729 24 26018 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/068f30e175dece590e31a187a77e8178.jpg 78967c1462087e836aa5dc94e7651818 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_LS00357 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937-02-23 Title A name given to the resource Montello stack Description An account of the resource Black and white lantern slide of the smokestack on the S.S. Montello. Subject The topic of the resource Lantern slides Steamboats Boats 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/a4326ab244e4f0182c76a303d3d9c93d.jpg 5633bda44435f764a88792cac080903c 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_FilmPacks_2_008 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937-02-23 Title A name given to the resource Montello stack painting Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of four men painting the stack of the Steamer Montello. Subject The topic of the resource Boats Steamboat workers Steamboats 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/1ad54c65993b3f25dc4b197da1d28948.jpg 578ed7ae01b344a41468b778bb46e50f 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_FilmPacks_2_002 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937-02-09 Title A name given to the resource Montello viewed from foredeck Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of the Steamer Montello taken from the foredeck. Subject The topic of the resource Boats Steamboats 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/eb9a81e181ad14ac0dfec05f2367a98e.jpg 6a9f9e86c51e3d292d787df4a6fa5a59 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_FilmPacks_2_006 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937-02-22 Title A name given to the resource Montello viewed from stern Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of the Steamer Montello from the stern of the ship. Subject The topic of the resource Boats Steamboats 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/b57010d4a0fd75fb12eb84ce88838926.jpg b9095f2b39f8d38c02a9a39b94b2557f 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_J278-0028 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 1969-11-20 Title A name given to the resource Montessori School in Evanston, Illinois Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of a Montessori School in Evanston, Illinois. In the photograph, a young student is seated at a children's activity table and drawing circular shapes out of craft paper in a classroom. Scanned from the negative. Subject The topic of the resource Montessori method of education--Illinois Children--Illinois Evanston (Ill.) Black-and-white photography 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/d36a8897a31dfd2af8a37fa730f1c423.jpg 8d32156d6c78cf5088f92d61373b44ac 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 Decorated Publishers' Bindings Subject The topic of the resource Book covers Covers (Illustration) Graphic arts Publishers and publishing Pictorial bindings Description An account of the resource From the early 1870s to roughly 1930, many publishers issued their commercial book covers with a remarkable variety of graphic designs and illustrations. This sixty-year period saw many artists and designers contributing to this art form. While some can be identified from their style or initials, others remain unknown. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Seidman Rare Books Collection Michigan Novels Collection Regional Historical Collection Lincoln and the Civil War Collection 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 2017-08-30 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>, <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 DC-01 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 Michigan Novels Collection. PS3537.M2893 M66 1906 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 DC-01_Bindings0040 Title A name given to the resource Montlivet Description An account of the resource Binding of Montlivet, by Alice Prescott Smith, published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1906. Subject The topic of the resource Book covers Covers (Illustration) Graphic arts Publishers and publishing Pictorial bindings 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 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1906 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/247d94d7e66caadc87bf2440fbbbb66f.jpg 96933de46269490f27dcfce2d4bc2b3b 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_EastmanAlbum_3_1911-1915_048 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913-08-06 Title A name given to the resource Montmorency Falls Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph showing front view of Montmorency Falls in Québec. Subject The topic of the resource Québec Waterfalls 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/54f4a19cd47207d7b17c01d0625294b6.jpg d5bfdddfba6920d6651912f4ed04e08d 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_EastmanAlbum_3_1911-1915_049 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913-08-06 Title A name given to the resource Montmorency Falls Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph showing side view of Montmorency Falls in Québec. Train cars are partially visible in the foreground. Subject The topic of the resource Québec Waterfalls 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/c4d7ac5d7b37c324224f708b3900a295.jpg 49b5e59e1f914e98f6cf87fa3d9f6846 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_EastmanAlbum_3_1911-1915_51 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913-08-07 Title A name given to the resource Montmorency Falls from steamer Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of Montmorency Falls in Québec. Taken by Robert Merrill from steamer. Water damage is visible on the image, which was scanned from the negative. Subject The topic of the resource Québec (Québec) 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/b4f4f8fa7435bf381ca8033bb76632a0.jpg ad167e41536584329228130993c4eff1 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_NE_46_1916_009 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1916-08-20 Title A name given to the resource Montpelier Capitol Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of the Vermont State House in Montpelier, Vermont. The photo is taken from the street and an automobile is visible in the bottom right of the image. A person can be seen sitting in the automobile. Subject The topic of the resource Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.) 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/f5ebeae518f522f4960c1f14435f4883.jpg eec8e54a2b8ef060cfd933655c70151c 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_EastmanAlbum_3_1911-1915_045 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913-08-05 Title A name given to the resource Montreal from Observatory Pt. Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph showing view of Montreal, Québec from Observatory Point. Subject The topic of the resource Québec Montréal (Québec) 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/86cb93bfab2a21c00321033d224254f3.jpg b83420e6b70430f792e2e8e2c6cf6298 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_EastmanAlbum_3_1911-1915_044 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913-08-05 Title A name given to the resource Montreal from top Notre Dame Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of the Montreal, Québec cityscape. Taken by Robert Merrill from the top of the Notre-Dame Basilica. Subject The topic of the resource Québec Montréal (Québec) 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/44c1cbecba3a53823d776733e265ecc7.jpg 94921d3ccdb63c76997adc7987093910 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_ProcessFilm_P_168 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-03-01 Title A name given to the resource Moon from Sun terrace Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of a person sitting on the edge of a terrace overlooking a pyramid in a field. Subject The topic of the resource Archaeology Archaeological sites Aztec architecture Mexico Mexico (City). Ayuntamiento 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/3e97056b345a610267013bc97a4da33e.mp4 095ae122577bae7ceea0f6dcd976812f https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/278c47178c0be32e2c8e58fcc9687ca3.pdf c51632e1fc4feb121d82f110d514f81c PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Leonard Moore Total Time – (01:02:31) Background • • • • • He was born in Rockingham, North Carolina on October 24, 1949 (00:23) o He grew up in Rockingham His parents were farmers (00:41) o They operated a dairy and tobacco farm There were five boys and two girls in his family (00:48) o He was the second oldest He went to school in Rockingham o He played sports and goofed off in high school (01:12) o He knew what was going on in Vietnam, but he did not know the details (01:22) His father was a World War II veteran (01:26) Enlistment/Training – (01:33) • • • • • • • He volunteered for the draft in March of 1969 (01:46) His father did not have a lot to say about him being drafted He went to basic training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (02:00) His first impression of basic training was that it was rough and demanding o He was in good shape and did not have problems with the physical aspects (02:16) There were enlisted Reserves and National Guard, but he majority of the men were draftees o They were from all over the country  There were a lot from the Northeast (02:41)  They were harder on the men from the Northeast Basic training consisted of push-ups, running, classes, rifle range, etc. o He did not find many of these activities very difficult o There were roughly five men that were recycled (03:15)  Primarily due to P.T. (Physical Training) difficulties Basic training lasted eight weeks (03:28) �• • • • • • • • • • o He received a thirty day leave after basic training He was ordered to go to Fort Gordon, Georgia for AIT [advanced individual training] (03:53) o His MOS (Military Occupation Specialty) was 