Freeman, Leigh (Interview outline and video), 2015
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
description: Leigh Freeman was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1950 and was the son of a World War Two veteran. He was drafted in 1969 and trained at Fort Ord, California. When he arrived in Vietnam (April 1970), he was placed in Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Charlie Company was sent to places such as Firebase Ripcord and Gladiator
description: however, Leigh was in the infirmary when the company was heavily engaged on Hill 902 and Hill 1000 in July 1970, but did see action at Hill 605 at the end of the Ripcord campaign. After suffering a traumatic experience in the field, Leigh was moved to Echo Company for the remainder of his tour. After he returned from Vietnam, Leigh got a master's degree in education and held various teaching jobs.
creator: Freeman, Leigh
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
date: 2015-10-09
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: video/x-m4v
format: application/pdf
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Frens, John (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: Video recordings
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army Air Corps
description: John Frens is a World War II veteran who served out of the 792nd Bomb Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps from December, 1942 to 1945, and remained in the reserves until 1958. He served in the Army Air Corps as a B-29 navigator. His unit was based first in India, then later in China and in the Marianas. He participated in bombing missions against Japanese positions in Southeast Asia and China, and later in the strategic bombing of Japan in 1945.
creator: Frens, John
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2003-06-25
contributor: Boring, Frank (Interviewer)
contributor: Michigan Military Preservation Society (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Frey, David, G. video interview and transcript
subject: Philanthropy and society
subject: Personal narratives
subject: Charities
subject: Michigan
subject: Associations, institutions, etc.
subject: Family foundations
subject: Grand Rapids (Mich.)
subject: Frey Foundation
description: David Frey is chairman of the Frey Foundation, a Grand Rapids, Michigan based family foundation. He discusses his early life, education, service as an officer in the Navy during the Vietnam War, and work as chairman and CEO of Union Bank, now part of J.P. Morgan Chase. He discusses how his parents established the Frey Foundation and how they inspired their children to participate in the community. He shares how he and his siblings built the foundation and how they are involving the next generation. He discusses the foundation’s focus areas and outcome-based philanthropy. He discusses his service with the United Way and Grand Rapids Community Foundation, partnerships with other foundations, fundraising for universities, co-chairing the capital campaign for the Seidman Business School, and establishment of the Frey Foundation Chair at the Johnson Center. As one of the founders of the Grand Vision Committee, which became Grand Action, he was interested in building a convention center and arena with a promise of employing those living in the Heartside neighborhood of Grand Rapids.
creator: Frey, David G.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2010-05-07
contributor: Smither, James
contributor: Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Michigan Philanthropy Oral History Project
rights: In Copyright
relation: Johnson Center for Philanthropy Archives
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Friar, Thomas (Interview transcript and video), 2015
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
description: Tom Friar was born in December of 1948 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Friar attended Basic Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and then AIT at Fort Dix, New Jersey, where he learned to become a truck driver. Friar was then deployed to Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, in November of 1967 with the S4 Supply Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, First Cavalry Division at An Khê. He participated in the First Cavalry Air Assaults as well as Operation Pegasus. Returning to the United States in 1969-70, he noticed the increased general hostility towards the Armed Forces in Vietnam. He briefly served as a CBR NCO training recruits at Fort Eustis, Virginia, before leaving the service in May of 1970 and eventually became a tool and die maker.
creator: Friar, Thomas John
source: Veterans History Project collection, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
date: 2015-07-02
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Schatzbehalter der wahren Reichtümer des Heils [folium 47]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
description: One leaf of Schatzbehalter der wahren Reichtümer des Heils, printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger on November 8, 1491. [GW 10329; ISTC is00306000]
creator: Fridolin
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Nuremberg: Anton Koberger
date: 1491
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: de
type: Text

Sanford Fried interview (1 of 2, video and transcript)
subject: Grand Valley State University
subject: Michigan
subject: Universities and colleges
subject: Oral histories
subject: Alternative education
subject: Student councils
description: Interview with Sanford Fried by Barbara Roos, documenting the history of Grand Valley State's William James College. William James College was the third baccalaureate degree granting college for Grand Valley. It was originally designed to be an interdisciplinary, non-departmentalized college consisting of concentration programs, rather than majors. The college opened in 1971 and was discontinued in 1983 during a reorganization of Grand Valley State. Sanford Fried was an Arts and Media student of William James College who was active on the WJC Council and various committees during the years 1977-1980. In this interview, Sanford discusses his involvement on council and his committee work, and how his involvement was critical to his educational success at William James College. This interview is part 1 of 2 for Sanford Fried.
creator: Fried, Sanford
source: William James College faculty and student interviews (GV016-16)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1984
contributor: Roos, Barbara (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Sanford Fried interview (2 of 2, video and transcript)
subject: Grand Valley State University
subject: Michigan
subject: Universities and colleges
subject: Oral histories
subject: Alternative education
subject: Interdisciplinary approach in education
description: Interview with Sanford Fried by Barbara Roos, documenting the history of Grand Valley State's William James College. William James College was the third baccalaureate degree granting college for Grand Valley. It was originally designed to be an interdisciplinary, non-departmentalized college consisting of concentration programs, rather than majors. The college opened in 1971 and was discontinued in 1983 during a reorganization of Grand Valley State. Sanford Fried was an Arts and Media student of William James College who was active on the WJC Council and various committees during the years 1977-1980. In this interview, Sanford discusses mentorship among the William James community, the interdisciplinary approach of the college, and reflects on what the WJC education means to his family and his son's future. This interview is part 2 of 2 for Sanford Fried.
creator: Fried, Sanford
source: William James College faculty and student interviews (GV016-16)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1984
contributor: Roos, Barbara (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Froning, Mary (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--Personal narratives, American
subject: Baseball players--Indiana
description: Mary Froning O'Meara was born in Minster, Ohio, in 1934. She played on softball teams run by the local Catholic Youth Organization while in school, and was recruited into the AAGPBL in 1951. She played outfield for the South Bend Blue Sox from 1951 until the league folded in 1954. After baseball, she worked as an airline stewardess for several years, and then married and raised a family, and continued to play and coach baseball and softball.
creator: Froning, Mary
source: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Collection, (RHC-55)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2010-08-08
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

