Black and white photograph of the empty rows of bleachers within Spartan Stadium on the campus of Michigan State University on February 1, 1961. Photograph by Douglas R. Gilbert. Scanned from the negative.

Henry Bledsoe was born in 1951, in an Illinois farming community. He served in the Vietnam War in the Air Force as a medic. He spent several months in Vietnam, where he tested blood cultures and worked with a unit whose job it was to keep patients…

Arthur Bleecher enlisted in the Merchant Marine in 1944 and trained as a radio officer. He sailed to Asia and Europe in 1945 and 1946 and then returned to civilian life, only to be drafted for the Korean War. This time he served in the army,…

Eugene Bleil was born in 1920 and grew up mostly on farms outside of the city. He was accepted to Eastern Michigan University, but dropped out after a semester, traveled with his brother looking for work, and wound up enlisting in the Army Air Corps.…

Blenheim German light bomber aircraft used in the early days of WWII, CC-20.

Binding of Blennerhassett, or, The Decrees of Fate: A Romance Founded upon Events in American History, by Charles Felton Pidgin, published by C.M. Clark Publishing Co., 1902.

Pamphlet of blessings and prayers for mealtime by the Men's Club of Congregation Ahavas Israel, in English and Hebrew

Black and white photograph of Blind River, Ontario, as viewed from boat.

Jock Bliss, Public Relations

Binding of Blitzen the Conjurer, by Frank M. Bicknell, published by Henry Altemus Company, 1906.

Kenneth Block was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1932 where he graduated high school before attending Wayne State University. Studying geology and accounting, Block graduated with a degree in accounting before a friend referred him to Selfridge Air…

John W. (Jack) Blodgett was born on May 24, 1901 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In addition to continuing the lumbering business of his father, he was a banker. John married Minnie Cumnock in 1895. Apart from the Blodgett Memorial Hospital in East…