Fold-out with historic Saugatuck, Michigan photographs
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
description: Copy of a fold-out with three images: "Indians of the Area," "Famous Sand Dune, Mt. Baldhead," and "Singapore - the Buried City, 1863."
creator: Walter, P. G.
source: Digital file contributed by D. Brigham as part of the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
type: Image

Fishtown and Lighthouse near Kalamazoo River
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Kalamazoo River (Mich.)
description: Copy of a foldout photograph of a lighthouse and a few houses near the mouth of the Kalamazoo River.
creator: Walter, P. G.
source: Digital file contributed by D. Brigham as part of the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
type: Image

Big Pavillion Ballroom
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Ballrooms
description: 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.
creator: Walter, P. G.
source: Digital file contributed by D. Brigham as part of the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
type: Image

P.G. Walter First Grade promotion certificate
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Certificates
description: Certificate of promotion to the first grade at Saugatuck Public Schools for P.G. Walter, 1948
creator: Walter, P. G.
source: Digital file contributed by D. Brigham as part of the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1948-06-04
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Phillip Walter (Audio interview and transcript), 2018
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Fire departments
subject: Oral history
subject: Audio recordings
description: 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.
creator: Walter, Phillip
source: Stories of Summer project, Kutsche Office of Local History. Grand Valley State University
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2018-06-02
contributor: Kutzel, Ken (Interviewer)
contributor: Van Orsdol, Mollie (Transcriber)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Stories of Summer (Common Heritage project)
format: audio/mp3
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Sound
type: Text

Students studying abroad in Krakow, Poland
subject: Grand Valley State University
subject: Michigan
subject: Allendale (Mich.)
subject: Universities and colleges
subject: Students
description: Students in Krakow, Poland as part of the international study abroad program.
creator: Walzak, Al
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: circa 1988
rights: In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Wandrey, Warren (Interview outline and video), 2011
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. Navy
description: 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.
creator: Wandrey, Warren
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2011-11-10
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
contributor: Kentwood Historic Preservation Commission (Kentwood, Mich.)
contributor: WKTV
contributor: WKTV (Wyoming, Mich.)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Tiger Wang interview (video and transcript), 1991
subject: Oral history
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: China--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese
description: 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.
creator: Wang Shuming
source: Fei Hu Films Research and Production Files (RHC-88)
contributor: Boring, Frank
contributor: Christopher, Frank
contributor: Fei Hu Films
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: chi
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text
coverage: 1991-03-19

Sermones de preservatione hominis a peccato [folium 112]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
description: One leaf from Sermones de preservatione hominis a peccato by Paulus Wann. Printed in Munich by Johann Schobsser circa 1501. [GW M51403; ISTC im00004000]
creator: Wann, Paul, approximately 1420-1489
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Munich: Johann Schobsser
date: 1501
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: la
type: Text

Sermones de preservatione hominis a peccato [folium 125]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
description: 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]
creator: Wann, Paul, approximately 1420-1489
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Nuremberg: Fratres Ordinis Eremitarum S. Augustini
date: 1479/1483
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: la
type: Text

Warber, Ester (Interview transcript and video), 2004
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Navy
subject: Video recordings
subject: Women
description: 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.
creator: Warber, Ester
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2004-02-11
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

Ward, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2009
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
description: 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.
creator: Ward, Jack
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2009-10-05
contributor: Ward, Samuel (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Warner, Frank (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2005
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: Video recordings
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: United States. Army. Air Corps
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
description: 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.
creator: Warner, Frank
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2005-09-01
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

Warner, Mary
subject: Michigan--History
subject: Local histories
subject: Memoirs
subject: Oral histories (document genre)
subject: Grand Rapids (Mich.)
subject: Personal narratives
subject: Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
subject: Grand Valley State University
subject: Women
description: 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.
creator: Warner, Mary
source: Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1971
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
format: audio/mp3
language: eng
type: Text
type: Sound

Warners, Cornelius (Bob) (Interview outline and video), 2004
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: United States. Army
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: Video recordings
description: 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.
creator: Warners, Cornelius (Bob)
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2004-06-22
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

Warren, Jerome (Interview outline and video), 2017
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Navy
description: 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.
creator: Warren, Jerome Charles
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
date: 2017-01-10
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: video/x-m4v
format: application/pdf
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Washburn, Joyce Skinner (Interview outline and video), 2015
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
subject: Persian Gulf War, 1991--Personal narratives, American
subject: Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Navy
description: 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.
creator: Washburn, Joyce Skinner
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
date: 2015-02-19
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
contributor: WKTV (Wyoming, Mich.)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: video/x-m4v
format: application/pdf
type: Text
type: Moving Image

A Comprehensive Plan for Washtenaw County
subject: Comprehensive Plan publications
subject: Washtenaw County (Mich.)
description: 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.
creator: Washtenaw County Department of Planning and Environment, Washtenaw County, Michigan
source: Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2004-09-22
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Watson Township Master Plan
subject: Master plan reports
subject: Watson Township (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
description: 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.
creator: Watson Township Planning Commission, Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan
source: Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2000-08-23
contributor: WW Engineering & Science (consultant)
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Little Traverse Bay Area Pow-Wow, July 1982
subject: Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Michigan
subject: Michigan -- Grand Rapids
description: 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.
creator: Waussnobae Indian Center
date: 1982-07
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
type: Text

Way, George P. (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: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
description: 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.
creator: Way, George P.
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2005-05-18
contributor: Dean, Ashleigh (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Report on the Relationship of Property Taxation to Land Use
subject: Comprehensive plan publications
subject: Wayne County (Mich.)
description: 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.
creator: Wayne County Planning Commission, Wayne County, Michigan
source: Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1973
contributor: Donald M. Oakes (consultant)
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

City of Lowell Comprehensive Plan
subject: Comprehensive plan publications
subject: Lowell (Mich.)
subject: Kent County (Mich.)
description: The City of Lowell Comprehensive Plan was prepared by WBDC and was published in November 1984.
creator: WBDC
source: Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1984-11
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Ada Township Comprehensive Plan Executive Summary
subject: Comprehensive plan publications
subject: Ada Township (Mich.)
subject: Kent County (Mich.)
description: The Ada Township Comprehensive Plan Executive Summary was prepared in July 1985 by WBDC, Inc.
creator: WBDC, Inc.
source: Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1985-07
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text