Hilda E. Frontany 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: Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
subject: Personal narratives
subject: Social justice
subject: Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
subject: Urban renewal--Illinois--Chicago
subject: Housing--Illinois--Chicago
subject: Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions
description: Hilda Frontany is a long-time community activist whose family first lived in the Water Hotel in Chicago’s La Clark neighborhood when they arrived in Chicago from Puerto Rico. In the late 1960s and 1970s she devoted her work to addressing the housing crisis that was displacing Latinos and the poor from Chicago’s Lakeview Neighborhood, a community located just north of Lincoln Park. As a member of the Lakeview Citizens Council, Ms. Frontany provided a public voice for Latinos and helped support homeowners.
creator: Frontany, Hilda
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2012-03-30
contributor: Jiménez, José, 1948-
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Protagonist of Pit and the Pendulum
subject: Fore-edge painting
subject: Painting
subject: Poe
subject: Edgar Allan
subject: 1809-1849
description: Painting on the fore-edge of "The Works of Edgar Allan Poe." Image of the protagonist of Pit and the Pendulum is based on illustration by Arthur Rackham. The figure appears gaunt and terrified, clad only in his "wrapper of coarse serge." Standing at the rim of the pit, he is surrounded by ghoulish figures with their "demon eyes, of a wild and ghastly vivacity." Top edges are crowded with red-eyed bats and tail edges with rats. Painting is signed with monogram MF.
creator: Frost, Martin (artist)
source: Seidman Rare Books. ND2370.P64 A3 1899
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1899
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Fry, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2004
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: United States. Air Force
subject: Persian Gulf War, 1991--Personal narratives, American
subject: Video recordings
description: Robert Fry was born in 1970 and enlisted in the Army shortly after graduating high school in 1988. He spent his time training in Kentucky and enjoyed boot camp. Robert earned many medals and ribbons during his time serving in Germany and in the Middle East. Robert led a fire team during Desert Storm, working on border patrol and search and destroy missions. After serving in the Army, Robert earned his associates in Security and is currently employed in armed security.
creator: Fry, Robert
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2004-02-02
contributor: Roberts, Lauren (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Fuehring, Carl (audio interview and transcript)
subject: Oceana County (Mich.)
subject: Hart (Mich.)
subject: Farms
subject: Farmers
subject: Fruit growers
subject: Christmas tree growing
subject: Michigan State University
subject: Audio recordings
description: Oral history interview with Carl Fuehring. Interviewed by Alan Moul on June 18, 2016 in Hart, Michigan. English language. Carl Fuehring was born into a fruit and Christmas tree growing family in the Crystal Lake area of Hart, Michigan. He spent his youth helping around the farm and later went on to study Administration Teaching and School Administration at Michigan State University.
creator: Fuehring, Carl
source: Growing Community (NEH Common Heritage)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2016-06-18
contributor: Moul, Alan (interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
format: audio/mp3
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Sound
type: Text

Funnell, Rex (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. Army
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
description: Rex Funnell was born in Whitehall, Michigan and was drafted into the Army during World War II. He was trained initially to work with mules for mountain pack hauling, but his unit's function was changed so they didn't end up working with mules in combat. He worked in the message center for his unit during his time overseas. His unit was in France and Germany during the war.
creator: Funnell, Rex
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2009-06-16
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