11 Bravo (Infantry) The training at Fort Gordon was a little different o They were treated a little better (04:13) Some of the trainers were Vietnam veterans (04:26) The infantry training at Fort Gordon consisted of a lot of the same activities as basic training o They did not spend a lot of time in the field (04:53) He had caught pneumonia in basic training and never had to do the bivouac training (05:15) o He was in a hospital for nearly a week (05:28) The racial mix of the basic and AIT training had around twenty-five percent blacks (06:06) o There were no Hispanics o There was not very much racial tension AIT lasted eight weeks long He received his orders for Vietnam (06:55) The AIT training was more beneficial than the training in basic training He reported to Fort Lewis, Washington (07:37) o Soldiers would just lay around and wait for their name to be called out o He waited for nearly six days before his name was called (07:54) Active Duty – Firebase Erskine – (08:04) • • • • • He flew to Vietnam o They stopped in Japan and then went to Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam (08:10) His first impression of Vietnam was when he was inside the airplane o He could feel the heat coming through the plane and he could smell the country (08:22) o It was hotter in Vietnam than it was in North Carolina o He arrived in August of 1969 (08:46) When he arrived in Cam Ranh Bay, the soldiers immediately went to Proficiency Training (08:53) o The training lasted for roughly one week o It consisted of walking trails, setting up ambushes, and general infantry skills (09:01) The training was not that much different than basic or AIT training He was then assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (09:50) o He knew that the 101st had been involved in Hamburger Hill and he knew that he may be going to a hot spot (10:02) o Most of the soldiers in the 101st did not go to jump school �• • • • • • He traveled in a C130 from Cam Ranh Bay to Phu Bai (10:30) o He was at Camp Eagle o He then took another C130 to Camp Evans (10:47) o He was assigned to the 187th Infantry Regiment (10:54) He then met his unit at Firebase Erskine (11:11) o It took him nearly a week and a half to get there o He would do details around Camp Evans until he could meet up with his unit (11:26) He was not received very well when he got there (11:40) o The morale in the unit was terrible o The unit had gone through the Hamburger Hill battle o Some of the men would go to sleep on guard duty (11:55) o Many of the men did not want to fight alongside a new guy (12:02) Falling asleep on guard duty was “more or less tolerated” He had to go on some hikes around the firebase to do scouting (12:42) o There was no combat going on at the firebase He was at Firebase Erskine for nearly a week (13:08) Active Duty – Quick Reaction Force – (13:15) • • • • • • • Lt. Hightower told him that they were starting a Quick Reaction Force at Camp Evans (13:18) o No one volunteered for the job training o He was asked if he would do it (13:46)  He agreed to go o They were supposed to pick their best men for the job (14:05)  They chose some new guys and outcasts from the company o There were only two sent out of his company o He did not have to go, but he did not know any better (14:32) When he joined the B Company, his basic load was his food, his water, ammo, smoke grenades, hand grenades, and some personal items o He was carrying around seventy-five to one hundred pounds (15:18) o They would often carry fifteen rations of food He did not have any problems adjusting to the climate (16:13) He was the only replacement in the company He was there for one week until he volunteered for the quick reaction force o He returned to Camp Evans He had to go through training – stream crossings, shooting certain guns, map reading, communications, etc. (17:39) o There were thirty men in the unit o They were from a variety of brigades (18:06) It was obvious that some of the men were rejects from other companies o They were worthless (18:30) o They would not pull their own weight and they had attitudes �• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • o The majority of the men were good soldiers When they did not have a call for action, they were always in training (19:14) He was a gunner on a Loach (20:03) o He was new and no one else wanted to do it o He did a lot of training on aerial gunnery (20:48) o He would shoot ammo cans or anything else (20:56) o The Loach allows for free-form shooting He would get airsick in the Loach (21:47) As a gunner, he would wear a flak jacket (22:02) The role of the Loach was to give fire support and report what was going on on the ground (22:26) They would fly low with the Loach and try to find trails, bunkers, or anything else (22:51) o Their main job was to draw fire so that they could know where the enemy was at The Loaches worked in two sets o One loach would fly low as bait and the other would fly higher (23:19) o When the low Loach would get shot at, a Cobra would come in behind them and open fire (23:28) A lot of the time they did not realize they were taking fire because the Loach was so loud (24:50) The majority of the work was done in the mountains (24:28) o They would sometimes go in the flatlands between Camp Evans and the ocean (24:32) Most of the time the soldiers on the Loach just looked at treetops all day (25:22) o It was hard to see through the triple canopy jungle He was a gunner, but he also had to observe (25:38) The Loach only had the pilot and the gunner (25:49) The infantry minicav strategy worked and was used regularly (26:32) The Loaches were not going to be used with the minicav any longer o Because they no longer needed a Loach gunner, he was sent to CLC (Combat Leadership Class) at Camp Evans (27:10)  It consisted of map reading, communication, and other training  The training was to become a squad leader  The course was a week long (27:34) The minicav was a voluntary position and no one needed to stay The minicav had totally lost the air power component (27:53) He volunteered to be a gunner on a Huey (28:47) There was a time when he had been shot down in a Loach o The Loach hit a tree and went down (29:24) o He did not get hurt in the crash o While he was down on the ground, the minicav was only four hundred yards away o They had been scouting for a minicav operation that was already going on (30:17) �• • • • o He got to go back to Camp Evans o The Loach was extracted When a Loach would spot the enemy, if they were close enough they would start shooting o Cobras would then come in and tear up the entire area (31:34) When scouting, he only saw the enemy around four or five times o He spent nearly half of his tour in the Loach (32:36) The minicab had very poor leadership The Lieutenant would not go into the field with his soldiers (34:12) o He would gamble and cheat – it broke all confidence and trust with people o Roughly ten to twelve men left because of him Active Duty – Aboard a Huey – Firebase Ripcord – (35:03) • • • • • • • • • • • • He had to go to aviation and get permission to be a gunner on the Huey o He went to his Commanding officer for permission (35:25) The Huey was a lot safer than the Loach o The Huey does not get low and look for enemy activity (35:55) o The troop carriers get low and land at the LZs The majority of the time, he flew for the Colonel of the 3rd Brigade (37:07) The Huey would take occasional trips to Firebase Ripcord On June 7th, 1970, he was north of Firebase Ripcord when his Huey was hit with an RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) (38:40) o The rocket blew a hole in the top of the Huey o They crash landed  Everyone aboard was wounded  A Huey could not make it to where they were – A Loach was sent on three different trips to get the men (39:11) o He was taken to the hospital for a month  He had shrapnel in his leg, arm, and back (39:23)  The injuries were not life threatening  He did not wear his flak jacket that day The American forces were on the ground where they went down (40:07) o The enemy was on the other side of the river The men were taken to a med station at Camp Evans before he went to the hospital at Da Nang, Vietnam (41:07) o He stayed in Da Nang for five days o He was then sent south to a rehab hospital The hospital in Da Nang was a nice hospital (41:52) When he was in the south he never left the base The soldiers would have to go out and pull bunker guard at night (42:31) He remained in the south for nearly three weeks He was able to stay in contact with his family during his time in Vietnam (43:11) �• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • After rehab, he rejoined his unit Firebase Ripcord had heated up while he was gone (43:42) o When the helicopters would go in the Vietnamese would stop firing mortars and wait for the helicopter to touch down o They would then try to shoot the helicopter with mortars He made several trips in and off of Firebase Ripcord (44:31) The wind on the firebase was extremely strong and difficult for the helicopters His pilot was very good but never took unnecessary risks (45:29) o He would be flying the helicopter and coordinating everything on the ground as well o He was extremely professional His last trip into Firebase Ripcord was the day of evacuation (46:12) o He was with Harrison (Col. Harrison, the brigade commander) the entire day He watched other pilots operating around Firebase Ripcord and he did not believe that they had much of a chance to survive (46:38) They traveled from Camp Evans to Ripcord several times in the day (47:16) o They never touched down on Ripcord o He did not fire a shot the entire day o They were up higher than others (47:12) There were rockets and mortars during the evacuation At one point, the enemy fire had stopped and a Loach had to go and retrieve a Kit Carson Scout (48:43) He witnessed a majority of the evacuation The trip from Ripcord to Camp Evans was nearly twenty minutes (49:06) He believes the evacuation process went very well (49:18) Early in the evacuation, troops were worried about getting