542 24 26018 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/42daf41e38e1073b7fdf98d8e8b29cde.pdf eeeb752db7dabd084ae0f86d3964bfac PDF Text Text August 8,9,10 1980 Function Junction Campground, Mendon, Mich. ' DANCE CONTESTS Traditional & Fancy ,, NATIVE CRAFT PEOPLE ~~j &CRAFTS ~ 11. .-.-.:::::ii . 1! a___.- J CANOE RAC-E S PUBL\C WELCOME NO DRUGS or ALCOHOL N - Ao u -f3.00-CHILOR.EN Sf.00 DotvATIO L TS � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Native American Publication Collection Subject The topic of the resource Native Americans Indians of North America Anthropology Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals Michigan Description An account of the resource Selected digital surrogates of published and unpublished materials from the Edward V. Gillis Native American publication collection dealing with different aspects of human culture and anthropology, with an emphasis on Native American people, events, organizations, and activities in Michigan. Includes newsletters, event programs, flyers, posters and other printed materials. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gillis, Edward V. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/446">Edward V. Gillis Native American Publication Collection (RHC-14)</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-02-21 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Relation A related resource Gi-gikinomaage-min Project (Kutsche Office of Local History) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-14 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1958-2000 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-14_mendon-pow-wow_1980-08 Title A name given to the resource Mendon Pow Wow, August 1980 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980-08 Description An account of the resource Mendon Pow Wow flyer, Mendon MI, August 8-10, 1980, collected by Edward Gillis included as part of his Native American publication collection. Subject The topic of the resource Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals Indians of North America Michigan Michigan -- Grand Rapids Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/9499ea6e9ed04af38d172d5ad248bd3c.pdf 16021a4417d029e523577918bfe47211 PDF Text Text MENDON ~llr:IoJ:J AT FUNCTION JUNCTION CAMPGROUND CORNER OF M-&O & M-'16 MENDON, MICHIGAN AUGUST 13•14•15 * SECURE REAL INDIAN CRAFTS * INDIAN DANCING AT ITS BEST *CAMPING FACILITIES * INDIAN DRUMMERS * PRIZES FOR CATEGORIES MUST PARTICIPATE IN ALL EVENTS FOR FINAL JUDGING NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES RATIONS PROVIDED FOR PART/Cl PANTS JOHN BUSH SHELBYVILLE, MI 49344 616-792-9193 STAN MORSEAU GREGORY, MI 48137 312-498-3276 BETTY PAMP LANSING, Ml 48906 517-372-6177 RON MIX P.O. BOX 394 WATERVLIET, MI 49098 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Native American Publication Collection Subject The topic of the resource Native Americans Indians of North America Anthropology Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals Michigan Description An account of the resource Selected digital surrogates of published and unpublished materials from the Edward V. Gillis Native American publication collection dealing with different aspects of human culture and anthropology, with an emphasis on Native American people, events, organizations, and activities in Michigan. Includes newsletters, event programs, flyers, posters and other printed materials. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gillis, Edward V. 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Title A name given to the resource Faces of Grand Valley Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource University Communications Description An account of the resource A non-comprehensive collection of photographs of Grand Valley faculty, staff, administrators, board members, friends, and alumni. Photos collected by University Communications for use in promotion and information sharing about Grand Valley with the wider community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1960s - 1990s Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived GV012-03. University Communications. Vita Files Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copryight Subject The topic of the resource Grand Valley State University College administrators College teachers Colleges and universities -- Faculty Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GV012-03 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Vita Files Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copryight Subject The topic of the resource Grand Valley State University College administrators College teachers Colleges and universities -- Faculty Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GV012-03 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Special Collections and University Archives Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/e6c8c35341079f3921ef1c627b757709.jpg 6f7022a9e3bb727832bd3b2356d346b9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ronald Oakes collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oakes, Ronald Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs by Ronald Oakes, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, and in the U.S. National Guard in the Iraq War. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oakes, Ronald Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80) Relation A related resource Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Iraq War Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/7bce6bcf6a490bc94b688bea133de6d6.jpg cf851a4e8f02112b538a1b139e4dde1f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Naval Recognition Training Slides Subject The topic of the resource Slides Military education Airplanes, Military--Recognition Warships--Recognition World War, 1939-1945 Description An account of the resource Slides developed during World War II as a training tool, for top-side battle-station personnel on board ship and for all aircraft personnel, by the US Navy. In 1942 a Recognition School was established by the Navy at Ohio State University where the method of identification was developed. In 1943 the school was taken over by the US Navy. The importance of training in visual recognition of ships and aircraft became even more evident during World War II. Mistakes resulting in costly errors and loss of life led to an increased emphasis on recognition as a vital skill. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource United States. Navy Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/477">Naval recognition slides (RHC-50)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-04-04 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en">No Copyright - United States</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-50 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1943-1953 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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The importance of training in visual recognition of ships and aircraft became even more evident during World War II. Mistakes resulting in costly errors and loss of life led to an increased emphasis on recognition as a vital skill. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource United States. Navy Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/477">Naval recognition slides (RHC-50)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives. 