Smith, Geoffrey
subject: Grand Valley State University – History
subject: College administrators
subject: Michigan
description: Geoffrey Smith, Director of Continuing Education
creator: Grand Valley State University. University Communications
source: University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Smith, George (Interview outline and video), 2008
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
description: George Smith was born in Coopersville, Michigan on April 28, 1922. George was drafted into the Army when he was 20 years old. He was assigned to the 105th Artillery and mostly trained in Georgia. George landed in France and moved into Germany where his job was to support the infantry with artillery. His unit was pulled off the front lines in Germany to help out in Bastone, Belgium where he was wounded by a mortar. George was put in a horse arena that was converted into a hospital and got gas gangrene. He lost his left leg and his big toe on his right foot. George was sent home and spent over a year at a hospital in Texas.
creator: Smith, George
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2008-05-21
contributor: McCauslin, Kelly
contributor: Spring Lake District Area Library (Spring Lake, Mich.)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Smith, Helen "Gig" (Interview transcript and video), 2009
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: Video recordings
subject: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League--Personal narratives
subject: Baseball for women--United States
subject: Baseball
subject: Sports for women
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Baseball players--players--Wisconsin
subject: Baseball players--Michigan
subject: Women
description: Helen "Gig" Smith was born on January 5, 1922 in Richmond, Virginia. She began playing softball at the age of 13. She joined the Women's Army Corps after Pearl Harbor and later was attached on special assignment to the Pentagon to decrypt Japanese codes. In 1947, she joined the AAGPBL's Kenosha Comets and then in 1948 played for the Grand Rapids Chicks. During her time in the league she played the infield. In 1948, she left the league to pursue teaching art in Virginia.
creator: Smith, Helen
source: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Collection, (RHC-55)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2009-09-26
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Smith, Jason (Interview outline), 2010
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: United States. Army
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American
description: Jason Smith served in the U.S. Army during operation Iraqi Freedom in the early 2000s. He interacted often with civilians and believes that his service has lead him to appreciate what he has in his own life. He discusses losing close friends while serving.
creator: Smith, Jason
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2010-02-06
contributor: Dion, Sam (Interviewer), Caledonia High School (Caledonia, Mich.)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Smith, Joe (Interview transcript and video), 2019
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
description: Joe Smith was born on April 17th , 1946 in Topeka, Kansas. After graduating from high school, he attended Virginia Military Institute where he graduated with a degree in civil engineering in 1968 and joined the Army. He was then sent to Fort Bragg to join the 82nd Airborne Division, with which he became a platoon leader and General's aid. He later requested a transfer to Vietnam, where he was first stationed at Camp Eagle and saw combat at Firebase Ripcord. In 1971, Smith was stationed at Fort Belvior where he served out the rest of his tour and instructed the student brigade at the engineering school. He retired from the military in 1973 before pursuing a law degree at the University of Virginia Law School.
creator: Smith, Joe O.
source: Veterans History Project collection, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
date: 2019-07-27
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Smith, John (Interview outline and video), 2014
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
description: John Smith was born in 1946 in Fredericktown Missouri, he later moved to Tennessee. He joined the ROTC in college, then joined the Army in 1969. He trained at the IOBC at Fort Benning, then at Fort Reilly. He served with the D Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, as platoon leader of 2nd platoon, and was involved in the fighting in early July 1970 around Firebase Ripcord. After he was wounded he served as the properties officer, later air coordinator. After returning to the US he was involved in the training base at Fort Campbell, before leaving the Army in June of 1972.
creator: Smith, John
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
date: 2014-10-10
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: video/x-m4v
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
type: Moving Image

