COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020
Epidemics
Grand Valley State University
College students
Personal narratives
Journal entry of GVSU student José Garcia relating his experiences as a student and parent during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Garcia, José
University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project
Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives.
In Copyright
Jose Jimenez audio interview and transcript
Civil rights--Michigan--History
Jose Jimenez was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico and lived in Chicago. He discusses his experiences as the leader of the Young Lords and an activist for Latin Americans.
Jimenez, Jose
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Speaking Out: Western Michigan Civil Rights Oral History Project
Jose Jimenez video interview and transcript, interview 1
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Mexican Americans--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Mexican Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions
Race relations
Social conflict
Cultural identity
Black Panther Party. Illinois Chapter
Oral history of Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, interviewed on 3/15/2012 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
Jose Jimenez video interview and transcript,interview 2
Oral history of Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, interviewed on 7/14/2012 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
Joseph Bechard, Special Education Studies student teacher
Michigan
Spring Lake (Mich.)
Universities and colleges
Education
Students
Joseph Bechard, Special Education Studies student teacher, talking with a student in class at Jeffers Elementary School.
News & Information Services. University Photographs. (GV012-01)
In copyright - Non-commercial use permitted.
Joseph Cospito audio interview and transcript
Discrimination
Joseph Cospito likes working on his house, playing with his children, being a stay at home dad, and listening to books on audio tape. He is a retired science professor who is married to an episcopal priest. He discusses growing up in the fifties in Bartonville, Illinois.
Cospito, Joseph
Joseph E. Bradford from Horatio T. Libby
United States. Patent Office
Engines
Patents
Machinists
Portland (Me.)
New York (N.Y.)
Request from Horatio T. Libby, an engine machinist, that Joseph E. Bradford investigate a patent held by Henry Bailey.
Libby, Horatio T.
Civil War and slavery collection (RHC-45): http://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/472
No Copyright - United States
Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864
United States--Politics and government--19th century
United States. Department of the Interior
Courthouses
Washington (D.C.)
Baltimore (Md.)
Maryland
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior discussing rental of rooms in the Baltimore court house.
Clergy--Michigan
Reformed Church in America
Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.)
Sermons
A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on August 27, 1995 entitled "Joseph: Breaking the Cycle of Violence", as part of the series "The Human Story: Paradigms of Grace", on the occasion of Pentecost XII, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Genesis 45:4, Romans 12:21, Matthew 5:44, 48.
Richard A. Rhem
Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/
Jouppi, James (Interview outline and video), 2013
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
Video recordings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Vietnam
James was born on Long Island, December 10, 1948. His father was in the Marine Corps and served in Korea. The family moved around during his childhood but they eventually settled back in New York. After graduating from high school in 1966, Jim went to Cornell University. He flunked out and tried another school to avoid the draft. He later graduated from Cornell with a degree in Civil Engineering. He joined the Peace Corps in 1971 and was stationed in Thailand. After being there for three years, he returned home and eventually joined the United States Army and served as a medic in Germany.
Jouppi, James
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on September 13, 1998 entitled "Journey With Us Toward New Horizons", on the occasion of Pentecost XV, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Genesis 12:1, Hebrews 11,8,10.
Jousma, Darin Richard (Interview outline), 2015
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American
United States. Army
Darin Jousma enlisted in the Army in the summer of 1997 after graduating from high school. He served in Bosnia in 1998 as part of a peacekeeping force helping with the confiscation of weapons and stopping Serbian forces from moving weaponry and ordnance around the country. He was stationed in Kuwait in 2004. He spent a few years at Fort Riley, Kansas with the 2nd Battalion, 78th Armored Regimant and worked as a commander's driver. As of the time of the interview he is in the Michigan National Guard with the rank of 2nd lieutenant and expects to be promoted to 1st lieutenant.
Jousma, Darin Richard
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Joy Muehlenbeck and Jerry Muehlenbeck-Elsinga (Audio interview and transcript), 2018
Saugatuck (Mich.)