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Navy World War, 1939-1945 Military education Warships--Recognition Slides Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en">No Copyright - United States</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Naval recognition slides (RHC-50) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-05-20 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/e87d3dce5dc0035b02ccf6b28a0c87b7.mp4 95fa58635d84386900df8b897957cbe0 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/e65d83a83766e5326533e9d12320e069.pdf db4062a7fad0a5c6a3fb01203e4c6fa2 PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview John Mercurio (1:34:37) *Upon graduation, John went to school at Hartung Aircraft in Grayling Michigan working on Cadillac Tank engines for performance before being sent for installation into the tanks. • (1:42)Drafted in Air Force Reported to Fort Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan • Sinus problems prevented flight school • Sent on a train to Miami for basic training (infantry training) Miami • Basic training • Infantry training • (6:10) Biloxi Mississippi 12pm -6am training- hydraulics and patching bullet holes • Engine man • Worked on aircraft patching bullet holes-cut hole and rivets that explode to close hole up • Graduated • (7:03) Dayton Ohio (Wright Field Air Force Base) 1yr B29 engine-huge test cells, used elevators to put engines in and work on them • Worked on new helicopters-cooling issues-tight quarters to work on-tested for endurance • In-line engines-vertical placement • Started testing jet engines-only during day because they were too loud-John didn’t work on these • Japanese Zero planes-fragile and light- no armor-wing would collapse if shot • German Messerschmitt airplane-everything was attached to the engine-beautiful • Lived on base �• Went to movies and into town • Engine workers grouped with few men-worked with few civilian engineers • Bell jet plane-experimental-always built 3 • Buildings in woods made out of pressed paper-tested engines in these buildingssimulated overseas situations-tested possible situations with engines to fix problems • Go to aircraft graveyard for parts • Secrecy in operations-wouldn’t tell them what they did if asked-basic mechanic was their answer • Relieved of duty if attending school (19:36)- at night- Mississippi • • • (20:40)USS Everly 1945 towards the beginning of the year Took 5 weeks aboard the Everly to get to Biak Island Plane with lights hit the landing strip and killed 135 people on the ground-including many technicians Avenger dive bomber-hit the side of the ship-killed the 1 guy on board-fuel sprayed on ship • Evergreen tablets-taken to prevent malaria-John states he stopped taking his • Had appendicitis during first station there Biak Air Force Base • High cliffs and caves-cement ground- buried dead guys on beach-dig up later • Would apply coral engine oil and gasoline to put on tent to keep it from rotting • Shoes were from Australia kangaroo skin-steel heel lasted three months -coral would cut the shoes • During air raids the men would fall into caves and get all chewed up • Air raids were very common and the Japanese were flying from islands north and west of Biak • Guard duty-hangars fit two bombers-sirens signaled air raid approaching- one guard on duty deserted his post during air strike-John states he never returned • Original Japanese defenders were still on the island �• Lived in a 6 man tent • It rained a lot on the island-also had good drinking water • Springs were bubbling up along beach-pushed salt water out and fresh water in • John was assigned to prep bombers to be used in the tropics-removed heaters in gunsstoves tune the engines of the bombers • (31:00)worked on a B25 and replaced the wing • Worked on A Attack, B25, B29, B26, B24 bombers • Would get mail from home • (32:53) Ship brought whole box of chocolate bars-sugar and cocoa all that was left- they had dehydrated- brought chicken that turned black from freezer burn-ate Mutton from Australia • Natives on island would try to sell gifts but not food-John says they were afraid of what they would pick up from the natives- • (35:00) Men each had two pairs of shoes-fear of foot rot • They would spray water to prevent insects from laying eggs • Rain made it impossible to work on aircraft-would shut down until it would lighten up • (38:00) Caves on the beach, Japanese had their hospitals inside them, could see aircraft ammunition and gas masks • (39:00) Lights out-sirens alerted men that war was over • Heard about Atomic Bomb-did not know what it was or what it could do (40:00) Japan • Stationed when war was over • Between Yokohama and Tokyo • Locales did not like the military being there-it was unsafe to go out alone • Had local Japanese youth working in mess tents • Japanese professor taught them how to speak Japanese (Tape shows no change in timing from this point on) Motor Pool �• • Weapons carrier and jeeps Attempted to go thru the mountains-too high, high radiation • • Liberty Ship Variety of money- U.S. would only cash $50 dollars in foreign money Headed for Portland Oregon-turned south because of earthquake in Alaska • • • • Phillipines - Leyte Coconut grove Horrible water-would drink coconut milk Stationed here before Biak C-46 plane-engine would get cold and quick • San Diego German prisoners at mess hall serving food to military men • Battle Creek Michigan Discharged from there • • • Testing Aircraft Fuel capacity for B-25’s New targets in Germany the planes needed to hold more fuel Test out engines to see if they could make it without being damaged • • • • • • Battle Creek Michigan Two job offers- Ford and General Motors Took Ford job testing engines on dye mounter Aluminum engines-5 cylinder Installed rods and pistons into engines to test performance Ford built new testing facility-John was assigned to it Guys from Right Field were also working there when he was assigned • Ford Auto racing interest 292 engine converted to handle 450 horsepower-improved within 8 months to handle 600 horsepower-nitro alcohol get another 50 horsepower- very dangerous Ford Coswell engine • Europe Ferrari’s • �• • • Test cells 17 D Ford took 1st , 2nd, and 3rd place in race Henry Ford II marries Italian girl End of tape 1 • • • • • • • (:20)Ford Motor Company Employees caught selling trade secrets Ford started clean with new employees Emission work-increased prices of cars (1:50) change from leaded gasoline to unleaded gasoline (3:45) built engines for race car drivers- drivers would come to check on them Built tank engines that you could submerge into water (4:50)Overall view of the time in military Gave John experience in building and testing engines and ability to fight if needed although he never had to use it • • • • • • • (5:50)John’s years growing up and his family Mother was born in Italy 26yrs old when she came to the United States Father was in the Italian Navy-ran a business store Sister was bookkeeper for business Family moved to Detroit to start a wholesale business (7:30) Family would make their own wine and beer Business sustained even during depression Parents did not expect John to join family business although older brother did • • (8:50)Limo Driver in Japan Had to pick up officers on base and bring them places off base Brought Major to hotel with officer party • • • • (10:50)Pilots on Biak Crazy-both American and Australian pilots would speed onto runways Planes would crash land Planes would come in with engines on fire Coral illuminated the area during the day and night. You needed sunglasses during the day otherwise your eyes would burn and no lights required at nighttime for the runways (13:30) Acute Appendicitis �• • • Sneaks off to have steak and pie Doctor says he was a fine specimen of a man Down for two weeks (15:40)Based in Ohio • Was able to take leave-hitchhiked to see parents • Picked up by the owner of Sun Oil company-bought him a steak dinner • Picked up by the governor of Ohio took him to a bar and put him on a train (18:30)Biloxi Mississippi • Soldiers took over town-John says there were 100,000 men there � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Veterans History Project Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. History Department Description An account of the resource The Library of Congress established the Veterans History Project in 2001 to collect memories, accounts, and documents of U.S. war veterans from World War II and the Korean War, Vietnam War, and conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere, and to preserve these stories for future generations. The GVSU History Department interviews are part of this work-in-progress, and may contain videos and audio recordings, transcripts and interview outlines, and related documents and photographs. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1914- Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Afghan War, 2001--Personal narratives, American Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981--Personal narratives, American Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American Michigan--History, Military Oral history Persian Gulf War, 1991--Personal narratives, American United States--History, Military United States. Air Force United States. Army United States. Navy Veterans Video recordings Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smither, James Boring, Frank Relation A related resource Veterans History Project (U.S.) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-27 Language A language of the resource eng Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/455">Veterans History Project interviews (RHC-27)</a> Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MercurioJ Title A name given to the resource Mercurio, John (Interview outline and video), 2007 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mercurio, John P. Description An account of the resource John Mercurio served in the Army Air Corps between 1943 and 1946. He was an aircraft engine technician who repaired and maintained bombers at fields on Biak and Leyte in the Pacific during the war, and provides a vivid description of the difficulties of working on Biak in particular. He also spent time in Japan during the occupation and worked on experimental jets and helicopters at Wright Air Force Base in Ohio. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smither, James (Interviewer) Subject The topic of the resource Oral history Veterans History Project (U.S.) Video recordings United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military Veterans United States. Army. Air Corps World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Moving Image Text Relation A related resource Veterans History Project (U.S.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-11-15 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/455">Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf video/mp4 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/b365b82ad8a65bbe5d3281bcb64fcfda.jpg 14d641d63145615bace15ba2039dd1e8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas R. Gilbert Photographs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gilbert, Douglas R., 1942-2023 Description An account of the resource Photographs scanned from negatives and transparencies from the Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183). Douglas R. Gilbert (b. 1942) is an American photographer from Michigan. He was born in Holland, Michigan and is the son of Russell W. and Carmen (Andree) Gilbert. Gilbert earned a B.A. in social sciences and art at Michigan State University in 1964, an M.S. in photography from the Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology in 1972, and a M.S.W. from Salem State College in 1993. He is married to Barbara (McDonald) Gilbert, and has three daughters, Robyn, Rachel, and Anne. Gilbert took a serious interest in photography at the age of fourteen. In 1963 he joined the staff of Look magazine in New York as the second youngest photojournalist in the magazine's history. As a Look photographer from 1964 to 1966, he photographed folk musician Bob Dylan, the Newport Folk Festival, Simon and Garfunkel, the New York City Financial District, the children and facilities at the Manhattan School for Seriously Disturbed Children. From 1967 to 1969, Gilbert did several shoots, including that of folk singer Janis Ian for Life magazine. After moving to Chicago, Illinois in 1969 to attend the Illinois Institute of Technology, Gilbert conducted notable photo shoots of business and political figure Lenore Romney, and pursued more personal and artistic photography, focusing on urban and rural landscapes in Illinois and Michigan. He then joined the faculty of Wheaton College, where he taught from 1972 to 1982. In 1993, Gilbert graduated from Salem State College, Massachusetts, with a Masters in Social Work, and later pursued a second career as a psychotherapist. Douglas Gilbert died in June 2023. Throughout his photography career, he pursued both freelance commercial work as well as artistic work. His art photography is characterized by its classic black-and-white format, and features people, places and objects shot great attention and sensitivity. Gilbert's works are held in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, and the Grand Valley State University Art Galleries, as well as in numerous private and institutional collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1960-2011 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="%E2%80%9Dhttps%3A//gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/783%E2%80%9D">Douglas R. Gilbert Papers (RHC-183)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Subject The topic of the resource Photographs Photography -- United States Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-183 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-183_H353-0005 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gilbert, Douglas R. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967-11-19 Title A name given to the resource Meredith Monk's "Blueprint #1" at Judson Gallery Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of Meredith Monk's performance art show "Blueprint #1" held at Judson Gallery in the basement of Judson Memorial Church in New York, New York. In the photograph, Monk and her partner, Alfred North, are wearing matching all-black outfits and seated together under spotlights in the empty brick room. Scanned from the negative. Subject The topic of the resource Monk, Meredith Judson Gallery (New York, N.Y.) Judson Memorial Church (New York, N.Y.) New York (N.Y.) Art galleries--New York (State)--New York Performance art--New York (State)--New York Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/783">Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/72d39bdead2d01a181d1b52f72d59cbf.jpg be69b6a67053f452d644166f99da6928 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas R. Gilbert Photographs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gilbert, Douglas R., 1942-2023 Description An account of the resource Photographs scanned from negatives and transparencies from the Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183). Douglas R. Gilbert (b. 1942) is an American photographer from Michigan. He was born in Holland, Michigan and is the son of Russell W. and Carmen (Andree) Gilbert. Gilbert earned a B.A. in social sciences and art at Michigan State University in 1964, an M.S. in photography from the Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology in 1972, and a M.S.W. from Salem State College in 1993. He is married to Barbara (McDonald) Gilbert, and has three daughters, Robyn, Rachel, and Anne. Gilbert took a serious interest in photography at the age of fourteen. In 1963 he joined the staff of Look magazine in New York as the second youngest photojournalist in the magazine's history. As a Look photographer from 1964 to 1966, he photographed folk musician Bob Dylan, the Newport Folk Festival, Simon and Garfunkel, the New York City Financial District, the children and facilities at the Manhattan School for Seriously Disturbed Children. From 1967 to 1969, Gilbert did several shoots, including that of folk singer Janis Ian for Life magazine. After moving to Chicago, Illinois in 1969 to attend the Illinois Institute of Technology, Gilbert conducted notable photo shoots of business and political figure Lenore Romney, and pursued more personal and artistic photography, focusing on urban and rural landscapes in Illinois and Michigan. He then joined the faculty of Wheaton College, where he taught from 1972 to 1982. In 1993, Gilbert graduated from Salem State College, Massachusetts, with a Masters in Social Work, and later pursued a second career as a psychotherapist. Douglas Gilbert died in June 2023. Throughout his photography career, he pursued both freelance commercial work as well as artistic work. His art photography is characterized by its classic black-and-white format, and features people, places and objects shot great attention and sensitivity. Gilbert's works are held in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, and the Grand Valley State University Art Galleries, as well as in numerous private and institutional collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1960-2011 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="%E2%80%9Dhttps%3A//gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/783%E2%80%9D">Douglas R. Gilbert Papers (RHC-183)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Subject The topic of the resource Photographs Photography -- United States Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-183 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-183_H353-0014 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gilbert, Douglas R. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967-11-19 Title A name given to the resource Meredith Monk's "Blueprint #1" at Judson Gallery Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of Meredith Monk's performance art show "Blueprint #1" held at Judson Gallery in the basement of Judson Memorial Church in New York, New York. In the photograph, Monk and her partner, Alfred North, are seen wearing matching black outfits and blindfolds while seated under the gallery spotlights. An additional performance artist, Phoebe Neville, is seen standing right behind the couple and wearing a light-colored dress as a part of the performance piece. Scanned from the negative. Subject The topic of the resource Monk, Meredith Neville, Phoebe Judson Gallery (New York, N.Y.) Judson Memorial Church (New York, N.Y.) New York (N.Y.) Art galleries--New York (State)--New York Performance art--New York (State)--New York Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/783">Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/ee48df27d566f5c87bc722e5663e737c.jpg 570bbc96ebee7f096b14046bc55b8382 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas R. Gilbert Photographs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gilbert, Douglas R., 1942-2023 Description An account of the resource Photographs scanned from negatives and transparencies from the Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183). Douglas R. Gilbert (b. 1942) is an American photographer from Michigan. He was born in Holland, Michigan and is the son of Russell W. and Carmen (Andree) Gilbert. Gilbert earned a B.A. in social sciences and art at Michigan State University in 1964, an M.S. in photography from the Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology in 1972, and a M.S.W. from Salem State College in 1993. He is married to Barbara (McDonald) Gilbert, and has three daughters, Robyn, Rachel, and Anne. Gilbert took a serious interest in photography at the age of fourteen. In 1963 he joined the staff of Look magazine in New York as the second youngest photojournalist in the magazine's history. As a Look photographer from 1964 to 1966, he photographed folk musician Bob Dylan, the Newport Folk Festival, Simon and Garfunkel, the New York City Financial District, the children and facilities at the Manhattan School for Seriously Disturbed Children. From 1967 to 1969, Gilbert did several shoots, including that of folk singer Janis Ian for Life magazine. After moving to Chicago, Illinois in 1969 to attend the Illinois Institute of Technology, Gilbert conducted notable photo shoots of business and political figure Lenore Romney, and pursued more personal and artistic photography, focusing on urban and rural landscapes in Illinois and Michigan. He then joined the faculty of Wheaton College, where he taught from 1972 to 1982. In 1993, Gilbert graduated from Salem State College, Massachusetts, with a Masters in Social Work, and later pursued a second career as a psychotherapist. Douglas Gilbert died in June 2023. Throughout his photography career, he pursued both freelance commercial work as well as artistic work. His art photography is characterized by its classic black-and-white format, and features people, places and objects shot great attention and sensitivity. Gilbert's works are held in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, and the Grand Valley State University Art Galleries, as well as in numerous private and institutional collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1960-2011 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="%E2%80%9Dhttps%3A//gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/783%E2%80%9D">Douglas R. Gilbert Papers (RHC-183)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Subject The topic of the resource Photographs Photography -- United States Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-183 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-183_H353-0023 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gilbert, Douglas R. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967-11-19 Title A name given to the resource Meredith Monk's "Blueprint #1" at Judson Gallery Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of Meredith Monk's performance art show "Blueprint #1" held at Judson Gallery in the basement of Judson Memorial Church in New York, New York. In the photograph, Monk and fellow Judson Dance Troupe member, Phoebe Neville, are seen under the spotlights on the gallery stage, while Monk is wearing dark clothing and Neville is wearing contrasting light clothing. Scanned from the negative. Subject The topic of the resource Monk, Meredith Neville, Phoebe Judson Gallery (New York, N.Y.) Judson Memorial Church (New York, N.Y.) New York (N.Y.) Art galleries--New York (State)--New York Performance art--New York (State)--New York Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/783">Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/6b786120c84118f2af6c6a275212e5dc.jpg dd3a80a60c469da8a0453f2d9e5e3c6b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas R. Gilbert Photographs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gilbert, Douglas R., 1942-2023 Description An account of the resource Photographs scanned from negatives and transparencies from the Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183). Douglas R. Gilbert (b. 1942) is an American photographer from Michigan. He was born in Holland, Michigan and is the son of Russell W. and Carmen (Andree) Gilbert. Gilbert earned a B.A. in social sciences and art at Michigan State University in 1964, an M.S. in photography from the Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology in 1972, and a M.S.W. from Salem State College in 1993. He is married to Barbara (McDonald) Gilbert, and has three daughters, Robyn, Rachel, and Anne. Gilbert took a serious interest in photography at the age of fourteen. In 1963 he joined the staff of Look magazine in New York as the second youngest photojournalist in the magazine's history. As a Look photographer from 1964 to 1966, he photographed folk musician Bob Dylan, the Newport Folk Festival, Simon and Garfunkel, the New York City Financial District, the children and facilities at the Manhattan School for Seriously Disturbed Children. From 1967 to 1969, Gilbert did several shoots, including that of folk singer Janis Ian for Life magazine. After moving to Chicago, Illinois in 1969 to attend the Illinois Institute of Technology, Gilbert conducted notable photo shoots of business and political figure Lenore Romney, and pursued more personal and artistic photography, focusing on urban and rural landscapes in Illinois and Michigan. He then joined the faculty of Wheaton College, where he taught from 1972 to 1982. In 1993, Gilbert graduated from Salem State College, Massachusetts, with a Masters in Social Work, and later pursued a second career as a psychotherapist. Douglas Gilbert died in June 2023. Throughout his photography career, he pursued both freelance commercial work as well as artistic work. His art photography is characterized by its classic black-and-white format, and features people, places and objects shot great attention and sensitivity. Gilbert's works are held in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, and the Grand Valley State University Art Galleries, as well as in numerous private and institutional collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1960-2011 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="%E2%80%9Dhttps%3A//gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/783%E2%80%9D">Douglas R. Gilbert Papers (RHC-183)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Subject The topic of the resource Photographs Photography -- United States Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-183 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Type The nature or genre of the resource image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-183_H354-0005 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gilbert, Douglas R. