Book covers
Covers (Illustration)
Graphic arts
Publishers and publishing
Pictorial bindings
Binding of Maria Chapdelaine, by Louis Hemon, published by The Macmillan Company, 1928.
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
No Copyright - United States
María Romero video interview and transcript
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
María Romero first joined the Young Lords on Wilton and Grace Streets. She was recruited by then Angie Lind-Rizzo (later Angie Adorno) and the other Young Lord women members. It was 1973 and the Young Lords were emerging from two long years of being completely underground, or inoperative publicly as a human rights organization. There were no longer remnants of the Young Lords Movement left in the Lincoln Park neighborhood that gave birth to them in 1968. The Lincoln Park neighborhood had been cleaned out of Puerto Ricans and the poor, in just a few years, by city hall and the Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association. A directive was given by the leadership for the Young Lords members to move and to establish themselves as a base of operations in the Lakeview Neighborhood, at Wilton and Grace Streets. Many Young Lords moved there with their families. Prior to that, a group of about 25 Young Lords had moved to a rural, rented farm near Tomah, Wisconsin. The farm camp was called a “Training School,” and their sole purpose for their camp was to train new Young Lord’s leaders who would step in and lead the Young Lords. Repression had hit extremely hard within the Lincoln Park Movement, splitting it in several directions. This was aided by pending trials of several Young Lords leaders and the still unsolved murders of United Methodist Rev. Bruce Johnson and his wife Eugenia, of the Young Lords People’s Church. Rainbow Coalition leader of the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton, and Mark Clark were also assassinated in a raid organized by the States Attorney. The Lincoln Park Movement had seized to exist. José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez, who was then in hiding from the police after being sentenced to one year in Cook County Jail and who had 17 more felony indictments still pending, called for the organizing of a training school in a secluded farm near Tomah, Wisconsin. After members received their training in the farm camp for one and a half years, it was decided that Mr. Jiménez would voluntarily turn himself in, begin serving the year and start to fight the remaining cases which included bond jumping and many trumped up charges of mob actions for demonstrations. The Young Lords would raise his bond, hire attorneys, and then switch their organizing in Lakeview and Uptown where many of the Puerto Ricans of Lincoln Park had moved. They had also moved to Wicker Park and Humboldt Park but the Young Lords wanted to concentrate their forces. If this move was not done, the movement started in Lincoln Park would completely collapse. After serving the year, Mr. Jiménez announced his Aldermanic Campaign for the 46th Ward, as an Independent Democrat. He would use the election not as an electoral revolution but, “as an organizing vehicle for change.” Among other things the campaign would focus on Mayor Daley’s forced displacement of the Puerto Rican Community from the near lakefront and near downtown areas of the city. It not only boldly opposed the banks, the developers, the neighborhood associations but implicated Mayor Richard J. Daley in urban renewal plans that clearly were racist, being utilized to cleanse these areas of lower income minorities. Because of this, María Romero volunteered to serve as Young Lords Office Coordinator. It was Ms. Romero’s job to pass out assignments and to provide support and referrals for services for residents of that Lakeview area of Wilton and Grace. She herself had lived in Lincoln Park but had grown up in Lakeview. There most of the Puerto Ricans knew her family, as her father was a businessman, who for years had owned several Latino botanicas, or stores that sell religious potions and candles of saints, and provide consultation services. Ms. Romero was instrumental in getting a large amount of persons registered to vote. The Jiménez Aldermanic Campaign received 39% of the vote on the first attempt. It was not the 51% needed, but it was still victorious in uniting the community and beginning to expose the prejudice behind displacement. It also opened wide the doors for future Latino political candidates. As Ms. Romero moved west to Humboldt Park she was hired as a community organizer for Bickerdike, a non - profit development corporation. She used her Young Lords organizing skills and passion to promote their mission of being, deeply dedicated to preserving the ethnic and cultural character of their neighborhoods, providing quality affordable housing, preserving jobs, advocating for resources and struggling against gentrification and displacement. One of the main issues that Ms. Romero advocated for was the “Chicago Affordable Set Aside.”
Romero, María
In Copyright
Maria Sutherland audio interview and transcript
Civil rights--Michigan--History
Hispanic Americans--Personal narratives
Discrimination against Hispanic Americans
Maria Sutherland is from Cochabamba, Bolivia. She describes her experience as an immigrant to the United States.
Sutherland, Maria
Speaking Out: Western Michigan Civil Rights Oral History Project
Marian "Steve" Adair interview (video and transcript, 1 of 3), 1991
Oral history
United States--History, Military
China--History, Military
Veterans
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Interview of Marian "Steve" Adair by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Adair, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was the wife of pilot Skip Adair. In this tape, Marian "Steve" Adair discusses her reaction to her husband, Skip, going to China and her first impressions upon joining him overseas.
Adair, Marian "Steve"
Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives.
Marian "Steve" Adair interview (video and transcript, 2 of 3), 1991
Interview of Marian "Steve" Adair by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Adair, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was the wife of pilot Skip Adair. In this tape, Adair describes her personal observations of General Chennault, in addition to her experience as a young married couple living away from their child in a foreign land.