into the choppers because they were taking so much enemy fire (49:27) There was one Chinook that went down in the process There were several choppers disabled, but none went down (50:16) After Ripcord, he flew for nearly a month (50:40) He extended his time for a month so that he could receive early discharge He was given some light work at Camp Evans for a month and a half o He gained twenty-five pounds (50:55) If he had not extended his time in Vietnam, he would have had five remaining months in the Army after getting back There were some men at Camp Evans that took pills as drugs (52:47) In the South of Vietnam, there were a lot of drugs being used Camp Evans had a lot of marijuana use (53:28) By 1970, many of the racial problems were getting bad (53:54) o In the Minicav, all of the blacks would throw the M60 machine gun ammo into the bushes, pull out half of their water and food and then bum off of others for supplies, etc. o Many blacks believed that Vietnam was a white man's war (54:24) o Some refused to go out into the field �• • •  There were no repercussions against those men o The racial issues caused some fights (54:57) He spent thirteen months at Camp Evans in total He feels that internal problems had become worse while he was in Vietnam (56:41) After he was done flying, he had other assignments such as: building a basketball court, burn things, pull guard duty, build a clubhouse, etc. (57:07) o He would only have to pull bunker guard once a week o Everyone in aviation had to do guard duty Leaving Vietnam – After the Service – (58:05) • • • • • • • He left Vietnam through Cam Ranh Bay (58:10) He flew a Loach from Camp Evans to Phu Bai o There was cheering when the plane took off o They stopped in Japan and then eventually landed at Fort Lewis, Washington (59:50) He was at Fort Lewis for fifteen hours No one ever tried to talk him into re-enlisting (01:00:28) There were protestors that were very far away from where they landed Once he returned home, he returned to his job at a cigarette factory (01:01:58) o He worked for a week and then put in his two week notice He eventually bought a farm for himself to work o He was always self-employed � 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 MooreL1451V Title A name given to the resource Moore, Leonard (Interview outline and video), 2012 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Moore, Leonard Description An account of the resource Leonard Moore was born in North Carolina in 1949. He volunteered for the draft in 1969 and went to basic training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and then to Fort Gordon, Georgia, for infantry training. He was then sent to Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay, and was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division. He flew up to Camp Evans and was assigned to a rifle company in the 187th Regiment, but was with them only briefly before accepting assignment to the rapid deployment force, known as the "minicav" that the brigade was organizing. He served as a helicopter gunner with this unit for several months, and when the unit was reorganized and lost its helicopters, he transferred to the brigade's aviation unit and served as a door gunner, mostly on the brigade commander's helicopter, through the Ripcord campaign in 1970, and stayed on for several months before returning home and being discharged. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource McGregor, Michael (Interviewer) Subject The topic of the resource Oral history Veterans History Project (U.S.) United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military Veterans Video recordings United States. Army Vietnam War, 1961-1975--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 2012-10-05 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/6390b6ed5e3a255bb26e5a513cbd21ac.mp4 5dd06c9db3f1a577407316e5feb4a10f https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/3b9207659543fdf5e5b7c0c57be308a3.pdf 21b331ebd729a85848593beffd549975 PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University All American Girls Professional Baseball League Veterans History Project Interviewee’s Name: Mary Moore Length of Interview: (36:56) Date of Interview: August 7, 2010 at the Reunion of the Professional Girls Baseball League Interviewed by: James Smither Transcribed by: Lindsey Thatcher, November 18, 2010 Interviewer: “Alright, today is August 7, 2010 we are at Detroit Michigan at the reunion of the All American Professional Girls Baseball League and talking this morning with Mary Moore of White Lake Michigan. The interviewer is John Smither of the Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project. Now Mary what we are going to do here is basically just follow your story. And we are going to begin at the beginning. So why don’t you tell us where and when you were born?” I was born in Detroit Michigan. Interviewer: “In what year?” 1932. During tough times, the depression era. Interviewer: “And what did your family do for a living in those days?” Well my dad was a jewel die maker and well after when we moved out to Lincoln Park Michigan when I was about 5 or 6 years old, that’s where I actually grew up and graduated, Lincoln Park High and that was our main resident area. He worked for General Motors, Cadillac division, Ford Street in Detroit. (01:10) Interviewer: “Now how did you get involved in sports initially?” Well probably like most of the women, I mean well you know, I played out in the fields with the boys Lincoln park you know, well it wasn’t very populated. There were a lot of fields out there where we lived at that time. We were like the only house in fact; there was one other house on the lot on one side of the street and maybe one or two on the other side. So there were a lot of fields out there and we would take them and cut the weeds down and make our own ball field. And of course if you get it to the white field we were out and we didn’t have enough players but it was always something to go out to the field with the boys. I had an older brother that had a paper route. Detroit News and it was a weekly paper. And so I would help him on his paper route to earn money. So I was the one who always would come up with bats and balls and the equipment. So if the boys wanted to play ball or any sport be it football, basketball, they had to come get me first. So, so I was never left out. (02:23) �Interviewer: “Alright were there other girls that would play too, or was it just you?” No there was hardly, I can’t even remember any girls in the neighborhood basically so, and if there were they were down the street or quite a ways away, or they just weren’t interested. Most of them weren’t anyway so. Interviewer: “Now at your high school were there girls teams and girls sports?” No, not heavily in high school back then. I graduated in January 1950 and in our senior year (03:00) we were allowed to take one hour of gym. And then we had to share the basketball court with the boys and we’d take half the court and they would take the other. But we had no organized sports at all for the girls. Interviewer: “So how did you wind up hooking up with the All Americans?” Well like I said I had been playing ball with the boys there was that and always we had a Detroit Tigers in Lake who played short stop for the Tigers oh back when he lived about 3 miles from us and he would come out and play ball with us and he would pick the ball up and I would learn how to judge fly balls and things like that. And basically teaching the guys but you know I was watching and doing it too and he would take the students to the Tiger’s stadium to the ball park and at that point I got a baseball and autographed a little autographed book like Hank Greenburg (04:00), Dick Wakefield, George Kell, and all those guys back in the late 40’s. So I still have the autograph book but I did have a fire in my place and I did lose the baseball. And so I mean, you know I was a great sports fan and but it started in when I graduated from high school oh my high school English teacher, Mrs. Nelson, put me in touch with another lady who had graduated. I hadn’t heard anything about it, I mean it wasn’t widely known around you know, especially in big cities. So she put me in touch with Doris Kneel who was already trying out. So we went down to Crown Recreation in Detroit. There were a lot of girls from the Detroit Michigan area. In fact Michigan has more (05:00) girls in the League than any other state. And so that’s where they would go to practice in the winter time. So I went down there because I needed the practice. From there one of the girl’s fathers was a scout. And Helen Filarski then took me in down to South Bend with her for the tryout of the spring of 1950. Jobs were hard to find back then. You know you graduate from high school and then there was really nothing. I mean I was willing to sweep floors or do anything but there weren’t jobs out there, kind of like today. And so anyway Helen took me to South Bend for tryouts. We were there for 2 weeks. And of course I hadn’t really played anywhere for ball or anything (06:00) but I was you know, quite athletic. And so after two weeks of spring training, of course they had a second baseman there, I can’t even remember who it was now. But they sent me down to Chicago for 2 more weeks of training. And there we had a lot of girls trying out. They picked 15 girls for the Springfield Sallies team and 15 girls for the Chicago Colleens team and… Interviewer: “We’ll get back to that in just a moment I want to go a little bit back and talk about the try outs and training. Were you, you went to South Bend. What was the set up there? What were they trying to do to South Bend when you went there initially?” �Just I guess, see if I they make the team or how good you were. I guess you know, they invite people you know that maybe that [?] father might have saw playing ball and they said you know we need a good player and they say go ahead go and try out you know. (07:08) Interviewer: “And what would they have you do when you were