Book covers
Covers (Illustration)
Graphic arts
Publishers and publishing
Pictorial bindings
Binding of The Copperhead, by Harold Frederic, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.
Armstrong, Margaret (Designer)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
No Copyright - United States
The Haunts of Familiar Characters in History and Literature
Binding of The Haunts of Familiar Characters in History and Literature, by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898.
Armstrong, Margret (Designer)
Binding of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899.
Binding of Under the Rose, by Frederic S. Isham, published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1903.
Jeanmarie Hays Arnold (Audio interview and transcript), 2018
Michigan
Saugatuck (Mich.)
Douglas (Mich.)
Allegan County (Mich.)
Outdoor recreation
Beaches
Sailing
Oral history
Audio recordings
Jean Arnold describes growing up Douglas with many memories of various jobs she held as a teenager. She also describes her encounters with the LGBT community in the 70's
Arnold, Jeanmarie Hays
Documenting the Histories of Summers in Saugatuck-Douglas, Kutsche Office of Local History
In Copyright
Stories of Summer (Common Heritage project)
Arnold, Lou (Interview transcript and video), 2009
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Video recordings
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League--Personal narratives
Baseball for women--United States
Baseball
Sports for women
World War, 1939-1945
Baseball players--Indiana
Women
Lou Arnold was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1925. She grew up in Pawtucket and played softball with her brother and eventually joined an amateur league where she played for a few teams. After playing a game with a rival team in Newport she was invited to play for the All American League. Arnold played from 1948 to 1952 for the South Bend Blue Sox as a pitcher. One of her baseball highlights came during the 1951 season when she pitched a ten and two record and led her team to the championship that year.
Arnold, Lou
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Collection, (RHC-55)
Arntz, Bob (Interview outline and video), 2004
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
United States. Army
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Bob Arntz was born in 1944 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After graduating from high school Bob worked in a factory for a while before enlisting in the Army in 1968. Bob went through basic training in February of 1968 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. After training at Fort Knox and in Maryland, Bob was sent to Vietnam in October of 1968. Bob drove semi trucks and helped transport supplies in Vietnam.
Arntz, Bob
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Aronson, Marc (Interview outline and video), 2014
Marc Aronson was born in 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended a military academy in Virginia and graduated in 1968. In September 1968 he enlisted in the Army in Pittsburgh and soon after he began basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina where he also completed Army Driver's Training. After the eight weeks of basic training he attended artillery training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma beginning in December 1968 where he received training on the 105mm howitzer and also attended Noncommissioned Officer School there making him a sergeant and also making him the crew chief for a gun. In September 1969 he was deployed to Vietnam where he served with the 1st Infantry Division operating out of Di An. After four months of service he was transferred to B Battery of the 319th Field Artillery of the 101st Airborne Division. During his time with the 101st he was transferred to Firebase Ripcord where he witnessed the battle and eventual fall of Ripcord. After his time with the 101st he was transferred to the 25th Infantry Division where he worked with 8 inch and 175mm self-propelled artillery tanks near the demilitarized zone, and returned home and was discharged in 1971.
Aronson, Marc
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Ash, Charles Nedwin (Interview outline), 2006
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
African-American soldiers
Japan
Korea
Charles Nedwin Ash is a Korean War Veteran who served in the United States Army from July 1952 to July 20, 1954 in Japan and Korea. In this interview, Ash discusses his time in the service and also what it was like to be an African American during that time. Ash briefly shares some stories of the prejudice he faced in Kentucky and being promoted to Sergeant. For his time in Korea, Ash received the Korean Service Ribbon with two bronze service stars, the UN Service Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal.
Ash, Charles Nedwin
Forest Hills Eastern High School (Ada, Mich.)
Comprehensive plan publications
Clare County (Mich.)
The Regional Comprehensive Plan for Clare County, Michigan was prepared by the Association of Clare County Local Planning Commissions and Parkins, Rogers & Associates, Inc. in June 1978.
Association of Clare County Local Planning Commissions, Clare County, Michigan
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
Parkins, Rogers & Associates, Inc. (consultant)
Astrauckas, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2008
Merchant mariner
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Merchant marine--United States
Richard Astrauckas served with the Merchant Marines from 1943 to 1948 during World War II and with the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1952 during the Korean War. He discusses his pre-enlistment years, enlistment and training in the U.S. and sea voyages abroad with the Merchant Marines. He describes his experience of the Normandy Invasion and carrying of supplies and cargo to European ports and elsewhere. Astraukas further mentions his involvement in Greece during the Marshall Plan and peacetime service during Korea.
Astrauckas, Richard
Neil Atherton (Audio interview and transcript), 2018
Gay men
Sexual minorities
Neil Atherton grew up in Illinois near Milwaukee and came to Saugatuck in the early 1980s. He and his partner Jim Yarro operated the gift shop Hoopdee Scootee from 1982 to 2016. In this interview, Atherton reminisces about Hoopdee Scootee, creative advertising, the art community, and being openly gay in a small town.
