Green, Robert J. (Interview outline and video), 2006
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: Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
subject: Video recordings
description: Robert Green served in the military for two years during the Korean War. He was drafted, but served at Fort Carson, Colorado. He was raised in Lowell, Michigan along with his two younger siblings. While in the Army, he was a mechanic on tracked units. He reminisces about some of his camp experiences, and explains some of the training he underwent.
creator: Green, Robert J.
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2006-06-02
contributor: Newman, Bradford (Interviewer)
contributor: Lowell Area Historical Museum (Lowell, Mich.)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Greenawalt, Rex (Interview outline and video), 2005
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
description: Rex Greenawalt was born on October 5, 1947 In Plainwell, Michigan and graduated from high school in 1966. He was drafted into the Army in September of 1967 and went through basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky and then infantry school at Fort Polk in Louisiana. Rex was sent from California to Vietnam on the Fourth of July in 1968. Rex went through Scout Dog Training School and became the handler of a dog named Rupert. They then began working with the 25th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs. Rex was eventually wounded in both legs and sent back to the US and discharged in 1969.
creator: Greenawalt, Rex
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2005-08-21
contributor: Collins Sr., Charles E. (Interviewer)
contributor: Collins, Carl (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Greene, Carolyn (Interview transcript and video), 2006
subject: Other veterans & civilians--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: Carolyn Greene was born in Jackson, Mississippi on June 23, 1948. Her father was in the US Air Force and she grew up where he was stationed at Kessler Air Force Base in Mississippi. When Carolyn was a teenager she was active in the Civil Rights Movement, working with the Freedom Riders, NAACP, and even got to meet Martin Luther King. She enlisted in the Army in 1972 after graduating from college, and went through basic training in Fort Jackson in South Carolina. She then went to Fort Rucker in Alabama where she took AIT classes and spent the rest of her service working in an office. In the interview, she notes continuing problems with racism in Alabama and some of the problems that returning veterans from Vietnam brought with them.
creator: Greene, Carolyn Annette
source: Veterans History Project collection, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
date: 2006-08-21
contributor: Collins Sr., Charles E. (Interviewer)
contributor: Collins, Carol (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Greene, Guy (Interview outline and video), 2008
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. Air Force
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
description: Guy Green is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army's 8th Air Force from January 1943 to September 1945. In this account, Greene discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and basic training, and also gives one a brief picture into the bomber campaigns over Germany entailed.
creator: Greene, Guy
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2008-06-01
contributor: Albright, Ashlyn (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

City of Greenville Master Plan
subject: Master plan reports
subject: Greenville (Mich.)
subject: Montcalm County (Mich.)
description: The City of Greenville Master Plan was prepared by the Greenville Planning Commission and Williams & Works and adopted on February 29, 1988.
creator: Greenville Planning Commission, City of Greenville, Montcalm County, Michigan
source: Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1988-02-29
contributor: Williams & Works (consultant)
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Moralia, sive Expositio in Job [folium 21]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
subject: Gregorius I, Pont.Max approximately 540-604
description: One leaf of Moralia, sive Expositio in Job by Pont. Max. Gregorius I. Illustrated with red rubricated initials. Printed in Basel by Nicolaus Kesler in 1496. [GW 11434; ISTC ig00432000]
creator: Gregorius I, Pont. Max approximately 540-604
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Basel: Nicolaus Kesler
date: 1496
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: la
type: Text

Dialogorum libri quattuor [German] Das buch der zwaÿer red mit einander [folium 197]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
description: One leaf from Dialogorum libri quattuor [German], Das buch der zwaÿer red mit ainander, by Pont. Max. Gregorius I and edited by Johannes von Speyer. Printed in Augsburg by Johann Bämler at the Monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra in 1473. [GW 11405; ISTC ig00408000]
creator: Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Augsburg: Johann Bämler
date: 1473
contributor: Johannes von Speyer (editor)
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: la
type: Text

Moralia, sive Expositio in Job [Italian]. Sopra la vita di Job [folium 176]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
description: One leaf from Moralia, sive Expositio in Job [Italian] Sopra la vita di Job, by Pont. Max. Gregorius I. Translated by Zanobi da Strata and Giovanni da Tussignano. Printed in Florence by Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, on June 15, 1486. [GW 11438; ISTC ig00435000]
creator: Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Florence: Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus
date: 1486
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: it
type: Text

