Comprehensive Plan for Sewer and Water Facilities
Comprehensive plan publications
Emmet County (Mich.)
The Comprehensive Plan for Sewer and Water Facilities was prepared by Vilican-Leman & Associates, Inc. and McNamee, Porter & Seeley in April 1971.
Vilican-Leman & Associates, Inc.
McNamee, Porter & Seeley
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
No Copyright - United States
Tobyn McNaughton, 2021 (Interview video and transcript)
Oral history
Personal narrative
PFAs (Perfluorinated chemicals)
Groundwater--Pollution
Tobyn McNaughton was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan and now lives in Belmont, Michigan. In this interview, Tobyn discusses how the McNaughton family learned about the PFAS present in their home's well water in 2017 and the impact it has had on their daily lives and health.
McNaughton, Tobyn
Living with PFAS (project)
In copyright
McVay, Douglas (Interview outline and video), 2016
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Veterans
Video recordings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
United States. Army
Douglas McVay was born in Monticello, Iowa, on December 18, 1949. In August 1969, he enlisted in the Army. He received his basic training and advanced infantry training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, then received armored personnel carrier training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In late fall of that year, he was deployed to Vietnam where he joined A Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. For the rest of 1969 and into the spring of 1970 he patrolled around Camp Evans, then from April through July he and A Company patrolled around Firebase Ripcord. During the Battle of Firebase Ripcord (July 1 – July 23, 1970), his company fought around Ripcord, and got into a severe firefight on July 22nd in which Douglas was wounded. After being rescued on July 23rd, he was taken out of combat. He recovered in Japan and returned to the United States. He served at Fort Carson, Colorado, for the remainder of his enlistment and was discharged in May 1972.
McVay, Douglas
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
In Copyright
Raymond McVeigh audio interview and transcript
Civil rights--Michigan--History
Discrimination
Raymond McVeigh discusses his involvement with the Pro-Life movement as a Catholic.
McVeigh, Raymond
Speaking Out: Western Michigan Civil Rights Oral History Project
McVicker, William J. (Interview outline and video), 2006
Michigan--History, Military
United States. Army. Air Corps
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
William McViker served his country during the Cold War. He was in the Air Force serving as security of nuclear weapons. During his service, the United States bombed Libya. He states that most of his time in the military was peaceful and that the service matured him as a person. He also states that he felt that the United States should have a compulsory military.
McVicker, William J.
Michigan--History
Local histories
Memoirs
Oral histories (document genre)
Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Personal narratives
Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Grand Valley State University
Women
Mary Alice Martin was born in Grand Rapids in 1897. She returned home from Vassar College during WWI to farm.
Meade, Mary Alice
Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
Seidman House. Architect's drawing of exterior
Michigan
Allendale (Mich.)
Universities and colleges
Architectural rendering
Facilities
Ravines -- Michigan
Architect's drawing of the exterior of the Collegiate Center of Grand Valley State College, later named Seidman House, among the wooded ravines, circa 1962.
Meathe, Kessler & Associates
University photographs, GV012-01
In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Seidman House. Architect's drawing of student study lounge
Architect's drawing of the student study lounge fireplace area of the Collegiate Center, known as The Pit. The Collegiate Center was later named Seidman House, ca. 1962.
Field House. Architect's drawing of Field House
Architect's drawing of proposed Field House. Closeup of one dome and entrances, ca. 1965.
Architect's drawing of proposed Field House showing south elevation and Section AA, ca. 1965.
Architect's plan of the Great Lakes Group
Architect's plan of the Great Lakes Group with the Collegiate Center (later Seidman House), and Learning Centers (LC1) Lake Superior Hall, (LC2) Lake Michigan Hall, and (LC3) Lake Huron Hall by architects Meathe, Kessler & Associates, 1962.
Seidman House. Architect's plan of building and ravine decks
Architect's plan of the interior of the Collegiate Center of Grand Valley State College, later named Seidman House, among the wooded ravines, circa 1962. The plan features the interior layout of the building, including the study lounge, pit area, dining room, and faculty lounge, in addition to the outdoor terrace area and the series of cement decks that make up the outdoor seating among the ravines.