Atherton, Neil D.
Stories of Summer project, Kutsche Office of Local History. Grand Valley State University
Incunabula
Printing 1450-1500
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
One leaf from Sermones by Aurelius Augustinus with additions by Sebastian Brant. I: Sermones ad heremitas; II: Sermones de verbis Domini; III: Sermones de verbis apostoli; IV: Sermones in epistolam Johannis; V: Quinquaginta; VI: Sermones de tempore; VII: Sermones de sanctis. Printed in Basel by Johann Amerbach in 1494-1495. [GW 2920; ISTC ia01308000]
Seidman Rare Books Collection
One leaf from De civitate dei by Aurelius Augustinus. Printed in Freiburg im Breisgau by Kilianus Piscator (Fischer) in 1494. [GW 2890; ISTC ia01246000]
Freiburg im Breisgau: Kilianus Piscator (Fischer)
One leaf from Explanatio psalmorum by Aurelius Augustinus. Printed in Venice by Bernardinus Benalius on August 4, 1493. [GW 2910; ISTC ia01273000]
Augustinus, Aurelius
One leaf of Opuscula by Aurelius Augustinus. Printed in Strassburg by Martin Flach in 1491. Illustrated with red and blue rubricated initials. [GW 2868; ISTC ia01221000]
Central States Amateur Rowing Association Regatta Program
Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Boats and boating
Fold-out pamphlet describing the competing rowing clubs and the daily schedule of events for Friday and Saturday. Many of the events are filled in with pencil of how many points the races were won by and how long they took.
Auspices Illinois Valley Yacht and Canoe Club
Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club scrapbooks (RHC-54)
No Known Copyright
Austhof, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2004
Jack Austhof, born on September 15, 1948, enlisted in the US Army in 1967 during the Vietnam War with a friend under the Army's buddy system. He spent a year and a half in Germany as a repair parts specialist in a supply company. He did not see combat, but saw rioting in Germany.
Austhof, Jack
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Sandstone (Mich. : Township)
Romeo (Mich.)
Letter from D.S. Austin from Sandstone, Michigan to his brother Asa H. Austin in Romeo, Michigan, Sept. 14, 1865. Letter is an update on the family.
Austin, D. S.
Civil War and slavery collection (RHC-45): http://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/472
Austin, Randy (Interview outline and video), 2008
Randy Austin was born in Paw Paw, Michigan on December 30, 1945 and was drafted shortly after graduating high school in 1965. He was not happy about being drafted and expected to be sent to Vietnam. Instead he began training in aviation electronics and was sent to a base in Germany to work on electronics maintenance for an armored unit. He said the base in Germany was very laid back and he took every moment he had off to travel around in Europe.
Austin, Randy
Austin, Robert (Interview transcript and video), 2008
United States. Marine Corps
Robert Austin was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and grew up on a farm. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in June, 1941 and trained first for the Marine Air Corps and then for the Marine Paratroopers. He eventually was assigned to the 5th Marine Division and was in the first wave of the landing on Iwo Jima. He was wounded soon after the landing and spent the rest of the war in hospitals. He re-enlisted after the war and played on a Marine baseball team prior to being discharged.
Austin, Robert
Kentwood Historic Preservation Commission (Kentwood, Mich.)
Michigan--History
Local histories
Memoirs
Oral histories (document genre)
Personal narratives
Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Grand Valley State University
Evelyn Leonard was born in Grand Rapids in 1883 and grew up on Prospect Street. Evelyn (Eileen) was the daughter of the inventor of the refrigerator, Frank E. Leonard. Leonard was a Vassar graduate and married Noyes L. Avery in 1907. She was president of both the Women's City Club and Women's University Club in Grand Rapids. Mrs. Avery died on August 4, 1972.
Avery, Evelyn
Grand Rapids oral history collection (RHC-23)
Avgerinos, Stephen (Interview outline and video), 2012
Steve Avgerinos was born in Chicago in 1949. He enlisted late in 1968 to stay ahead of the draft. He took basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, then AIT at Fort Lewis, and then went on to NCO school at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was then sent over to Vietnam, and joined D Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, based at Camp Evans. In March, 1970, his company began a series of patrols in the hills and jungle west of Camp Evans, operating out of several different firebases. In May, his platoon's perimeter on a hilltop designated Maureen was overrun by enemy sappers, but Avgerinos and those still able to fight held the position. He was injured in the battled and sent to Japan and back to the US for treatment. He completed his enlistment as an instructor at Fort Leonard Wood.
Avgerinos, Stephen
Maria Aviles video interview and transcript
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Oral history of Maria Aviles, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, on 09/27/2018 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
Aviles, Maria
Young Lords collection (RHC-65)