William Wall was born in Hope, Michigan, in 1924, and later moved with his family to nearby Midland. He was drafted into the Navy shortly after he finished high school.in 1943. He trained at Great Lakes, Illinois, and was assigned to San Clemente…

Alford Walker, of Pontiac, Michigan, was drafted into the Army in 1967. Before being drafted, he remembers business greatly slowing down and much protesting and civil unrest. Al went to Fort Knox, Kentucky, for basic training, and then to New…

Jack Walbridge graduated from Caledonia High School in Michigan and in 1942 and then began taking courses at Grand Rapids Community College and also joined the Army Specialized Training Program. He was called up for service in May of 1943 and found…

The City of Richmond Master Plan was prepared by Wade-Trim/IMPACT Municipal and Planning Consultants and was adopted by the City of Richmond Planning Commission on September 13, 1990.

The City of Davison Community Master Plan was prepared by Wade-Trim/IMPACT Municipal and Planning Consultants and was formally recognized by the City of Davison, City Council on October 22, 1990.

Barry enlisted in the United States Air Force after spending two years at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He decided to enlist rather than wait to be drafted into the infantry. He went to basic training at Lackland Air Force Base and…

Binding of Manual of Milk Products, by William Stocking, published by The Macmillan Company, 1917.

Binding of The Pruning Manual, by L.H. Bailey, published by the Macmillan Company, 1916.

Journal from GVSU student Faith Vulcano during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hung Q Vu was born in Nam Dinh, Vietnam in 1952. In 1954 his family moved to Bien Hoa, Vietnam because they were Catholic and faced oppression from the Communists. He studied at the Saigon University of Law and eventually joined the Vietnamese Air…

Hung M Vu was born in Hanoi, Vietnam in 1952. His father worked in the National Government of Vietnam, managed by the French. After the Geneva Peace Accord in 1954, Vu's family moved to Saigon, Vietnam and settled there. He lived in Saigon when the…

Doug Voss was born on March 1, 1950, in Buffalo, New York, but he moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1963. He was in the High Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and he enlisted in the Army in June 1968. He went to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for…

Karen Vorce is a geologist who lives in Walker, Michigan and works for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy in the Remediation Redevelopment Division. In this interview, Karen discusses her work with PFAS contamination…

One leaf of Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [German] by Jacobus de Voragine. Leben der Heiligen: Winterteil (I) und Sommerteil (II). Printed in Augsburg by Johann Schönsperger in 1482. [GW M11366; ISTC ij00161500]

James Vonk of Grand Rapids, Michigan, left college in the late 1980s to enlist in the Marine Corps. He was sent to Okinawa, and was based there at the time of Desert Storm. His company was scheduled to go to Iraq, but the ground war ended so quickly…

Kate Vonderau was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1927. She grew up playing ball with her brothers. She learned about the AAGPBL when the Daisies came to Fort Wayne, and tried out for and made the team in 1946. She was a catcher, and eventually…

Jerry Von Holt served in the US Navy from 1947 to 1956. He served on ships and at bases across the Pacific, including Korea and Japan. He served on destroyers that patrolled Korean waters, but did not see combat. He also received firefighting and…

Lawrence Vollink was born in the Burton Heights neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he attended local schools and graduated high school in 1965. His father was a deeply religious, poor man with only an eighth-grade education and his mother…

Vogel served in the U. S. Navy both stateside and during two tours overseas during the Vietnam War. He joined the Navy immediately after high school to avoid being drafted. Vogel recalls his experiences during basic training, his time spent in…

Photograph of Termaat family. Left to right: Michiel P., Adriana B., Nicolaas P. J., Cornelis B., and Pieter N. Termaat.

Jan Viveen, born in 1918 in a small village in North Brabant in the Netherlands. After completing high school in 1936, he was drafted into the Dutch Army in 1936. At the time of the German invasion in 1940, he was manning an antitank gun on the banks…

Ross Vincent was drafted into the Army during World War II. Initially assigned as an MP, Ross took the Air Corps exam, and was sent to Army Air Corps training, eventually becoming a navigator in the Pacific, specifically based off the island of…

One leaf from Speculum naturale by Vincentius Bellovacensis. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger not after December 13, 1481. Illustrated with red and blue rubricated initals. [GW M50625; ISTC iv00293000]

One leaf from Speculum historiale by Vincentius Bellovacensis. Printed in Strassburg by Johann Mentelin in 1473. Illustrated with red and blue rubricated initials. [GW M50587; ISTC iv00283000]