trying out?” Well it’s kind of funny because all these Veterans down in Detroit in Rockville asked, what position do you play? I said well any place, you know, you know they got, anyplace you want me to I could play you know out in the scrub games you know I could be taught infield outfield whatever, well you can’t tell them I can just play anywhere, so they wouldn’t think you were any good. You got to tell them you play someplace. So they go over to all these Veterans, my friends and so they say well third base that’s a really hot corner, I said well I don’t know about that. Shortstop then you would really have to arm and move around; well I don’t know about that. First base, well you really have to stretch and dig them out of the dirt, better not tell them there. Outfield you really need a strong arm, and really you know move, well I don’t know about that. Why don’t you tell them you play second base…so I did. I told them I played second base but I hadn’t. So I get there and I watch you know, and I thought how hard can this be? Well it was a lot harder I guess than I thought it was. But anyway I was out there and the manager says (08:30) “How old are you?” and I said seventeen, “Well then act like it, don’t act like an old lady. Move!” I thought ok. So but I must have done something fairly decent because like I said they sent me on to Chicago for two more weeks to make me hit on a different team they didn’t need me there in South Bend so. Interviewer: “Now when you went to Chicago how many other women were trying out at the same time as you were?” Oh, probably about a hundred. (09:00) Interviewer: “And out of that hundred they were going to take…?” Thirty, two teams. They were going to be a traveling team kind of like the farm hunt system team and so we had fifteen each team. And we had to make our way on a bus and sat by the chaperones and managers and so we toured all over the country you know, playing games. We went to twenty one states and Canada in three months. And we played seventy seven games of the ninety game schedule we got rained out the rest. And we played Yankee Stadium before a Yankee game, we met Joe DiMaggio, Casey Stengel, Phil Rizzuto, Whitey Ford, and all those guys were playing and of course if we had known that now, I mean we’re there to play, we’re in our uniform. We had nothing to do to get autographs or having no idea how big (10:00) this thing really was you know. So I mean, we just played our game and then you think about it now and you think wow, you know. We played on Yankee Stadium. It was quite a thrill. We were also playing in Washington D.C. Griffins Stadium and all along the way places. We would tour so after the 1950 season and I got drafted by Battle Creek. �Interviewer: “Let’s go back again into a little bit and let’s talk a bit more about that barn storming season there. First of all explain again, you have there are two teams, and the two teams, tell us who the two teams were?” Springfield Sallies and Battlecreek Belles. Interviewer: “Ok.” Oh no, I’m sorry. Springfield Sallies and Chicago Colleens. Interviewer: “Right, ok and you were with…?” I was with Springfield. (11:01) Interviewer: “You were with the Sallies, ok.” In fact my baseball card says Springfield Illinois, instead of Lincoln Park Michigan. Interviewer: “Well, alright. How did they manage this physically, with moving you around the country like this? So you’re riding around on a bus, you’ve got your chaperones your manager with you and so forth, and then what do you do when you go from town to town? What’s the routine?” Well most of our games were at night, and so we would play a night game for two hours and shower and get back on the bus and basically travel to the next town, maybe try to sleep on the bus. And the day was ours if we didn’t want to try to sleep or catch up on your laundry, and do something like that. But you know, you would have a lot of time. So when we were in New York though we were right in the city (12:00) and we were able to go at night, and you know a couple things like that basically traveling at night, and they were small towns so they didn’t have many entertainments or anything like that. But most of us were quite young so we really weren’t into going out or anything like that. We had a, we had to be at the ball park for two or three hours before the game for the warm-up. You play a 9 inning game and you get done and you are a little tired. So then we get back on the bus and travel to the next town. Interviewer: “And did they have any particular rules or regulations regarding your conduct or your dress or anything else like that?” Well that was strictly enforced. We could not wear blue jeans, shorts, slacks, or anything out in public. You had to be in a skirt (13:00) and a dress. If we were on the bus in the middle of the night and we stopped at a rest area, we could get off, nobody there, but you aren’t allowed off the bus unless you got a skirt on or a dress so we used wrap around skirts so you just had to hurry up and put that on then you could get off the bus. They had strictly enforced, well all the rules were enforced. Like we had bed check every night, if you were caught out after bed check well you would be fined or sent home. This one girl she didn’t go out after bed check, she went to the vending machine, and she got caught and she got fined and it was paid. All of that was pretty big money back then. Well they could’ve sent her home, and if she disobeyed really bad they could �be sent you home because along the way on this tour (14:00) we were kind of on a farm system there were try outs at these towns. Now if they found someone that they was doing better than you, who you got to go home and pick up this other player. So we didn’t want to do anything to be sent home so we obeyed them. And you know things were different back then anyway. I mean discipline was pretty much normal for most families. You know, times have changed a lot now and things have got a lot more lax and federal government won’t let teachers discipline the students and just all kinds of things that have changed so I mean you know it wasn’t even hard for us because we were brought up that way. Interviewer: “Ok, now at this point did they make any effort to teach people how to dress or do things with their hair and make-up and stuff or was that long gone by then?” That was gone by the time we started, but we did know the rules and stuff (15:00). You didn’t disobey that, if you did it would be bye. Interviewer: “Ok, what as you were touring around these different places, what kind of response did you get from fans? Did you draw big crowds?” Oh yeah, we kept up a good attendance. We had a PR man and I’ll give his first name Murray. He would go he had he would go to these towns and he had newspaper articles and every time we would get into, we would take turns of being on the radio broadcasts because there was no TV wasn’t anywheres around yet or it was just starting. So they had good press, and also during this firestorm tour half the proceeds would go to a local charity at that time. So you know, people were very supportive, it was something new and different. So they were coming out, because like I said with gas rationing you can’t go too far (16:02). And so depending on what town it was, how many people, sometimes two, three thousand sometimes maybe less. But we had fans and they were very appreciative of grand ball we played. Interviewer: “And what about when you played in Washington or New York Stadiums? Was it, before a game; was there a crowd there already? Yeah there was quite a few yeah, that was a big deal. Yeah that was before the Yankee games there was a lot of people coming in. I don’t know if it was if they knew about the game. I’m sure they must have but it was a lot of people. Interviewer: “Alright, so you kind of go and you do that for three months. With fifteen players on the team you are playing most of the games right?” Oh yeah, about every game. Interviewer: “Alright, how did you turn out as a second baseman?” (16:59) I guess very decent. I was involved in a lot of double plays and the first year I led my team in almost every category, hits, runs, RBIs [?], home bases. I was involved in a triple play and I got it unusually, there was no force outs, they were all tag players. And there was two girls on, the �first and second a girl would bat hit the ball out to the outfield, a base hit, the girl on second tried to score, well they threw the ball on then and run her down and tag her out. Well meanwhile the girl on first rounded second going on towards third. Well when they got the other girl tagged out they started to run her back and the girl that hit the ball she was heading towards second so I was standing on second as they both came to second I just pop pop and one side and the other and they were all out. So… (18:01) Interviewer: “Alright, well that’s pretty good. Ok, so if you were leading your team and hitting double bases, were you stealing bases yourself?” Oh yeah, yeah I had quite a few stolen bases. Interviewer: “Ok, had you known anything about base stealing before you had joined the league?” No, not really. Just watching the major leagues and stuff like that so… Interviewer: “Ok, were there particular tricks to it that you could use or could you read certain pitchers or…?” Well yeah. It depended on who was pitching, how slow they were, or what their rules were you know… Interviewer: “How many pitchers would a barnstorming team have?” Let’s see, maybe about six I guess. I don’t know. Interviewer: “Ok, so if you are always playing the same team than you probably learned those pitchers pretty well?” (18:56) Well yeah, we had bets back and forth. If I get ahead of you tonight, you owe me a milkshake. You strike me out, ok I’ll owe you one. Interviewer: “Alright, of the people you were traveling around with are there some they you became particularly good friends with, or just stand out in your mind as being really distinctive characters or really good players?” Yeah there was, there was several. There was a lot of