Seidman House. Architect's drawing of study lounge and outdoor terrace
Architect's drawing of the interior and exterior of the Collegiate Center of Grand Valley State College, later named Seidman House, circa 1962. In the drawing, the study lounge and outdoor terrace of the Collegiate Center are featuredamong the wooded ravines, with people seen inside the windows of the building and outside enjoying the outdoor patio seating.
Architect's Plan of the Great Lakes Group
Architect's Drawing of the Academic Buildings
Architect's drawing featuring the exteriors of the academic buildings of Grand Valley State College, as located among the ravines in Great Lakes Plaza circa 1962. In the drawing, the Collegiate Center is featured in the center and framed among the wooded ravines, with people seen inside the windows of the building and outside enjoying the outdoor patio seating.
Architect's Drawing of Academic Building
Architect's drawing featuring the exterior of an academic buildings of Grand Valley State College, as located among the ravines in Great Lakes Plaza circa 1962. In the drawing, the academic building (possibly Lake Huron Hall) is featured in the center and on top of a plateau overlooking the wooded ravines, with people seen outside enjoying the outdoor pathways.
Quadragesimale de filio prodigo [folium 92]
Incunabula
Printing 1450-1500
One leaf of Quadragesimale de filio prodigo by Johannes Meder. Printed in Basel by Michael Furter in 1497. [GW M22502; ISTC im00422000]
Meder, Johannes
Seidman Rare Books Collection
Grant Medich, 2025 (Interview video and transcript)
Grant Medich recounts how community concerns over a Rockford, Michigan tannery demolition evolved from chromium contamination to the discovery of widespread PFAS risks. As a nearby resident, he helped monitor the site and supported a citizen petition to the EPA, raising questions about corporate responsibility, regulatory inaction, and the long-term health impacts of “forever chemicals."
Medich, Grant
Francisca Medina video interview and biography, interview 1
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Spanish language--Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs
Francisca Medina lived for many years in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. She describes visiting with other Latinas on the streets of Lincoln Park, at laundromats, and in the large variety of Puerto Rican owned shops in the 1950s, a time when the community was thriving and safe. Ms. Medina recalls her involvement in Council Number 9 at St. Teresa’s, as well as her work with the congregations at St. Vincent De Paul and St. Sebastian. Ms. Medina raised her family in Lincoln Park, moving several times within the neighborhood including homes on Sheffield, Bissell and Fremont Streets.
Medina, Francisca
Meeuwenburg, Chris (Interview outline and video), 2004
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Chris Meeuwenberg was born Fremont, Michigan and drafted into the Army in 1943 when he was 19 years old. He went through training in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas and eventually became a medical technician. Chris was sent to Europe and landed in La Havre, France where they were immediately shot at by German planes. While in Europe Chris traveled through France, Germany, and Austria. He was eventually discharged near the end of the war and then went to Ferris State University for 4 years of pharmacy school.
Meeuwenberg, Chris
Sermones de tempore et de sanctis, sive Hortulus reginae [folium 87]
One leaf from Sermones de tempore et de sanctis, sive Hortulus reginae by Meffret. Printed in Basel by Nicolaus Kesler on May 24, 1488. [GW M22652; ISTC im00444500]
Meffret
Sermones de tempore et de sanctis, sive Hortulus reginae [folium 89]
One leaf from Sermones de tempore et de sanctis, sive Hortulus reginae by Meffret. Printed in Basel by Nicholaus Kesler not after 1485. Illustrated with blue rubricated initials. [GW M22648; ISTC im00441000]
Sermones de tempore et de sanctis, sive Hortulus reginae [folium 91]
One leaf from Sermones de tempore et de sanctis, sive Hortulus reginae (Johannes de Lapide, Praemonitio circa sermones de conceptione virginis Mariae) by Meffret. Printed in Basel by Berthold Ruppel after April 21, 1488 [GW M22657; ISTC im00444000]