Fold-out with historic Saugatuck, Michigan photographs
Michigan
Saugatuck (Mich.)
Allegan County (Mich.)
Copy of a fold-out with three images: "Indians of the Area," "Famous Sand Dune, Mt. Baldhead," and "Singapore - the Buried City, 1863."
Walter, P. G.
Digital file contributed by D. Brigham as part of the Stories of Summer project.
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Copyright Undetermined
Fishtown and Lighthouse near Kalamazoo River
Kalamazoo River (Mich.)
Copy of a foldout photograph of a lighthouse and a few houses near the mouth of the Kalamazoo River.
Ballrooms
Photograph of the interior of Big Pavilion, advertised as the largest dance floor East of the Mississippi River. In the photograph there are two men in a dome like room. A orchestra is in the distance.
P.G. Walter First Grade promotion certificate
Certificates
Certificate of promotion to the first grade at Saugatuck Public Schools for P.G. Walter, 1948
Phillip Walter (Audio interview and transcript), 2018
Fire departments
Oral history
Audio recordings
Phillip "PG" Walter grew up in downtown Saugatuck. This interview covers his memories of childhood, work experiences, and the burning of the Big Pavilion in 1960.
Walter, Phillip
Stories of Summer project, Kutsche Office of Local History. Grand Valley State University
In Copyright
Stories of Summer (Common Heritage project)
Students studying abroad in Krakow, Poland
Grand Valley State University
Allendale (Mich.)
Universities and colleges
Students
Students in Krakow, Poland as part of the international study abroad program.
Walzak, Al
In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Wandrey, Warren (Interview outline and video), 2011
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
Video recordings
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
United States. Navy
Warren Wandrey, born in 1924 in Chicago, served in the U.S. Navy from July 1943 to March 1946. After receiving his draft notice in 1942, he was allowed to finish high school before starting training in 1943. He trained as a radioman, and was sent to the Pacific in 1944. He started at a PT boat base in New Guinea, and was soon assigned to a series of PT boat tenders, which he accompanied to the Philippines and back to the East Indies, where he was stationed when the war ended.
Wandrey, Warren
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Kentwood Historic Preservation Commission (Kentwood, Mich.)
Tiger Wang interview (video and transcript), 1991
China--History, Military
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese
Interview (video and transcript) of "Tiger" Wang Shuming by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. The interview was recorded in Chinese and English, and the transcript is translated in English. General "Tiger" Wang Shuming was a member of the Chinese Communist Party who had trained in aviation in the Soviet Union. He served the nascent Chinese Air Force as a flight instructor at the Chinese Air Force Academy, established in Hangchow and later moved to Kunming. When the American Volunteer Group (AVG) was established by Claire Lee Chenault to assist the Chinese Air Force in flight instruction, Wang was the Academy's Assistant Commandant (Executive Officer). Later, Wang and Chennault coordinated their defense of the Burma Road against Japanese bombers. After World War II, Wang led a decorated military career, and was eventually promoted to be General and Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Air Force, and then Chief of Staff of the Ministry of National Defense. He served in the United Nations as a representative of China and later became the Chinese Ambassador to Jordan.
Wang Shuming
Fei Hu Films Research and Production Files (RHC-88)
Sermones de preservatione hominis a peccato [folium 112]
Incunabula
Printing 1450-1500
One leaf from Sermones de preservatione hominis a peccato by Paulus Wann. Printed in Munich by Johann Schobsser circa 1501. [GW M51403; ISTC im00004000]
Wann, Paul, approximately 1420-1489
Seidman Rare Books Collection
No Copyright - United States
Sermones de preservatione hominis a peccato [folium 125]
One leaf from Sermones de preservatione hominis a peccato by Paulus Wann. Printed in Nuremberg by Fratres Ordinis Eremitarum S. Augustini circa 1479-1483. [GW M51405; ISTC iw00003000]
Nuremberg: Fratres Ordinis Eremitarum S. Augustini
Warber, Ester (Interview transcript and video), 2004
United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve
Women
Ester Warber grew up in Michigan and worked in defense plants in the Detroit area during World War II, and then enlisted in the WAVES, trained as an aircraft mechanic and served on a base in Hawaii. After the war she held a variety of jobs and became a psychologist, and then served in the Peace Corps in the 1960s. She provides detailed descriptions of her training and duties in the military, and mentions meeting Henry Ford as well as Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson.
Warber, Ester
Ward, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2009
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
United States. Army
Jack Ward enlisted in the US Army in 1968. He trained as a helicopter mechanic and was sent to Vietnam in 1969. He was stationed at Camp Holloway, outside of Pleiku. He spent most of his time on the base because of his assignment, but endured regular mortar and rocket attacks, and took turns manning the perimeter, where the Viet Cong would often make trouble at night.
