Mather, Earl (Interview outline and video), 2008
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
United States. Army
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Video recordings
Earl Mather served during World War II for the 1256th Combat Engineers Battalion. He served in Europe, France, Belgium, and Germany building bridges and repairing bombed bridges. He served during the Battle of the Bulge as a MP Officer and was involved in the freeing of Buchenwald concentration camp. His memories of the war are still vivid in his mind and his interview is remarkable. Earl and his wife still reside in Ohio where they originally built their home before the war. His file includes numerous photographs from the war and afterward.
Mather, Earl
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
In Copyright
Alfredo Matias video interview and transcript
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Veterans--Personal narratives
Arts, Puerto Rican--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs
Religion
Catholic Church
Racism--United States
Race relations
Alfredo Matias is the son of Doña Carmen García and a Young Lord going back to the mid-1960s. Mr. Matias joined the Young Lords during the Month of Soul Dances at St. Michael’s Church Gymnasium in Lincoln Park. Mr. Matias lived in Lincoln Park and also in Wicker Park for many years. He was forced from the military because he refused to accept an order that would have sent him to Cuba to fight alongside other Puerto Ricans in the Bay of Pigs invasion, against the sovereignty of Cuba. Mr. Matias grew up in Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico. Today Mr. Matias is home in Puerto Rico, content to be by his mother’s side, and still writing his poetry.
Matias, Alfredo
Matt, John (Interview outline and video), 2014
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American
Afghan War, 2001--Personal narratives, American
United States. Marine Corps
United States. National Guard
John Matt in 1984 in Marquette, Michigan. He grew up in Marquette and attended high school there and graduated in 2003. In November 2005 he enlisted in the Marines and attended boot camp at San Diego/Camp Pendleton and the School of Infantry at Camp Pendleton specializing as an infantryman. In the spring of 2006 he was assigned to the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Marines. In mid-May 2007 he and his unit left for an international training mission in Thailand, on the second day of sailing they were rerouted and deployed to Iraq. They arrived in Iraq in late June/early July 2007 and were stationed in a village south of the city of Al-Karmah near Combat Outpost Golden in the Al-Anbar Province. During his time in Iraq he went on patrols and took part in the humanitarian mission to improve the lives of the Iraqis. Around Christmas/New Year's Eve of 2008 he and his unit returned home. In 2008 and 2009 he went with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to Japan, the Philippines, and South Korea to carry out training missions with the allied forces in those countries. After leaving the Marines in late 2009 he enlisted in the National Guard in March 2010 and was assigned to the 1431st Combat Engineers Company in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan based out of Kingsford Armory where he could be near his wife and children. He volunteered to help the 1433rd Combat Engineers based in the Lower Peninsula and wound up getting deployed to Afghanistan in the summer of 2012. His unit operated out of Forward Operating Base Pasab helping to clear the road of improvised explosive devices and other explosive materials.
Matt, John
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Book covers
Covers (Illustration)
Graphic arts
Publishers and publishing
Pictorial bindings
Binding of The Beleaguered Forest, by Elia Wilkinson Peattie, published by D. Appleton and Company, 1901.
Matthews, Harry B. (Designer)
No Copyright - United States
Binding of The Art of the Pitti Palace: with a short history of the building of the palace, and its owners, and an appreciation of its treasures, by Julia deW. Addison, published by L.C. Page, 1903.
Binding of The Art of the Vatican: Being a Brief History of the Palace, and an Account of the Principal Art Treasures Within Its Walls, by Mary Knight Potter, published by Page Co., 1902.
The Man Between: An International Romance
Binding of The Man Between: An International Romance, by Amelia E. Barr, published by The Authors and Newspapers Association, 1906.
Matthews, Marjorie (Interview outline and video), 2016
Marjorie Matthews was born in Muskegon, Michigan, in 1922. Shortly after America's entry into the Second World War she joined the Red Cross and served as a driver in the Motor Corps in Muskegon. Her duties ranged from the transportation of servicemen to delivering magazines to the military hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan. She also worked for Seal Power in Muskegon (a company that was part of the war effort) as a switchboard operator. Marjorie left the Red Cross after the war's end in 1945, and she worked for Seal Power for a total of 13 years.
Matthews, Marjorie
Michigan--History
Local histories
Memoirs
Oral histories (document genre)
Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Personal narratives
Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Grand Valley State University
Women
Evangeline Maurits was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Maurits, Evangeline
Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
Russell Mawby speech at the Michigan Campus Compact and Michigan State University Public and Community Service Conference
Philanthropy and society
Family foundations--Michigan
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Charities
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Notes from RGM presentation given on December 5, 1990 at Michigan Campus Compact and Michigan State University Public and Community Service Conference.
Mawby, Russell
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401
Grand Valley State University Special Collections & University Archives
Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
Russell Mawby speech, The Future Begins Now
Michigan
Home economics
Speech given April 1, 1967 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Florida Home Economics Association.
Russell Mawby speech at the Governor's Conference on Agriculture
Agriculture
Speech given April 1, 1981 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at the Governor's Conference on Agriculture to discuss the importance on agriculture in Michigan.
Russell Mawby speech, The World Stands Out
Education
Speech given April 16, 1989 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at the Goshen College commencement.
Speech given April 19, 1975 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at Alma College for the commencement.
Russell Mawby speech, The Community Power Structure in Battle Creek
Speech given April 2, 1980 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at the commencement dinner of the Battle Creek Community Leadership Academy.
Russell Mawby speech, Tribute to Gerald A. Faverman
Speech given April 21, 1993 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at the tribute to Gerald A. Faverman.
Russell Mawby speech, A Treasured Michigan Resource
Speech given April 22, 1982 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at the Michigan Association of Governing Boards' 1982 Higher Education Awards Convocation.
Russell Mawby speech at the 27th National Conference on Rural Health
Health
Speech given April 25, 1974 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at the 27th National Conference on Rural Health of the American Medical Association.
Russell Mawby speech, Unfinished Business
Speech given April 25, 1988 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at Taylor University.
Russell Mawby speech, On Century III for 4-H
Youth
Speech given April 27, 1976 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at the National 4-H Conference to discuss Century III and the programs provided for youth.
Russell Mawby speech, The Greatest Opportunity
Speech given April 27, 1979 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at the Royal Dublin Society.
Russell Mawby speech at the Bethel College commencement
Speech given April 27, 1987 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at the Bethel College commencement.
Russell Mawby speech, How Area Associations Make a Difference
Speech given April 29, 1982 for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at the Area Associations' Session of the 33rd Annual Council of Foundations Conference.