Nathan Sargent petition and letter of recommendation for Commissioner of Customs, April 5, 1869
Sargent, Nathan, 1794-1875
Mangum, Willie Person, 1792-1861
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Whig Party (U.S.)
United States--Politics and government--19th century
United States--Officials and employees
United States. Congress. Senate
United States. Office of the Vice President
United States. Department of State
Washington (D.C.)
New York (State)
Lancaster (Ohio)
Letter of support dated April 5, 1869 from government officials recommending Nathan Sargent retain his position as Commissioner of Customs.
Nathan Sargent papers, (RHC-44)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
No Copyright - United States
Nathan Sargent petition and letter of recommendation for Commissioner of Customs, April 6, 1869
Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871
Letter of support dated April 6, 1869 from government officials recommending Nathan Sargent retain his position as Commissioner of Customs.
Nathan Sargent petition and letter of recommendation for Commissioner of Customs, March 22, 1869
Petitions
Pennsylvania
Letter of support dated March 22, 1869 from government officials recommending Nathan Sargent retain his position as Commissioner of Customs.
Nathan Sargent petition and letter of recommendation for Commissioner of Customs, October 9, 1844
Letter of support dated October 9, 1844 from government officials recommending Nathan Sargent retain his position as Commissioner of Customs.
Borrow, Alexander
Nathan Sargent petition. William F. Johnson from John M. Clayton, May 16, 1849
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Buffalo (N.Y.)
Letter requesting Johnson's influence to get Sargent appointed as head of a Bureau in Washington.
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856
Nathan Sargent recommendation. George S. Boutwell from George E. Spencer
Letter of recommendation for Nathan Sargent, expressing the opinion that Sargent not be removed from the office of Commissioner of Customs.
Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall), 1818-1905
National Holocaust Remembrance Day address
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Address by Pieter N. Termaat, to the Congregation Ahavas Israel on National Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 10, 1983. Termaat's address is preceeded by a message from Dr. Jan H. Lubbers, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, also delivered by Termaat .
Termaat, Pieter
Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection (RHC-144)
In Copyright
National Holocaust Remembrance Day program
Program for the Congregation Ahavas Israel's Holocaust Men's Club events for National Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Congregation Ahavas Israel, Men's Club
Grand Valley State University
Grand Valley State College
Michigan
Allendale (Mich.)
Universities & colleges--Michigan
Events
Posters
National Poetry Festival, sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson College, June 14-24, 1973. Patricipants included Diane Diprima, Edward Dorn, Robert Duncan, George Economou, Theodore Enslin, Allen Ginsberg, Victor Hernandez Cruz, David Meltzer, George Oppen, Rochelle Owens, Carl Rakosi, Kenneth Rexroth, Charles Reznikoff, and Robert Vas Dias (GV faculty).
Student Services concerts, events, and posters files, (GV028-06)
National Poetry Festival, sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson College, June 14-24, 1973. Patricipants included Diane Diprima, Edward Dorn, Robert Duncan, George Economou, Theodore Enslin, Allen Ginsberg, Victor Hernandez Cruz, David Meltzer, George Oppen, Rochelle Owens, Carl Rakosi, Kenneth Rexroth, Charles Reznikoff, and Robert Vas Dias (Grand Valley faculty).
National Poetry Festival, sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson College, July 9-19, 1975. Participants included Carol Berge, Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, Kathleen Frazer, Nikki Giovanni, June Jordan, Galway Kinnell, Ishmael Reed, Charles Simic, James Welch, James Wright.
National Poetry Festival, July 6-14, 1971
National Poetry Festival, Thomas Jefferson College, July 6-14, 1971
Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals
Indians of North America
Michigan -- Grand Rapids
Native American Awareness Day flyer, May 19, 1980 collected by Edward Gillis included as part of his Native American publication collection.
Anishnabe Student Organization
Native Americans at Nike site, Chicago, Illinois
Native Americans--Illinois
Native Americans--Great Lakes Region (North America)
Harbors--Illinois--Chicago
Black-and-white photography
Black and white photograph of a group of Native Americans gathered on top of a hill at the abandoned Belmont Harbor Nike missile site in Chicago. In June of 1971, this group of Native Americans and their supporters occupied the abandoned area of Chicago’s Belmont Harbor in the hopes that the site be set aside for housing units for Native Americans as well as a school for Native American children. Scanned from the negative.
