California
Trees
Portraits, Group
Black and white photograph of a group of people sitting on logs in a forest. Part of a camera on a stand is visible on the left side of the image.
Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Muir, Jerry (Interview outline and video), 2011
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
Video recordings
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
United States. Army
Jerry Muir, born April 14th 1924 in Grand Rapids ,Michigan, was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943. Sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for basic training, he was assigned to the Signal Corps and began learning Morse Code. He took an opportunity to transfer to the Army Air Corps, and spend several months taking college courses in preparation for flight training, but the program shut down after three months, and he was now sent to Fort Warren, Wyoming, for Quartermaster Corps training. After this, he want by ship to New Guinea, and then to a replacement depot in the Philippines, where he waited over a month for an assignment. He was eventually assigned to the J.M. Davis, a ship that provided repair services for Army transport ships. He served aboard the Davis for the last few months of the war, and went to Yokohama, Japan, after the surrender.
Muir, Jerry
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
In Copyright
Muir, Richard V (Interview outline and video), 2015
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Dr. Richard Muir was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 2, 1939. After graduating from high school in 1957 he attended Northwestern University, Albion College, and Wayne State University studying medicine. After completing his internship in 1966 he was drafted in spring 1966 and reported for active duty in August 1966. He received training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas and volunteered to be deployed to Vietnam. He reported to Travis Air Force Base, California on November 2, 1966 to be deployed to Vietnam. He was stationed in Pleiku where he worked at a provincial civilian hospital treating civilians and training Vietnamese medical personnel. He also would go into the hills and villages of Vietnam to treat the Montagnards as well as rural Vietnamese. He was sent back to the United States in November 1967. He was stationed at Fort MacArthur, California for nine months and was discharged from there.
Muir, Richard V.
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Mulbrecht, Fred (Interview outline and video), 2012
United States. Army Air Corps
United States. National Guard
Fred Mulbrecht served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an aircraft mechanic from 1942-1944 in Italy during World War II. Prior to joining the service, Fred was in the National Guard. After being drafted in 1942, he aspired to be a pilot but instead was made a mechanic. Fred's training was undergone at Kistler Field Virginia as well as several private schools in New Orleans and Detroit. In late 1943 Fred was sent to a unit of the 15th Air Force in Foggia, Italy, where he spent all his service until he was discharged in 1944.
Mulbrecht, Fred
Mulder, Chuck (Interview outline and video), 2015
Chuck Mulder was born in September 1925 in Grand Haven, Michigan. He grew up there and in the fall of 1943 he was drafted into the Army. He reported for duty on December 21, 1943 and was sent to Camp Crowder, Missouri for basic training and Signal Corps training. In the summer of 1944 he was assigned to an antitank platoon in the Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion of the 302nd Infantry Regiment of the 94th Infantry Division. He was sent over to Europe in August 1944 and was sent to France on September 8, 1944. He saw action around Lorient and Saint-Nazaire, France and then in January 1945 saw action in the Battle of the Bulge around the Saar-Moselle Triangle. In the spring of 1945 the 94th Infantry Division advanced into Germany and from the end of the war on May 8, 1945 through the summer of 1945 he was stationed in Czechoslovakia as part of the occupation force. He was sent back to the United States in late 1945 and was discharged from the Army at Camp Atterbury, Indiana.
Mulder, Chuck
Mulder, John (Interview outline and video), 2009
John Mulder was born in 1925 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His family moved to Montana, but moved back to Grand Rapids after World War II broke out. John was drafted into the US Army when he was 18 years old. After completing basic training in Fort Stewart, Georgia, he also completed anti-aircraft school, in which he learned how to operate mobile anti-aircraft units. After training, he spent the remainder of the war in Hawaii, guarding Pearl Harbor.
Mulder, John
Mulder, Robert P. (Interview outline and video), 2008
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
Robert Mulder was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and graduated from Grand Rapids Christian High School in 1947. He was drafted into the Army in October of 1950 and went through medic training at Camp Adenberry in Indiana. He went through training quickly because the Army had been short on medics. Robert was shipped to Korea and assigned to the 38th Medical Company of the 2nd Division. Robert was eventually wounded and sent to a hospital ship in Seoul to have all the shrapnel removed from his arms and legs. After he healed Robert worked on guard duty at the medic station until he got frost bite and was sent to another hospital. Robert was then sent back to Michigan and discharged in July of 1952.
Mulder, Robert P.
