World War, 1939-1945
Rédange (France)
Correspondence
Letter from Mathilde to James W. Ochs, September 12, 1945. Letter reads: "Redange Septembre 12. 1945. Dear Jim: I was very glad: when I received your letter, my best thanks. On the same line I received the card from Paris and a letter from Skiss Silly and Trousse(?). So I see that you had been in Paris. I have the photos, they are all very beautiful, principal those from you and of ___. The days you had been here had go by too quick and I hope you come back at Redange before you departed to America, you are all lines wellcome. I send you the best greatings [sic] from Suzanne and me, Mathilde."
[Unknown], Mathilde
James W. Ochs WWII collection, RHC-55
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Letter from Mathilde to James W. Ochs, October 3, 1945. Letter reads: "Redange le 3. Octobre 1945. Dear Jim: I was very happy to get your lettre and to see that you was in Paris. It is to hoppe that you have this chance again. When you was Sunday to Paris you see Yvonne and the picture. We have I sennding her the pciture, and I have the negative of Paul. I will send you it. I am happy to heard that you family is by good health and your girl again. Suzanne and myself are by good health, hoping the same of you. Suzanne hunts is good now. We hope that you will see us before you go home to America. Now I get your other lettre what the picture from Roland Marguerite Suzanne and you and my. I thank you very very much for its. Marguerite have visite us one day. We have speaking very much of you. I am happ that you get my lettre. I wonder we that my lettre have so long if you get it. I have yours quick. If you write home say plise the very best wishes from Suzanne and my. I am moving(?) Wellbrück(?) but be evening I go home. I have hurt my foot. I send you the best greatings[sic] from Suzanne and my. Your sincerely, Mathilde."
Letter from Mathilde to James W. Ochs, October 9, 1945. Letter reads: "Redange le 9. 10. 45. Dear Jim: I had been very glad when I received your lettre with the pictures. I was for a few days in Stelbrück(?) and when I came back your parcel with the prelly lamp was arrived. I was very surprised, it is too kind of you, I say you my best thanks Jim. I take from you a good rescue ____[?] Last week I sent for you the fikles of the pictures I had your promised I hope you received these in a few days. I received the card Suzanne and me from Paris so I see that you had been in Paris. If possible you must come to Redange again. We are all times happy when you arrived. I hope that every thing is going well for you and I send you the best greatings [sic] from Suzanne and me. Mathilde."
Letter from Mathilde to James W. Ochs, November 3, 1945. Letter reads: "Redange le 3. 11. 1945. Dear Jim: Dat was surprise last night wen Mahell(?) arrived. I was so happy but very sorry dat you did not kame with her. But whe hopp dat you kame quiqly perhaps for Christmas. Mahell(?) bring us good news from you and whe are very glad for you. Thank you so much for the beautiful pictures whe where are quite hourly her where siling in the little room near your beard room it is quite warm where eating apples and pears and spiking from you. Mahell kan tell you de anders news. Many thanks for your letters from the ___? I am glad that you have received my letter with the pictures. I have received a letter from Roland and the picture from him also. He is now in Reius(?) and I hoppe that you see him perhaps. The very best of greatings from Suzanne and me. Love Mathilde."
United States. Navy
Japan
Military education
Warships--Recognition
Slides
Matsu class, Japanese DD (destroyer), January 15, 1945.
Naval recognition slides (RHC-50)
No Copyright - United States
Matt McLogan and President Lubbers walk across Little Mac bridge
Grand Valley State University
Michigan
Allendale (Mich.)
Universities and colleges
College administrators
Matt McLogan and President Lubbers walk across Little Mac bridge.
In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
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
In Copyright
Matthews, Marjorie (Interview outline and video), 2016
Video recordings
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
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
Moore, Janie King, 1872-1951
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963
Black-and-white photography
Black and white photograph of Maureen Moore, known as Lady Dunbar of Hempriggs and the "foster sister" of author C.S. Lewis, whom he lived with at his home, The Kilns, along with her mother, Janie King Moore, in Risinghurst, Oxford, England. Scanned from the negative.
Gilbert, Douglas R.
Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)
Michigan--History
Local histories
Memoirs
Oral histories (document genre)
Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Personal narratives
Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Women
Evangeline Maurits was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Maurits, Evangeline
Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
Mawby, Russell G. video interview and transcript
Philanthropy and society
Charities
Associations, institutions, etc.
Russ Mawby discusses his youth on a fruit farm and involvement with 4H and the Boy Scouts, his agricultural studies at Michigan State and Purdue Universities, and his military service in the US Army. He reflects on the history of the Kellogg family, the Kellogg Company, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and his work as CEO of the W.K. Foundation. He details efforts of the Foundation in Michigan and abroad, his involvement with the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center, and his work developing the Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy. He concludes with reflections on the initiatives that have given him the most pride, and those that still need the most work.
Mawby, Russell G.
Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Michigan Philanthropy Oral History Project
Johnson Center for Philanthropy Archives
Max Gibbs and Leroy Davis at South High School
Education
Max Gibbs, GVSC student teacher, and Leroy Davis, 8th grade English and History, working together at South High School.
News & Information Services. University Photographs. (GV012-01)
In copyright - Non-commercial use permitted.
Max Gibbs points out the intramural football standings
Students
Sports
Max Gibbs points out the intramural football standings.
Maxson, Kay (Interview outline and video), 2011
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
Kay Maxson, born in Lowell Michigan in 1933, enlisted in the Naval Reserve in early 1951, and was called to active duty in January, 1952. Trained in fire and damage control, he was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. After he joined the ship at Norfolk, Virginia, it sailed to Guantanamo and to Panama, but the ship turned out to be too wide to get through the Canal, and had to go around the Horn instead to reach the Pacific, and was damaged in the processed. They stopped in Chile and Peru, then went to San Francisco to pick up its aircraft, and then went to Hawaii to train the pilots before going on to Korea. They crossed the Pacific and visited Hong Kong, Vietnam and Japan, and patrolled off the North Korean coast before returning to port in 1953.
Maxson, Kay
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
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
May and Flora at Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
New York (N.Y.)
Black and white photograph of two women, May and Flora, sitting on a short stone wall with trees in the background at Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.
Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
Canals
Black and white photograph of the Maybees Waste Weir, located on the Erie Canal section of the New York State Barge Canal. Taken by Robert Merrill from the canal bank.
Mayor's remaks for the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Temple B'nai Israel
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Letter with enclosed remarks from Edward J. Stewart, Mayor of Muskegon, Michigan to Mr. Richard Kaufman of Temple B'nai Israel regarding his absence from the 25th Anniversary Celebration and his intended remarks for the event.
Stewart, Edward J.
Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Mc Caulley, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2005
Jack Mc Caulley was born in Woodland, Michigan in 1927 and enlisted in the Navy in 1944 when he was only 16 years old. Jack went through boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Academy in Chicago, Illinois and then shipped out with the 59th Seabees. Jack worked as a truck driver delivering supplies on Pacific islands such as the Marshall Islands, Guam, and Saipan. Jack and Norma met after the war in a roller rink and have since been married for more than 56 years.
Mc Caulley, Jack
Mc Farland, Jerry (Interview outline and video), 2005
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
United States. Army
Jerry McFarland was born on March 24, 1933 and enlisted in the Navy in 1950 after graduating from high school. Jerry trained at Great Lakes Naval Academy in Chicago, Illinois and was then stationed in Norfolk, Virginia. He worked there for about 4 years transporting Marines to Puerto Rico to train for the Korean War. Jerry was discharged after 4 years, but found himself bored with civilian life and then enlisted in the Army. While in the Army Jerry worked in Texas, Germany, France, Colorado Springs, and Vietnam, where he served with an engineer unit.
Mc Farland, Jerry
MC5 (Musical group)
WCFL (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)
Concerts
Soldier Field (Chicago, Ill.)
Black and white photograph of the band MC5 performing at the WCFL Big 10 Summer Music Festival in Chicago, Illinois on July 18, 1970, by Douglas R. Gilbert. Scanned from the negative.
Book covers
Covers (Illustration)
Graphic arts
Publishers and publishing
Pictorial bindings
Binding of McAllister and His Double, by Arthur Train, published by, C. Scribner's Sons, 1905.
Yohn, F.C. (Designer)