Ward, Jack
Warner, Frank (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2005
United States. Army. Air Corps
Frank Warner was born in Michigan in 1918 and attended college at Michigan State University before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1942. Frank was sent to a different training base in the United States every 9 weeks before flying to Europe, where he flew combat missions from bases in Italy. Frank trained with B-24s because they could carry quite a few more bombs than the older planes. Frank stated that there was a very high mortality rate for the type of missions he had worked on and that a psychologist had to stay with the men to help their mental health. Frank has many stories from flying over Europe that includes being shot at and planes exploding. Military documents appended to interview outline.
Warner, Frank
Michigan--History
Local histories
Memoirs
Oral histories (document genre)
Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Personal narratives
Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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.
Warner, Mary
Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
Warners, Cornelius (Bob) (Interview outline and video), 2004
Cornelius "Bob" Warners served in World War II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge and Normandy in the 3rd armored division service company that assisted the men in battle. He served time in battle that at one point extended 147 straight days of combat duty. He discusses training in Louisiana and in the Mohave Desert and his experiences in France, Belgium and Germany.
Warners, Cornelius (Bob)
Warren, Jerome (Interview outline and video), 2017
Jerome Warren was born in Byron Center, Michigan, on November 11, 1926. He enlisted in the Navy on November 11, 1944 and received his basic training at Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He was selected for signal training, and received that training at Sampson Naval Training Center, New York. In late spring 1945, he went to Camp Shoemaker, California, and eventually boarded a Dutch merchant ship bound for the Philippines. After stopping in Hawaii and Samar, he arrived in Manila in August 1945. He was assigned to USS APL-19, a ship used to house personnel in transit. Aboard the USS APL-19, he served as a guard and as a signalman. In 1947, USS APL-19 was towed back to the United States, and was decommissioned at Jacksonville, Florida. He spent the final month of his service at Watervliet Arsenal, New York and was discharged at Great Lakes Naval Station.
Warren, Jerome Charles
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Washburn, Joyce Skinner (Interview outline and video), 2015
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Personal narratives, American
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
Joyce Washburn was born in October 1949 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She enlisted in the Navy Reserves in May 1968 and received basic training at U.S. Naval Training Center at Bainbridge, Maryland in August 1968. She returned to college then went to Naval Hospital Corps School at Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois where she learned how to be a corpsman. She stayed in the Navy Reserves for twenty six years working at the hospitals at Great Lakes Naval Station, San Diego, and Pensacola. She also got to work at Bethesda Naval Hospital and U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington D.C. During her time in the Navy Reserves she helped with domestic abuse programs, drug abuse programs, and psychological trauma programs. After her service she helped a fellow veteran, Dr. Edward Byrd, with the creation of a memorial for her fiance, Dennis Lobbezoo, who was killed in Vietnam in June 1968.
Washburn, Joyce Skinner
A Comprehensive Plan for Washtenaw County
Comprehensive Plan publications
Washtenaw County (Mich.)
A Comprehensive Plan for Washtenaw County was prepared by the Washtenaw County Department of Planning and Environment with the assistance from local external groups and agencies and was adopted on September 22, 2004.
Washtenaw County Department of Planning and Environment, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
Master plan reports
Watson Township (Mich.)
The Watson Township Master Plan was prepared by the Watson Township Planning Commission with the assistance of WW Engineering & Science and was reaffirmed on August 23, 2000.
Watson Township Planning Commission, Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan
Little Traverse Bay Area Pow-Wow, July 1982
Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals
Indians of North America
Michigan -- Grand Rapids
Little Traverse Bay Area Pow-Wow flyer, Harbor Springs MI, July 31-August 1, 1982, collected by Edward Gillis included as part of his Native American publication collection.
Waussnobae Indian Center
Way, George P. (Interview outline and video), 2005
George Way grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, and was drafted into the US Army in 1941. He trained as a medic and served with the 2nd Infantry Division throughout the war, from the Normandy landings, through the Battle of the Bulge and into Germany.
Way, George P.
Report on the Relationship of Property Taxation to Land Use
Comprehensive plan publications
Wayne County (Mich.)
The Report on the Relationship of Property Taxation to Land Use as part of the comprehensive planning process for Wayne County was prepared by the Wayne County Planning Commission with the assistance of Donald M. Oakes in 1973.
Wayne County Planning Commission, Wayne County, Michigan
Lowell (Mich.)
Kent County (Mich.)
The City of Lowell Comprehensive Plan was prepared by WBDC and was published in November 1984.
WBDC
Ada Township Comprehensive Plan Executive Summary
Ada Township (Mich.)
The Ada Township Comprehensive Plan Executive Summary was prepared in July 1985 by WBDC, Inc.
WBDC, Inc.