J.G Ramsdall from A.B. Markham
subject: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
subject: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
subject: Inauguration Day
subject: United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
subject: Washington (D.C.)
subject: Baltimore (Md.)
subject: Pittsburgh (Pa.)
subject: Ohio River
description: Letter describing Abraham Lincoln's second Inaugural Address, the celebrations, and his impressions of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburgh. The letter is accompanied by an envelope addressed to Mr. Claude Hamilton from the Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. with images of Lincoln and his birthplace.
creator: Markham, A. B.
source: Civil War and slavery collection (RHC-45): http://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/472
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1865-03-05
rights: No Copyright - United States
language: eng

J.R.R. Tolkien, Merton College, Oxford
subject: Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
subject: Merton College
subject: University of Oxford
subject: Oxford (England)
subject: Black-and-white photography
description: Black and white photograph featuring a portrait of writer and philologist, J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" and regarded as one of the most influential authors of all time, as taken in his study at Merton College in Oxford, England. Tolkien was a scholar and professor at Oxford University, in addition to a member of Oxford's Inklings literary group, and after his retirement in 1959 and his wife's later death in 1971, he moved back to Oxford and took up residence in a set of rooms provided by Merton College as an Emeritus Fellow, where he lived until his death in September 1973. Scanned from the negative.
creator: Gilbert, Douglas R.
source: Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1973-01-26
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: 1970s

J.R.R. Tolkien, Merton College, Oxford
subject: Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
subject: Merton College
subject: University of Oxford
subject: Oxford (England)
subject: Black-and-white photography
description: Black and white photograph featuring a portrait of writer and philologist, J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" and regarded as one of the most influential authors of all time, as taken in a hallway at Merton College in Oxford, England. Tolkien was a scholar and professor at Oxford University, in addition to a member of Oxford's Inklings literary group, and after his retirement in 1959 and his wife's later death in 1971, he moved back to Oxford and took up residence in a set of rooms provided by Merton College as an Emeritus Fellow, where he lived until his death in September 1973. Scanned from the negative.
creator: Gilbert, Douglas R.
source: Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1973-01-26
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: 1970s

J.R.R. Tolkien, Merton College, Oxford
subject: Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
subject: Merton College
subject: University of Oxford
subject: Oxford (England)
subject: Black-and-white photography
description: Black and white photograph featuring a portrait of writer and philologist, J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" and regarded as one of the most influential authors of all time, as taken in a hallway at Merton College in Oxford, England. Tolkien was a scholar and professor at Oxford University, in addition to a member of Oxford's Inklings literary group, and after his retirement in 1959 and his wife's later death in 1971, he moved back to Oxford and took up residence in a set of rooms provided by Merton College as an Emeritus Fellow, where he lived until his death in September 1973. Scanned from the negative.
creator: Gilbert, Douglas R.
source: Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1973-01-26
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: 1970s

J.R.R. Tolkien, Merton College, Oxford
subject: Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
subject: Merton College
subject: University of Oxford
subject: Oxford (England)
subject: Black-and-white photography
description: Black and white photograph featuring a portrait of writer and philologist, J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" and regarded as one of the most influential authors of all time, as taken in his study at Merton College in Oxford, England. Tolkien was a scholar and professor at Oxford University, in addition to a member of Oxford's Inklings literary group, and after his retirement in 1959 and his wife's later death in 1971, he moved back to Oxford and took up residence in a set of rooms provided by Merton College as an Emeritus Fellow, where he lived until his death in September 1973. Scanned from the negative.
creator: Gilbert, Douglas R.
source: Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1973-01-26
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: 1970s

J.R.R. Tolkien, Merton College, Oxford
subject: Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
subject: Merton College
subject: University of Oxford
subject: Oxford (England)
subject: Black-and-white photography
description: Black and white photograph featuring a portrait of writer and philologist, J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" and regarded as one of the most influential authors of all time, as taken in his study at Merton College in Oxford, England. Tolkien was a scholar and professor at Oxford University, in addition to a member of Oxford's Inklings literary group, and after his retirement in 1959 and his wife's later death in 1971, he moved back to Oxford and took up residence in a set of rooms provided by Merton College as an Emeritus Fellow, where he lived until his death in September 1973. Scanned from the negative.
creator: Gilbert, Douglas R.
source: Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1973-01-26
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: 1970s

