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Lake Michigan Hall. Opening day of Grand Valley State College
Grand Valley's opening day convocation in Lake Michigan Hall, Sept. 26, 1963.
Architects planning layout of Allendale campus
Architects from the firm of Meathe, Kessler & Associates planning layout of Grand Valley's campus, ca. 1960.
Architects planning layout of Allendale campus
Architects from the firm of Meathe, Kesler & Associates planning layout of Grand Valley's campus, ca. 1960.
Groundbreaking ceremony on the Allendale campus
Michigan Governor Swainson on the speaker's platform with President Zumberge and L. William Seidman at Grand Valley State College's groundbreaking ceremony, Aug. 28, 1962.
Lake Michigan Hall. Architect William Kessler shows President James H. Zumberge model of first learning center
Architect William Kessler shows President James H. Zumberge model of interior of Lake Michigan Hall, 1962.
Judging contest for Grand Valley's official seal
Philip W. Buchen, Gerald Mast, and Walter McBridge judge a contest for Grand Valley's official seal, summer 1963.
Library Director and staff moving books for the opening day collection
Library Director Stephen Ford (far left), and staff Brown, Burinski, Henkle, and Fraze unloading one of the first shipments of books for the opening day collection, 1962.
Pink House. Library Director in the book stacks
Library Director Stephen Ford (on ladder) with Vice President Potter in the library's temporary facility. The Pink House was used for administrative offices and for processing and cataloging library collections, 1962.
Former President Gerald Ford touring campus with Grand Valley's president Arend D. Lubbers
Former President Gerald Ford touring campus with Grand Valley's president Arend D. Lubbers, ca. 1978.
Copeland House. Male students doing laundry
Male students doing laundry in Copeland House dorm, 1966.
Construction of water tower on Allendale campus
Construction of water tower on south end of Allendale campus, ca. 1963.
Aerial view of Allendale campus from north
Aerial view of Allendale campus looking south from M45, ca. 1972.
Aerial view of Allendale campus from south
Color photograph featuring an aerial view of Grand Valley's Allendale campus and the surrounding wooded ravines looking northeast, circa 1976.
Lake Superior Hall. Students in beanies walking up the steps
Students in freshman beanies walking up the steps of Lake Superior Hall, ca. 1964.
Alexander Calder Fine Arts Center
Exterior of the Alexander Calder Fine Arts Center, later named the Performing Arts Center, ca. 1972.
