A black and white topographic map of the GVSC Nature Trail as found on the Allendale campus and received by the GVSC Library Archives on May 1, 1973. The cartographer of the map is Anne Spelman and features the trail and the Grand River one hundred…

A black and white map of "The Campus" of Grand Valley State College in Allendale, Michigan. circa 1970. The map highlights the main features of the campus at the time, including Campus Drive flowing north, south, and west in addition to the ravines…

A black and white map featuring the Grand Valley State College campus in Allendale and the surrounding wooded ravines, circa 1970. The map features an aerial view of the campus as seen from the northwest and highlights the plateau area where the…

A black and white map featuring the Grand Valley State Colleges campus in Allendale and the surrounding wooded ravines, circa sometime between 1977 and 1983. The map features an aerial view of the campus as seen from the southwest and highlights…

A black and white map featuring the Grand Valley State College campus in Allendale and the surrounding wooded ravines. The map features a birds-eye view of the campus as seen from the southeast and highlights various academic buildings at the time,…

Architect's drawing of the interior and exterior of the Collegiate Center of Grand Valley State College, later named Seidman House, as seen in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Guide to Future Physical Development," circa 1961. In the…

Architect's drawing featuring one of Grand Valley's academic learning centers of Great Lakes Plaza among the wooded ravines, as seen in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Guide to Future Physical Development," circa 1961.

Architect's drawing of Ravine Campus featuring a cross section view of the academic buildings and surrounding ravine landscape, as seen in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Guide to Future Physical Development," circa 1961.

Site analysis map featuring the natural ravines and recreation areas and created as part of the campus planning of Grand Valley State College as seen in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Guide to Future Physical Development," circa…

Site analysis map created as part of the campus planning of Grand Valley State College as seen in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Guide to Future Physical Development," circa 1961. The map, labeled as Figure 5 of the publication,…

Architect's drawing featuring a ravine view of Grand Valley State College's campus as seen in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Guide to Future Physical Development," circa 1961, and created by Carl Johnson for the publication. In the…

Site map featuring an aerial view of the future Grand Valley State College campus as seen in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Guide to Future Physical Development," circa 1961, and created by Abrams Aerial Survey Corp. of Lansing,…

Publication titled, "Grand Valley State College: A Guide to Future Physical Development," highlighting the development plans for GVSC and its relation to the surrounding Grand River ravines landscape, and published circa 1961.

Black and white photograph featuring two individuals standing on Grand Valley's Little Mac Bridge among the wooded ravines, as featured in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Concept for Continuing Development," created by the architects…

Architect's drawing featuring the patio view of Grand Valley State College's Collegiate Center and it's outdoor terrace among the wooded ravines, as featured in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Concept for Continuing Development,"…

Illustrated map of the "Ravine Campus Concept" which highlights the development plans for Grand Valley State College in relation to the surrounding Grand River ravines landscape, as featured in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Concept…

Illustration of the wooded ravines that surround the campus of Grand Valley State College, as featured in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Concept for Continuing Development," created by the architects Meathe, Kessler, and Associates,…

Site analysis map highlighting the selected site for Grand Valley State College and the significance of the surrounding ravines, as featured in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Concept for Continuing Development," created by the…

Aerial map highlighting the selected site for Grand Valley State College and the significance of the surrounding ravines, as featured in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Concept for Continuing Development," created by the architects…

Black and white map of the 1961 campus plan as featured in the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Concept for Continuing Development," created by the architects Meathe, Kessler, and Associates, Inc. and published on June 30, 1968.

Selections from the publication, "Grand Valley State College: A Concept for Continuing Development," highlighting the significance of the Grand River ravines landscape in relation to the development of Grand Valley State College, published on June…

Black and white photograph of a student sitting in Zumberge Library and looking out the window toward Little Mac Bridge and the wooded ravines, circa 1972. In the background, the Robinson and Copeland dormitories can be seen on the other side of the…

Black and white photograph of the winter window view from Lake Huron Hall of the surrounding wooded ravines, circa 1972.

Black and white photograph of two students seated in the study area of Lake Huron Hall, circa 1972. In the photograph, the students are seated next to one of the building's floor to ceiling windows overlooking the wooded ravines in wintertime.