Douglas (Mich.)
Allegan County (Mich.)
Outdoor recreation
Audio recordings
Sisters Joy Muehlenbeck and Jerry Elsinga describe adjusting to Saugatuck as young women after living in Chicago. Considerable discussion about the Pavillion and education in Saugatuck in the 60's and 70's.
Muehlenbeck, Joy
Muehlenbeck-Elsinga, Jerry
Documenting the Histories of Summers in Saugatuck-Douglas, Kutsche Office of Local History
Stories of Summer (Common Heritage project)
A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on December 28, 1986 entitled "Joy: As Far as the Curse is Found", on the occasion of Christmastide I, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Luke 2:10.
A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on December 27, 1992 entitled "Joy!", on the occasion of Christmastide I, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Isaiah 9:3, Luke 2:10.
Joyner, Ron (Interview outline and video), 2010
Ron Joyner was drafted into the Army in 1970 as part of the first group to be drafted through the lottery system. He volunteered for helicopter pilot training, which he took at Fort Rucker, Alabama, and was then sent to Germany. From there, he was sent to Vietnam toward the end of American involvement there. Most of his missions in Vietnam involved ferrying troops into the field and bringing them back again, and he does not recall being involved in any large battles.
Joyner, Ron
United States. Navy
Military education
Airplanes, Military--Recognition
World War, 1939-1945
Slides
Naval recognition slides (RHC-50)
Juan Jiménez video interview and biography
Spanish language--Personal narratives
Juan Jiménez is the younger brother of Antonio “Maloco” Jiménez and currently lives in Barrio San Salvador of Caguas, Puerto Rico, in the secluded road behind the tienda, or store, of the Trinidads. His home is newly built and sits on cement blocks like stilts, carved right into the hill but sitting halfway on air. It is difficult to turn your car around the dead end road as there are more hills to the other side. And he has a beautiful view of the center of San Salvador’s Monte Peluche, a tall, rocky mountain covered with vegetation. It is his section of paradise and what Mr. Jiménez worked for all his life when he lived in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, on La Armitage. Mr. Jiménez is content, still raising his college-aged daughter. His son is a proud Illinois State trooper. Mr. Jiménez was part of Council Number 9 of the Caballeros de San Juan and Damas de María at St. Teresa’s Church on Kenmore and Armitage. He played well and was a proud member of their softball team. It instilled character in the players, kept the community stable, and kept the youth away from hard drugs and off the streets. Each team had their own chanting cheerleaders, coaches, and managers. It was also good for small entrepreneurs who sold pasteles and pastelillos, rice and bean dinners, and T- shirts and flags and banners. The Catholic softball leagues provided the Puerto Rican version of the college town football game for the entire Puerto Rican family. It kept them united and parents knew at all times where they could find their children. It was a cost effective, after school fun that today would have eliminated the few existing after school programs. And it was a true community program that did not have to be funded by the federal government or by city hall. But the leagues and the Caballeros and the Damas were being weakened and destroyed by discriminatory plans to “cleanse for profit” the lakefront and near downtown areas of Puerto Ricans, other minorities and the poor. And along with their displacement and destruction of neighborhood networks and the disenfranchisement of Puerto Rican and poor voters, breeding grounds for today’s super gangs were created.
Jiménez, Juan
Juan Rodríguez video interview and biography
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--1951-
Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs
Juan Rodríguez was a member and leader of the Jovenes Nobles social club in San Salvador, Puerto Rico, where he was born and raised. Mr. Rodríguez later followed other family members to Aurora, Illinois where he worked for many years at the Caterpillar Plant on Montgomery Road. Later, Mr. Rodríguez heard about the organizing work of the Young Lords in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. By that time his relatives from the Jiménez family had also come to Aurora, moving from Lincoln Park and Wicker Park. Mr. Rodríguez and his brother Ramón would visit their home regularly, and assisted with organizing the parades.
Rodríguez, Juan