Color photograph of Grand Valley's 2017 production of "Helen." This is a promotional image of the full cast and crew members. The cast is dressed in Greek, roman, and Egyptian costumes. Below text in a stylized font has been added reading "Euripides'…

Color photograph of Grand Valley's 2017 production of "Helen." This image is a close up of a man dressed in loose white clothing holding a drawn bow and arrow. The set behind him is draped in white cloth.

Color photograph of Grand Valley's 2017 production of "Helen." In this image are ten actresses dressed in white, Grecian flowing tunics and dresses and flower crowns. The set is dressed with filmy white cloths hanging from the ceiling and ethereal…

Color photograph of Grand Valley's 2017 production of "Helen." In this image a woman attacks a man with a straw broom, while he holds his arm up defensively. Both are dressed in tan rags and sandals, and the woman's hair has been colored grey.

Color photograph of Grand Valley's 2017 production of "Helen." In this image, many women wearing white Grecian tunics and flower crowns sit around a small obelisk. A man wearing tan rags sleeps while resting his head on a woman's shoulder. He is…

Color photograph of Grand Valley's 2017 production of "Helen." This image is a close up of a woman dressed as an Egyptian goddess. She holds a staff topped with a golden serpent's head.

Color photograph of Grand Valley's 2017 production of "Helen." In this image, a woman in the foreground dressed in white kneels and gazes dramatically into the distance. Behind her is a ragged man out of focus, sitting on the obelisk, and lit in pink…

Color photograph of Grand Valley's 2017 production of "Helen." In this image three actors stand in front of the obelisk. On the right, a man dressed in gold touches the hair of a woman who appears uncomfortable. She is dressed in black. On the right,…

Color photograph of Grand Valley's 2017 production of "Helen." In this image nine actors are staged on a dark set. In the center of the stage, a man dressed in bloody rags is lit from below in a golden light. Women dressed in Grecian white, some…

Color photograph of Grand Valley's 2017 production of "Helen." In this image two men dressed as Roman gods stand with serious expressions in front of the obelisk, which glows with a blue light. Stars and clusters of stars are projected onto the back…

A young boy and girl stand in front of a playhouse next to a garage.

Black and white photograph of Helen Burkhead (niece of Robert Merrill) and four children outside behind a house and next to a garage.

Helen Grahius was born and raised in Haren, Groningen, Netherlands. Later in life, she moved to West Michigan to be with her siblings. She discusses her life in the Netherlands and in the United States.

Helen Shiller, a Jewish American born in 1947 in Long Island, New York. Her father had immigrated to the United States from Latvia and her mother from Belarus. She moved to Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood in 1972, living on N. Malden Street. Initially…

A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on December 13, 1992 entitled "Hell?", on the occasion of Advent III, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Isaiah 66:24, Luke 1:51-52.

Virginia Helmic

Henry Lee Helmink of Holland, Michigan, enlisted in 1943 and served during World War II as a pilot in the Army Air Corps. He flew C-46 and C-47 transport aircraft between bases in Burma, India and China, and would drop supplies to troops in the…

Jan Helmker

Poster inviting people to celebrate feminist history by creating a coloring book.

Virginia Helton, Theatre

Virginia Helton, Theatre

Binding of Hemming, The Adventurer, by Theodore Roberts, published by L.C. Page and Company, 1904. Unsigned cover attributed to Sacker.

Dale Hemphill was born in Michigan in 1942 and later moved to Indiana with his mother when he was 10 years old. In 1960 he enlisted in the Navy for 3 years of active duty and 3 years in the Reserves. Dale went through boot camp in San Diego,…

Richard Hency was born in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1949. He received his draft notice in November of 1968 and was then sent to Fort Knox, Kentucky for eight weeks of Basic Training before eight weeks of AIT (Advanced Individual Training) at Fort…