Jim Blanchard, 45th Governor of Michigan

Jim Blanchard, 45th Governor of Michigan, speaking at the Press Club of Grand Rapids

Jim Blanchard, 45th Governor of Michigan

Jim Blanchard, 45th Governor of Michigan

Roy Eugene Blanchard was a WWI veteran who served in the Michigan National Guard – 126th Infantry Regiment on the Mexican border and in Europe. Roy's son, Clark, is conducting this interview in memory of his father. At 15 years old, Roy managed to…

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…

Arthur Blom, Art

Lowell Blomstrom was born on March 22, 1893 in Grand Rapids. His father was an inventor and pioneer in the automobile industry. In 1904 Carl Blomstrom introduced the Queen Automobile produced in Detroit by the Blomstrom Motor Company. Lowell…

Black and white photograph featuring a bird's-eye view of the Bloody Foreland coastal area in the County Donegal, a largely Irish-speaking region in northwestern Ireland that borders the Atlantic Ocean. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph featuring an exterior view of a stone house located in the Bloody Foreland area of the County Donegal, a largely Irish-speaking region in northwestern Ireland that borders the Atlantic Ocean. Scanned from the negative.

Lamar Bloss grew up in northern Indiana and was drafted into the Army in 1952. He trained as an infantryman and was sent to Korea. He participated in heaving fighting in early 1953, including the action at Pork Chop Hill. After the armistice, he…

Keith Blough was born on August 28th, 1925 in Freeport, Michigan. He was drafted in to the US Navy in November of 1943. After attending boot camp in Farragut, Idaho, he became a signalman on a ship. After the war, he was discharged at Great Lakes in…

Lloyd Blough was born in Michigan on August 25, 1915 and drafted into the Army in 1941 when he was 26 years old. He went through training at Fort Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan and was transferred to Virginia two weeks after Pearl Harbor was…