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967-11-19 Title A name given to the resource Meredith Monk's "Blueprint #1" at Judson Gallery Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of graffiti advertising for Meredith Monk's performance art show "Blueprint #1" held at Judson Gallery in the basement of Judson Memorial Church in New York, New York. In the photograph, the hand-painted words, "Meredith Monk, Blueprint (1), Judson Gallery, 239 Thompson Street" can be seen written across the exterior of a New York City building. Scanned from the negative. Subject The topic of the resource Monk, Meredith Judson Gallery (New York, N.Y.) Judson Memorial Church (New York, N.Y.) New York (N.Y.) Art galleries--New York (State)--New York Performance art--New York (State)--New York Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/783">Douglas R. Gilbert papers (RHC-183)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/10b389102404d020d447c38066c38222.jpg 4f2ceb15be9e3e578523f1780f69e927 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Robert H. Merrill photographs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909/1950 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-222 Description An account of the resource Photographs, negatives, and lantern slides digitized from the papers of engineer and archaeologist Robert H. Merrill. A Grand Rapids native, Merrill held an accomplished career as a civil engineer. He founded the company Spooner & Merrill, which held offices in Grand Rapids and Chicago. From 1919-1921, Merrill lived in China, working as Assistant Principal Engineer on a reconstruction of the Grand Canal - the oldest and longest canal system in the world. Merrill became fascinated by archaeology, and among other projects, he traveled to the Uxmal Pyramids in Yucatan, Mexico, with a research expedition from Tulane University. Merrill's photo collection includes images of his travels and projects, friends and family. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Merrill_HotelItza_4_1930_001 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-02-24 Title A name given to the resource Merida School of Fine Arts Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of five people, three men and two women, next to a sign at the Merida School of Fine Arts. Subject The topic of the resource Mérida (Mexico) Mexico Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg Language A language of the resource eng Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/f8b1077af4a27f40becd9130b6371e83.jpg 1f79eaee7b748697664feb041a4af192 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Robert H. Merrill photographs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909/1950 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-222 Description An account of the resource Photographs, negatives, and lantern slides digitized from the papers of engineer and archaeologist Robert H. Merrill. A Grand Rapids native, Merrill held an accomplished career as a civil engineer. He founded the company Spooner & Merrill, which held offices in Grand Rapids and Chicago. From 1919-1921, Merrill lived in China, working as Assistant Principal Engineer on a reconstruction of the Grand Canal - the oldest and longest canal system in the world. Merrill became fascinated by archaeology, and among other projects, he traveled to the Uxmal Pyramids in Yucatan, Mexico, with a research expedition from Tulane University. Merrill's photo collection includes images of his travels and projects, friends and family. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Merrill_HotelItza_3_1930_005 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-02-21 Title A name given to the resource Merida swimming pool Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of four people, three men and one woman, at a southwestimming pool. The pool is between two buildings with palm trees lining a path to the pool. An advertisement painted on the side of a building reads, ""El Aguila" S.A." Subject The topic of the resource Mérida (Mexico) Mexico Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg Language A language of the resource eng Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/eb3d73530eaecdeaf9a45071f63f792a.jpg 971c0a706ac4556ec2ba7734a9568f50 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Naval Recognition Training Slides Subject The topic of the resource Slides Military education Airplanes, Military--Recognition Warships--Recognition World War, 1939-1945 Description An account of the resource Slides developed during World War II as a training tool, for top-side battle-station personnel on board ship and for all aircraft personnel, by the US Navy. In 1942 a Recognition School was established by the Navy at Ohio State University where the method of identification was developed. In 1943 the school was taken over by the US Navy. The importance of training in visual recognition of ships and aircraft became even more evident during World War II. Mistakes resulting in costly errors and loss of life led to an increased emphasis on recognition as a vital skill. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource United States. Navy Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/477">Naval recognition slides (RHC-50)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-04-04 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en">No Copyright - United States</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-50 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1943-1953 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Source <a href="http://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/477">Naval recognition slides, RHC-50</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-50_1350 Title A name given to the resource Mermaid British patrol vessel modified "Black Swan" class Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource United States. Navy Description An account of the resource Mermaid British PG (patrol vessel) modified "Black Swan" class, October 1, 1947. Subject The topic of the resource United States. Navy Military education Warships--Recognition World War, 1939-1945 Slides Great Britain Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en">No Copyright - United States</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Naval recognition slides (RHC-50) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947-10-01 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/74758c57fa4e88ddb22350305f848ab3.jpg 8fd8db2eb1eeebea9b39e7b8378ac58b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Naval Recognition Training Slides Subject The topic of the resource Slides Military education Airplanes, Military--Recognition Warships--Recognition World War, 1939-1945 Description An account of the resource Slides developed during World War II as a training tool, for top-side battle-station personnel on board ship and for all aircraft personnel, by the US Navy. In 1942 a Recognition School was established by the Navy at Ohio State University where the method of identification was developed. In 1943 the school was taken over by the US Navy. 