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Established in April 1983, the Faculty Salary and Budget Committee (FBSC) studies pertinent data and makes recommendations on the allocation of funds within the university budget as a whole as well as within the budgets of the various administrative divisions. It also makes recommendations regarding other budgetary items, compensation, and faculty security, including health benefits. Files include minutes, agendas, and meeting packets.

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Annual guide for parents of new students provides orientation, advice, and information regarding the transition of their child into a Grand Valley Student.

Scope and Contents One scrapbook, 275 x 396 cm. with 47 leaves (8 blank).Contents generally document Irene Fassbender's educational and social life at Graveraet High School (611 N. Front Street) in Marquette, Michigan. Included are programs from class plays; presentations from the Graveraet Dramatic Club; football and basketball schedules and programs; band, orchestra, and choral concert programs; dance cards; hall passes; graduation invitations and programs; and certificates, letters, poems, and...

Collection Description Collection contains production records, research files, and audiovisual materials created and collected by Fei Hu Films in the development and production of documentary films about the history of the American Volunteer Group, "Flying Tigers," and the Civil Air Transport airline, later named Air America. The materials span in date from the early 1940s to 2007, and are organized in four series.Series 1. Fei Hu: the Story of the Flying...

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William James College student published non-profit newsletter for the visual media.

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The Finance and Administration Division is responsible for the management of the University's finances. It is divided into several subdivisions, including Business and Finance. Administrative files of the Budget Office, includes budget reports.

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A student journal of art, writing, and photography. Continuation of Italics and Amaranthus. 2003-present.

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Newspaper of food resources within the Delta area (Grand Rapids, Holland, and Muskegon) published in conjunction with the Urban and Environmental Studies Institute.

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Faculty/staff weekly, summer bi-monthly newsletter published by the News & Information Services. 1976-present. Preceded by GV Memorandum.

Scope and Contents Scrapbook, 368 x 318 mm. 44 leaves. Brown embossed covers, with "Scrap Book" at bottom on front cover and center design embossed in gold. Hand-inked title leaf, "My Life and Times" with "Fran 9/4/1940" in bottom right hand corner; evidently originally intended for recording Frances' college career. Instead, the contents document her military service with the WAVES from 1942 to 1945. The majority of items are black and white photographs attached with corner mounts; most have captions or...

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Student political newsletter published in response to the arrest of the Lanthorn editor for obscenity. Published December 5, 1968.

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Published monthly serving Fruitport and Sullivan Townships. Merged with Township News and Times in 2001 continuing to publish as Fruitport Area News. Collection contains microfilmed issues from 1983 to 1993, and paper issues from 2001 to the present day.

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One photograph (carte-de-visite) album, 124 x 94 cm. 10 window leaves. Dark brown pebbled morocco, blind-stamped on front and back covers, with “Album” and two ornaments stamped in gold on spine. Green on white diapered geometric design on endpapers. Remnants of brass clasps on covers. Contains 14 carte-de-visite photographic portraits (mostly female) and one tintype. Six of the photographs are identified.

Content Description Photograph album with black clothboard covers embossed with "Photographs." Inside, 32 black paper leaves contain black and white photographs and colorized picture postcards. Photographs depict the Geer family, including George E. Geer and Vera (Worden) Geer, and their son Worden E. Geer. Extended family are also depicted in the phoitographs, along with numerous steam ships. Picture postcards include depictions of Duluth, Minn.; Ontario, Canada; and Superior, Wisconsin. Also included are four...

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Women and Gender Studies newsletter.

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Artificial collection of personal papers, official documents, and correspondence from the 19th and 20th centuries, collected by Harvey E. Lemmen and others. Correspondents include a variety of individuals, businesses, and organizations throughout the United States.

Scope and Contents Distributed by General Electric as a promotional device, this 60-piece punch out doll set features a variety of circus performers, as well as teh "big top circus tent," and several anthropomorphic appliances. The set comes in six sheets, all numbered, with its original envelope. The front of the envelope features an illustration of the complete set-up circus. The back of the envelope provides instructions on how to assemble each item, including when extra pieces are needed to make the...

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Contains microfilmed issues of the German language newspaper, Germania, of Grand Rapids from October 1855 to March 1916.

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Samples of fine printing collected by A.K. Gibson of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The collection is mounted on blank pages in a volume with the cover from Twenty famous naval battles by Edward Kirk Rawson, 1899. The scrapbook contains correspondence to Gibson from publishers and book sellers on letterhead, sketches, bookplates, announcements, and illustrated catalogs.

Scope and Contents Collection contains photographic negatives, color transparencies, slides, personal papers, ephemera, publications, and artifacts documenting the careeer of photographer Douglas R. Gilbert, spanning from 1958 to 2018. Negatives are primarily in 35mm black and white and 4"x5" color formats, and are typically accompanied by contact sheets. Personal papers include correspondence and gallery files, photo project files, and publications featuring Gilbert's photographs. A small number of artifacts...

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Edward V. Gillis worked in the tool and manufacturing business in Grand Rapids Michigan. Gillis was a collector whose focus was Native Americans. This collection includes magazines, posters, maps, other published and some unpublished materials.

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Collection contains promotional brochures, spanning from the dates 1905-1952. Most brochures have photographs, with activities including swimming, sports, horseback riding, et al.

Scope and Contents Photograph album, 179 x 258 mm. 14 leaves. Brown paper covered boards stamped with faux leather grain with embossed center cartouche; "Photographs" stamped in gold in lower right corner of cover. Contains 29 black-and-white photographs with corner mounts documenting a road trip (with house trailer) taken in August 1939 from Lansing, Michigan, to various locations in northern Michigan with two other women. On the inside front cover is written in white ink on black paper, "Our trip through...

Abstract The Padnos International Center (PIC) was formerly the Office of International Studies in 1970, the office has helped centralize responsibility for the development and administration of international exchange activities sponsored by GVSC. In 1974 the office was given the status of independent institute under the name of Global Education Institute, which changed its name again in 1979 to Center for International Studies. In 1984 the Office of International Affairs (later Studies) was founded...

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Resource guide for faculty and staff of the Padnos International Center. Guide includes information on opportunities to study abroad, develop international partnerships, and on grant, teaching, and sabbatical opportunities. Titled Resource Guide for Faculty and Staff until 2014, when it was renamed to Global GVSU: Resource Guide for Faculty and Staff.

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Publication of the English Department, Division of Arts & Humanities, GVSC. Essays, poems, and stories are classwork and submissions.

Scope and Contents The collection contains the professional faculty papers of Dr. James Goode, spanning from 1986 to 2016. Materials document the the development of the Middle East Studies Program, the Model Arab League, and Middle East Study Abroad trips at Grand Valley. The collection also contains general professional correspondence, Goode's research files, and a small amount of material relating to the general operations of the History Department. Materials in the collection include meeting minutes and...

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This handbook is a guide for graduate program management that covers administrative duties, application and admission processes, research and thesis guidelines, as well as general rules.

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In August 1988 Grand Valley State University made a significant commitment to graduate education, by hiring an Associate Director of Graduate Admissions. In an effort to understand how graduate programs and services were being used, the Associate Director conducted a telephone survey of current and past graduate students. The final report of the Graduate Student Survey was released in April 1989.