them that were international, we had Cubans, we had a few from Canada, and all over the states so. But we had a lot of good players, too many to mention. Interviewer: “Ok. Alright, so you get through that first season. What happens when that season comes to an end?” �Well you go home and you look for a job for the season, which again wasn’t really easy to find but I had a high school girlfriend that was working in a small (20:00) automobile shop so they happened to need some work so I got a job there, I sort of wish I hadn’t but it was work you know. And, but towards the 1951 season started, January 30, 1951 I had a puncture accident. I kind of messed my hand up a little bit, making Packard rings. You dart on and I kind of just jerked it back at me and I got in the way and it got all my fingers. I didn’t get them all but it messed up the others too. So that was in January and I did go to spring training in ’51. Which they ended up not taking me, they didn’t want to be responsible. You can’t reach the ball with your glove you kind of automatically reach with your bare hand (21:00) and they were afraid that if I line drived or something like that that I would get my hand torn open again, it was still pretty tender. I went to therapy like 3, 4 times a week just to be able to go to spring training. The doctor said that most people would still be kind of carrying their hand in a sling, and I said, well I have to play ball. But any way they did call me up towards the end of the season. They had other injuries and of course my hand was a little better. So I went back and played a few games in ’51. Interviewer: “And who did you play for?” Battle Creek. Battle Creek drafted me after the 1950 season. I played second base there also. So anyway that as in ’52, after leaving my team in 1950 it’s a little bit more difficult now and the ball, to throw the ball and to grip a bat when some of the muscles don’t work. So I wasn’t feeling as well, but I did go back in ’52. I played. Two weeks before the end of the season I was sliding into second, Fort Wayne, twisted my ankle and Joe Fox [?] my manager carried me off the field. So I was done for the ’52 season. So in ’53 when I got the call back I just didn’t go back. I got another job. So then I was disappointed in myself because I knew how well I played the first year and now I’m not batting any good, I guess fielding was ok but bat hand was suffering, and I figured that really I was just keeping somebody else from playing and they should have a chance (23:00) and of course not knowing it was the end of 1954 anyway it was the end of the season. So after that you’re supposed to sit out five years before you go back to amateur softball after playing in the professionals. But because of my injury one of the softball teams got my reinstated after two years so I was able to go back and play fast pitch in softball. Interviewer: “Did you go back to Lincoln Park for that or did you go somewhere else?” Well Lincoln Park for, well you know I went back home and lived for a while, but I played all over Michigan practically. Over eight or ten different teams throughout the year so we won a state class A championship one year, and class B one year, class C. So then I played softball, now softball I played whatever position, whatever they wanted, catching or outfield or infield. Wherever they gave me I would play so. (24:09) Interviewer: “Now when you were playing softball on these teams, did people know that you had played professional baseball?” Probably not. I mean you know it wasn’t a well known thing. Even at work I didn’t really tell them that I had played ball, that’s not true everybody played ball. So when the movie came out �they asked why didn’t you tell us? I says because I did tell you, you just weren’t listening. But that was my quite experience. Interviewer: “Now after you left the league, did you stay in touch with any of the players or any of the friends you had made?” Oh yeah, yeah, I had a real good friend Jo (Joanne) McComb from Pennsylvania. And we visited back in forth (25:00) for oh years. You know I would go there and she would come to my house and meet my folks and meet her folks, stay in touch, and stay in touch with a lot of the others. But not quite as close as that. Interviewer: “Now as the League’s, the former players began to get there together and create a players association, this kind of stuff before the Penny Marshall movie came out, were you connected with that? Were you involved in any reunions or anything like that?” Oh yeah, there was you know the first one. There was probably maybe two that I’ve might’ve missed all through the years and that was probably because I was taking care of my father, so but like I said all but probably two. Interviewer: “And did you, were you involved with any of the things that are around, connected with the movie?” (25:57) Yeah we went to Smokey Illinois for 1991 for try outs about sixty some were there and it was about forty three, forty five went out of Cooperstown for the filming of the movie and so I was there. We had a fan for the other movie, we’d stop and take a picture and walk in the hall of fame. To give credit when we were at our reunion game I was the one that slid it home. Shirley Burkovich was trying to tag me out but I was safe and she was a little mad but then I was playing left field at one point and I had to help out on a rundown play between second and third, they didn’t throw me the ball but I was running back and forth and when they zoomed on the bench I was the first one that they zoomed in on and hand out players. We were there in Cooperstown for eleven days for that five minutes at the end. So we know and appreciate why movies cost so much putting us all up and everything like that, for that five minutes. (27:10) Interviewer: “Ok, you mentioned going to Smokey for try outs. Now you were already a player, who was trying out there?” Well, they wanted someone that was active enough and in good enough health to be able to do some of these things and we were kind of like helping the actresses you know showing them trying to show them how to throw the ball, how to catch the ball, throw it and things like that. So when they said they didn’t want somebody they couldn’t move them around. Interviewer: “And how did that go? How well did the actresses learn the job?” �Well some of them, pretty well. I mean a couple of them were already pretty athletic. Betty and Rosy O’Donnell (28:01). Madonna, she needed a little more work and some of the others. She had her little dance steps kind of tone and all but they said she was one of the hardest working ones and she got banged up and got hit the head with the ball, she was batting and different things like that. And so she, I think, personal opinion as long as she wasn’t the star in the movie she was ok. And we were a little apprehensive when we found out she was going to be in the movie and Penny Marshall assured us that she would do good and it would be ok. Debra Winger was actually supposed to play the part of Geena Davis and we don’t know why Debra Winger backed out. We heard rumors that it was because Madonna was going to be in it. But you know that was just a rumor, who knows? Could have been just a conflict with her schedule, it was a great movie (29:04). Interviewer: “Were you happy how the movie came out?” Yeah I figured it was probably about 85% accurate. There was you know some Hollywood in there you know, we certainly didn’t treat the chaperones like that poor lady and managers didn’t come drunk or you know into the dressing room unless everyone was fully dressed and there were allowed to come in or we would go out there so, but that was they had to make it funny and that it was. But Penny Marshall, she was great and so were the actresses. Some of them actually come to our reunions out there in California. There were about five of them last night we were out in California so it’s really, it’s really nice. Interviewer: “Kind of an unusual thing for a movie. Most movies don’t have that, quite that amount of standing power or effect on things.” (30:03) Yeah. Interviewer: “Now also, as you started to go into the reunions you got involved in actually recording short interviews with the other players. Tell me a little bit about that.” Well I always had my camera with me and I snapped pictures so the association asked if I would be willing to I guess the board had talked about you know to start to preserve history. And they asked me if I could do a few interviews and I was like “Yeah I always have my camera with me”. So I started doing about 5 to 8 interview of all the ladies, and I’ve got about 184 of them done now. They are about 5 to 8 minutes kind of, you know not as lengthy as we are doing here but about how we got started, who they played for, their managers, the chaperones, and kind of what they’ve done since and things like that. The short version maybe of the what’s going on now. (31:07) Interviewer: “Sure. But it’s also very valuable because you got started a lot earlier before we or other people did, so you’ve got stories of people that aren’t recorded anywhere else.” Yeah because a lot of them are gone now. I do have short interviews and sorts. 