Applying national insignia on aircraft wing with spraygun
World War, 1939-1945
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Applying national insignia on aircraft wing with spraygun, 1943.
Kuxhaus, Otto
Otto Kuxhaus WWII collection, RHC- 57
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
In Copyright
Squadron on tour of Palestine and Syria, 1943.
Kuzawa, Marion (Interview outline and video), 2015
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Veterans
Video recordings
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
United States. Navy
Marv Kuzawa enlisted in the Navy in 1942 at the age of 21. For basic training he was sent to Camp Perry, Virginia. Eventually he was placed in the Seabees and sent to Kodiak Island and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska to construct infrastructure for the War. After being transferred to the 14th Construction Battalion, Marv was sent to Honolulu Hawaii to build Quonset huts where the effects from the Pearl Harbor attack were still evident. In May of 1945 Marv arrived in Okinawa Japan to construct infrastructure for the ongoing invasion, and he was present in Okinawa during the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In November 1945 he left Japan on the USS Topeka and coincidently met up with his brother as they were both discharged at Great Lakes military base in Illinois.
Kuzawa, Marion
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Douglas - Saugatuck Art and Recreation Center map postcard
Michigan
Saugatuck (Mich.)
Douglas (Mich.)
Allegan County (Mich.)
Michigan, Lake
Art centers
Recreation centers
Postcards
Kalamazoo River (Mich.)
Black and white postcard of the "Douglas-Saugatuck Michigan Art and Recreation Center," which features a map of the Saugatuck-Douglas area and their proximity to the Kalamazoo River and Lake Michigan. The back of the postcard has no handwriting other than the date "1952."
L. L. Cook Co.
Digital file contributed by Jerri Walsh as part of the Stories of Summer project.
Copyright Undetermined
Outdoor recreation
Golf
Black and white postcard of a landscape view featuring the writing "Golf Grounds Saugatuck, Mich." at the bottom. The golf course is seen in its natural beauty and empty of individuals. There is a small creek running through the course and there are trees framing the water. The handwriting on the back of the postcard reads: "18th 6 Room, 1952."
Beaches
Automobiles
Postcard of Oval Beach overlooking Lake Michigan in Saugatuck, Michigan. The postcard features the entrance to Oval Beach, a small sign with the beach name on it as well as the phrase "Owned and operated by the Village of Saugatuck." A procession of three 1950's era cars are driving into the parking lot of the beach and there is the American flag in the distance as well as the view of the water. The back of the postcard bares no handwriting but the description in the upper lefthand corner reads: "The approach to Oval Beach, Saugatuck, Michigan.'" The bottom lefthand corner has a copyright date of 1958.
View overlooking Oval Beach, Saugatuck, Mich. postcard
Sand dunes
Postcard of Oval Beach overlooking Lake Michigan in Saugatuck, Michigan. The front features a wide shot of the beach on Lake Michigan and the crowded parking lot. The beach is dotted with individuals and a line of cars are parked on the right side of the photograph. . The back of the postcard has no handwriting, however the top lefthand corner has the typed description of: "The ever popular public beach and parking oval. Saugatuck, Michigan."
Stairs
Black and white postcard of Oval Beach in Saugatuck, Michigan. The beach is busy and the waves are soft. The stairs on the dunes are discolored and are saturated in a rainbow of color. The handwriting on the back of the postcard reads: "Oval Beach, Saugatuck, Michigan."
LaCamera, Helen (Interview transcript and video), 2010
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League--Personal narratives
Baseball for women--United States
Baseball
Sports for women
Baseball players--Indiana
Helen La Camera was born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1931. She grew up playing sports with neighborhood kids, and started playing organized softball in eighth grade. Her coach, Mary Pratt, had played in the AAGPBL, and arranged for her to try out in 1950. She was invited to spring training following the tryouts, and became the third baseman for the Fort Wayne Daisies. She played for one season, and then returned home, got married, and continued to play softball for several years.
