Incunabula
Printing 1450-1500
One leaf from Catholicon by Johannes Balbus. Printed in Strassburg by the Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner) not after June 30, 1482. Illustrated with red rubricate initals. [GW 3186; ISTC ib00024000]
Balbi, Giovanni, -1298
Seidman Rare Books Collection
Strassburg: Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)
No Copyright - United States
Baldwin, Jeff (Interview transcript and video), 2019
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States—History, Military
Veterans
Video recordings
Afghan War, 2001-2021—Personal narratives, American
Jeff Baldwin was born in Royal Oak, Michigan and grew up in Hartford, Michigan. He enlisted in the Army in 2004, two years after he graduated high school. He went to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for basic training and advanced individual training to be a construction equipment operator. After that, he went to Fort Polk, Louisiana and was assigned to the 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. Baldwin was deployed to Afghanistan in 2006, where he worked to fix roads and clear routes of barriers and threats. After three months, he was injured and sent back to the base in Louisiana. After he recovered, he went to Baghdad, Iraq in 2007 for his second deployment. He stayed there for thirteen months, again working mostly in route clearance because IED’s were more of a threat. While in Iraq, he visited a palace for three days for R&R. He also reenlisted in Iraq and returned home in 2009. Baldwin finished out his service at Fort Leonard Wood as an advanced individual training instructor.
Baldwin, Jeff
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
Baldwin, Ralph (Interview transcript and video), 2007
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Ralph Baldwin was an astronomy instructor at Northwestern University in 1941 who volunteered for service after Pearl Harbor. He was initially assigned to teach navigation, but lobbied for a more important assignment. He was sent in 1942 to a secret program in Maryland being run by the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University. Here he helped to develop the proximity fuse, a device that enabled anti-aircraft shells to sense when they were near targets and explode. By the end of the war, the fuse had become highly effective, and aspects of the technology developed for it are still used today.
Baldwin, Ralph
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
In Copyright
Baldwin, Scott (Interview outline and video), 2011
United States. Army
Afghan War, 2001--Personal narratives, American
Scott Baldwin Scott joined the Army National Guard in Oklahoma in 1986 and took ROTC training at Oklahoma State University. After a number of years on inactive reserve, he was activated, worked as a trainer at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was later sent to Afghanistan, where he helped train Afghan forces.
Baldwin, Scott
Ball, Kenneth (Interview outline and video), 2008
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
Kenneth Ball was born in Byron Center, Michigan and graduated from high school in 1952. After high school he spent a year at community college before going to the University of Michigan for architecture. Kenneth was drafted into the Army in 1956 went through basic training in Colorado. He then went through advanced training to be a supply sergeant in Arkansas. After training Kenneth was sent to Korea during the armistice where he helped put up buildings for 16 months.
Ball, Kenneth
Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.)
Book covers
Covers (Illustration)
Graphic arts
Publishers and publishing
Pictorial bindings
Binding of Old Chester Tales, by Margaret Deland, published by Harper & Brothers, 1899. Unsigned cover attributed to Ball.
Ball, Thomas (Designer)
Binding of The Merry Anne, by Samuel Merwin with illustrations and decorations by Thomas Fogarty, published by Macmillan, 1904.
Ball, Thomas Watson (Designer)
The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines
Binding of The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines, by Kirk Munroe, published by Harper & Brothers, 1898.
Ballard, Carl (Interview outline and video), 2004
Carl Ballard was born on October 16, 1932 in Kent County, Michigan. He graduated from high school in 1951 and then enlisted in the Army. Carl trained in Kentucky and went through leadership school after basic. He was then sent to South Korea where he joined the 2nd Infantry Division and went on patrols at night. Carl was later transferred to the Heavy Weapons company where he worked as a squad leader. Carl had received enough points to return home a few months after the cease fire.
Ballard, Carl
Michigan Military Preservation Society (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Michigan--History
Local histories
Memoirs
Oral histories (document genre)
Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Personal narratives
Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Grand Valley State University
Women
Mary Baloyan's parents came from Armenia in 1897. She was the first Armenian girl born October 13, 1899 in Grand Rapids. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1922. She later was a teacher at Ottawa Hills High School, JRCC, and in Zeeland for about forty-three years total. She was involved with the Urban League, Community Concerts Organization, and Baxter Community Center. She was Vice-President of the Civic Theatre, and established music scholarships to the Interlochen Arts Academy. Mary Baloyan died on January 21, 1984.
Baloyan, Mary
Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
Balyeat, Gordon (Interview outline and video), 2008
United States. Navy
Dr. Gordon Balyeat was born in Michigan in 1911 and grew up in the small town of Sparta. He graduated from high school in 1928 and went to Kalamazoo College and the University of Michigan. Gordon attended college during the prohibition and the depression. After receiving his medical degree, Gordon worked in various hospitals from Seattle to New York. He joined the Navy in 1942 and worked with the Northwestern Medical Unit. Gordon was sent to the Russell Islands in the Pacific in 1943 to set up a hospital, where he tended many Marines wounded in battle.
Balyeat, Gordon
Charter Township of Bangor Comprehensive Plan 1990-2010
Comprehensive plan publications
Charter Township of Bangor (Bay County, Mich.)
Charter Township of Bangor Comprehensive Plan developed by Gove Associated Inc. in partnership with the Charter Township of Bangor Planning Commission adopted in June 1991.
Bangor Charter Township Planning Commission, Bangor Charter Township, Bay County, Michigan
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
Bantjes, John (Interview outline and video), 2008
John Bantjes was born in Illinois in 1929 to Dutch immigrants who decided to move back to the Netherlands during the Depression. John lived through the entirety of World War II in the Netherlands. When the war was over he moved back to the US and was later drafted during the Korean War. John spent his time in the service training for a Russian attack in Alaska.