31:22 �Interviewer: “And as we move forward with this project we will track down physically where they are located and that information will go up on our website and so our project here, but basically so we’ll make sure that people if they find us can also locate where those are because they are going want to see as much as they can certainly. So alright… Well if they can’t, I mean I’ve got copies of them. Of course they are on VHS and I’m not sure, the longer I’m there they will deteriorate but… Interviewer: “We’ll make sure that all that is digitized by somebody so we’ll still have it certainly. Now as you look over your time while you were actually playing what do you think the effect of that experience was on you? What did you take out of it or learn from it they stayed with you?” (32:07) Well a lot of it would be like friendships I made. And you know it taught you to not be not be afraid to be out in public, playing in front of 2,000 people who aren’t bashful and people. Of course the discipline was always there but that always helps too. And just…almost everything you know. Without that I don’t know where half of us would have been. It gave us the opportunity to be able to go on to school, a lot of them did. I never did, my parents couldn’t afford it so I wasn’t able to attend or continue but there are others that really had beautiful opportunities to be doctors and teachers. It was a wonderful experience and you can’t even put into words. (33:09) Interviewer: “What did you end up doing? Did you have a particular career? Or did you just do different jobs?” Well I worked at the Michigan Bell for 35 years. I was central office supervisor. And that was inside the central office where the wiring and everything, way back before all this technology. Ladders about two stories high and we would be running wires about a block long and dragging them inside, there was a guy connecting them outside people’s houses soldering and having a tool pouch on I was the supervisor of the ladies who did that so… Interviewer: “Did it help you just to go out there and be a supervisor having worked with a lot of people?” Yeah I think so yeah. Just being out there I mean being on a ball field on a base is kind of like directing traffic half the time you know and you just kind of take charge a little bit you know, I mean play towards the outfield, you call a play and tell them where to throw the ball and this and that, you are just kind of out there taking charge. Yeah so I believed that helped a lot. (34:22) Interviewer: “Alright, now you played a lot of softball. Did you do any coaching at any time?” �Yeah I did I coached a couple times the Wyandottes, some younger girls. And I coached one of our teams that had a well class C I think championship and after that I kind just played so… Interviewer: “Alright, and did you kind of follow the growth of women’s sports? Title IX? Just adding more teams and things in the ’70’s and ‘80’s?” (34:58) Yeah I did quite a bit. In fact I played been playing slow pitch up until this year up in Warfield. I was their pitcher and I kept telling my young kids as long as I can catch it or dodge it, I’ll play it. But this year I was so busy with our reunion and fundraising and going to meetings and this and that of course I still bowl and golf, I just really didn’t have time to play ball this year so. The first year I haven’t played. Interviewer: “Alright, now back to when you were actually playing. Did you think of the league being this pioneering or significant or was it just playing ball?” You know, it was just playing ball at first but I mean when everything else comes out the movie and everything people keep telling you, you know thank you for this and that you know, then it kind of registers. But originally I was doing what I loved to do (36:00) and you were getting paid for it like a job so that didn’t really register until things just kept getting bigger and bigger and getting fan mail from all over the country, kids and not just kids adults you know. Veterans and stuff like that write wanting autographs, it’s just…it’s just awesome, it’s amazing. It just blows my mind that people are still so interested in wanting all this stuff, our autographs and pictures I just think it’s great. I just hope it never dies. Interviewer: “Well we are doing our best to make sure that it doesn’t. Alright, you actually got a good story and have done a good job telling it to us. Thanks for coming in and talking to us today.” Thank you. 36:47 � 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 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Interviews Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. History Department Description An account of the resource The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was started by Philip Wrigley, owner of the Chicago Cubs, during World War II to fill the void left by the departure of most of the best male baseball players for military service. Players were recruited from across the country, and the league was successful enough to be able to continue on after the war. The league had teams based in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, and operated between 1943 and 1954. The 1954 season ended with only the Fort Wayne, South Bend, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Rockford teams remaining. The League gave over 600 women athletes the opportunity to play professional baseball. Many of the players went on to successful careers, and the league itself provided an important precedent for later efforts to promote women's sports. 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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/d6b449024744c7a8afa6046410f7e31f.pdf 0ca96ff01c2cbf9f72cd8abcda57f07d PDF Text Text ··· . Jewish Foundation for Ouistian Rescuers . 4000 Town Center, Suite 420 Southfield; Michigan 48075-1405 ~~~ -~ . •• Moral Courage During the Holocaust and in a Post Holocaust World. '1~ _ A · Hol<>aU$lM~oria.1 ~~ One Day Conference _ . . . .. , WEDNE.SPAY, .QCTQBER. 23;.1991 . . . . . �Mllri4 Dumul, heroine of Huguenot history, writing "RESIST" Tdlere site tDOS imc prisontll. Drtnoing by Slllfllld. Bastidi. · . . From gmeration to gmtnztion . , . Mme. Haitw (cmta bthind boy), 11 rescllel" · "Bllnality "[ /r/Jffl Le 01111nbcm, llppt!ll"8 here with four lldditional gmmltions of her family. (from "Wtapans of the Spirit"). Eflil" "'J flllly Otitllgo, 1989 . ·" The Jewish Fou~da~ion f_or Chri~tian·Rescuers ·. · · _ _. -·_ -~.-: . of.the . · . · . · ·: -··An.J i-Defamation League . . in cooperatio~ with • . . The HoJocaust Memorial Center . · presents Moral Courage During the Holocaust and in a Post Holocaust World . .. . .Wednesday, ·October 23,1991 _:· .on the ca~pus of . The_Jewish -~ o~munity Ce~ter . ·West Bloomfield, Michigan_. · "Moral Courage During .t he Hol~caus~ and i11: ·a Post Holocaust World" is a oneday co~ference .examining from .historical and psychological perspectives;.the questions: What .were the motivations of those righteous few during ·the Holo- · caust? Why were there so few people U?ho acted righteously? . Can the moral-under-. . · pinnings of th~ righteous be taught and practiced today? · of · _· Designed for:·att ethnically diver~e group edu~ator~, religious leaders_an·d : other interested parties, the conference will serve as a catalyst - for 'further .discussion and dissemination information and will promote· creative and · 'effective ways of teaching and helping to put into practice valu_es of righteous.ness and moral courage. . . . . . . . . of s •• ,· �:· MORAL COURAGE .. ... . . . . ' '·. . . ·Wednesday, c;>c!ob_er 23, 1991 _Program .· 8:30A.M. - . · ' ... _, REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST ,1 MORNING SESSION - "Historical Perspectives" · _.... OPTION A .· . .._. - .. . -: ·. . . • . Dr. ·-oavid Wyman ·_ · ·. ·.. · • Response: . Dr. ·Melvin Small · · . Moderator: pr. .·Guy Stem ... : . . . . . 9:30 -A.M. , OPTION u· _· . ._ :.' .• · Audio Visual Presentation .. . . Viewing and discussion of a ·sampling 'o f films curr~ntly available .. on the subjects of the Holocaust, Hidden Children -and :i;no:ral courage. ·. . . . . . . ..· . · Moderator: Dr. Carol Rittner . NOON - l_:00 P.M: LUNCH . . Program to be announced . _ - · 1:lSP~~s P.M.__. -.-.. . . . u· AFTERNOON sESSION . "Psycholog~ Perspectives" . · ·· · · • · Dr. Yehudah Nir • · Response: Dr. Emanuel Tanay · . Moderator: _Dr. · Guy Stem . OPTION A · · · ··. · . · . or:rioNs · . . , .· - . . ·· • Audio Visual Presentation continued ·. : .Moderator: Dr. Carol Rittner ' i3REAK' · - ·. 3:15 P.M:-.3:30 P.M. ·. . ··. 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P;M. : · ,· · . . OPTIONA ·. . Small group discussions to be facilitate4 by staff and other ,. guests . .· .· . . . . OPTION B ·, . . . . . ~ Independent viewing of the Holocaust Memorial Center; . ·. · ··. Docents available . ·. . · . · . . : · · ' .· . · · ~ 5:00 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. . . BREAK/INDEPENDENT DINNER · , . 7:30P.M. . ~ ··• ' : III EVENiNG SESSION::. PUBLIC-LECTURE : • Keynote Speaker: -Professor David Wyman . - .. · · _Summarizing the day's events ang. looking tQ the future . • : .DESSERT RECEPTION . . . . ·_: ' ' . . "The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones." Wm. Shakespeare (Julius Caesar, Act 3) . · · :A~ti-Defamat_ion League of B'n~i B'i.ith -·. · · 4000.TownCenter ~ ·suite420 • .Southfield,Michfgan48075-1405 • ·_ ~313)355~3730 . PRINTED ON RECYCLED. PAPER . .. 1,,J · �The Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers The Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers is a program of th,e Anti~DefamationLeague. The Foundation provides recognition of and support to individuals who rescued Jews during the Nazi Holocaust. The Foundation: • sponsors conferences, publications and films on moral courage, altruism, and other ethical and educational implications of the rescuers' acts; · • provides modest grants to over 650 rescuers in 15 countries who are in finandal need; and • organizes, through its Reyim ("friends") project, regular volunteer visitation, phone contact, and other services to isolated rescuers; • The Foundation's program budget is raised entirely by public support. We thank you for your support! This conference has been made possible through a generous contribution from the Carol and Joel Dorfman Educational Foundation. TheJewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers gratefully appreciates their.support. · The .Participants · . · Yehudah Nir - Dr. Nir is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Cornell Medical College, Cornell University. A recognized authority on the psychological aspects of victimization, he is the author of The Lost Childhood. Sister Caro'I Rittner, R.S.M. - Dr. Rittneds the co-producer of the AcademyAward nominated documentary film, "The Courage to Care".