Michigan
Saugatuck (Mich.)
Allegan County (Mich.)
Children
A group of 11 children seated on the grass. It is captioned “Lakeshore Summer Gang c. 1918-20.” In a box below that, it reads, “Heuchen Lakeshore kids. 1918-20.”
Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of History as part of the Stories of Summer Project.
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Copyright Undetermined
Lakeside Scene of a Walled Town from the Water
Fore-edge painting
Painting
Cityscapes
Painting on the fore-edge of "Les enfants de l'amour" by Eugene Sue of a lakeside scene of a walled town from the water with several boats resting on shore at low tide. Artist Retsof or Foster is unknown.
Retsof (artist)
Seidman Rare Books. ND2370.S84 E54 1850
In Copyright
Lakowicz, Bernard (Interview outline and video), 2015
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Veterans
Video recordings
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
United States. Army
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
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Lalley, William (Interview outline and video), 2008
Michigan--History, Military
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
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Book covers
Covers (Illustration)
Graphic arts
Publishers and publishing
Pictorial bindings
Binding of Lally of the Brigade: A Romance, by L. McManus, published by L.C. Page & Company, 1899.
No Copyright - United States
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
Archaeology
Hopkins (Mich.)
Mammoths
Black and white photograph of Lamont artifacts including part of a skull.
Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
Grand Valley State University – History
College teachers
Universities and colleges – Faculty
Grand Valley State University. University Communications
University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
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
Lana Wachowski's The Matrix: Toward a new Trans Aesthetic
Sexual minorities
Community centers
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Poster with a synopsis on the topic and speaker, as well as the information of the event, including the date, time and place.
The Rainbow Resource Center
United States. Navy
Military education
Airplanes, Military--Recognition
World War, 1939-1945
Slides
Great Britain
Lancaster British B (bomber), October 1, 1947.
Naval recognition slides (RHC-50)
British-RAF-H/B, Lancaster, May 27, 1943.
Avro Lancaster is a British four-engine WWII heavy bomber made initially for the royal Air Force.
Lancaster British I M heavy bomber, circa 1945.
Lancaster, Dale G (Interview outline and video), 2015
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
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.
Lancastrain British transport, October 1, 1947.
Lance Climie, 2021 (Interview video and transcript)
Personal narrative
PFAs (Perfluorinated chemicals)
Groundwater--Pollution
Lance Climie has lived in Plainfield Township, near Deenly, Michigan for nearly all his life. In his interview, he discusses his family history as fruit farmers and how Wolverien offered to spread free fertilizer, or "sludge" on the fields. Only recenlty have people realized that this sludge contained PFAS residue. Climie shares other stories about his grandfather and other farmers' knowledge of other chemical contaminants in the environment, as well as his own perspective from fishing on the Rogue River.
Climie, Lance
Living with PFAS (project)
In copyright
Master plan reports
Land Use--planning
Homer Charter Township (Mich.)
Midland County (Mich.)
The Land Use Master Plan Report for Homer Charter Township was prepared by the Charter Township of Homer Planning Commission with the assistance of Township Board Members, Robert B. Hotaling, and Jeanne B. Hotaling and was adopted on September 9, 1987.
Charter Township of Homer Planning Commission, Homer Charter Township, Midland County, Michigan
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
Robert B. Hotaling, PCP and Jeanne B. Hotaling, Associate Township Planning and Zoning Consultants (consultants)
Land Use Master Plan Report for Cohoctah County
Cohoctah Township (Mich.)
Livingston County (Mich.)
The Land Use Master Plan Report for Cohoctah County was prepared by the Township Board and Planning Commission with the assistance of Robert B. Hotaling, Jeanne B. Hotaling, and Philip D. Gardner in November 1987.
Township Board and Planning Commission, Cohoctah Township, Livingston County, Michigan