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Scrapbook/photograph album, 185 x 281 mm. 69 leaves. Black leather over thin boards with “My School-Day Memory Book” stamped in gold on cover. Contains photographs, correspondence, telegrams, school report cards, theatre and concert programs, invitations, dance cards, and other ephemera documenting the social life and school activities of Dorothy Goodrich, mostly in Owosso, Michigan. Some of the leaves seem to have been rearranged, as not all of them are in chronological order.

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New magazine of Student Life.

Collection Description The Mary Harrison Dumsch papers consist of personal records and published writings collected by Dumsch by and about the life and work of Michigan-born writer Jim Harrison. The Dumsch collection, in part, duplicates materials found in the Jim Harrison papers, but also includes many unique items.The collection includes handwritten correspondence by Harrison, primarily to his mother, one early letter to his sister Judy; promotional materials from publishers, producers, and event...

Scope and Contents Photograph album, 281 x 358 mm. 31 black leaves. Deep red leather covered boards with central design and "Photographs" stamped in gold in lower right corner of cover. Contains 370 black-and-white and color photographs glued to the front and back of the leaves; most have captions on the photographs themselves in blue ink. Assembled by Evelyn DuVall, the photographs document life in a small rural town in southeastern Michigan over a period of eleven years. Included are births,...

Scope and Contents The collection contains the records of the Dyer-Ives Foundation, with materials dating from the organization's founding in 1960 until its closure in 2016. The records document the administration, finances, and grant making operations of the foundation – and illustrate the impact the foundation had on the City of Grand Rapids, its economy, social and cultural institutions, and local environment.Series 1. Corporate and Financial Records contains the founding documents, bylaws and...

Scope and Contents Collection of letters by Catherine "Kate" Horton Earl in Pittsford, Hillsdale County, Michigan, to her parents, David and Adula Horton, in Mount Holly, Vermont. In the letters, Kate mostly speaks of the family's mortgage; farming matters such as the weather, ploughing, planting and harvest; and visitors that the family has entertained. Though fairly legible, her writing features colloquial grammar and spelling that make some passages difficult to read. In addition to the letters...

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Collection contains approximately 89 pieces of popular sheet music, spanning from the very late 19th century to the early 20th century.

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Collection contains microfilmed issues of the East Grand Rapids Cadence newspaper from November 1992 to May 1994.

Content Description Photograph album with brown cover, embossed with "Memory Book," containing 120 pages of photographs of East Jordan, Michigan, dating from between the 1910s and 1940s. Also includes two folders of loose photographs and newspaper supplement with clippings. The newspaper supplement "East Jordan: Yesterday & Today," dates from 1976 and contains town history and photos. The album contains black and white photographs and 15 real-photo postcards. Some loose photographs have...

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Contains early records and promotional materials relating to the programs and services of the L. V. Eberhard Center on Grand Valley's Grand Rapids Campus.

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Series contains records relating to bilingual education training at Grand Valley State Colleges between the years of 1971 and 1979. Files include program proposals, correspondence and memoranda, administrative files, CVs and biographical information about program directors and instructors, and information about student teachers and courses. The records also document grant-funded projects, as well as initiatives such as the Right To Read program.

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Program and administrative files, meeting minutes.

Scope and Contents Photograph album, 186 x 275 mm. 50 leaves; limp black faux leather-grained cloth covers. Contains 154 black-and-white photographs of various sizes, both captioned and uncaptioned. All are pasted down, some on both recto and verso of the leaves. Images cover a number of subjects. A. Manistique: views of buildings (exterior and interior), streets, and neighborhoods. Included is the Nequette home and photographic studio near Cedar and River Streets as well as the destruction of the...

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Published weekly in Spanish serving Michigan’s Hispanic communities.

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Published weekly in Spanish serving Michigan’s Hispanic communities. Collection contains microfilmed issues from 1993-2003 and paper issues from 1993 to the present day.

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Monthly publication prepared for educators participating in ITV. Programming guides for instructional television on GVSC's public television station, WGVC. 1974-1980.

Scope and Contents A Line a Day (Boston: Samuel Ward Co., ©1892). Limp black cloth-covered boards, 144 x 117 mm. Ink entriesPhillip Engel’s diary for 1919 begins on 26 April and continues with an entry for each day until 31 December. Since there is no mention of attending school, he has presumably completed his high school education. The 17-year-old Engel displays literate sophistication in his writing and documents, in considerable detail, his daily events and...

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Faculty newspaper devoted to the arts at GVSC published by Fine Arts Department of the School of Art & Design. March 1969.

Abstract Portrait photographs of members of the Enrichment Fund's hall of fame. Photographs were contracted to LaClaire Studios and the negatives were purchased when they ceased operations. Though most photographs are assumed to have been taken by David LaClaire, some (where noted) were taken by David Ferris. Portraits include university donors, Board members, and other friends of the university.Negatives listed in this collection are housed in Special Collections & University...

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Reports published by the AWRI on research conducted on topics including aquatic ecology, hydrology, environmental chemistry, environmental toxicology, microbial ecology, aquatic molecular ecology, fisheries ecology, climatology, and ecological modeling.

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Student alternative newspaper of opinion and communication. Published May 9, 1966.

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Educational Support Program newsletter.

Abstract University Academic Senate (UAS) previously the All-College Academic Senate (ACAS), is the highest faculty governance body. It has the authority to deal with any academic issue or faculty concern. It makes recommendations to the Provost and/or President regarding such matters as curriculum, the academic organization of the university, faculty personnel policy, the budget, and other issues considered relevant to academic affairs. The Executive Committee of the Senate (ECS) serves as the...

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Correspondence, notes, photographs and research materials, 1994-1997, relating to the expansion of the VanSteeland Arboretum.

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The Faculty and Staff Salary Information reports contain a summary of salary information for part-time and full-time faculty and staff. The report also includes the name and position for individual employees, as well as sex, employment date, base salary, and gross pay for the year and previous year.

Abstract The Grand Valley State Faculty Association, a local autonomous organization, was affiliated with the Michigan Education Association (MEA) and the National Education Association (NEA). The GVSFA sought the right to collectively bargain with the College on behalf of the faculty at GVSC in 1974 and 1980-1982. Files of the Faculty Association document the efforts to gain collective bargaining for faculty at Grand Valley. Files include correspondence, newsletters, election information, organizing...

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Contains planning files, programs, invitations, digital photos, slideshows and other materials documenting the GVSU Faculty Awards Convocation events from 2008-2015.

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Series contains all-college, ad-hoc, and defunct faculty committees, spanning from 1963-2006, with the bulk of files dating from 1967-1977.

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Manual of guidelines for faculty in the General Education program. Series also includes a General Education Program Enrollment Report for the 2003-2004 academic year.

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Faculty Handbook of policies and procedures for Grand Valley faculty, published as a physical book from 1967-2005 and as a PDF from 2006-2017. In 2018, the Faculty Handbook was replaced by the GVSU Policies website.