Portrait of painter Mathias Alten
subject: Alten, M. (Mathias), 1871-1938
subject: Grand Rapids (Mich.)
subject: Artists--Michigan
subject: Painters
subject: Photographs
description: Portrait of painter Mathias Alten.
creator: Fuson
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
date: 1929
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Portrait of Bertha Schwind Alten
subject: Alten, M. (Mathias), 1871-1938
subject: Alten, Bertha
subject: Grand Rapids (Mich.)
subject: Artists--Michigan
subject: Painters
subject: Photographs
description: Portrait of Bertha Schwind Alten, wife of painter Mathias Alten.
creator: Fuson
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
date: 1929
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Official Scrapbook, Future Farmers of America, Shelby, Michigan
subject: Hart (Mich.)
subject: Growing Community (NEH Common Heritage Project)
subject: Community development
description: Official scrapbook of the Shelby, Michigan chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA), containing materials from 1969 to 1984.
creator: Future Farmers of America. Shelby, Michigan Chapter
source: Carter, Phil
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1969/1984
rights: In Copyright
relation: Growing Community (NEH Common Heritage Project)
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Text

"Tell Me Why" Stories
subject: Book covers
subject: Covers (Illustration)
subject: Graphic arts
subject: Publishers and publishing
subject: Pictorial bindings
description: Binding of "Tell Me Why" Stories, by C.H. Claudy, published by McBride, Nast & Co., 1912.
creator: G.H (Designer)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1912
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Gabrosek Jr., Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2014
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army Air Forces
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
description: Joseph Gabrosek Jr.was born in 1924 in Barberton, Ohio. He grew up there and graduated from high school there. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in December 1942 and went through the multiple stages of flight training at different bases, and finished his training in C-47 transport aircraft at Sedalia, Missouri. In June 1944 he was deployed to Europe and was stationed primarily at Capodichino Air Field near Rome, Italy. He was attached to the 35th Squadron of the 64th Troop Carrier Group of the 12th Air Force. On August 15, 1944 he took part in Operation Dragoon, the liberation of southern France, in that mission he dropped paratroopers and supplies into the area. Over the course of the war he flew supply missions to the Army in northern Europe and to partisans fighting the Nazis in northern Italy. In May 1945 he returned to the Americas and until September 1945 he ferried troops from British Guiana back to the United States.
creator: Gabrosek Jr., Joseph
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
date: 2014-10-13
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: video/x-m4v
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
type: Moving Image

Gallert, Fred (Interview outline and video), 2015
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
subject: United States. Army
description: Fred Gallert was born in Winnipeg, Canada on July 17, 1921. When he was two years old his family moved to Saint Joseph, Michigan and he grew up there. After the U.S. was dragged into WWII in 1941 he was drafted into the Army in June 1942 and received basic training at Fort Custer, Michigan. Due to a proficiency in the German language he was selected to work as an interpreter for German prisoners at prisoner of war camps in the United States. He was stationed at the prisoner of war camp at Fort Custer and later at the prisoner of war camp in Santa Anna, California. He was discharged in Santa Anna in November 1945.
creator: Gallert, Fred Sr.
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
date: 2015-05-05
contributor: Jones, Adam (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Text
type: Moving Image

Galloway, Leonard (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: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army Air Corps
description: Leonard Galloway was born on August 3, 1925 in Huron, South Dakota. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps when he was 17 years old because he did not want to be drafted and because he had always wanted to fly. Leonard went through basic training in Texas and then was sent to the University of Mississippi for training classes. The war ended just as he was getting into advanced flight courses and he was disappointed because he had really wanted to fly in Europe.
creator: Galloway, Leonard
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2009-05-27
contributor: Galloway, Carson (Interviewer)
contributor: Caledonia High School (Caledonia, Mich.)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Malogranatum [folium 138]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
description: One leaf from Malogranatum by Abbas Cisterciensis Gallus. Printed in Strassburg by Heinrich Eggestein not after 1473. Illustrated with red rubricated initals. [GW M01847; ISTC ig00047000]
creator: Gallus, Abbot of Königssaal, active approximately 1370
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Strassburg: Heinrich Eggestein
date: 1473
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: la
type: Text

Galmish, Elvin (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: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army Air Corps
subject: Women
subject: Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
description: Rosadell Galmish Wolf, wife of 2nd Lieutenant Elvin Jay Galmish, tells the story of her husband during World War II from her perspective. Elvin Jay Galmish enlisted in the Army Air Corps at the age of 21 and trained to be a pilot. His wife traveled with him during his training until he was sent to Europe in 1944 where died in service of his country. He was a bomber pilot, based first in England and then in France (so presumably with the 9th Air Force).
creator: Galmish, Elvin
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2009-06-09
contributor: Vandermyde, Nicholas John (Interviewer)
contributor: Jacobs, Lucas Christopher (Interviewer)
contributor: Forest Hills Eastern High School (Ada, Mich.)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Gane, George B. (Interview outline and video), 2007
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: United States. Army. Air Corps
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: Video recordings
description: George B. Gane is a WW II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps with the 92nd Bomber Wing from 1944 to 1945. In this account he discusses his pre-enlistment years, enlistment and training in the U.S., and bombing missions in Europe.
creator: Gane, George B.
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2007-06-25
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

Carmen Garcia 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 Carmen Garcia, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, on 11/16/2012 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
creator: Garcia, Carmen
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2012-11-16
contributor: Jimenez, Jose, 1948-
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: spa
type: Moving Image
type: Text