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Richmond, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2007
Robert Richmond was born in Indiana in 1924 and graduated from high school in 1942. He began working for a delivery truck company and was drafted into the Army a year later in 1943. Robert went through basic training at Camp Wheeler in Georgia and…
Rick Rediske, 2021 (Interview video and transcript)
Dr. Rick Rediski is a professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Robert Annis Water Research Institute at Grand Valley State University and has lived in West Michigan since around 1980. In this interview, Dr. Rediski discusses is involvement…
Rick Vaughn 1st All-American in wrestling
Rick Vaughn 1st All-American in any sport at GVSU. The 4th NAIA National Championships 1972 wrestling.
Riley Child-Rhymes
Binding of Riley Child-Rhymes, by James Whitcomb Riley, published by Bobbs-Merrill, c.1905.
Riley Farm-Rhymes
Binding of Riley Farm-Rhymes, by James Whitcomb Riley, published by Bobbs-Merrill, c.1905.
Riley Love-Lyrics
Binding of Riley Love-Lyrics, by James Whitcomb Riley, published by Bobbs-Merrill, 1905.
Riley, John and Wilma (audio interview and transcript)
Oral history interview with John and Wilma Riley. Interviewed by Alan Moul on June 18, 2016 in Hart, Michigan. English language. John Riley was born in Hart, Michigan in 1928, as the grandson of two Canadian immigrants. He grew up on their family…
Rimmer, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2015
Bob Rimmer was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1923. He grew up in Minnesota, Michigan, and Kansas before enlisting in the Coast Guard in March 1942. After basic training he was stationed at Bay City, Michigan as a truck driver then aboard the USS…
Ring Toss Game, Salisbury Beach
Black and white photograph of a ring toss amusement park game located at Salisbury Beach’s Amusement Center in Salisbury, Massachusetts. Scanned from the negative.
Ringnalda, Cornelius and Richard Herrema (Interview outline and video), 2008
Cornelius Ringnalda and Richard Herrema were interviewed jointly. Ringnalda was born in Grand Rapids in the early twenties and drafted into the military after high school. He served with the 383rd Infantry Regiment and fought on Okinawa in the early…
Rinske Harms and Pieter N. Termaat, 1914
Photograph of Rinske Harms (nee Werff) (b. 1860) with grandson Pieter Termaat. Rinske is wearing a dark dress and holding her infant grandson, who is wearing a white dress.
Rippen, Alvin (Interview outline and video), 2014
Alvin Rippen was born in 1917 in Franklin County, Nebraska. He finished high school in 1935, went to college and graduate school and took a job in the dairy industry in Chicago. In 1942, he enlisted in the Navy and qualified for pilot training. He…
Risinger, Earlene "Beans" (Interview transcript and video), 2009
Earlene "Beans" Risinger was born in Hess, Oklahoma, in 1927. She grew up on a farm in Dust Bowl country, and played baseball from a young age with family and friends, and practiced with boys' teams in her community. She saw a newspaper article…