LaCamera, Helen
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Collection, (RHC-55)
Incunabula
Printing 1450-1500
Lactantius, ca. 240-ca. 320
One leaf from Opera by Lucius Coelius Firmianus Lactantius. Printed in Venice by Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen on August 27, 1478. Illustrated with red rubricated initials. [GW M16555; ISTC il00009000]
Seidman Rare Books Collection
Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen
No Copyright - United States
Inge Lafleur interview (video and transcript)
Grand Valley State University
Universities and colleges
Oral histories
Feminism
Alternative education
Women in higher education
Interview with Ingrun "Inge" Lafleur by Barbara Roos, documenting the history of Grand Valley State's William James College. William James College was the third baccalaureate degree granting college for Grand Valley. It was originally designed to be an interdisciplinary, non-departmentalized college consisting of concentration programs, rather than majors. The college opened in 1971 and was discontinued in 1983 during a reorganization of Grand Valley State. Inge Lafleur was a faculty member of William James College and in this interview she discusses the importance of the college in her life experience, how the feminist ethos of the college shaped her personal and professional life, and the wealth of ideas about teaching and learning that she carries with her as a result of being a part of the William James community. This interview is part 1 of 1 for Inge Lafleur.
Lafleur, Inge
William James College faculty and student interviews (GV016-16)
Laidlaw, James Dennis (Interview outline and video), 2015
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
United States. Army
James Laidlaw was born in Detroit on December 13, 1938. After turning 18 he volunteered for the draft and was inducted into the Army. He received basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and truck mechanic training at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. He was stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma with an artillery battalion and served as a lieutenant's driver. In September 1957 the unit sailed to Italy and was stationed in the area around Vicenza near the Austrian and Yugoslavian borders. During his time in Italy the unit conducted war games and maintained a presence in northern Italy to keep the Soviet Union from any attempts to move into Austria or Italy. Upon the death of his father he received an emergency leave home, and after 30 days was discharged from the Army in Chicago.
Laidlaw, James Dennis
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Lake, Danny (Interview outline and video), 2009
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Danny Lake is from Caledonia, Michigan. He served as a U.S. Army sergeant in the Vietnam War. Many of his missions were on helicopters, and he was a door gunner. After finishing his first tour in Vietnam, Mr. Lake reenlisted. He also had a mission in Cambodia. Mr. Lake was awarded three Purple Hearts.
Lake, Danny
Lakowicz, Bernard (Interview outline and video), 2015
Bernard Lakowicz was drafted in February 1943. He went to Kalamazoo, Michigan (most likely Fort Custer) for processing, and from there went on to Camp Grant, Illinois and then on to Fort Lewis, Washington for basic training. Joined the 44th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis and was stationed there for nine months. In November 1943 he volunteered for the Army Air Force and trained at Sheppard Field, Texas and Kansas State College, Kansas. Prior to D-Day he was removed from the Army Air Force and was sent to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for infantry training where he joined K Company, 386th Infantry Regiment, 97th Infantry Division. He received amphibious training at Camp San Luis Obispo, California and Camp Callan, California. He and the rest of the 97th deployed to the European Theatre out of New Jersey in early 1945 and landed at Le Havre, France in March 1945. The 97th moved up to the frontline and crossed the Rhine River at Bonn, Germany in April 1945 and advanced steadily through Germany closing the Ruhr Pocket and taking thousands of German prisoners of war. The unit stayed briefly in Czechoslovakia and then got redeployed to Japan for occupation duty. He was sent home in early 1946 and got discharged at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.
Lakowicz, Bernard
Lalley, William (Interview outline and video), 2008
United States. Army. Air Corps
Prisoners of war
Prisoners of war--Germany
William Lalley was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1922. While in college in 1942 he signed up for an Army Air Corps program that was supposed to defer his service until he graduated, but he was pulled out of school early in 1943. He then trained as a B-17 pilot, was sent to England as a replacement, and was shot down on his first mission. With the aid of the Dutch resistance, William was able to evade the Germans for about 4 months before being captured. William was sent to three different prison camps while in Germany before the prisoners were finally liberated and he was sent home.
Lalley, William
Lamb Jr., Lawrence (Bill) (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2008
Bill Lamb served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He served as a glider pilot, despite being trained on powered airplanes, in the European theater during the later part of World War II. He participated in the Rhine crossing in 1945, and later on he flew supplies to Patton and transported wounded men and rescued POWs. Flight report appended to outline.