Jacalyn Collins, Education Studies student teacher
subject: Grand Valley State University
subject: Michigan
subject: Spring Lake (Mich.)
subject: Universities and colleges
subject: Education
subject: Students
description: Jacalyn Collins, Education Studies student teacher, talking with a student in class at Jeffers Elementary School.
source: News & Information Services. University Photographs. (GV012-01)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In copyright - Non-commercial use permitted.
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Jack Carter, son of the next president, Jimmy Carter
subject: Events
subject: Grand Valley State University
subject: Michigan
subject: Allendale (Mich.)
subject: Universities and colleges
description: Jack Carter, son of the next president, Jimmy Carter.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Jack Hart 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: Personal narratives
subject: Social justice
subject: Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
subject: Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--1951-
subject: Chicago (Ill.). Mayor (1983-1987 : Washington)
subject: Discrimination in housing--Illinois--Chicago
subject: Housing--Illinois--Chicago
description: Jack Hart was a primary assistant to Walter “Slim” Coleman during the Jiménez for Alderman Campaign of 1975. He continues to live and work in Chicago’s 46th Ward, primarily in the Uptown Community. In the 1970s, Hart was a member of the Intercommunal Survival Committee, a white group that supported the Black Panther Party. He worked closely with the Young Lords. Mr. Hart joined Mayor Harold Washington’s Administration as Assistant Commissioner and was responsible for administering all of the City of Chicago’s rehabilitation loan programs.
creator: Hart, Jack
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2012-03-01
contributor: Jiménez, José, 1948-
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Jackoboice, George
subject: Michigan--History
subject: Local histories
subject: Memoirs
subject: Oral histories (document genre)
subject: Grand Rapids (Mich.)
subject: Personal narratives
subject: Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
subject: Grand Valley State University
description: George Jackoboice was born in 1908. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1931. He was a member of the Peninsular club and the Cascade Hills Country Club. He co-owned the family business, Monarch Road Machinery Co. He died on January 10, 1987.
creator: Jackoboice, George
source: Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1974
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
format: audio/mp3
language: eng
type: Text
type: Sound

Jackoboice, George and Helen
subject: Michigan--History
subject: Local histories
subject: Memoirs
subject: Oral histories (document genre)
subject: Grand Rapids (Mich.)
subject: Personal narratives
subject: Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
subject: Grand Valley State University
subject: Women
description: Helen Gast was born August 7, 1910 in Grand Rapids. She married George Jackoboice in 1937. They had three sons. Mrs. Jackoboice died on December 31, 2008.
creator: Jackoboice, George
creator: Jackoboice, Helen
source: Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1974
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
format: audio/mp3
language: eng
type: Text
type: Sound

Jackson Oak
subject: Trees -- United States
subject: Fairhope (Ala.)
description: Jackson oak tree near Fairhope, Alabama, covered in Spanish moss.
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1937-01-20
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

Jackson Oak
subject: Trees -- United States
subject: Fairhope (Ala.)
description: Jackson oak tree near Fairhope, Alabama, covered in Spanish moss. A woman is visible standing under the tree.
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1937-01-20
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

