Book covers
Covers (Illustration)
Graphic arts
Publishers and publishing
Pictorial bindings
Binding of In Search of Mademoiselle, by George Gibbs, published by Henry T. Coates and Company, 1901.
VD (Designer)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
No Copyright - United States
Vedrode, John (Interview outline and video), 2007
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
United States. Marine Corps
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Video recordings
John Vedrode served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1945. He describes combat on Eniwetok, where he earned a silver star for destroying a Japanese gun emplacement, serving with Carlson's Raiders in the Philippines, and serving on occupation duty in Japan after the war.
Vedrode, John
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
In Copyright
Veenstra, Gilford (Interview transcript and video), 2017
Gilford Veenstra was born in 1926, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he grew up. He enlisted in the United States Navy after his graduation from high school in June of 1944 with several of his classmates. He received basic training at Great Lakes, which is north of Chicago, Illinois. He received diesel training in Richmond, Virginia. In the spring of 1945, he was deployed to a small boat pool in the Philippines. During his first assignment, he spent time as a mechanic and earned his first stripe by fixing his Commander's personal boat. The boat pool in which he was assigned to was destroyed in an accidental explosion, which prompted his second assignment at Sangley Point, on Manila Bay, where he also served as a boat mechanic. To conclude his time in the Navy, Gilford Veenstra served temporary duty in Tacloban, where he was working when Japan surrendered. He was discharged and left the Philippines in the spring of 1946.
Veenstra, Gilford
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Veenstra, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2004
United States. Navy
Bob Veenstra was drafted into the US Navy in 1943. He trained as a Seabee in Williamsburg, Virginia, and was stationed in California before being sent to Samar in the Philippines. After the war he was stationed in Shanghai.
Veenstra, Robert
Michigan Military Preservation Society (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Veenstra, Willard (Interview outline and video), 2014
United States. Army
Willard Veenstra was born in 1925 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was drafted in 1944 and reported after graduating from high school that June. He trained at Camp Blanding, Florida, and Fort Meade, Maryland. He was sent to Europe in January, 1945, and was sent to the 2nd Armored Division as a replacement during the final days of the Battle of the Bulge. He returned to the Netherlands with them for training and was assigned to the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division. In March 1945 they marched into Germany and fought across northern Germany, known as the Rhine Campaign, until they reached Magdeburg. He was wounded in Magdeburg on April 12, 1945 and was eventually evacuated to the United States.
Veenstra, Willard
Vega, Fidel (Interview outline and video), 2014
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
Fidel Angel Vega was born on June 30, 1973 in the Bronx, New York. During his adult life, Fidel worked a number of unsatisfying jobs that led him to enlist in the Army. In the army, Fidel served first as a combat engineer in the 326th Engineer Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division. Fidel was later transferred to the 82nd Engineer Battalion with whom he saw service in Germany as well as in Kosovo as a part of the peace keeping mission there following the Kosovo War. Leaving the army in October of 2001, Fidel's last month in the service was shaped by the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.
Vega, Fidel
Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 1 of 3), 2008
United States. Army. Air Corps
Francisco Vega was born in San Antonio, Texas. He tried to enlist in the military immediately after Pearl Harbor, but was initially rejected because of his Mexican ancestry. He eventually did enlist in the Army Air Corps, and began a long process in which he used his talents and persuasive skills to find increasingly interesting assignments, eventually training as a teletype operator with a signals unit that landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and was eventually part of Eisenhower's headquarters.
Vega, Francisco M.
Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.)
Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 3 of 3), 2008
Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 2 of 3), 2008
Velez-Cruz, Miguel (Interview transcript and video), 2021
United States—History, Military
Afghan War, 2001-2021—Personal narratives, American
Miguel “Mickey” Angel Velez-Cruz was born in Puerto Rico in 1949. Velez-Cruz was raised and developed during the Cold War periods of the 1950s and 1960s. Coming from a long line of United States veterans and the desire to get out of extreme poverty, Velez-Cruz volunteered to join the United States Army. Velez-Cruz began his career in basic training at Fort Jackson in South Carolina and eventually went to Fort Gordon in Georgia. Eventually, Mickey attended AIT and was made a medical records clerk in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. After a few months at that position, Velez-Cruz received orders for Vietnam and landed with a missile air defense unit. Quickly, that unit was ended and Velez-Cruz was sent to the 38th Base Post Office. After spending five months with the 38th BPO, Mickey received orders for temporary duty. This is when he was assigned to work in grave registration. He stayed with this position until June of ‘69 when he left Vietnam. After his discharge, Velez-Cruz was reassigned to go to Stuttgart, Germany where he worked as a paymaster. However, since he left the service with the GI Bill Velez-Cruz decided to go back to school. He attended the University of Puerto Rico where he received his degree in Biochemistry. From there, Velez-Cruz worked in medical devices and eventually landed a 27-year gig with Johnson and Johnson. Velez-Cruz wraps up his interview by discussing his experiences with PTSD and emphasizing the importance of military awareness for the United States.
Velez-Cruz, Miguel A.
