Michigan
Allegan County (Mich.)
Saugatuck (Mich.)
Citizen suits (Civil procedure)
Evidence
Plaintiff's Exhibit 2. A hand-drawn map labeled The Village of Saugatuck, Mich., 1907. The map depicts both several city blocks and the water, where there are multiple kinds of boats on the water. On the back "#4" has been written in the top right corner.
Otsego Library
Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of Local History from the Saugatuck Douglas History Center for the Stories of Summer project.
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Copyright Undetermined
Boats
Plaintiff's Exhibit 3. A black and white shot of four buildings, including the Cook Boat House, located on the water that is taken from across the water. There are several boats docked or on the shore.
Plaintiff's Exhibit 9. A black and white aerial shot taken of the buildings along the water. The picture is taken from Mt. Baldhead, as expressed in the bottom right corner. A small 40 is written below it.
Legal action that the Coburn family took against the Kalamazoo Ferry Company. It provides background information about the case and the franchise agreement that led to the lawsuit.
Die vierundzwanzig Alten, oder Der goldne Thron [folium 177]
Incunabula
Printing 1450-1500
One leaf from Die vierundzwanzig Alten, oder Der goldne Thron, by Otto von Passau. Printed in Augsburg by Anton Sorg on March 10, 1480. [GW M28503; ISTC io00119000]
Otto von Passau
Seidman Rare Books Collection
No Copyright - United States
Oudbier, Jessica (Interview outline and video), 2015
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
United States. Navy
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
Jessica Oudbier was born on April 6, 1989 in Fort Ord, California. Her father was in the Air Force and she grew up in various military communities, even after her parents divorced. After graduating from high school she enlisted in the Navy on August 15, 2007. She received basic training and communications training at Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. She was assigned to Tactical Air Control Squadron 12 in San Diego, California. During her time there she withstood repeated sexual assaults as well as verbal harassment from fellow sailors. She was assigned to the USS Bonhomme Richard and took part in RIMPAC 2009 as well as a deployment to the Gulf of Aden for air strikes in Yemen. During her time in the Navy she got pregnant and got married and was assigned to FACSFAC in San Diego. She reenlisted in 2012 and was assigned to the USS New Orleans. After a nervous breakdown she was medically discharged from the Navy in February 2014 and moved to Michigan with her husband and children.
Oudbier, Jessica
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
In Copyright
Oudbier, Matthew (Interview transcript and video), 2017
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American
United States. Marine Corps
Video recordings
Matthew Oudbier was born in Bremerton, Washington and grew up in a Marine Corps family. He entered the Delayed Entry Program in 2004 and went to Twentynine Palms, California, for its field radio operators course. Oudbier was then assigned to 1st Stinger Battery or 1st LAD in Futenma on Okinawa, Japan, before being deployed to Ramadi, Iraq, in 2007 where he was his company's radio operator and participated in heavy training. After reenlistment, Oudbier became first ANGLICO, returned to Iraq in 2008, and joined a support/logistics team. He also reenlisted for tours in the Gulf of Aden in 2009 and Sangin, Afghanistan in 2011 where he was assigned to the Georgian Army. After leaving the service, Oudbier got his Class A license and worked at the VA hospital in San Diego before moving back to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Oudbier, Matthew
Veterans History Project collection, RHC-27
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
Oudman, Edwin James (Interview outline), 2015
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
United States. ArmyOral history
Jim Oudman was born in California, and now lives in Grand Rapids Michigan. When he turned 18 he was drafted into the Vietnam War, and received basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky where he was in the Fifth Tank battalion. At Fort Story, Virginia he put his skills to work on the rifle team during Advanced Individual Training. Thereafter, in 1965, he was sent to Cam Rahn Bay Vietnam on the USS Breckenridge. During his time he worked on a number of jobs for the Air Force and Navy such as affixing napalm wing tanks to F-4 Phantom planes. After a year in Vietnam he was discharged from the military in June of 1966.
Oudman, Edwin James
Oudman, Edwin James (Interview outline and video), 2016
United States. Army
Jim Oudman was born on July 28, 1943, in Palo Alto, California, but he grew up in Michigan. In the fall of 1964 he volunteered for the draft. He received basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, then received advanced individual training at Fort Story, Virginia. While at Fort Story he learned how to drive trucks and handle supplies, and was assigned to the 565th Transportation Company. In October 1965 he deployed to Vietnam with the 565th and got there via the USS General JC Brekinridge. He landed at Cam Ranh Bay and helped establish a base there. For a year he went on convoys to nearby bases to deliver supplies with most convoys going from Cam Ranh Bay to Nha Trang. After a year in Vietnam he returned to the United States and with four months left in his enlistment he was discharged early.
Owen, Calvin (Interview outline and video), 2007
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Calvin Owen is an Ohio native. Owen saw action various locations in the Pacific theatre of WW II while serving in the 533rd Engineers Boat and Shore Regiment, an army unit involved in amphibious landings. He describes the occupation of Japan and describes the devastation wrought on Hiroshima. He later catalogs his occupational experiences in various projects across the greater Grand Rapids Area. He discussed his views, personal and political on Roosevelt and current administration.