Jackson, Elmer (Interview transcript and video), 20519
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: Elmer Jackson was born in 1925 in southwestern Michigan. Jackson was in high school when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor over the radio. Jackson was later drafted into the Army in August of 1944 and was sent to Camp Wood, Texas, for three months of Basic Training. He was then shipped to Scotland aboard the SS Queen Mary and was quickly transferred to South Hampton, shipped across the English Channel to the Normandy beachfront, and trained up to the frontlines. He was assigned as a replacement rifleman to the 291st Regiment, 75th Infantry Division on the Meuse River. After moving south through Luxembourg, Jackson’s company took the fight eastward toward the Rhine River. Once across the Rhine, he saw more combat and observed several high-altitude bombing missions, which he was grateful for. His Division had advanced well into Germany by the end of the war in Europe and he was quickly transferred to the occupational forces in Bad Tölz and Fischbach. Jackson was then transferred to Camp Baltimore where he worked as a Military Policeman, then as an office assistant, and finally in Graves Registration. He applied and was accepted as a driver of a weapons carrier, driving through the postwar Allied occupation zones and questioning local mayors on the locations of possible American gravesites. He also spent some time in Switzerland and Paris, France, and in July of 1946, he was shipped back to the United States and was officially discharged from the Army at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Jackson then traveled back home and resumed work at a local hardware store. After being fired due to a long period of being sick he eventually went to work for a local grocery store and attended Michigan State University where he pursued a degree in civil engineering. He then traveled around Michigan attempting to find steady work and was denied several times before acquiring a job with a local hardware and plumbing business in 1949, which he later purchased in 1953. Reflecting upon his…
creator: Jackson, Elmer Jr.
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: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Jackson, Gloria (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: Video recordings
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Cadet Nurse Corps
subject: Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
description: Gloria Jackson was born in 1925 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She graduated from high school in 1942, just before being accepted into the Cadet Nursing Corps. She trained at Butterworth Hospital, Wayne University, and Percy Jones Hospital (Battle Creek Sanitarium). She also worked for some time in Des Moines, Iowa after getting married. She remembers seeing German POW's in the hospitals. Gloria was in Grand Rapids, Michigan when World War II ended.
creator: Jackson, Gloria
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2006-06-06
contributor: Lane, Anna (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Jackson, Thomas
subject: Grand Valley State University – History
subject: College teachers
subject: Universities and colleges – Faculty
subject: Michigan
description: Thomas Jackson, Education, Grand Rapids Board of Education
creator: Grand Valley State University. University Communications
source: University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
date: 1985
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Jackson, Thomas
subject: Grand Valley State University – History
subject: College teachers
subject: Universities and colleges – Faculty
subject: Michigan
description: Thomas Jackson, Education, Grand Rapids Board of Education
creator: Grand Valley State University. University Communications
source: University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
date: 1989
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Jackson, Thomas
subject: Grand Valley State University – History
subject: College teachers
subject: Universities and colleges – Faculty
subject: Michigan
description: Thomas Jackson, Education, Grand Rapids Board of Education
creator: Grand Valley State University. University Communications
source: University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Jackson, Thomas
subject: Grand Valley State University – History
subject: College teachers
subject: Universities and colleges – Faculty
subject: Michigan
description: Thomas Jackson, Education, Grand Rapids Board of Education
creator: Grand Valley State University. University Communications
source: University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Jackson, Thomas
subject: Grand Valley State University – History
subject: College teachers
subject: Universities and colleges – Faculty
subject: Michigan
description: Thomas Jackson, Education, Grand Rapids Board of Education
creator: Grand Valley State University. University Communications
source: University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Jackson, Thomas
subject: Grand Valley State University – History
subject: College teachers
subject: Universities and colleges – Faculty
subject: Michigan
description: Thomas Jackson, Education, Grand Rapids Board of Education
creator: Grand Valley State University. University Communications
source: University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Jacob Balder, 1940
subject: Dutch
subject: Netherlands
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
subject: Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
description: Portrait photograph of Jacob Balder, circa 1940. Balder was Pieter Termaat's comrade in arms in underground activities and was executed in Dunes in 1944.
creator: Unknown
source: Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection (RHC-144)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1940
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
type: Image

Jacob Parker and Joanna Stearns stone, Bell Rock Cemetery
subject: Malden (Mass.)
subject: Gravestones
description: Black and white photograph of the gravestones of Jacob Parker and Joanna Stearns (range 4 row 8). The gravestone on the left of the frame reads: "Here lyes Buried y Body of Mr. Jacob Parker Who Departed this life Octo.br 31st 1694 Aged 42 Years." The gravestone on the right of the frame reads: "Here lyes Buried y Body of Mrs. Joanna Stearns Wife to Cap John Stearns (Former Wife to Mr. Jacob Parker) Who Died Decembr 4th 1737 in y 79th Year of her Age."
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1938-08-11
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

Jacob: Expletive Deleted
subject: Clergy--Michigan
subject: Reformed Church in America
subject: Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.)
subject: Sermons
description: A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on August 20, 1995 entitled "Jacob: Expletive Deleted", as part of the series "The Human Story: Paradigms of Grace", on the occasion of Pentecost XI, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Genesis 27:38.
creator: Richard A. Rhem
publisher: Grand Valley State University
date: 1995-08-20
rights: In Copyright
relation: Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/
format: audio/mp3
language: eng
type: Sound