· She is widely sought to speak on the subject of moral righteousness_. Melvin Small - Dr. Small, a Professor of History at Wayne State University has focused on the historical context of The Holocaust and will offer his insights during the morning session. Guy Stern - Dr. Stem is Distinguished Professorof German_and Comparative Literature at Wayne State University. The author of several books and pamphlets incl tiding "Nazi BookBurningand the American Response", he is expert in the literature of exiles. Dr. Stem will serve as Moderator of the Conference. Emanuel Tanay -Dr. TanayisProfessorof Psychiatry at Wayne State University. Himselfahiddenchild,hehas gained international recognition as a forensic psychiatrist. David Wyman - Dr. Wyman is Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The authorof the Abandonment of the Jews, he will open the Conference's morning Session and be the Keynote Speaker during the Evening Program. ----------. -------. REGISTRATION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - · -Moral Courage During the Holocaust and in a Post Holocaust World Program - Wednesday, October 23, 1991 · Jewish Community Center Campus, West Bloomfield, Michigan · Names of all participants are required; guests are welcome. If you h_ave any questions, please call the AOL office, (313) 355-3730 -----'-----------------•FEES: NAME ADDRESS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ OCCUPATION/TITLE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ $ 35.00perpe.rson, . No._ at$ 35.. 00 includes Options A or B, Conference materials, Continental Breakfast, Lunch . and Dessert Reception following the · Evening Program $ _ _ __ HOME PHONE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WORKPHONE GUEST _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ADDRESS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ OCCUPATION/TITLE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ HOME PHONE - - - - ' - - - - - - ' - - W O R K PHONE______ Please provide additional guest information on a separate sheet $ 25.00 per person, includes Options A or B, Conference materials, Continental Breakfast, and Lunch. No._at$25.00 $ _ _ __ $18.00perperson, Evening Program only including Dessert Reception. . No._at$18.00 Student rates available on request, TOTAL ENCLOSED. $ _ _ __ $ _ _ _--' Make check payable to Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers/ AOL/MI · . Please return regiStration form and remittance to: Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers, c/o Anti-Defamation League • 4000 Town Center,Suite 420, Southfield, Michigan48075 �ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE OF B'NAI B'RITH National Chairperson: Melvin Salberg NationalDirector: Abraham H. Foxman MIOilGAN COMMITI'EE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR OIRISTIAN RESCUERS/AOL . Chairperson: Fran Gross Linden JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR CHRISTIAN RESCUERS/ ADL Founding Chairperson: Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis Chairperson: E. Robert Goodkind Director: Dennis B. Klein MI OUGAN REGIONAL OFFICE ANTI.:.DEFAMATION LEAGUE OF B'NAI B'RITH President: Norman H. Beitner Director: RichardLopenthal Committee Esther Applebaum Cheryl Bloom Rabbi Ernst Conrad Carol Fogel Jay Gerber Howard Goldberg Barry J. Goodman Tammy Gorosh Nancy Grand Greg Herman Jonathan Jaffa Nancy Kurland Simpson Rene Lieberman Lisa Mendelson Paula Milgrom Shelley Nadiv Judi Rosen Cheryl Scott Cherie Selis Michelle Sider Charles Soberman Leslie Taub Arlene Victor Harold Zucker Vice Presidents Gene A. Farber Barry J. Goodman Fran Gross Linden Ruth Lando Sheri T. Schiff HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER Rabbi Charles Rosenzveig Founder & Executive Vice President Founded by:.ShaarH Haplaytah For Information on the HMC, tours or membership applications, contact the Holocaust Memorial Center 6602 W . Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 • (313) 661-0840 JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR CHRISTIAN RESCUERS • · 4000 Town Center, Suite 420, Southfield, MI 48075 • (313) 355"3730 � 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 Adriana B. and Peter N. 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Also included are materials that document the family's post-war life in the United States, including their public efforts to recognize, commemorate, and honor people and events significant to World War II. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1869 - 2012 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/719">Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection, RHC-144</a> Subject The topic of the resource Netherlands Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945 World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands Dutch Dutch Americans Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. 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Title A name given to the resource Incunabula Description An account of the resource The term incunabula refers to books printed between 1450 and 1500, approximately the first fifty years following the invention, by Johann Gutenberg of Mainz, of printing from moveable type. Our collection includes over 200 volumes and numerous unbound leaves from books printed during this period. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1450/1500 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Incunabula Collection (DC-03) 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 </a> Subject The topic of the resource Incunabula Printing 1450-1500 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-03 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource text Language A language of the resource eng it la nl de 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/. Title A name given to the resource Moralia, sive Expositio in Job [folium 21] Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-03_021GregoriusI1496 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gregorius I, Pont. Max approximately 540-604 Description An account of the resource One leaf of Moralia, sive Expositio in Job by Pont. Max. Gregorius I. Illustrated with red rubricated initials. Printed in Basel by Nicolaus Kesler in 1496. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Incunabula Description An account of the resource The term incunabula refers to books printed between 1450 and 1500, approximately the first fifty years following the invention, by Johann Gutenberg of Mainz, of printing from moveable type. Our collection includes over 200 volumes and numerous unbound leaves from books printed during this period. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1450/1500 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Incunabula Collection (DC-03) 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 </a> Subject The topic of the resource Incunabula Printing 1450-1500 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-03 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource text Language A language of the resource eng it la nl de 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/. Title A name given to the resource Moralia, sive Expositio in Job [Italian]. Sopra la vita di Job [folium 176] Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DC-03_176GregoriusI1486 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604 Description An account of the resource One leaf from Moralia, sive Expositio in Job [Italian] Sopra la vita di Job, by Pont. Max. Gregorius I. Translated by Zanobi da Strata and Giovanni da Tussignano. Printed in Florence by Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, on June 15, 1486. 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Thursday November 18, 2004 9:00 p.m. 1,J i,., I Free and Open to the Public Presentation to be followed by a question and answer session. For more information call GVSU Women's Center, (616) 331.2748 or www.gvsu.edu/women_ctr Co-Sponsors: GVSU Women's Center, Eyes Wide Open Sexual Assault Education Group, GVSU Men's Rugby Team, Voices for Healthy Choices, GRIID (Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy), Greek President's Council, GVSU Compass Program, GVSU Counseling & Career Development Center, The Nokomis Foundation, Men's Resource Center/Holland, NCAA and The Center for Women in Transition/Holland @ GRANDVALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S CENTER � 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 GVSU Sexuality and Gender Flyers Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Rainbow Resource Center Women and Gender Studies Department Women's Commission Gayle R. Davis Center for Women and Gender Equity Description An account of the resource Digitized posters, flyers, event notices, and other materials relating to gender expression and sexuality at Grand Valley State University, with materials spanning from 1974 to 2019. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1974/2019 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digitized from collections at the Rainbow Resource Center (formerly the Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center), Women and Gender Studies Department, Women's Commission, and Gayle R. Davis Center for Women and Gender Equity. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Subject The topic of the resource Gender identity Gender expression Sexual orientation Women's studies Queer theory 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 DC-09 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/8d168eed82105904cdb00145da05435c.mp4 04fc75a0d6f479c0b8db26b650c64ef6 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/0f0a4bebb54e5f61748daa4c59a2798e.pdf a34d47390336445fea63a9bd9703facb PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Don Morell (01:00:18) (00:10) Background Information • Don was born in Ludington, MI in 1926 and raised in Muskegon, MI • His father worked in a factory • Don had been at church when Pearl Harbor was attacked and realized that he wanted to join the Navy • Don did not finish high school, but enlisted in 1944 when he was 17 year old (6:30)Great Lakes Naval base in Chicago, IL • Don went through basic training in January for six weeks • They only had basic training and no time for any advanced training • Don was taught Navy rules and guidelines, weaponry, physical exercises, and spent a short amount of time on nautical knots • They were then shipped to California and waiting to go overseas • Don waited about six weeks in California and was able to go out at night to watch movies (11:00) Overseas • Don boarded a troop transport ship and left California • He did not know anyone on the boat and the water was very rough; many people were getting sick • They arrived in Pearl Harbor in April and it was a beautiful place, though there was still much damage from the attack • Don was then called to be a passenger on a sub, which was strange because only he and one other man were pulled • They later found out that they were going to Midway, but did not know why they were chosen • Don chose to work in submarine service so that he would not be stuck on the small island of Midway • He was assigned to a Submarine Relief Crew to help prep subs for switching over crews and locations (16:05) Midway • Don was sent to Midway and continued to help switch over crews on subs • He was there during his 18th birthday, which was D Day in Europe • Don worked at Midway for six months until December 1 • He spent much time fishing, catching tuna, shark, and dolphin • Don was later brought back to Pearl Harbor to form a new Squadron Relief Crew (18:45) Brisbane, Australia • Don then traveled to Australia and took a train across the country to Perth �• • • • • Every area of Australia had different gauges on the trains, so they constantly had to switch to different trains as they traveled Don traveled along the coast through Sydney, Melbourne, and through the desert They ate mutton three times a day and it made many of the men sick Don continued to work on refitting submarines and was eventually called out to go on submarine service He was not worried at the time, but later learned that 1 in 5 subs were sank (24:40) First Submarine Patrol • Don had been very eager to go out on his first sub patrol • On the first night they had damaged a small freighter and after a destroyer had been looking for them the next day; they sank the destroyer • The Americans were very much in control of the Japanese shipping lanes • Don was a lookout, working one hour on and one hour off • He learned a lot while he worked on the sub because he had such a short training experience in Chicago • Don also worked on the air manifold (31:10) Sinking Ships • Altogether they sank about 11 ships • After sinking a ship, they could expect a depth charge attack • There were about 4 depth charge attacks that were quite close • The worst experience was when they had been on the surface and the radar had not picked up a plane nearby, which dropped two bombs very close to the sub • The sub was usually submerged during the day and on the surface at night (36:50) Daily Sub Life • Don did not mind being submerged for half the time and not seeing sunlight; he slept most of the time • The men spent time watching movies, reading, and playing cards • Free time was boring and most of the men slept for 12 hours a day • They had two large meals a day at 8 am and 8 pm (44:20) End of the War • Don had R & R in Australia for two weeks and really had a great time • The Australians were very nice and treated the Americans well • He had been in Australia when the war ended and the bars had to close early because they were all out of beer and liquor • Don was then sent back to the US through the Panama Canal • Everyone that 18 months or more overseas was immediately discharged • Those who were older or had dependants were then discharged • Don was still only 18 years old and so he had to continue working • He was decommissioning submarines for about 6 hours a day and had nights off (50:50) Discharged May 1946 �• • • After being discharged, Don traveled back to Muskegon and began working for the telephone company for about four months He then worked for a friend in a heating outfit for a few months and later opened his own heating company, where he worked until he retired Don joined the VFW and the Submarines Veterans of World War II � 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 MorellD Title A name given to the resource Morell, Don (Interview outline and video), 2008 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morell, Don Description An account of the resource Don Morell was born in Ludington, MI in 1926 and joined the Navy in 1944 when he was only 17 years old. He was sent to Great Lakes Naval Base in Chicago, IL for basic training for about six weeks. Dan only received basic training and was then sent to Pearl Harbor. He was then chosen for submarine service, where he worked on submarines through the transitions of crews and locations. Dan worked in Midway and Australia during the war in the Pacific, went on several submarine patrols and was discharged in May of 1946. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smither, James (Interviewer) Great Lakes Naval Memorial & Museum (Muskegon, Mich.) Subject The topic of the resource Oral history Veterans History Project (U.S.) United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military Veterans United States. Navy World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Video recordings 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 2008-09-18 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/23b1baf83d816bcd8745cfee3ee83901.jpg 3ecd4906101ad36534aa70a3826817d6 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_NE_53_1917_010 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1917-10-31 Title A name given to the resource Morgan cottage looking north Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of a line of beachfront cottages. Debris is visible on the beach in front of the houses. Subject The topic of the resource Macatawa, Lake (Mich.) Michigan 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/f9801a148b171b3f3bdf39a57b46ac80.jpg c5db2d072540bca3924c19e46db973aa 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 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. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MorganMarge Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. University Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980 Title A name given to the resource Morgan, Marge Description An account of the resource Marge Morgan, Early Childhood Development Subject The topic of the resource Grand Valley State University – History College teachers Universities and colleges – Faculty Michigan Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. 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 1980s https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/696794bb5b81a4c3fe722b2df3551b2c.m4v edcaab3f6debe933a5db467889a1fe67 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/4a4d153d187f5c3115f0db78fbdeb459.pdf 822b80ea992695fb18ddd2f45e86c754 PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Interviewee’s Name: Daniel J. Morley Name of War: Other veterans & civilians Length of Interview: (00:16:00) Pre-West Point Born in 1968 in Youngstown, OH (0:06) Went to an all Catholic private school (0:20) Went to West Point in 1987 after a year at the University of Michigan (0:38) Military was his first choice, but had to try twice to get in (0:57) West Point Loved training, and West Point had the money to let them be trained on anything they might encounter in the military (1:05) Very professional training (1:30) Was at West Point for four years (1:45) It was partially educational, but also had to do many physical things like obstacle courses (1:50) Also had to do military-related things in the summers: Drill sergeant, worked with a mayor (2:15) Single mission of West Point is to build leaders (2:30) Totally different world in West Point (3:00) Food was pretty good at West Point, very nutritious (3:35) Went through 4 years at West Point through the same class, made many friends (4:15) Freshman year is purposefully stressful (8:20) Have to memorize an incredible amount of things (8:30) Many great opportunities while at West Point (9:00) Went to airborne school after West Point (13:30) Went to El Paso so he could work with the Patriot Missile system (13:40) Spent 2 years in Washington, never saw combat (14:00) Post-West Point Military isn’t a good family job, became a teacher after West Point (4:30) Easy transition, got his current job because he went to West Point (5:00) Wants his kids to serve, but also doesn’t want them to die (5:40) Went to the University of Puget Sound for his teaching degree (14:30) �Returned to the Midwest to teach (14:45) Would never go back, but it was a great experience (15:30) � 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 MorleyD2 Title A name given to the resource Morley, Daniel J. (Interview outline and video, 2 of 2), 2007 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morley, John D. Description An account of the resource Dan Morley was born in 1968 in Youngstown, Ohio. After a year at the University of Michigan, he was accepted at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He served in the United States Army from 1987 to 1993, earning the title of 2nd Lieutenant. Morley never saw combat. After the service, he became a teacher. After his time at West Point was over, he received his teaching degree from the University of Puget Sound and teaches in Michigan. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brandyn Hoekstra (Interviewer) Forest Hills Eastern High School (Ada, Mich.) Subject The topic of the resource Oral history Veterans History Project (U.S.) United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military Veterans Video recordings Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American United States. Army 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 2007-05-27 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