Gilbert, Douglas R.
Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)
Black and white photograph of a group of young Native Americans gathered at the abandoned Belmont Harbor Nike missile site in Chicago. In the photograph, a young couple and passengers in a parked car are seen gathered next to a building at the site, with a group of musical instruments and a speaker system set up in front of the building nearby for a music performance by "Stone Savage" during the protest. In June of 1971, this group of Native Americans and their supporters occupied the abandoned area of Chicago’s Belmont Harbor in the hopes that the site be set aside for housing units for Native Americans as well as a school for Native American children. Scanned from the negative.
Black and white photograph of a group of Native Americans gathered on top of a hill at the abandoned Belmont Harbor Nike missile site in Chicago, Illinois. In June of 1971, this group of Native Americans and their supporters occupied the abandoned area of Chicago’s Belmont Harbor in the hopes that the site be set aside for housing units for Native Americans as well as a school for Native American children. Scanned from the negative.
Black and white photograph of a group of young Native Americans gathered at the abandoned Belmont Harbor Nike missile site in Chicago, Illinois. In the photograph, a group of young people are standing and eating picnic food in the foreground, while crowds are seen standing on top of the grassy hill in the background. In June of 1971, this group of Native Americans and their supporters occupied the abandoned area of Chicago’s Belmont Harbor in the hopes that the site be set aside for housing units for Native Americans as well as a school for Native American children. Scanned from the negative.
Black and white photograph of a Native American gathering held at the abandoned Belmont Harbor Nike missile site in Chicago, Illinois. In the photograph, a woman is standing next to a chain link fence with multiple posters posted upon it in protest including one that reads, "Our Treaties Have Been Broken!!! Three Hundred Years of Indian Genocide Has To Stop," and two others promoting a music performance by Stone Savage, "Chicago's only tribal rock band." In June of 1971, this group of Native Americans and their supporters occupied the abandoned area of Chicago’s Belmont Harbor in the hopes that the site be set aside for housing units for Native Americans as well as a school for Native American children. Scanned from the negative.
Natte, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2008
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. Air Force
Rich Natte was born in 1924 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was forced to quit his schooling at the age of sixteen so that he could provide for his family. Rich found a job at a local furniture store until being drafted in 1943. He spent six weeks at basic training in Gulf Port, Mississippi and spent an additional six weeks at a carpentry school in Virginia. Rich was then sent from Rhode Island to Norwich, England where he served with the 491st Engineer Battalion doing airbase maintenance. After the war was over he spent one more month in France before being sent home and discharged.
Natte, Richard
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Ottawa County (Mich.)
Ravines -- Michigan
Campus planning
Land use
Maps
Site analysis map featuring the natural ravines and recreation areas and created as part of the campus planning of Grand Valley State College as seen in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Guide to Future Physical Development," circa 1961. The map, labeled as Figure 7 of the publication, features a site analysis of the landscape located west of the Grand River and south of State Highway M-50 (later designated M-45), including the topography and plateau areas for potential campus building groupings along the edges of the ravines.
Grand Valley State College: A Guide to Future Physical Development
Johnson, Johnson & Roy, Inc. (landscape architects & site planners)
Meathe-Kessler, Associates, Inc. (architects)
Wehrer & Borkin (educational consultants)
Hotaling, Robert B. (area township planner, MSU)
Jones, John Paul (head of city planning department, Grand Rapids)
Universities and colleges
Facilities
Property
Self-guided nature trail on the Allendale campus.
In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Naughton, Gerald (Interview outline and video), 2008
United States. Naval Reserve
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
Gerald Naughton was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 29, 1931. He moved to Michigan when he was five years old and graduated from high school in 1950. Gerald joined the Navy reserve in 1955 and was later in the Navy full time. He was in the Navy for 17 years during the Korean War and Vietnam. Gerald now resides in the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
Naughton, Gerald
United States. Navy
World War, 1939-1945
Military education
Warships--Recognition
Slides
Navigatore Class Italian DD destroyer, October 1, 1947.
Naval recognition slides (RHC-50)