Decretales cum glossa [folium 78]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
subject: Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170-1241
description: One leaf from Decretales cum glossa by Pont. Max. Gregorius IX. Printed in Basel by Michael Wenssler on August 19, 1478. Illustrated with red rubricated initials. [GW 11456; ISTC ig00450000]
creator: Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170-1241
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Basel: Michael Wenssler
date: 1478
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: la
type: Text

Decretales cum glossa [folium 80]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
subject: Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170-1241
description: One leaf from Decretales cum glossa by Pont. Max. Gregorius IX. Printed in Basel by Michael Wenssler in 1486. Illustrated with red rubricated initials. [GW 11472; ISTC ig00460000]
creator: Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170-1241
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Basel: Michael Wenssler
date: 1486
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: la
type: Text

Decretales cum glossa [folium 81]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
subject: Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170-1241
description: One leaf from Decretales cum glossa by Pont. Max. Gregorius IX. Printed in Basel by Michael Wenssler on March 15, 1482. Illustrated with red and blue rubricated initials. [ig00454000]
creator: Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170-1241
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Basel: Michael Wenssler
date: 1482
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: la
type: Text

Grevers, Theodore (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: Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
subject: Merchant marine--United States
description: Theodore Grevers served in the Merchant Marine between World War II and the Korean War. Theodore grew up in the Netherlands, and moved to the United States right before Hitler invaded. He worked on an oil tanker in the Merchant Marines, which made runs between Colombia and Philadelphia. After his service, he founded a detective agency, which assisted in attempts at freeing US POWs during the Vietnam War.
creator: Grevers, Theodore
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2009-05-30
contributor: Redford, Dakota (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

Griffin family, circa 1950
subject: Oceana County (Mich.)
subject: Farms
subject: Farmers
subject: Migrant agricultural laborers
description: Photograph of the Griffin Family. Family picked cherries for many years.
creator: Griffin family
source: Moul, Esther
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1950
rights: In Copyright
relation: Growing Community (NEH Common Heritage Project)
format: image/jpeg
type: Image

Grit, Jacob (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
description: Jake Grit was drafted into the Army in 1943 and fought in World War II. He served in a rifle company in the 9th Division, which he joined as a replacement in September, 1944. He saw action in the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, at the Remagen Bridge, and in the advance into Germany. Despite the intensity of some of his combat experiences, he did not have enough points to go home right away, and spent several months with the Army of Occupation in Germany.
creator: Grit, Jake
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2009-09-22
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

Quadragesimale [folium 62]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
subject: Gritsch, Johannes
description: One leaf of Quadragesimale by Johannes Gritsch. Printed in Augsburg by Johann Wiener in 1477. Illustrated with red rubricated initials. [GW 11542; ISTC ig00492000]
creator: Gritsch, Johannes
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Augsburg: Johann Wiener
date: 1477
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: la
type: Text

Quadragesimale [folium 143]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
description: One leaf from Quadragesimale by Johannes Gritsch. Printed in Strassburg by the Printer of Henricus Ariminesis (Georg Reyser) not after 1477. Illustrated with red rubricated initials. [GW 11541; ISTC ig00493000]
creator: Gritsch, Johannes
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Strassburg: Printer of Henricus Ariminensis (Georg Reyser)
date: 1477
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: la
type: Text

Groggel, Richard (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: Richard Groggel served during World War II in Germany and France as a Replacement Officer for the 90th Division in 1944. Shortly after arriving, he and his severely shorthanded platoon were captured by a German outfit when defending from a pillbox. Groggel was then registered as a POW on December 9, 1944 and was sent to a camp in Poland. A few weeks later, as the Russians approached, the prisoners marched across Poland to Germany, under grueling conditions, and then had to march south from Hannover to Munich as other Allied forces approached. His liberation by General Patton's forces came on April 29, 1945 in Münchberg, Germany.
creator: Groggel, Richard
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2009-10-11
contributor: Krieger, Ben (Interviewer)
contributor: Schram, Donald (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Groggel, Richard W (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: Richard Groggel was born on July 22, 1924 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In March 1943 he was drafted into the Army. He received basic training and anti-aircraft training at Camp Hulen, Texas before being reassigned to the infantry. He received infantry training at Fort Benning, Georgia before receiving officer training at Fort Davis, North Carolina. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant and trained soldiers in California before being assigned to an infantry unit. They deployed out of Fort Meade, Maryland in fall 1944 bound for the European Theatre. They moved from England to France and took up positions on the German frontier. During the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 Richard and his platoon were captured by Germans. He was moved to prisoner of war camps across Germany and Poland, he marched 350 miles across Poland and witnessed the failed Task Force Baum raid on Hammelburg prisoner of war camp. He was liberated from Stalag VII-A on April 29, 1945, and after recovery at Camp Lucky Strike, France he returned to the United States. He was discharged in August 1945 shortly after Japan's surrender.
creator: Groggel, Richard W.
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
date: 2015-08-28
contributor: Moore, Deb (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: video/x-m4v
format: application/pdf
type: Text
type: Moving Image