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
Estervina Jiménez Velez video interview and biography
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Spanish language--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Although Estervina Jiménez has never lived in Chicago herself, her life has been deeply connected to the city. Born and raised in Barrio San Salvador of Caguas, Puerto Rico, Ms. Jiménez’s husband, Cordero, traveled back and forth to Chicago’s La Clark for work in the early 1950s. Many of her other family members did the same, starting and sustaining the social clubs, congregations, businesses, and other organizations that were at the core of Chicago’s Puerto Rican community. Ms. Jiménez also had several uncles migrate to Detroit during that same period in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Through her memories, it is clear that social clubs like the Hachas Viejas and other were a fundamental source of support for separated families in a strange land. These organizations also provided a way to cope with language and cultural challenges, segregated streets, and housing discrimination. Today, Ms. Jiménez volunteers in her church in San Salvador, the Catholic capilla. She delivers communion to the sick and visits and prays with them. She spends much time sitting on her porch with her husband, who is now in poor health, talking with the travelers who walk down the small path in front of her home. When someone dies in San Salvador, she makes herself available to assist in the traditional novena and helps to lead and to pray the rosary for the nine days. If there is an event or program she also helps out. In fact, she helps the priest whenever called upon and volunteers to daily to clean the church. Ms. Jiménez is a resource for the residents of San Salvador, especially in the Morena and Lao Frío sections of Caguas. Ask anyone from San Salvador and they will also tell you that she is like the unofficial mayor.
Velez, Estervina
Veneklase, Erwin T. (Interview transcript and video), 2005
Erwin Veneklase served in the 2nd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd (Red Arrow) Division between 1939 and 1945. He enlisted in the National Guard in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and trained with his unit in Louisiana before beign shipped first to the East Coast and then back across country to Australia and New Guinea, where they were the first American troops to reinforce the Australians. His battalion crossed the Owen Stanley mountains on foot without adequate supplies or ligistical support, and then fought at Buna from Novl 1942 to Jan. 1943. He became seriously ill at the end of that campaign and was eventually shipped back to the U.S. His account is one of the interviews featured in the documentary Nightmare in New Guinea produced by Grand Valley State University.
Veneklase, Erwin T.
Vermerris, Norman (Interview outline and video), 2010
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
United States. Air Force
Mr. Vermerris is from Michigan and was born on February 22nd, 1931. In 1951, he and some friends decided to join the Air Force instead of waiting to get drafted for Korea. He received his training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, and then to Biloxi, Mississippi to learn how to use a radio. He chose to be in the Airborne. His job in the service consisted of supplying troops in Japan, Korea, and he even traveled to Greenland and Iceland. He was in the Air Force for three years.
Vermerris, Norman
Vickers, Robert C (Interview outline and video), 2016
Robert Vickers was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on September 25. 1944. He was in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Eastern Kentucky University and received a commission as an officer in the combat engineers of the Army in 1965. He decided to become a chaplain and attended seminary for three years, then went to the Chaplain School in 1969. He stayed in the Army Reserve until January 1975 when he went on active duty. His first assignment was at Fort Carson, Colorado, with the 1st Battalion of the 77th Armor Regiment, for 15 months. He was stationed in Wiesbaden, West Germany, with the 76th Infantry Brigade from March 1976 until June 1979. He studied at the Advanced Course for Chaplains at Fort Wadsworth, New York, then went to Fort Devens, Massachusetts, in January 1980. He left Fort Devens in May 1983 to study at Vanderbilt University then serve at the Chaplain School. He was stationed at Fort McPherson, Georgia for four years, then did a tour in South Korea with the 2nd Infantry Division. Robert's last two assignments were at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where he retired in 1996.
Vickers, Robert C.
Master plan reports
Coldwater (Mich.)
Branch County (Mich.)
The Coldwater Master Plan for Future Land Use for the City of Coldwater was prepared by Vilican-Leman & Associates, Inc. in December 1976.
Vilican-Leman & Associates, Inc.
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
Comprehensive plan publications
Recreation--Planning
Emmet County (Mich.)
The Comprehensive Recreation Plan for Emmet County was prepared by Vilican-Leman & Associates, Inc. in March 1970.
Land Use--Planning
The Future Land Use Plan for Emmet County was prepared by Vilican-Leman & Associates, Inc. in April 1971.
Emmet County Planning Commission (consultant)
Master Plan for Future Land Use: A Policy Plan
Land use--planning
Lapeer (Mich.)
Lapeer County (Mich.)
A Master Plan for Future Land Use: Policy Plan for the City of Lapeer was prepared by Vilican-Leman & Associates, Inc. circa 1986.
Land Use--planning
Milan (Mich.)
Monroe County (Mich.)
The Master Plan for Future Land Use for the City of Milan was prepared by Vilican-Leman & Associates, Inc. and was adopted on December 16, 1975.
Richmond Township (Mich.)
Macomb County (Mich.)
The Amended Master Plan for Richmond Township was prepared by Vilican-Leman & Associates, Inc. with assistance from the Richmond Township Planning Commission and was adopted on November 12, 1991.
Richmond Township Planning Commission, Richmond Township, Macomb County, Michigan (consultant)
Tecumseh (Mich.)
Lenawee County (Mich.)
The City of Tecumseh Master Plan was prepared by Vilican-Leman & Associates, Inc. in September 1990.
A Plan for Wyandotte's Central Business District
Business districts, Central
Wyandotte (Mich.)
Wayne County (Mich.)
A Plan for Wyandotte's Central Business District was prepared for the City of Wyandotte by Vilican-Leman & Associates in February 1991.
Corridors--planning
The Eureka Corridor Study for the City of Wyandotte was prepared by Vilican-Leman & Associates, Inc. in May 1991.
Douglas (Mich.)
Saugatuck Township (Mich.)
Allegan County (Mich.)
The Village of Douglas Comprehensive Plan was prepared by the Village of Douglas Planning Commission in cooperation with the Village Council and the Coastal Zone Management Program, with the assistance of the Planning & Zoning Center, Inc. in November 1989.
Village of Douglas Planning Commission, Village of Douglas, Saugatuck Township, Allegan County, Michigan
Planning & Zoning Center, Inc. (consultant)