Bantjes, John
Barber, Scott (Interview outline and video), 2007
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981--Personal narratives, American
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives
Scott Barber is a Veteran who served in the United States Navy for five years from the late 1970s until the early 1980s in California, Iran, Thailand, and Panama. Because of skill and good military record, Barber's unit was assigned to the first rescue attempt of the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1980. In this interview, Barber discusses the training involved in preparing for this mission as well as the equipment failures and combat that took place that night. Barber also shares stories of his time in Panama, where his unit was responsible for destroying boats and planes used to transport illegal drugs, and his time in Thailand, where he spent over six days living in a dumpster.
Barber, Scott
Forest Hills Eastern High School (Ada, Mich.)
Barker, Albert (Interview outline and video), 2012
Albert Barker was born in 1925 in Stanton, Michigan. Albert grew up on a farm and was doing farm work when he was drafted into the Navy in 1943 and was then sent to Great Lakes, Illinois where he spent eight weeks in basic training. After his training, Albert was sent to the South Pacific where he met up with his PT squadron in New Caledonia. After being in New Caledonia, he was sent to Rendova Island where he patrolled waters against the Japanese. After Rendova, he was sent through the Solomon Islands until he was eventually sent to the Philippines. Albert was sent home from the Philippines and was discharged in Bainbridge, Maryland in 1946.
Barker, Albert
Kentwood Historic Preservation Commission (Kentwood, Mich.)
Barker, Robert M. (Interview outline and video), 2008
Robert Barker was born in 1926 and was drafted into the army early in 1944. He trained in Alabama and Texas with the 13th Armored Division and was shipped to Europe late in the year. He served as an armored infantryman, with his unit serving mostly in "clean-up" roles during the advance into Germany in 1945. His unit was in Austria when the war ended, and captured a large number of prisoners. His division was disbanded in 1945 and he switched into the 5th Infantry Division. He remained in the army until mustering out in 1946.
Barker, Robert M.
Nathan Sargent from Daniel Dewey Barnard, October 31, 1855
Sargent, Nathan, 1794-1875
Whig Party (U.S.)
United States--Politics and government--19th century
United States--Officials and employees
Customs administration
Washington (D.C.)
Pennsylvania
Letter in support of Sargent's plan to reach a settlement on slavery. Barnard sees the best chance of maintaining the Union to be a national Whig party.
Barnard, Daniel D. (Daniel Dewey), 1797-1861
Nathan Sargent papers, (RHC-44)
Alten, M. (Mathias), 1871-1938
Artists--Michigan
Painters
Photographs
Sketch of Mathias Alten by Ray Barnes, published in the Grand Rapids Press. One illustration used in article, ""G.R. artist began his notable career near inspiring German miracle spring.""
Barnes, Ray (Illustrator)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
Baroda Township General Development Plan
Master plan reports
Baroda Township (Mich.)
Berrien County (Mich.)
Baroda Township General Development Plan prepared by the Baroda Township Planning Commission and Steiding Associates in November 1993.
Baroda Township Planning Commission, Baroda Township, Berrien County, Michigan
Barrett, Robert William (Interview outline and video), 2015
Robert Barrett was born in Ohio in 1925. In 1943 he enlisted in the Navy and received basic training at Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He went to Gunnery School in Gulfport, Mississippi and received training with pistols, rifles, and larger ship guns like the 20mm cannon. He was assigned to the SS Alcibiadie, a Merchant Marine vessel, as one of forty five Americans on the gunnery detail. They operated in the Gulf of Mexico transporting fuel and in the Pacific Ocean around Australia and New Guinea refueling ship. In August 1944 the ship was acquired by the U.S. Navy and became the USS Andrew Doria. They continued with refueling operations then took part in the Battle of Lingayen Gulf in January 1945. Refueling operations continued until the end of the war. In early 1946 they returned to the U.S. and the USS Andrew Doria was decommissioned in Mobile, Alabama in late February. Robert was discharged in March 1946.
Barrett, Robert William
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Barrone, Emerson (Interview outline and video), 2007
Emerson Barrone was a medic and ambulance driver in World War II. He was drafted in 1942 into the Army and spent time training in Missouri. He was then shipped of to England at the end of 1943. He landed on Utah Beach one day after D-Day. His job was to drive ambulances, and he was on the fringes of several major battles, including the Battle of the Bulge, but he never got into the fighting.
Barrone, Emerson
Barrowcliff, Robert (Interview transcript and video), 2017
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Robert Barrowcliff was born in Silverton, Oregon, in 1947. He grew up in Oregon, finished high school, and then got an electrical engineering degree from a two-year school and learned took flying lessons. Once he was out of school, he was drafted into the Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. He went to Vietnam in early 1970 and was assigned to A Company, 159 Assault Helicopter Support Battalion, based at Phu Bai. From there, he flew Chinook helicopters that transported men and supplies across the northern part of South Vietnam. He flew many missions in support of the 101st Airborne Division, notably to Fire Support Base Ripcord, where his Chinook crashed on July 18, 1970, setting off a series of explosions that ultimately led to the evacuation of the base. After this incident, he continued to fly helicopters during his year in Vietnam. After returning from Vietnam, he had thirty days to report to Fort Rucker with his wife, where he served as a flight instructor. He was then transferred to Karen's Army Air Base, where he was a test pilot for new engines. He left the military in March of 1971.
Barrowcliff, Robert
Binding of Betty of Old Mackinaw, by Frances Margaret Fox, published by L. C. Page & Company (Cosy Corner Series), 1901.
Barry, Etheldred B. (Designer)
Binding of Brother Billy, by Frances Margaret Fox, published by L. C. Page & Company (Cosy Corner Series), 1905.