
subject: Black Panther Party. Illinois Chapter
description: Oral history of Diego Figuearoa, Jr., interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, on 8/25/2012 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
creator: Figueroa, Jr, Diego
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2012-08-25
contributor: Jimenez, Jose, 1948-
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Diego Figuearoa, Sr. video interview and biography
subject: Young Lords (Organization)
subject: Puerto Ricans--United States
subject: Civil Rights--United States--History
subject: Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
subject: Mexican Americans--Personal narratives
subject: Social justice
subject: Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
subject: Mexican Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions
subject: Race relations
subject: Social conflict
subject: Cultural identity
subject: Black Panther Party. Illinois Chapter
description: Oral history of Diego Figuearoa, Sr., interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, on 8/25/2012 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
creator: Figueroa, Sr, Diego
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2012-08-25
contributor: Jimenez, Jose, 1948-
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: spa
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Filarski, Helen (Interview transcript and video), 2010
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: Video recordings
subject: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League--Personal narratives
subject: Baseball for women--United States
subject: Baseball
subject: Sports for women
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Baseball players--Indiana
subject: Baseball players--Illinois
subject: Baseball players--Wisconsin
subject: Women
description: Helen Filarski Steffes was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1924. She grew up playing baseball with boys in the neighborhood. She met some of the players from the All American league who encouraged her to try out, and went on to play third base for Rockford, Peoria, Kenosha and South Bend between 1944 and 1950.
creator: Filarski, Helen
source: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Collection, (RHC-55)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2010-07-02
contributor: Boring, Frank (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Filer Township Comprehensive Plan
subject: Comprehensive plan publications
subject: Filer Township (Mich.)
subject: Manistee County (Mich.)
description: The Filer Township Comprehensive Plan was prepared by the Filer Township Planning Commission on February 19, 1988 and approved on June 7, 1988.
creator: Filer Township Planning Commission, Filer Township, Manistee County, Michigan
source: Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1988-02-19
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Filko, Joseph James (Interview outline), 2015
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Marine CorpsOral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
description: Joseph Filko was born in 1921 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His military career would span 20 years and three separate wars. The financial climate of the Great Depression drove him to enlist in the Marines in 1939 at age 17. He wound up at Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia where the sight of the USS Washington inspired him to join on for sea duty. In 1942 his aircraft carrier was attacked by kamikaze at Guadalcanal. Initially Joseph left the military in 1945 after WWII ended, however working for the State Police offered little pay and so he re-enlisted in 1948. In Korea he was stationed at the 38th parallel and lasted for 14 months. As if that weren't enough he was also sent to Vietnam in 1961. After a period of some time he was sent with a special unit to Okinawa. Finally he was discharged for the last time in 1962. Joseph was decorated with a variety of 16 medals and ribbons for his career. Later in life he worked for the US Post Office for 20 years before retiring.
creator: Filko, Joseph James
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
date: 2015-03-19
contributor: Sarna, Lilly (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
type: Text

Nathan Sargent from Millard Fillmore, March 29, 1855
subject: Sargent, Nathan, 1794-1875
subject: Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856
subject: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
subject: Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
subject: Whig Party (U.S.)
subject: United States--Politics and government--19th century
subject: United States--Officials and employees
subject: New Castle (Del.)
subject: Pennsylvania
description: Letter detailing Fillmore's assessment of a letter sent from Daniel Webster to Captain Jewett.
creator: Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
source: Nathan Sargent papers, (RHC-44)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1855-03-29
rights: No Copyright - United States
language: eng

Nathan Sargent from Millard Fillmore, March 21, 1855
subject: Sargent, Nathan, 1794-1875
subject: Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
subject: Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
subject: Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
subject: Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
subject: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
subject: Whig Party (U.S.)
subject: United States--Politics and government--19th century
subject: United States--Officials and employees
subject: Charlestown (Boston, Mass.)
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)
subject: Pennsylvania
description: Letter detailing Fillmore's denouncement a letter sent without his approval by Daniel Webster, and his attempt to discover how the error occurred.
creator: Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
source: Nathan Sargent papers, (RHC-44)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1855-03-21
rights: No Copyright - United States
language: eng