Lamb Jr., Lawrence (Bill)
Lamm, Edgar (Interview outline and video), 2015
Edgar Lamm was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 14, 1925. He grew up in Chicago and was drafted into the Army in February 1944. He received basic training at Fort Custer, Michigan and then Military Police training at Fort Custer and Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He was sent to the European Theatre and arrived in Scotland on November 9, 1944. He was stationed in Hereford, England with the Military Police for the rest of 1944 and was sent to France in late January 1945 as an infantryman. He was assigned to E Company 2nd Battalion 260th Infantry Regiment 65th Infantry Division. He took part in the advance into Germany and was in Linz, Austria when the war ended on May 8, 1945. He was stationed in Austria until he was sent back to Le Havre, France waiting to be sent home. In the late spring of 1945 he was sent back to the United States and was discharged from Camp McCoy, Wisconsin in June 1946.
Lamm, Edgar
Lamon, Ward Hill, 1828-1893
Alcoholic beverages
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Grand jury
Indictments
Court records
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
De Witt County (Ill.)
Illinois
Illinois Grand Jury indictment of George Gregg for selling spirituous liquors without a license. Signed by Ward H. Lamon, former law partner of Abraham Lincoln.
Civil War and slavery collection (RHC-45): http://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/472
Lamphere, Timothy Patrick (Interview outline and video), 2014
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American
Tim Lamphere was born on February 14, 1967 and grew up in Muir, Michigan. He enlisted in the Army after graduating from the high school (c. 1985). He went through basic training, advanced infantry training, Airborne School, and Ranger School. He served in Panama during Operation Just Cause, in Iraq during the Gulf War, and did three tours in Iraq during the Iraq War. On his first tour he served at Camp Anaconda, on his second tour he served at Al-Mahmoudiyah and was wounded, and his third tour was at Camp Liberty. For 11 years he served as a Ranger attached to the 82nd Airborne Division. After 26 years he retired from the Army (c. 2011).
Lamphere, Timothy Patrick
Lancaster, Dale G (Interview outline and video), 2015
Dale Lancaster was born in Wyoming, Michigan on June 6, 1931. After graduating from college with a degree in social studies and getting married in 1954, he was drafted in December of that year. He was sent to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for basic training and engineering training. Upon completing those twelve weeks of training he volunteered for a deployment in Europe. He was assigned to a duty station in West Germany, and after reporting for duty in Heidelberg, he was sent to Karlsruhe to work with the U.S. Army Historical Division due to his college education in history. His primary duty there was to work with former German generals to prepare a strategy to deal with the Soviet Union in case it ever attacked Western Europe. In November 1956 he left West Germany and was discharged from the Army at Fort Hamilton, New York.
Lancaster, Dale G.
Lancaster, Duane (Interview transcript and video), 2021
United States—History, Military
World War, 1939-1945—Personal narratives, American
Duane Lancaster was born August 16, 1942 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Lancaster grew up in the Grand Rapids area and lived there until for most of his adolescent life. He graduated from Wyoming Park High School in 1961, and from there he attended Grand Rapids Junior College Center. Later he transferred to Michigan State University, where he graduated in 1965. Upon graduation, Lancaster began his first job as a sportswriter in Saginaw Michigan. However, in July of 1965 Lancaster was called for the draft and in September of that same year received his draft notice. This is when Lancaster decided to begin looking for a Reserve unit somewhere. He was able to find one locally and eventually began the process of basic training in Fort Gordon. Within the Reserve Unit, Lancaster was assigned the job of MP or military police, within the Saginaw, Michigan area. Lancaster had an obligation of six years in the Reserves, serving officially from 1966 to 1972. After his service ended with an honorable discharge, Lancaster moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida where he began working as a sportswriter at a local newspaper. In more recent years, Lancaster has spent his time working for the city as a janitor.
Lancaster, Duane A.
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
A Framework for Action: Recommendations of the Mayor's Land Use Task Force
Land Use--Planning
Detroit, Michigan
Wayne County (Mich.)
A Framework for Action: Recommendations of the Mayor's Land Use Task Force was prepared by the Land Use Task Force appointed by the Mayor of the City of Detroit in the 1990s.
Land Use Task Force, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
Lange, Joesph (Interview transcript and video), 2011
Joe Lange was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on October 9th, 1947. After graduating high school, Lange married and briefly attended college before getting a full-time job and receiving his draft notice. After receiving his draft noticed, Lange went through basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky and advanced training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia to be a generator mechanic. Once he completed the training at Fort Belvoir, Lange returned home before deploying to Vietnam to serve for a year in the 124th Signal Battalion of the 4th Infantry Division.
Lange, Joesph