Sermones de tempore et de sanctis [folium 101]
Incunabula
Printing 1450-1500
One leaf from Sermones de tempore et de sanctis by S. Vincentius Ferrerius. Printed in Cologne by Heinrich Quentell in 1485. [GW 9835; ISTC if00129000]
Vincent Ferrer, Saint, approximately 1350-1419
Seidman Rare Books Collection
No Copyright - United States
One leaf from Speculum morale by Vincentius Bellovacensis. Printed in Cologne by Conrad Winters, de Homborch, circa 1477. Illustrated with red rubricated initials. [GW M50610; ISTC iv00289000]
Vincent, of Beauvais, - 1264
One leaf from Speculum historiale by Vincentius Bellovacensis. Printed in Strassburg by Johann Mentelin in 1473. Illustrated with red and blue rubricated initials. [GW M50587; ISTC iv00283000]
One leaf from Speculum naturale by Vincentius Bellovacensis. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger not after December 13, 1481. Illustrated with red and blue rubricated initals. [GW M50625; ISTC iv00293000]
Vincent, Ross (Interview outline and video), 2009
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
Video recordings
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
United States. Army Air Corps
Ross Vincent was drafted into the Army during World War II. Initially assigned as an MP, Ross took the Air Corps exam, and was sent to Army Air Corps training, eventually becoming a navigator in the Pacific, specifically based off the island of Morotai. After several months, his crew was assigned to Clark Field, in the Philippines, where he became an Information and Education officer. Ross was discharged in 1946, but stayed in the Active Reserves.
Vincent, Ross
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
In Copyright
Viveen, Jan (Interview outline and video), 2010
United States. Army
Jan Viveen, born in 1918 in a small village in North Brabant in the Netherlands. After completing high school in 1936, he was drafted into the Dutch Army in 1936. At the time of the German invasion in 1940, he was manning an antitank gun on the banks of the Erft River, and stayed there until his unit was ordered to surrender. He spent about four months in a POW camp before being allowed to return home. After that, he worked in a rail yard and aided downed Allied airmen. In the spring of 1945, he was sent to a labor camp in Germany, and remained there until the liberation.
Viveen, Jan
Dutch
Netherlands
Photograph of Termaat family. Left to right: Michiel P., Adriana B., Nicolaas P. J., Cornelis B., and Pieter N. Termaat.
Vlaanderen, Tonny (photographer)
Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection (RHC-144)
Vogel, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2007
United States. Navy
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Vogel served in the U. S. Navy both stateside and during two tours overseas during the Vietnam War. He joined the Navy immediately after high school to avoid being drafted. Vogel recalls his experiences during basic training, his time spent in Vietnam, and the technology used during the war.
Vogel, Donald
Forest Hills Eastern High School (Ada, Mich.)
Vollink, Lawrence (Interview transcript and video), 2019
United States—History, Military
World War, 1939-1945—Personal narratives, American
Lawrence Vollink was born in the Burton Heights neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he attended local schools and graduated high school in 1965. His father was a deeply religious, poor man with only an eighth-grade education and his mother did not work, but Vollink believed that he lived a comfortable childhood. With the financial help of his grandfather, he attended Great Lakes Bible College and graduated in 1970, becoming a minister. As a minister, Vollink was exempt from the draft and was encouraged to go back to Bible College for his master’s degree so he could become a military chaplain. In 1980, he was admitted into the military as an Army Chaplain at the rank of Captain after attending a reduced Basic Training Course at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. He would console his men over issues such as suicide, depression, stress, and insubordination. After three years at Fort Campbell, Vollink was transferred to Germany where he was assigned to the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AADCOM), which had its units scattered all over the country. He then attended a second Chaplain School in the United States for six months before he was promoted to Major and stationed at Fort Carson near Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1990, Vollink was working at Selfridge when the United States invaded Kuwait and made the decision to remain in Michigan instead of deploying with his former unit from Fort Carson. After the conclusion of the invasion, he provided advice to his military commanders on how to better help and receive the troops returning home from deployment. In 1992, Vollink’s twenty years of active-duty service were up, so he joined the Army Reserves. He later became the State Chaplain, and then the National Chaplain, for the American Legion, serving the institution for a total of fifteen years. Afterwards, he joined the Civil Air Patrol as the organization’s Wing Chaplain in 2012 out of Pennsylvania. Vollink also worked smaller jobs for the VA and Hospice while working for the American Legion and Civil Air Patrol. Reflecting upon his time in the service, Vollink believed that God helped him not only to perform his job effectively, but also to be supportive of his men. Thus, he believed the military was his true calling and that he was used as a tool of God to do good in the military.
Vollink, Lawrence
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
Von Holt, Jerry (Interview outline and video), 2007
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
Jerry Von Holt served in the US Navy from 1947 to 1956. He served on ships and at bases across the Pacific, including Korea and Japan. He served on destroyers that patrolled Korean waters, but did not see combat. He also received firefighting and rescue training.
Von Holt, Jerry
Vonderau, Kate (Interview transcript and video), 2010
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League--Personal narratives
Baseball for women--United States
Baseball
Sports for women
Baseball players--Michigan
Baseball players--Indiana
Baseball players--Illinois
Kate Vonderau was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1927. She grew up playing ball with her brothers. She learned about the AAGPBL when the Daisies came to Fort Wayne, and tried out for and made the team in 1946. She was a catcher, and eventually spend eight seasons in the league, playing for Peoria, Muskegon and Chicago as well as Fort Wayne. She attended college in the off season and became a teacher after her playing career, starting in elementary school, then moving on to high school and college teaching, and coached college softball and volleyball teams.