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Special Collections and University Archives Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/da47f1e5e64c11c506076362a3b584a1.mp4 244c5be2f894af379dc85de0fb58530b https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/fe4e0e8a5fbb1dbe2fc07311ee7bfc03.pdf f4a3aa1da0398891a52457428d87f956 PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Vietnam War Lawrence Merritt Interview Length: (00:39:06:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:24:00)  At the time he joined the military, Merritt’s immediate family were his parents and three sisters; when he joined the military, Merritt’s family was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but Merritt had been born in Oak Park, Illinois (00:00:24:00) o Merritt actually joining the military came about from his choice to attend Purdue University, which he did not realize at the time, had a requirement that all freshmen had to take ROTC (00:00:47:00)  While fitting the ROTC into his curriculum, Merritt had to decide between Army, Navy, or Air Force ROTC and he had to do the ROTC for at least one year (00:01:01:00)  However, before Merritt enrolled, the university canceled the ROTC requirement for freshmen but since Merritt was already in a scheduled format, his father thought Merritt should just try the ROTC and see what he thought of it (00:01:13:00)  As well, the ROTC program paid a little bit of money each month, which was a little enticement (00:01:28:00) o Merritt stuck with the Army ROTC and one year led to the next, then to the next, then to the next, and finally to the fourth year, after which, Merritt received a commission as a 2nd lieutenant out of Purdue (00:01:36:00)  Merritt graduated with a degree in civil engineering and as the curriculum unfolded, Merritt could see himself joining the Army Corps of Engineers while the non-engineering ROTC members were likely to go into either infantry or artillery (00:01:52:00)  At the time, the Army required that all engineering officers attend an engineering officer basic course at Fort Belvoir, Virginia that lasted for eight weeks; the course was a first step so that all engineering officer candidates could learn military engineering because they all knew civil engineering but as the military go a hold of them, then the candidates had to learn military engineering (00:02:25:00) o The course was very informative and Merritt was able to apply most of the civil engineering to what he would be doing with Army engineers; however, the course also taught the candidates about explosives, which a civil class would not have taught them, and other aspects of military engineering that might come into play in a candidate’s future (00:03:03:00) o As far as basic training, during one of the summers in ROTC, Merritt and the other members had to go to Fort Riley, Kansas for what was a rudimentary infantry, artillery, and armor exposure; it was nothing more than to teach that there were other disciplines in the Army and in the future, the students might be drawn into one (00:03:26:00) � From Fort Belvoir, Merritt’s first assignment was at Fort Carson, Colorado in a heavyequipment platoon, which itself was in an engineer battalion that worked in support of an infantry division (00:04:01:00) o In the platoon, the soldiers had more combat engineering responsibilities, including: operating heavy-terrain cranes to retrieve vehicles, bridge launch vehicles, bull dozers, road graters, dump trucks, and paraphernalia that might be useful from and engineering unit for an infantry division (00:04:15:00) o Merritt’s time at Fort Carson lasted for about six months before he had a chance to attend another class at Fort Belvoir (00:04:43:00)  While at Fort Carson, Merritt had received assignment to MACV (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) and although there was a class for joining that command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the class was full, so the Army allowed Merritt to go back Fort Belvoir and take and engineering equipment officer course which was intended to give him some time before going to Vietnam (00:04:54:00) Deployment (00:05:32:00)  From Fort Belvoir, Merritt went to Vietnam by way of Travis Air Force Base in California; when he arrived in Vietnam, Merritt still did not know where he was going incountry but he was a 2nd lieutenant assigned to MACV, so the Army started going through the regular curriculum of what advisors did in Vietnam and actually asked Merritt which Corps or region he might be interests in going to (00:05:32:00) o Merritt had the option of going to the north (Military Region 1), the Central Highlands (Military Region 2), Saigon (Military Region 3) or the Mekong Delta (Military Region 4) (00:06:17:00) o Merritt knew that he did not like snakes or DMZs, so he decided to go to Military Region 2 and the Army found an opening for him in that region (00:06:33:00) o After two days, Merritt flew to Nha Trang, which was the stop-off point for the head of Military Region 2; once in Nha Trang, the regional commanders looked in their list of openings and assigned Merritt to the Darlac province, which was on the western reaches of Vietnam (00:06:48:00)  When Merritt first arrived in Vietnam, it was nothing like what he expected; all the training films in college and the war stories Merritt had heard both, in person and over the news, indicated that he would be using his rifle sooner than he wanted, which was not the case (00:07:06:00) o Saigon was domesticated, which was not something Merritt was prepared for, but going into the smaller settlements, it got more rural all the time and things were almost normal, except when nighttime came, which was when people stopped using the roads (00:07:27:00)  Merritt did not realize that the curfews were on-again, off-again but usually, there was no one out at night and it became very quiet in the evenings and nights, not the constant barrage of war (00:08:04:00)  Once Merritt arrived in Darlac, his specialty in engineering allowed him to become an engineering advisor, which was an assigned position in the advisory team Merritt was a part of; the advisory team as a whole was a part of CORDS (Civil Operations and Role �   Development Support), which was made up partially of civilians and partially of military personnel (00:08:29:00) o The advisory team was mostly officers, senior NCOs, and civilians with a government background who were in specialty positions to help improve the society in the area, such as health, education, and welfare (00:08:58:00) o The team was more of a civilian organization working with the Vietnamese than a group of military advisors, although they were in the military (00:09:25:00) o As an engineer advisory, Merritt was involved in several public works projects that required aid from the team; the team did not have specific people to assist in the actual project but the team had money and mental knowledge to help the Vietnamese (00:09:37:00) o Merritt was also the assistant supply officer, which involved the more remote military assignments within the province, who were living more off the land and separate from the advisors living in the towns and Merritt helped supply those soldiers with supplies, including: food, ammunition, and fuel, all of which had to be shipped out from the central point in the province (00:09:55:00)  Along with being the engineering advisor, the supply side kept Merritt pretty busy (00:10:26:00) There was an airfield in the town where Merritt was stationed used by the Americans as well as the Vietnamese infantry division stationed there, who used the airfield as a launch point for their field operations (00:10:43:00) o However, when it rained, all the jet propellant used for re-fueling would float downstream over the land and enter the village, becoming a fire hazard because as the propellants dried up, they stayed on the surface and eventually, a propellant from someone’s cooking stove would light the streets on fire (00:11:00:00) o The engineers had to devise a way to collect the rain water and contain the jet fuel while allowing the storm water to continue flowing (00:11:33:00) o The military had been in the area long enough that it was questionable why something had not been done sooner but it was a military problem that the military had to clean up (00:11:58:00) Another public works project that Merritt took part in was helping construct buildings for administrative duties; the advisors did not actually build the buildings themselves but there was an engineering battalion who came in a built the buildings where the team had chosen to place them (00:12:15:00) Towards the end of his time in Vietnam, Merritt became involved in the Army’s effort to re-locate entire Montagnard villages; the villagers were take out of the contested areas and re-located to an area where the engineers helped them build perimeters and defensive fortifications around the new village (00:12:39:00) o There were a tremendous number of Montagnard villages that had been re-located and although the majority had re-located