Owen, Calvin
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Owens, Allan (Interview outline and video), 2013
United States. Air Force
Allan Owens is a Cold War era veteran born in Detroit, Michigan in 1940. He attended Marquette University for a time and enlisted in the Air Force in 1961. He took basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, tech school at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado and he was deployed to Bitburg Air Force Base, Germany. He was assigned to the 525th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and was a weapons crewman. During the Cuban Missile Crisis he was placed on alert for three days and ordered to load nuclear weapons onto the aircraft. During his deployment he was also able to tour East Berlin and be witness to the desolation of the city. After he left the Air Force in 1964, he returned to Michigan and worked a variety of jobs, including with the Athletics Department at Grand Valley State University.
Owens, Allan
Owens, Philip James (Interview outline and video), 2015
Phil Owens was born in 1984 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He enlisted to the Marines and undertook boot camp in San Diego, California. After graduating in 2003 he was educated for supply operations and administration at Camp LeJune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. His role involved training, keeping track of inventory and serial numbers of gear, and budgeting. Additionally he trained to use specialized weapons in machine gunner school such as the MK19 grenade launcher and the M240. Owens returned to the 3rd Marines battalion in California before being sent on two tours of duty to Iraq. From 2004 to 2005 he was situated in Fallujah where the Second Battle of Fallujah was taking place. The second tour was located in Haditha Iraq. In 2008 he was honorably discharged from the Marines and continues to participate in a variety of groups for war veterans and working as a clinical athletic trainer.
Owens, Philip James
Caledonia High School (Caledonia, Mich.)
Art school
Buildings
Pottery
Black and white photograph of an outdoor pottery studio at Ox-Bow "Summer School of Painting" in Saugatuck, Michigan. In the photograph, a woman wearing a summer dress is walking outside the studio nestled in the woods. The name "Old Smokey" is painted on the right side of the lean-to shed building and several thick branches make up a fence with a sign reading "Pottery Shop."
Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency
Digital file contributed by Mike Van Ark for the Stories of Summer Project.
Painting
Black and white photograph of a wooden building along the Kalamazoo River at Ox-Bow "Summer School of Painting" in Saugatuck, Michigan. In the photograph, a young man stands atop a balcony stairwell and hand-painted drawings decorate the exterior of the building. A clothesline can be seen tied to the scaffolding of the balcony and a hand-painted sign appears to read "The Store."
Lithography
Etching
Black and white photograph of the Litho Studio and Etching Studio at Ox-Bow "Summer School of Painting" in Saugatuck, Michigan. In the photograph, there is a wooden building with an awning and closeline out front and signs that read "Litho Studio" and "Etching Studio" hung on the siding. Several people of various ages can be seen standing or walking in front of the building.
Kalamazoo River (Mich.)
Black and white photograph of wooden buildings along the Kalamazoo River at Ox-Bow "Summer School of Painting" in Saugatuck, Michigan. They appear to be the studio buildings at Ox-Bow. Several large trees can be seen framing the buildings in the foreground and a hint of the river can be seen in the background.
Black and white photograph of a man in a white tee shirt and glasses as he paints on a canvas in what appears to be the outdoors of Ox-Bow "Summer School of Painting" in Saugatuck, Michigan. The photograph is blurry and the gentleman appears to be seated on the ground while painting on a canvas.
Sand dunes
Lagoons
Black and white photograph of the West Michigan landscape of dunes and water as seen in Saugatuck, Michigan. The photograph is blurry and appears to be taken along the Kalamazoo River at Oxbow Lagoon. Several trees can be seen lining the coastal dunes.
Black and white photograph of a group of people at Ox-Bow "Summer School of Painting" in Saugatuck, Michigan. The group of nearly twenty-five people are standing outdoors on the Ox-Bow grounds and pose for the picture in front of several trees and buildings that can be seen faintly in the background.
Docks
Plein air painting
Black and white photograph of a group of people painting dockside along what appears to be the water of Lake Macatawa near Holland, Michigan. Plein air painting in Macatawa, Michigan was a tradition for students attending Ox-Bow "Summer School of Painting" in Saugatuck, Michigan. In the photograph, one woman can be seen painting while seated on the dock while another stands and paints on an easel. The other three individuals can be seen painting while seated along the shore on various rocks and driftwood, while parked cars and boats can be seen in the background. A handwritten note can be seen on the left hand side reading "Mae Naber Van Ark, In shorts and Hotter." Circa October 1958.
Black and white photograph of the nineteenth century landmark building known as "The Ox-Bow Inn" located at the center of the Ox-Bow grounds in Saugatuck, Michigan. The historic inn is known as the heart of the campus and is nestled among the trees at the edge of Tallmadge Woods.
Aerial views
Coastal forests
Black and white aerial photograph of the Oxbow bend of the Kalamazoo River in Saugatuck, Michigan. In the photograph, the art school's campus can be seen from a bird's eye view of the Kalamazoo River, Oxbow Lagoon, Tallmadge Woods, and the surrounding Lake Michigan coastal environment. Trees can be seen lining the shore and several buildings are nestled in the center of the photograph.
Trees
Black and white photograph of a man walking toward wooden buildings that appear to be the studios of Ox-Bow "Summer School of Painting" in Saugatuck, Michigan. The buildings are partially obscured by several large windswept trees and the water of the Kalamazoo River can be seen in the background.
Black and white aerial photograph of the wooded grounds of Ox-Bow "Summer School of Painting" in Saugatuck, Michigan as taken from above the northern shore. In the photograph, the historic buildings of Ox-Bow can be seen including what appears to be the Ox-Bow Inn and the studio shacks located along the Kalamazoo River at the edge of the Tallmadge Woods.