Smith, Mabelle Vincent (Interview outline and video), 2012
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army Air Forces
description: Mabelle "Barry" Vincent Smith was born in Syracuse, New York in 1920. Her two older brothers were pilots during World War I, and encouraged her to learn to fly. She took flying lessons, and then enlisted in the WASP program during World War II, primarily as a flight instructor at Lackland Army Air Force base in San Antonio, and served with it for a year until it disbanded late in 1944.
creator: Smith, Mabelle Vincent
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2012-04-10
contributor: Snyder, Elaine (Interviewer)
contributor: Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.)
contributor: BCTV
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Smith, Richard LaVern (Interview outline and video), 2005
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
description: Richard Smith enlisted in the United States Army shortly after he graduated from high school. He served in the motor pool at various bases throughout the United States, including Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri and Fort Eustis in Virginia. Upon his release from the Army in 1957, he continued his service by way of the active reserves until he was released from that service.
creator: Smith, Richard LaVern
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2005-05-30
contributor: Oatmen, Brad A. (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Smith, Richard Norton
subject: Grand Valley State University – History
subject: College teachers
subject: Universities and colleges – Faculty
subject: Michigan
description: Richard Norton Smith, History
creator: Grand Valley State University. University Communications
source: University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Smith, Rita
subject: Grand Valley State University – History
subject: Michigan
description: Rita Smith
creator: Grand Valley State University. University Communications
source: University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Smith, Tracy
subject: Grand Valley State University – History
subject: Michigan
description: Tracy Smith
creator: Grand Valley State University. University Communications
source: University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Smith, Zena (Interview transcript and video), 2012
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
description: Zena Smith was born in 1926 in Birmingham, England. As a teenager, she experienced the effects of war on her community. She had a job at an office after completing public school that made tanks for the North African Desert War. There were often sirens heard throughout her community to warn them about air raids. She contracted diphtheria at one point and had to stay in a hospital for eight weeks and was there when a bomb hit her hospital. She took a job with a defense plant and saw Winston Churchill and General Montgomery when they visited it. Mrs. Smith met her husband, Ken Smith, in 1944 and dated a year before marrying. Her husband worked at Packington Park and was an assistant during autopsies. After getting married and at the end of the war, she traveled on the Queen Mary to the United States.
creator: Smith, Zena
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2012-02-01
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Smithson, Peter Rod
subject: Grand Valley State University – History
subject: Michigan
description: Peter Rod Smithson
creator: Grand Valley State University. University Communications
source: University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Smithson, Peter Rod
subject: Grand Valley State University – History
subject: Michigan
description: Peter Rod Smithson
creator: Grand Valley State University. University Communications
source: University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Smits, Wendall (Interview transcript and video), 2017
subject: Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Coast Guard
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
description: Wendall Smits was born in South Holland, Illinois in 1936. After graduating high school, a friend convinced him to join the Coast Guard Reserve at the age of 17. He completed two weeks of boot camp in 1955 at Cape May, New Jersey and became an engineman for the Coast Guard aboard various ships. He then became a chief engineman and, later, a lieutenant with a unit in Chicago before transferring to a Coast Guard unit in Gary, Indiana. After moving to Cleveland, Ohio, he was promoted to the position of warrant officer, and then to a Lieutenant Junior Grade. Smits primarily worked for port security at the various bases bases he was stationed at and also trained recruits for his Coast Guard units as a training officer. He was later awarded the Coast Guard Achievement Medal for his work rewriting engineering programs and engineering training manuals for the entire 9th district in Gary, Indiana.
creator: Smits, Wendall L.
source: Veterans History Project collection, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
date: 2017-07-06
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Smock, Lloyd and Grace (Interview outline and video), 2005
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: United States. Army
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: Women
description: Lloyd and Grace Smock were both born in Wyandot, Michigan. Lloyd served in the Army during World War II. He served in the 56th Signal Repair Battalion. His unit was initially sent to France and Belgium, however after VE day they were sent to the Philippines. Generally, they spent their time destroying enemy electronics stockpiles and equipment. When Lloyd returned, he met and married Grace. Lloyd worked at a bank and Grace worked in the legal business.
creator: Smock, Lloyd
creator: Smock, Grace
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2005-12-30
contributor: Collins Sr., Charles E. (Interviewer)
contributor: Collins, Carol (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Smoke Signal Indian Wedding and Pow Wow, June 1985
subject: Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Michigan
subject: Michigan -- Grand Rapids
description: Smoke Signal Indian Wedding and Pow Wow flyer, Nunica MI, June 22, 1985, collected by Edward Gillis included as part of his Native American publication collection.
date: 1985-06
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
type: Text

Smoker, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2014
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
description: Bob Smoker was born in 1949 in York, Pennsylvania. He grew up there and graduated from high school there in 1967. He attended college briefly, and then took a job, which cost him his deferment. In April 1969 he received his draft notice and shortly thereafter began basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey. After Fort Dix he was sent to Fort Lewis, Washington for Advanced Infantry Training and upon completing that he was deployed to Vietnam in October 1969. He arrived in Bien Hoa and was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division. After completing Screaming Eagle Replacement Training School at Camp Ray (near Saigon) he was sent up to Camp Evans and was assigned to Charlie Company,2nd of the 506th Regiment 101st Airborne Division. During his time in Vietnam he participated in patrols of the Lowlands, in Operation Texas Star (the establishment of Firebase Ripcord in the spring of 1970) and the subsequent Battle of Firebase Ripcord during July 1970. After leaving Vietnam he finished his service at Hunter Army Air Field, Georgia and was discharged from the Army on May 12, 1971. After a professional career, he became a minister and got involved with a group of American missionaries that work in Vietnam to help teach the rural Vietnamese English and to help American Vietnam War veterans find peace with their memories.
creator: Smoker, Robert
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
date: 2014-07-08
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Text
type: Moving Image

Smoking
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
description: A black and white image of two men. The one closest to the camera sits and has a bottle in his hand. The man in the back stands with a cigarrette in his mouth. A sign in the top right corner appears to read Toadville, and there is a gun hanging under it.
source: Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of History as part of the Stories of Summer Project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1962-07
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

SNJ-AT-6 trainer
subject: United States. Navy
subject: Military education
subject: Airplanes, Military--Recognition
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Slides
description: SNJ-AT-6 trainer, October 1, 1947.
creator: United States. Navy
source: Naval recognition slides (RHC-50)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1947-10-01
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Snow banks along path to Kirkhof Center
subject: Facilities
subject: Grand Valley State University
subject: Michigan
subject: Allendale (Mich.)
subject: Universities and colleges
description: Snow banks along path to Kirkhof Center.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Snow on the Headlight
subject: Book covers
subject: Covers (Illustration)
subject: Graphic arts
subject: Publishers and publishing
subject: Pictorial bindings
description: Binding of Snow on the Headlight, by C.Y. Warman, published by D. Appleton & Co., 1899.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1899
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Snow sculpture of Lake Michigan freighter
subject: Grand Valley State University
subject: Michigan
subject: Allendale (Mich.)
subject: Universities and colleges
subject: Students
subject: Winter carnivals
description: Students view snow sculpture of freighter at the Winter Carnival.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Snow-covered sand dunes overlooking the Kalamazoo River
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Sand dunes
subject: Kalamazoo River (Mich.)
subject: Snow
description: Photograph featuring snow-covered dunes surrounding the Kalamazoo River in the area that appears to be Oxbow Lagoon. The sky is gray and trees are in the distance. . The handwriting on the back of the photograph reads: "Wed., March 22, '67. Easter, Saugatuck. Lake Behind The Lighthousekeeper's house. Jerry Kelly."
creator: Walsh, Jerri
source: Digital file contributed by Jerri Walsh as part of the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1967-03-22
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image