before Merritt arrived in Vietnam, the Americans were still involved in the re-supply and refurbishment of the fortifications around the villages (00:13:07:00) o The Montagnards themselves did not like the re-location efforts; they were taken from their historic, family areas and re-located to flat farming areas (00:13:30:00)  However, the Montagnard system of farm was such that they would plant crops around their village and they needed the jungle atmosphere and �     replenishment of the soils, which they could not get in the open farm lands, so their farming efforts became more tedious (00:13:44:00) o The soldiers did not supply the Montagnards with supplies, who grew their crops and trade for whatever else they needed in the markets; logging was a big industry for the tribesmen and they could turn any profits from that into rice if they did not successfully grow any (00:14:18:00) The town where Merritt was stationed had around seventy thousand inhabitants but the surrounding areas were more remote, so the entire province itself had around onehundred-and-fifty thousand inhabitants, which was not much for being a seven-hundredsquare-mile province (00:14:41:00) Merritt kept in contact with his family; the mail service as a little slow but the mail eventually came through (00:15:19:00) o It was a little tedious trying to keep up with everything because the letters did not always cover what Merritt wanted to know; there was a limit to how much someone could remember to put into a letter and how much Merritt wanted to read about in a letter (00:15:26:00) o Merritt tried to contact his family once through the telephone system, which was an interesting concept of using radios to transfer a call; although it was a cumbersome system, it was still something Merritt tried (00:15:52:00) The food available to the soldiers was good; because the Vietnamese were cooking American-style food, the soldiers did have to suffer (00:16:10:00) o The food was not overly fancy but the soldiers managed to stay healthy from eating it (00:16:22:00) The soldiers stayed in old French quarters from when the French had occupied the country; Merritt does not know if the quarters were an old French hotel but each soldier had an individual room (00:16:37:00) o However, the soldiers eventually took over a former Special Forces encampment and because the Special Forces tended to receive better supplies and facilities, the soldiers enjoyed what the Special Forces soldiers had left behind (00:16:53:00) Merritt had to put working with the Vietnamese people in two vernaculars: the true South Vietnamese and the Montagnards, and Merritt happened to be stationed in the Montagnard capital of South Vietnam (00:17:09:00) o Therefore, the majority of the people the Merritt and the other advisors worked with were Montagnards; Darlac was one of four provinces that had Montagnard province chiefs (00:17:21:00) o However, there were South Vietnamese living in the area who had actually come down from North Vietnam and found more land available in Darlac than they found by the coastline, where the traditional South Vietnamese maintained ownership of the land (00:17:41:00) o The soldiers enjoyed the Montagnards, who were friendly, knew enough English to keep Merritt out of trouble and so he could communicate with them, and were a happier people than the South Vietnamese (00:18:01:00)  The Montagnards were more festive and had a tighter bond with their families, who they shared with the soldiers, who would went to the different families for Sunday afternoon dinner (00:18:19:00) �   On a typical day, the soldiers had their breakfast in the morning and be working by eight o’clock, although there were some supply soldiers who were always either procuring supplies or preparing to ship the supplies to the outlying units in the area (00:18:43:00) o The outlying units needed new supplies either weekly or monthly, depending on the supplies, and because all the units were on different progressions, the workload for the supply soldiers was spread out, based on what the individual units’ needs were (00:19:06:00) o The units would call ahead with their needs because there were some items the supply soldiers could not get right away, the units knew this and gave the supply section time to scrounge the items ups (00:19:22:00)  Generators were the biggest problem because the units relied on them for electricity twenty-four hours a day, so when a generator went out, the supply soldiers had to have another generator ready, so the supply section always had move generators than they were allocated (00:19:30:00)  Fuel was not a problem; Merritt believes that the supply soldiers were able to do well there because there was a South Vietnamese Infantry in the area and their supplies, namely fuel and ammunition, became supplies for the Americans as well (00:20:06:00) There was combat in the area and Merritt divided it into two groups (00:20:26:00) o The first group were pre-meditated attacks by the American military in which they would plan operations in the area using either helicopters or trucks to get to certain stages areas, where the soldiers would stay for a period before returning to their base (00:20:32:00) o The second group were attacks by the Viet Cong where they would occasionally attack at night using mortars or rockets, which generally aiming at the airfield with the helicopters being a particular target (00:20:53:00)  However, the attacks left the soldiers’ barracks alone as well as the town; Merritt does not recall anyone in the town being wounded in an enemy attack (00:21:12:00) The unit Merritt served in itself was interesting; there were a few enlisted soldiers and a lot of both senior NCOs and officers (00:21:51:00) o After sundown, it seemed like everyone could mingle together; although rank was respected, it was put away so that people got to know each other as part of the team, not by what their rank was (00:22:08:00)  There were a lot of hazing parties for soldiers who were getting ready to go home and other occasions where the soldiers were happy (00:22:26:00) o The soldiers had chances for R&R and they would often go together; however, the soldiers did not receive many because they were a small unit (00:22:51:00) o Once of the advantages in being in the supply section was the soldiers helped obtain the food for all the outlying units and whenever they would go to Cam Ranh Bay or another place on the coast, the soldiers would take Montagnard souvenirs and return with steaks or extra items, so that the section because the focus point for Sunday afternoon partying (00:23:03:00)  The supply section got the goodies while the other soldiers brought the beer and everybody was welcome, including some of the outlying units because there were not much fun in their areas on weekends (00:23:39:00) �  Merritt spent his entire tour in Darlac (00:24:10:00) o A shallow point of Vietnam was that Merritt only saw what he did for that year but he did not know the bigger picture of why he was in Vietnam (00:24:14:00)  Merritt’s was a little easier because he was working with the civilians and he could see construction of buildings were before, everyone was pensive about their future (00:24:44:00)  The soldiers could see an evolution in the attitudes of the civilians; the soldier’s work was having an effect but they might not have been aware of it because they were so close (00:24:59:00) As a young officer, Merritt did have a few extra assignments; there were numerous jobs that needed to be delegated to the younger officers and the officers never knew when the conditions were met for those assignments or what they entailed (00:25:21:00) o One of Merritt’s extra assignments was the MPC conversion officer, although he did not know what the assignment was until somebody told him that the following day, Merritt needed to be prepared to travel to all the district teams, who would be locked down as well as the main base and no one would be allowed to leave or enter (00:25:39:00)  Merritt was expected to collect all of a unit’s military scrip, which was being done all over Vietnam on that day, take the old script back to the regional headquarters, get new script and take the scrip back to the soldiers, giving each soldier the same amount