Melisa Jiménez video interview and transcript, interview 1
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Melisa Jiménez is the youngest daughter of Mr. José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez. Like his other children she was not able to grow up with Mr. Jiménez. But she has always maintained a close relationship with him, even though they live miles away from each other. Ms. Jiménez’s other siblings are Jackie, Jodie, Sonia, and Alex. Ms. Jiménez lives not far from Mrs. Iberia Hampton, Fred Hampton’s mother, and they have maintained a close personal relationship for many years. Ms. Jiménez was born in the Lincoln Park neighborhood hospital, via the use of the La Maze childbirth method. Her father reminds her that he was the first to hold her. Ms. Jiménez lived in Lincoln Park for the first years of her life until the rent became unbearable for her mother. Only a couple of months after she was born, her father was incarcerated for a year, awaiting trial because his bond was too far out of range for his income. He later explained to her that he was doing, “volunteer work, supporting the Puerto Rican Freedom fighters.” When Mr. Jiménez won the case, Ms. Jiménez was living in Logan Square and they were once again united. This time Jackie, the oldest of Mr. Jiménez’s daughters from another relationship, moved in with them briefly. Teenage Jackie had a young boyfriend who was extremely polite, but very persistent. So Jackie’s mother, frustrated, dropped her off for Mr. Jiménez “to take responsibility and to take care of her.” He gladly agreed. And It was a way for Melisa and Jackie to get to know each other. Each sibling plays a role and Ms. Jiménez has played the role of sibling unifier in a world of divorce and separations. She graduated from Oak Park River Forest High School in 1998 and attended some college. She loves photography and is an accomplished artist. Some of her jobs have included child care, marketing research and mortgage broker sales.
Jiménez, Melisa
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
In Copyright
Melisa Jiménez video interview and transcript, interview 2
Melonas, Greg (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
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
Video recordings
Greg Melonas was born in Chicago in 1920. He joined the National Guard in 1936, and was called into the Army after Pearl Harbor. He was deployed to France after D-Day, and served mostly in Czechoslovakia. He was trained as a medic in the National Guard, and served as a medic after being a drill instructor early on. After WWII he was called back into the service to go to Korea, also as a medic.
Melonas, Greg
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Meloro, Peter A (Interview outline and video), 2016
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Peter Meloro was born on April 2, 1948, in Brooklyn, New York. He enlisted in the Army in 1967 and received his basic training at Fort Gordon, Georgia. He went to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, then to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, for his clerical training. He was stationed West Germany with an artillery unit from March 1968 to June 1969. Peter received orders for a deployment to Vietnam and was sent over in July 1969. He joined C Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division as a company clerk. He worked at Camp Evans doing paperwork for the company and also monitored radio traffic when the company was in the field. He left Vietnam on July 9, 1970, and was discharged at Fort Lewis, Washington.
Meloro, Peter
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
Melvin Lewis video interview and transcript
African Americans--Personal narratives
Black Panther Party. Illinois Chapter
Melvin Lewis was born in Chicago but today lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina. His parents live in Maywood, Illinois. This is the same town where Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party (BPP) grew up. It is also where, at Maywood’s City Hall, there is a recreation center with a swimming pool named after the slain leader of Chicago’s BPP. There is also a street named “Fred Hampton Way” and a bust of Chairman Fred Hampton. Mr. Lewis is a Chicago Black Panther and freelance writer, a master gardener and certified beekeeper. His recent articles include “Out Loud and Into Print” in the May/June 2012 issue of City View (NC). He writes on music and his publications include features on “Hootie and the Blow Fish,” and singer and song writer “Rene Marie in Pluck!” He has written and broadcast twelve vignettes about civil rights for FM Radio stations 107.7 and 91.9 FM and conducted interviews on horticulture, history and art. Mr. Lewis has also won the Significant Illinois Poet Award and is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is currently assisting with the Chicago Black Panther History Project. Their motto is, “ We will tell our story, in our own words; Illinois Panthers speak for themselves.”
Lewis, Melvin
Members of 126th Infantry eating pie, 1941
World War, 1939-1945
Three members of the Headquarters Company, 126th Infantry, eating pie with milk. Rear is inscribed "we sneaked a piece of pie and a bottle of milk. I look happy - baloney".
Unknown
Richard Platte Red Arrow Division Collection, (RHC-99)
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401
Members of 126th Infantry peeling potatoes, 1941
Three members of the Headquarters Company, 126th Infantry, peeling potatoes Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Rear is inscribed "Can you find me? I would enjoy this darling if I were with you."