Marian "Steve" Adair interview (video and transcript, 3 of 3), 1991
Interview of Marian "Steve" Adair by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Adair, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was the wife of pilot Skip Adair. In this tape, Adair discusses how the year she spent in China affected her life and marriage with Skip Adair, in addition to how the Flying Tigers affected the morale of the United States and China.
Marie Merrill Ramirez interview and transcript
Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives
Puerto Rico--Autonomy and independence movements
Marie Merrill Ramirez is a long-time community activist from the Milwaukee chapter of the Young Lords. She was actively involved with many neighborhood issues both on the north and south sides of the city, focusing especially on supporting of bi-lingual education efforts. She now lives in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico where she continues to advocate for Puerto Rican self-determination.
Ramirez, Marie
Master plan reports
Marilla Township (Mich.)
Manistee County (Mich.)
The Marilla Township Master Plan was prepared by the Marilla Township Planning Commission and was adopted by the Township Board on April 12, 2018.
Planning Commission, Marilla Township, Manistee County, Michigan
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
Grand Valley State University – History
College teachers
Universities and colleges – Faculty
Michigan
Grand Valley State University. University Communications
University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Maritime History of Massachusetts: 1783-1860
Binding of Maritime History of Massachusetts: 1783-1860, by Samuel Eliot Morison, published by Houghton Mifflin, 1921.
Mark Connorton audio interview and transcription
Discrimination
Mark Connorton is a mathematics major at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He discusses his alcohol and drug addiction issue and how it affected his relationship with his parents.
Connorton, Mark
Howard, Mark, 1817-1887
Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896
Judd, Norman B. (Norman Buel), 1815-1878
Howard, Angelina Lee
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Chicago (Ill.)
Hartford (Conn.)
Letter by Mark Howard, insurance company president and Lincoln political appointee, describing his meeting in Chicago with Abraham Lincoln and other prominent Republicans shortly after Lincoln's election in 1860.
Civil War and slavery collection (RHC-45): http://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/472
Grand Valley State University
Allendale (Mich.)
Universities and colleges
Sports
Mark Mangianti, 1st National Champion in any sport at GVSU, National Champ NAIA 1974, 1st NCAA Divison II All-American, 3rd NCAA II 1976.
In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Mark Randal (Audio interview and transcript), 2018
Saugatuck (Mich.)
Allegan County (Mich.)
Outdoor recreation
Sand dunes
Historic preservation
Audio recordings
Mark Randall grew up in Orland Park, near Chicago, in the 1950s. In this interview, Randall recalls visiting Saugatuck in his youth and living there as an adult.
Randall, Mark
Stories of Summer project, Kutsche Office of Local History. Grand Valley State University
Stories of Summer (Common Heritage project)
Hannibal (Mo.)
Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
Black and white photograph of Mark Twain's boyhood home located on Main Street in the heart of Hannibal, Missouri. It is currently known as the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum. Scanned from the negative.
Gilbert, Douglas R.
Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)
Interior architecture
Black and white photograph of the interior of the Mark Twain House located on Main Street in the heart of Hannibal, Missouri. It is currently known as the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum. Scanned from the negative.
Black and white photograph of an interior room of the Mark Twain House located on Main Street in the heart of Hannibal, Missouri. It is currently known as the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum. Scanned from the negative.
Black and white photograph of an interior bedroom of the Mark Twain House located on Main Street in the heart of Hannibal, Missouri. It is currently known as the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum. Scanned from the negative.
Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character)
Black and white photograph of Mark Twain's boyhood home located on Main Street in the heart of Hannibal, Missouri. It is currently known as the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum, and features an informational sign for "Tom Sawyer's Fence" in reference to the fictional character from Mark Twain's novel, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." In the photograph, a sign is featured highlighting "Tom Sawyer's Fence" located next to the house. Scanned from the negative.
Hearths
Kitchens
Black and white photograph of the kitchen fireplace hearth of the Mark Twain House located on Main Street in the heart of Hannibal, Missouri. It is currently known as the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum. Scanned from the negative.
Stoves, Wood
Black and white photograph of a wood burning stove and table in the Mark Twain House located on Main Street in the heart of Hannibal, Missouri. It is currently known as the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum. Scanned from the negative.
Port-au-Prince (Haiti)
Markets
Black and white photograph of a crowded market in a large dirt courtyard with buildings in the distance. Small stalls are set up around the market area and others simply have groups of baskets they are selling from. "The Market, Port au Prince, Hayti." is written on the bottom of the image.
Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
Cambridge (England)
Black-and-white photography
Black and white photograph of a street scene in Cambridge, England. In the photograph, a young man and woman are having a conversation while leaning on a bicycle in the foreground and various small business signs along Market Street can be seen in the background including, "Cambridge Sports Hall Appeal," "S. Rampling Surgical," and "Whitbread." Scanned from the negative.
Clergy--Michigan
Reformed Church in America
Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.)
Sermons
A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on January 24, 1993 entitled "Marks of Leadership", as part of the series "On the Threshold of the Third Millennium", on the occasion of Epiphany III, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: I Chronicles 12:32, Romans 12:6, Mark 10:43.
Richard A. Rhem
Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/