Vonderau, Kate
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Collection, (RHC-55)
Vonk, James (Interview outline and video), 2010
United States. Marine Corps
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Personal narratives, American
James Vonk of Grand Rapids, Michigan, left college in the late 1980s to enlist in the Marine Corps. He was sent to Okinawa, and was based there at the time of Desert Storm. His company was scheduled to go to Iraq, but the ground war ended so quickly that they did not have to go. Instead, they spent several months at Subic Bay in the Philippines, and then returned to Okinawa.
Vonk, James
Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [German] [folium 31]
Voragine, Jacobus de, ca. 1229-1298
One leaf of Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [German] by Jacobus de Voragine. Leben der Heiligen: Winterteil (I) und Sommerteil (II). Printed in Augsburg by Johann Schönsperger in 1482. [GW M11366; ISTC ij00161500]
Voragine, Jacobus de, approximately 1229-1298
Karen Vorce, 2022 (Interview video and transcript)
Personal narrative
PFAs (Perfluorinated chemicals)
Groundwater--Pollution
Karen Vorce is a geologist who lives in Walker, Michigan and works for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy in the Remediation Redevelopment Division. In this interview, Karen discusses her work with PFAS contamination sites in Kent County, as well as how her concern over PFAS have impacted her family and personal decisions.
Vorce, Karen
Living with PFAS (project)
In copyright
Voss, Douglas (Interview outline and video), 2016
Doug Voss was born on March 1, 1950, in Buffalo, New York, but he moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1963. He was in the High Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and he enlisted in the Army in June 1968. He went to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for basic training then went to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for mechanic training. In November 1968, he was deployed to South Korea where he served with Headquarters Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division. They operated on and inside the Demilitarized Zone, carrying out patrols and guarding the DMZ from North Korean intruders. During his time in South Korea he witnessed the release of the USS Pueblo's crew from North Korean custody. He left South Korea in December 1969 and went to West Germany for a tour in Schweinfurt with the 3rd Battalion of the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division. After his tour in West Germany he was discharged at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in 1971.
Voss, Douglas Wayne
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Vu, Hung M (Interview outline and video), 2010
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, Vietnamese
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
Hung M Vu was born in Hanoi, Vietnam in 1952. His father worked in the National Government of Vietnam, managed by the French. After the Geneva Peace Accord in 1954, Vu's family moved to Saigon, Vietnam and settled there. He lived in Saigon when the Tet Offensive took place but it did not affect him. He joined the Navy in 1970 and received electronic and electrician military training. He initially worked on rivers on a reinforced fishing boat, stopping any potential threats. Vu eventually moved closer to home and worked in a shipyard fixing and working on boats. Because his sister was a stewardess, Vu was able to get a flight out of Vietnam in 1975.
Vu, Hung M
Kentwood Historic Preservation Commission (Kentwood, Mich.)
Vu, Hung Q (Interview outline and video), 2010
Hung Q Vu was born in Nam Dinh, Vietnam in 1952. In 1954 his family moved to Bien Hoa, Vietnam because they were Catholic and faced oppression from the Communists. He studied at the Saigon University of Law and eventually joined the Vietnamese Air Force in 1972. After passing an English test in Basic Training, Vu was sent to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas and Shepherd Air Force Base for further pilot training. Vu trained on the T-41 and T-37. He met back up with his squad at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam in late 1974. Vu was captured and sent to a labor camp. Eventually Vu and his wife were able, after many attempts, to escape to the United States under a program started by Ronald Reagan in 1989.
Vu, Hung Q
COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020
Epidemics
Grand Valley State University
College students
Personal narratives
Journal from GVSU student Faith Vulcano during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vulcano, Faith
University Archives. COVID-19 Journaling Project
Grand Valley State University University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives.
Book covers
Covers (Illustration)
Graphic arts
Publishers and publishing
Pictorial bindings
Binding of The Pruning Manual, by L.H. Bailey, published by the Macmillan Company, 1916.
W. (Designer)
Binding of Manual of Milk Products, by William Stocking, published by The Macmillan Company, 1917.
Waclawski, Barry (Interview outline and video), 2012
United States. Air Force
Barry enlisted in the United States Air Force after spending two years at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He decided to enlist rather than wait to be drafted into the infantry. He went to basic training at Lackland Air Force Base and later went to tech school to become a Fire Control Technician on an F-105. He served overseas in Thailand and spent two tours there during the Vietnam era, one for five months and another for seven.
Waclawski, Barry
Caledonia High School (Caledonia, Mich.)
Master plan reports
Davison (Mich.)
Genesee County (Mich.)
The City of Davison Community Master Plan was prepared by Wade-Trim/IMPACT Municipal and Planning Consultants and was formally recognized by the City of Davison, City Council on October 22, 1990.
Wade-Trim/IMPACT Municipal and Planning Consultants
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
Richmond (Mich.)
Macomb County (Mich.)
The City of Richmond Master Plan was prepared by Wade-Trim/IMPACT Municipal and Planning Consultants and was adopted by the City of Richmond Planning Commission on September 13, 1990.
Walbridge, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2004
Jack Walbridge graduated from Caledonia High School in Michigan and in 1942 and then began taking courses at Grand Rapids Community College and also joined the Army Specialized Training Program. He was called up for service in May of 1943 and found basic training to be boring, so he volunteered to be a paratrooper. Jack went through paratrooper training at Fort Benning in Georgia and then later traveled in a very large convoy to Northern Africa. They made their way though Italy and France and Jack often worked as a scout. Jack was discharged shortly after the Battle of the Bulge and began working for his father's meat market in Michigan.
Walbridge, Jack
Michigan Military Preservation Society (Grand Rapids, Mich.)