Members of Grand Valley's Board of Control being signed in by Governor Williams
Grand Valley State University
Allendale (Mich.)
Universities and colleges
Events
College administrators
Members of Grand Valley's Board of Control being signed in by Governor Williams.
In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Members of Grand Valley's first Board of Control
Frey, Edward J.
Copeland, James
Stafford, Dale
Kirkpatrick, William
Hoobler, Icie Macy
Robinson, Kenneth
Ott, Arnold
Kistler, Grace
Seidman, L. William
Members of the first Board of Control: l to r back row-- Edward J. Frey, James Copeland, Dale Stafford, William Kirkpatrick, Icie Macy Hoobler, Kenneth Robinson. l to r front row--Arnold Ott, Grace Kistler, and L. William Seidman, Chair. The nine member board was later reduced to eight, 1960.
Members of the marching band lead the marching band metal sculpture
Students
Members of the marching band lead the 21-piece scrap metal sculpture of the University's marching band. The sculpture was created and donated by Stuart Padnos.
Facilities
Property
Members of the site selection committee with map of potential sites for the new college.
Saugatuck (Mich.)
Douglas (Mich.)
Community theater
A page from the weekly Red Barn News, which includes a large article about the Theatre's membership drive. It also discusses the ten-week film festival the theatre was hosting, as well as an article about A Thousand Clowns, the show that opens the ninth season for the theatre. Duplicate of Program-129.
Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of Local History from the Saugatuck Douglas History Center for the Stories of Summer project.
Copyright Undetermined
An article from The Commercial Record titled "Memorable Musical Performances in Red Barn Show. It discusses the plot and performances of 1940s Radio Hour. The review is mostly neutral, although Broglio argues that it does not quite meet authentic radio standards. It includes a photograph of Don Bonevich and Brandon Montgomery performing a scene from the show.
Memorial Day Parade, St. Charles, Illinois
Saint Charles (Ill.)
Memorial Day
Parades--Illinois
Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts--Illinois
Texaco, Inc
Marquees--Illinois
Black-and-white photography
Black and white photograph of a Memorial Day parade in St. Charles, Illinois. In the photograph, the parade is marching down main street with multiple Girl Scout troops leading the way as the crowd looks on. A Texaco gas station sign and the marquee for the Arcada Theatre can be seen in the background. Scanned from the negative.
Gilbert, Douglas R.
Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)
Black and white photograph of a Memorial Day parade in St. Charles, Illinois. In the photograph, the parade is marching down main street with multiple Girl Scout troops leading the way as the crowd looks on. The marquee for the Arcada Theatre can be seen in the background. Scanned from the negative.
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts--Illinois
Black and white photograph of a Memorial Day parade in St. Charles, Illinois. In the photograph, the parade is marching down main street with multiple Boy Scout troops leading the way as the crowd looks on. In the foreground, two young scouts are seen holding an American flag and a Boy Scout troop flag with the words "St. Charles" written across it. Scanned from the negative.
Memorial Day addresses
Black and white photograph of a man in uniform speaking at an outdoor podium as a part of a Memorial Day gathering in St. Charles, Illinois. In the photograph, the serviceman is giving a speech to the surrounding audience from a podium that has the words "Democracy" and "American Legion" posted across it. Scanned from the negative.
Memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Central Park, New York
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Bethesda Fountain (New York, N.Y.)
Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Memorials--New York (State)--New York
Black and white photograph of the memorial rally that took place in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in New York City's Central Park. In the photograph, crowds of people are gathering around the Bethesda Fountain in the Bethesda Terrace area of Central Park and the fountain's "Angel of the Waters" statue can be seen in the background. The photographs taken by Douglas Gilbert on this historic day document New York's reaction to the news of Dr. King's assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, on the previous day. Scanned from the negative.
Black and white photograph of the memorial rally that took place in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in New York City's Central Park. In the photograph, crowds of people are gathered onstage around an unidentified musical performer playing a guitar in the Naumburg Bandshell, an outdoor concert venue sitting along the Central Park Mall area of the park. The photographs taken by Douglas Gilbert on this historic day document New York's reaction to the news of Dr. King's assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, on the previous day. Scanned from the negative.
Black and white photograph of the memorial rally that took place in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in New York City's Central Park. In the photograph, a large crowd of people are gathered together in the park to pay their respect to the late Dr. King, to protest his assassination, and to keep his message alive. The photographs taken by Douglas Gilbert on this historic day document New York's reaction to the news of Dr. King's assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, on the previous day. Scanned from the negative.