Warner, Mary
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: Mary Shelly was born in Grand Rapids in 1888. She married David Warner in 1908. She became involved in the women's suffrage movement, was a leader in the Woman's City Club and a member of the Washtenaw Club and the Kent Country Club. She was also involved with various Grand Rapids foundations. She died on December 7, 1974.
creator: Warner, Mary
source: Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1971
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
format: audio/mp3
language: eng
type: Text
type: Sound

Judd, Siegel
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: Siegel Judd was born Siegel Wright; after his parents died, his father's sister and her husband adopted him. Mr. Judd attended Dartmouth College and served in the navy during WWI. He married Dorothy Leonard in 1898. He went to law school, specializing in corporate law, and was involved in the lumber business. He died in 1982.
creator: Judd, Siegel
source: Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1971
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
format: audio/mp3
language: eng
type: Text
type: Sound

Cary, John
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: John Cary was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on October 2, 1897.
creator: Cary, John
source: Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1971
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
format: audio/mp3
language: eng
type: Text
type: Sound

Idema, Chester
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: Chester Idema was born on August 18, 1886 in Grand Rapids. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1909. He worked at the Elliot Machine Co. in Pennsylvania. In 1913, he married Marion Mead. During WWI, Mr. Idema enlisted in the military. Afterward, he worked at Old Kent Bank for 19 years and became a vice president. Mr. Idema belonged to the University Club and the Peninsular Club.
creator: Idema, Chester
source: Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1971
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
format: audio/mp3
language: eng
type: Text
type: Sound

Blake, Dorothy
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: Miss Blake was a Radcliffe graduate and taught school at Union High School for 34 years. Miss Blake met both Woodrow Wilson and Howard Taft at the Lady's Literary Club. She also worked in the 1912 National campaign for women's suffrage movement.
creator: Blake, Dorothy
source: Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1971
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
format: audio/mp3
language: eng
type: Text
type: Sound

Judd, Dorothy
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: Dorothy Leonard was born in 1898 in Grand Rapids. She studied economics and political science at Vassar College and had an interest in city government. Her grandfather, Charles H. Leonard, was the inventor of the refrigerator. Mrs. Judd was the keeper of her grandfather's patents. She married Siegel Judd in 1922. She died in 1989.
creator: Judd, Dorothy
source: Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1971
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
format: audio/mp3
language: eng
type: Text
type: Sound

Whinery, Katherine
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: Katherine Pantlind was the granddaughter of J. Boyd Pantlind, founder of the Pantlind Hotel. She married George Whinery in 1931. She is a prominent member of the Kent County G.O.P. Mrs. Whinery died December 29, 1998.
creator: Whinery, Katherine
source: Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1971
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
format: audio/mp3
language: eng
type: Text
type: Sound

Bender, Josephine
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: Josephine Bender was born on April 17, 1894 in Grand Rapids. She graduated from Vassar College and was a member of the Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club. She died on March 26, 1996.
creator: Bender, Josephine
source: Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1971
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
format: audio/mp3
language: eng
type: Text
type: Sound

Perkins, Mabel
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: Mabel Perkins was born on July 26, 1880. She received her B.A. degree from Vassar about 1900. Her mother is considered the founder of the Grand Rapids Art Museum. Miss Perkins was President of the Art Museum which remained her chief interest all her life. She was a noted collector of prints, and gave many of them during her lifetime to the Art Museum. As a girl she developed a strong interest in the works of Albrecht Durer. She died in 1974.
creator: Perkins, Mabel
source: Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1971
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
format: audio/mp3
language: eng
type: Text
type: Sound

FOB Q-West perimeter consisting of a chain-link fence topped with barbwire backed up by a dirt berm
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: FOB Q-West perimeter consisting of a chain-link fence topped with barbwire backed up by a dirt berm. Notice the dump on the left consisting of destroyed Iraqi vehicles.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

Oakes standing in front of a Blackhawk helicopter
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Oakes standing in front of a Blackhawk helicopter.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

Interior of a HUMVEE on convoy duty
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Interior of a HUMVEE on convoy duty. If ambushed, the men on the side of the ambush were expected to crawl across the equipment and exit through the opposite side of the vehicle.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

Mercenaries from in the parking lot of FOB Q-West only mess hall
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Mercenaries from in the parking lot of FOB Q-West only mess hall.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

Looking up the ramp that lead down to the underground power plant at FOB Q-West
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Looking up the ramp that lead down to the underground power plant at FOB Q-West.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

Interior of the crashed S.F. C-130
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Interior of the crashed S.F. C-130 after engineers had blown the nose off to destroy all the sensitive equipment.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

Gun truck from the Iraqi national guard
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Gun truck from the Iraqi national guard. January 2005.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2005-01
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

Golf driving range the men constructed on FOB Q-West
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Golf driving range the men constructed on FOB Q-West.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

Crash S.F. C-130 at FOB Q-West
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Crash S.F. C-130 at FOB Q-West. In the foreground is the hole that the plane hit upon land with debris from the plane still in the hole.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

City of Mosul and Mosul Air Base from the air
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: City of Mosul and Mosul Air Base from the air. The airfield is in the middle ground with the city in the background.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

Crashed Special Forces C-130 on the FOB Q-West runway
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Crashed Special Forces C-130 on the FOB Q-West runway on December 31, 2004.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2004-12-31
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

Armored vehicles preparing for a convoy from FOB Q-West
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Armored vehicles preparing for a convoy from FOB Q-West.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

AH-64 Apache flying into FOB Q-West in Iraq
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: AH-64 Apache flying into FOB Q-West in Iraq. Notice the consentina wire and the sand berm constituting the perimeter of the base.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

AH-64 Apache hovering at an Apache refueling point at FOB Diamondback. (Mosul)
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: AH-64 Apache hovering at an Apache refueling point at FOB Diamondback. (Mosul)
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War

Inside the living quarters at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, December 2004
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: United States. National Guard
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Inside the living quarters at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, December 2004.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2004-12
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Iraq War