Gronevelt, Glenn (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. Navy
description: Glenn Gronevelt was born in Grand Haven, Michigan in 1947. In early 1969 he enlisted in the Navy to be serve with the “Seabees” (Construction Battalions). He received introductory training at Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, Mississippi then went to Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme, California for combat training. He was deployed to Vietnam in late May 1969 and arrived on June 1, 1969. He was assigned to Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 302 and did construction work in Cam Ranh Bay, at New Port warehouse in Saigon, in Cat Lo, and he helped with building projects part of the “Vietnamization” process. During his time in Vietnam he also remembers witnessing first hand the movement of troops and supplies into Cambodia. He left Vietnam on July 1, 1970 and after visiting his family for the 4th of July he reported to Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois and was discharged from the Navy.
creator: Gronevelt, Glenn
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2015-07-30
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
contributor: WKTV (Wyoming, Mich.)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Groom, Bill (Interview outline and video), 2016
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. Air Force
description: Bill Groom was born on March 10, 1951, in Greenville, Michigan. In 1969 he enlisted in the Air Force and received basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. His first duty station was at Lewistown Air Force Station, Montana, with the 694th Radar Squadron where he maintained and operated vehicles. In 1972 he volunteered for overseas service, and was deployed to Thailand in October 1972. He was stationed at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield where he helped load and unload bombs onto B-52 bombers. He stayed overseas for one year then returned home. He was discharged from active duty in San Francisco in October 1973. In 1975 he joined the Air National Guard at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan. In 1980 he went full-time and served as a technician, working on a variety of vehicles. In the mid-1990s he deployed to Italy during the Kosovo conflict, and later in 2002 he deployed to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to assist with maintenance and supervision of maintenance. He continued to serve in the Air National Guard until he retired in March 2008 with the rank of Chief Master Sergeant.
creator: Groom, Bill
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2016-06-18
contributor: Hammond, Steve (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Groothuis, Larry (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: United States. Army
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
description: Larry Groothuis was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1943. He was drafted into the Army late in 1966. During basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, he was selected to go to Fort Gordon, Georgia, for training as a teletype operator, and from there was sent to Fort Huachuca, Arizona, where he served until late in 1967, when his communications company received orders for Vietnam. The unit went by ship, arriving in Vietnam in January, just before the Tet Offensive. His unit initially coordinated communications between the 1st Cavalry Division and other units while based at An Khe, but soon moved north to Phu Bai, and Groothuis was promoted and put in charge of the communications net for all of I Corps. He remained at Phu Bai for the rest of his tour, but made regular trips to other bases by helicopter with his company commander, and also periodically traveled with road convoys simply to get off the base. The base itself was relatively secure, but subject to regular mortar and rocket attacks, one of which killed one of his friends, and periodic sapper attacks.
creator: Groothuis, Larry
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2011-06-17
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

Grosser, Tom (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
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
subject: Video recordings
description: Tom Grosser served in the US Army between 1971 and 1973. He served in Vietnam and saw some combat, but is still suffering the effects of PTSD and is reluctant to talk about it.
creator: Grosser, Tom
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2007-03-26
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

Specifications for the construction of a Jewish Center and House of Worship
subject: Jews--United States
subject: Muskegon (Mich.)
description: Specifications for the construction of a Jewish Center and House of Worship in Muskegon, Michigan, produced by Grunsfeld, Yerkes, Lichtmann & Koenig, Architects and Engineers.
creator: Grunsfeld, Yerkes, Lichtmann & Koenig
source: Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1946-04-12
rights: In Copyright
relation: L'dor V'dor (project)
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Guevara, David (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: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Marine Corps
description: David Guevara was born in Martin, Michigan on October 19th 1947. He grew up moving around a lot because his parents were migrant workers. He went to school when he could and worked in a factory. In 1968, he was drafted into the Army, but enlisted in the Marine Corps before he had to report. He trained in California and became a wireman for a communications unit. He was assigned to the Marine air base at Marble Mountain, near Da Nang. He mostly worked on the base laying communications lines, but also did some radio work, at times communicating with other Hispanic soldiers in Spanish, which the Vietnamese could not understand.
creator: Guevara, David
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2011-11-02
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