of scrip he had given Merritt in the morning (00:26:07:00)  The purpose of converting the scrip was to prevent any scrip in the black market from being useful again because the scrip would not go back into circulation (00:26:43:00)  There was a thought-process that the Viet Cong and NVA were partially funding their operations through the use black-market military scrip (00:27:03:00)  There were four districts plus the main base and Merritt also had to fly back to Nha Trang to convert the script, which was an hour-and-a-half away from the main base (00:27:27:00)  When converting the scrip, Merritt had to be accurate to the nickel with every soldier, so it was a sort of challenge to make sure he had everything right (00:27:40:00) o Another interesting extra assignment was Merritt was assigned to be the real estate officer, although he had no idea what a real estate officer did (00:27:52:00)  The position was meant to take care of what happened to a facility after the Army unit that occupied the facility moved (00:28:08:00)  Technically, there was supposed to be paperwork done ahead of time saying that before the facility was vacated, there would be a South Vietnamese unit occupant or some other useful job and the facility would then get properly transferred over (00:28:26:00)  However, this was not the case while Merritt was in Vietnam; units were leaving positions so fast that the arrangements could not be made, so Merritt had the job of playing catch-up with the abandon bases to make �  sure that at the least, the province chief would take security forces to each base to make sure the gate was locked (00:28:42:00)  If the gates were not locked, the buildings would be stripped, the plumbing taken out, and civilians would move in to start making houses (00:29:08:00)  One of his last jobs in Vietnam was making sure that the transfers were taking place (00:29:25:00)  Most of the bases were near where Merritt was stationed but there were Special Forces, Signal, and Air Forces units moving around further out and if there was not somebody at an abandoned base with a key and gun to keep people out, then the people were going to get in (00:29:32:00) Merritt had two good friend while he was in Vietnam: one was his senior supply officer who left Vietnam before Merritt and the other was the unit’s Phoenix officer, who was in charge of the Phoenix program for the group (00:30:03:00) o Overall, Merritt served in a small unit but because most of the soldiers varied in age, the two Merritt kept in the most contact with were the two soldiers who were closest to his own age and rank (00:30:53:00) Once it reached the time for Merritt to go home, it was ironic because Merritt did not know he was supposed to be going home (00:31:14:00) o All the soldiers in the unit knew they were deployed for a year and each kept track of his own date of return; however, Merritt was not of the mind to count the days down because he believed that just made it seem longer (00:31:18:00) o Before he even reached the point of being concerned, Merritt still had and R&R to look forward to and had been planning to go to Bangkok with one of his friends; the two men had the trip planned when Merritt was called into the office and told that because of a recent decree by President Nixon, he was going home the following day (00:31:42:00) o Merritt did not have any great period of time to prepare to leave; it just sort of happened, although the unit did have a ceremony for Merritt and another soldier who was had orders to go home (00:32:18:00) Post-Military Life / Reflections (00:32:45:00)  The day Merritt flew back to California was also his last day in the Army; normally, an officer had a two-year enlistment in the Army and four years in the Army Reserve but a couple of months after Merritt was let off of active duty, he was told he did not have to go through the Reserve period because he had been to Vietnam (00:32:45:00)  Once he got home, Merritt was still in a bit of shock from having left Vietnam so rapidly and once he got home, Merritt did not know where to start looking for a job (00:33:32:00) o Merritt had a re-collection of someone saying that the first thing he should do was file for unemployment, but that was not something Merritt want to do because he had not even started looking for a job; nevertheless, Merritt filed anyway and the unemployment office had a catalog of available jobs, so Merritt was able to find a job before he even left the unemployment office (00:33:41:00) o The was a small engineering firm near Chicago looking for an engineer, Merritt interviewed for the job and received it (00:34:10:00) �    Merritt married a couple months after he got home from Vietnam (00:34:25:00) o Before leaving for Vietnam, Merritt bought a car and paid for it while he was in Vietnam; an advantage of being stationed in the far western part of the country was that there was not much for Merritt to spend his money on (00:34:31:00) o Once he returned, Merritt picked up the car and married his wife a couple of months afterwards (00:34:53:00) Merritt does not remember much from after the war; for him, the sooner he could move on, the better because the war was not a popular thing and something he could tell others that he had done for the last year (00:35:21:00) o The war was not really something Merritt paid much attention to; he was getting married, starting a new job, trying to re-connect with people from college, and there was not a great interest in re-living the military experience (00:35:52:00) o When Merritt returned home, his parents had a cake for him and that was about it (00:36:39:00) Merritt received a Bronze Star that was issued after Merritt left Vietnam and the medal came as a surprise (00:36:49:00) o Merritt cannot say that he did one significant thing or another; it was a unit effort and there were others who were doing the same kind of work that Merritt was doing (00:37:05:00) o The soldiers could tell that the Vietnamese civilians appreciated what the soldiers were doing, although Merritt cannot speak about how the military viewed what the soldiers were doing (00:37:19:00) Merritt and his father have talked several times, not only about the Vietnam experience but the part about being an officer and the leadership, things that, when Merritt initially started college, did not think he could have or would have done (00:37:47:00) o It was a building of both confidence and ability as well as the effort of responsibility (00:38:10:00) o Being in command of his first platoon and see his soldiers complete their tasks was very important for Merritt (00:38:21:00) � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Veterans History Project Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. History Department Description An account of the resource The Library of Congress established the Veterans History Project in 2001 to collect memories, accounts, and documents of U.S. war veterans from World War II and the Korean War, Vietnam War, and conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere, and to preserve these stories for future generations. The GVSU History Department interviews are part of this work-in-progress, and may contain videos and audio recordings, transcripts and interview outlines, and related documents and photographs. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1914- Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Afghan War, 2001--Personal narratives, American Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981--Personal narratives, American Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American Michigan--History, Military Oral history Persian Gulf War, 1991--Personal narratives, American United States--History, Military United States. Air Force United States. Army United States. Navy Veterans Video recordings Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smither, James Boring, Frank Relation A related resource Veterans History Project (U.S.) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-27 Language A language of the resource eng Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/455">Veterans History Project interviews (RHC-27)</a> Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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