Grand Valley State University – History
College teachers
Universities and colleges – Faculty
Michigan
Grand Valley State University. University Communications
University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Lantern slides
China
Farming
Farmers
Plowing
Black and white lantern slide of a Chinese farmer plowing a field with a plow drawn by a cow and a mule.
Beidaihe Qu (Qinhuangdao Shi, China)
Horse-drawn vehicles
Black and white photograph of a group of people sitting in a mule-drawn wagon. Three people are standing on the ground behind the wagon. Photograph was taken by Robert Merrill in the Chinese coastal resort area of Beidaihe Qu.
Mulvey, William (Interview outline and video), 2009
United States. Navy
William Mulvey joined the Navy in 1937 and served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. William joined the Navy in 1937, and was trained in Rhode Island before he was placed on the USS Texas. He was then transferred to the USS Boise where he remained until part way through World War II. He participated in the Battle of Cape Esperance off Guadalcanal on the Boise, and was then transferred to the USS Indianapolis, and served on that ship until a Japanese submarine sank it. He survived the aftermath, and joined the Naval Reserves upon his return to the United States. He was reactivated for the Korean War, and served in several capacities including on the USS Ticonderoga. He also served in the Vietnam War on a ship used for beach landings. He eventually retired from the Navy in the 1960s.
Mulvey, William
Municipal Comprehensive Plan Update, Master Plan
Master plan reports
Portage (Mich.)
Kalamazoo County (Mich.)
The Municipal Comprehensive Plan Update, Master Plan was prepared by the Portage City Planning Commission with assistance from The Corradino Group and was adopted on August 15, 1996.
Portage City Planning Commission, City of Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
No Copyright - United States
Municipal Standards for the City of Gaylord
Ordinances, municipal
Gaylord (Mich.)
Otsego County (Mich.)
The Municipal Standards for the City of Gaylord were prepared by Capital Consultants, Inc. in 1992.
Capital Consultants, Inc.
Murphy, George (Interview outline and video), 2011
George Murphy was born and grew up in a small town in Illinois. After finishing high school and junior college, he was drafted into the Army in 1969. He did his basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, and was then sent for artillery training to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Here he trained as a gunner, and was then sent to Vietnam. He joined a battery of the 7th Artillery which was attached to the 1st Infantry Division in the Mekong Delta, and served with them until the unit rotated home three months later. He and several other men from his battery were reassigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Camp Evans, and he served the rest of his tour with them. He continued to work as a gunner, and his battery regularly moved from one firebase to another. They provided fire support for Firebase Ripcord when it was under siege in July, and Murphy was sent to Ripcord to inspect artillery positions there when it was thought that his battery would move there. Instead, the base was abandoned, and he went back to his regular duties. Later on, he was stationed at Firebase Kathryn when it was attacked by sappers.
Murphy, George
Murphy, Thomas (Interview outline and video), 2009
Thomas Murphy is a Vietnam War veteran who volunteered for the draft after he graduated from Rockford High School in 1967. He served in Vietnam with the 1st Infantry Division, 2nd Battalion, Company D and was awarded three Purple Heart Awards, a Combat Infantry Badge, a Cross of Gallantry with Palm. In this interview, Thomas shares many stories about his experience with booby traps, dangerous living conditions and being a ‘tunnel rat.'
Murphy, Thomas
Caledonia High School (Caledonia, Mich.)
College administrators
Mark Murray, President of Grand Valley State University
Musgrove, Clare (Interview outline and video), 2005
United States. Army. Air Corps
Clare Musgrove served in the Army Air Corps, 1942-1945. He was a B-24 Gunner with the 15th Air Force in Italy, where he flew nine missions. On the last, over Ploesti, his plane was hit and the crew bailed out over Serbia. The rest of the crew were captured, but he was rescued by a local family and smuggled out by the resistance. Upon returning to his base, he was given a training assignment for the rest of the war.
Musgrove, Clare M.
Saugatuck (Mich.)
Douglas (Mich.)
Community theater
An advertisement for the 1980 Red Barn Theatre Music Carnival. It includes an advanced ticket order form as well as a map of Saugatuck.
Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of Local History from the Saugatuck Douglas History Center for the Stories of Summer project.
Copyright Undetermined
Music Class at Sheldon School, Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Classrooms
Choirs (Music)
Black and white photograph of a group of students and their music teacher singing during music class at the Sheldon School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Scanned from the negative.
Gilbert, Douglas R.
Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)
Black and white photograph of a group of young male students and their teacher during music class in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Scanned from the negative.
Black and white photograph of a group of young male students and their teacher singing during music class in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Scanned from the negative.