Fink, Raymond (Interview outline and video), 2009
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: United States. Navy
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
description: Raymond Fink was a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Navy Reserves from 1945 to 1946. In this account Fink discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and training, and his active duty while stationed out in the Pacific. Fink was stationed on Guam and describes living conditions there after the war.
creator: Fink, Raymond
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2009-04-14
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Mathesis (De nativitatibus libri VIII) [folium 172]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
description: One leaf from Mathesis (De nativitatibus libri VIII) by Julius Firmicus Maternus. Printed in Venice by Aldus Manutius, Romanus, in June and October 1499. Edited by Franciscus Niger. [GW 9981; ISTC if00191000]
creator: Firmicus Maternus, Julius
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Venice: Aldus Manutius, Romanus
date: 1499
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: la
type: Text

Fischer, Ray (Interview outline and video), 2003
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: United States. Army
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: Video recordings
description: Ray Fischer was born on November 27, 1924 and grew up on a farm in Greenville, Michigan. After high school he was drafted and trained in Oklahoma as an infantryman. He served in the 79th Division and fought in Normandy, France, Belgium and Germany. He was captured in Germany and spent a month in a prison camp before being liberated by the Russians.
creator: Fischer, Ray
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2003-08-21
contributor: Collins Sr., Charles E. (Interviewer)
contributor: Collins, Carol (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Fischer, Raymond (Interview outline and video), 2010
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
description: Raymond Fischer was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1924 and after attending junior college and working in Greenville, Michigan, Fischer joined the military. Following training in Oklahoma, Fischer shipped overseas and as part of the 79th Infantry Division, participated in the Normandy campaign, fighting through swamps and hedgerows, in the advance across France and fighting along the German frontier in the fall of 1944. While on patrol at that time, he was taken prisoner, and he spent the rest of the war in a prison camp until Russian soldiers arrived. He and some other men left the camp on bicycles and made their way back to the American lines, and he was sent home from there.
creator: Fischer, Raymond
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2010-07-13
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Robby Fischer audio interview and transcript
subject: Civil rights--Michigan--History
description: Robby Fischer is a Grand Valley State University Alumni. He talks about his experiences with activism in West Michigan.
creator: Fischer, Robby
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2011-10-10
contributor: Sayfie, Jordan
rights: In Copyright
relation: Speaking Out: Western Michigan Civil Rights Oral History Project
format: audio/mp3
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Sound
type: Text

Nathan Sargent from Hamilton Fish, April 23, 1849
subject: Sargent, Nathan, 1794-1875
subject: Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856
subject: Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
subject: Tyler, John, 1790-1862
subject: Sergeant, John, 1779-1852
subject: Whig Party (U.S.)
subject: United States--Politics and government--19th century
subject: United States--Officials and employees
subject: United States. Office of the Vice President
subject: United States. Navy
subject: New Castle (Del.)
subject: Virginia
subject: Massachusetts
subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)
description: Letter expressing New York Governor Hamilton Fish's support of Sargent to the appointment of the 6th Auditor of Washington.
creator: Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893
source: Nathan Sargent papers, (RHC-44)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1849-04-23
rights: No Copyright - United States
language: eng

Fisher, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2011
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
description: Charles Fisher served as a 1st scout in the 89th infantry division 353rd regiment of Patton's 3rd Army. During this interview Charles Fisher's recounts action during his service from 1943 to 1946 including one occasion in which he was the first American solider to enter a concentration camp. He also touches briefly on is home life including his employment and management of factories. This interview includes a supplemental video with some home movie footage that he shot in Europe after the war and an earlier interview recorded by his daughters.
creator: Fisher, Charles
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2011-06-07
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
contributor: Camp, Suzanne (Interviewer)
contributor: Rightmire, Joan (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text