Collection Description The collection is a series of five scrapbooks compiled by Harvey Lemmen. The collection contains newspaper clippings and articles from local Grand Rapids, Michigan’s newspapers focusing on the history of the city, its people, places, and events. The collection includes clippings about the election of Grand Rapid’s first black mayor, the demolition of historic buildings, celebrations, and public transportation within the city. Scrapbooks also contain some printed photographs and brochures....

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Published weekly since 1957 serving the black communities of Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Muskegon and Battle Creek. Collection contains microfilmed issues from 1970 to 1992, and paper issues from 1994 to the present day.

Scope and Contents Published weekly between 1997 and 2002 serving the Grandville, Jenison, Hudsonville, Jamestown and Borculo areas. In 2002 divided into regional papers including Grand Valley Advance East, Grand Valley Advance West and Ottawa Advance. In 2007 area Advances merged again under the title Grand Valley Advance, serving Allendale, Borculo, Grandville, Georgetown Township, Hudsonville,...

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Quarterly Alumni Office newsletter sent to alumni containing Grand Valley updates, reconnection and event opportunities, and other news pertinent to alumni. Fall 1983-Summer 1988.

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Grand Valley Charter Schools report of Charter Schools managed by the Board of Trustees through Grand Valley's Charter schools office. The report and directory includes descriptions of each charter school and statistical information about the programs.

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Michigan Educational Support Personnel Association/Clerical Office Technical Association newsletter for GV COTs.

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Published weekly serving the Grandville, Jenison and Georgetown Township areas. Merged in 2007 to Grand Valley Advance and then The Advance.

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Ravenna, Michigan's Grand Valley Journal was published by Clinton Beckwith beginning in 1974. It may have been continued by the Clipper in 1976. Collection contains microfilmed issues from 1974 to 1975.

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Published monthly as labor’s voice in Kent, Montcalm, Ottawa, Ionia, Barry, Allegan & Muskegon Counties. Founded July 28, 1955. Subsequently published as Work in Progress in 2011.

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Collection contains microfilmed issues of Grand Valley Ledger (Lowell) from 1975 to 1987.

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Series contains the Grand Valley Magazine, a quarterly publication by University Communications. Includes Grand Valley: The Best of (2005-2006).

Scope and Contents Materials are compiled from various committees and projects in this ongoing created collection. Collectively the materials document the history, use, and efforts to preserve the Grand Valley Ravines Natural Area by faculty, staff and students. Included are files from the Seidman House exhibit; a survey of alumni recollections of the Ravines; minutes and recommendations of the Trailway Committee (2005-2006) and the Ravines Natural Area committee (2015-2016); a Nature Trail guide; student...

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Literary journal. Previously known as GVSC Review and GV Review. Includes March 1994 Special Issue: Core Curriculum and 50th anniversary edition. Wake: Great Lakes Thought & Culture later created in the tradition of the Grand Valley Review.

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This artificial collection contains video tapes, audio tapes, CDs, and DVDs of Grand Valley State speeches, lectures, events, ceremonies, athletics events, programs, and promotional media. The collection's contents span from 1968 to 2016.

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Weekly calendar listing events going on at GVSC for academic year. May 1964-December 1970.

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This annual report is compiled by University Communications for the President to present to the Board of Trustees. They report the success and standing of Grand Valley in relation to other Michigan state colleges and universities through statistical and normative data.

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Quarterly newspaper available to friends of GVSC, parents of students, alumni, and interested private citizens and business/community leaders. Contains updates about GVSU, sports schedules, and other news relating to Grand Valley. 1971-1976.

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Published weekly serving the Hudsonville, Jamestown, Zeeland, Borculo, and Georgetown areas. Merged in 2007 to Grand Valley Advance and then The Advance.

Collection Description The documentary film produced by William Lawson, La Grande Vitesse: The Work of Alexander Calder, follows the unloading of the stabile pieces in Detroit, its construction in downtown Grand Rapids, Calder’s arrival in the city, and several interview pieces on Calder’s life and work. The collection contains 16mm film reels, an audio CD of interview and lecture material from Klaus Perls and Sweeney, and a DVD of the completed documentary. Records also include contracts for creating the film,...

Scope and Contents Collection contains correspondence, architectural sketches and renderings by Latvian-born Midcentury Modern architect Krišjānis "Kris" Grants, who settled in Grand Haven, Michigan following World War II. The majority of letters by Grants,dating from 1947 to 1950, are written in Latvian. Some letters are addressed from Stuttgart, Germany, presumably from the Displaced Persons camp in which he and his wife Johanna resided until emigrating to the U.S. in 1949. Also included in the collection...

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Series contains Grants and Contracts Reports, prepared by the GVSU Office of Busines and Finance, for the years 2008 and 2011.

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The Grants on the Grand annual publication, created by the Office of Sponsored Programs (a part of the Center for Scholarly and Creative Excellence), contains abstracts of grant funded research and projects conducted by GVSU faculty and staff.

Scope and Contents Manuscript diary of E. A. Greene of Geneva, N.Y, a logger in a Michigan lumber camp in 1868. Wallet-style black roan leather with a gilt "Diary 1868" stamped on the front closure flap. It has a printed page for each day of the year, on which the diarist recorded entries in pencil.The diary provides an early first-hand view of daily life as a sawyer in the timber industry of Saginaw Valley, Michigan right after the U.S. Civil War. Greene details each day of the year, including...

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Student newspaper of responsible and objective journalism published in response to the arrest of the Lanthorn editor for obscenity. Published in 4 issues from November 26, 1968-Janurary 23, 1969.

Scope and Contents Collection contains 11 letters, manuscript and typewritten, sent to George Guild's mother, Ruth L. Guild, in Nashua New Hampshire from his various postings in the United States. The contents generally describe army life in camp, training, food, exercise, rumors, entertainments, and possible furloughs. There is also a great deal of sharing news of friends and relatives who have written letters. The correspondence from 1945 includes mention of an automobile at home in Nashua,...

Scope and Contents The collection contains 258 letters written to Genevieve Gulch, the vast majority of which are from her sister, Martha Burke Bahan (1900-1984). There are also bank books and cancelled checks showing deposits and withdrawals for Genevieve and her husband Walter Gulch, financial and income tax information, miscellaneous receipts, life and health insurance documents, receipts for medical procedures, and apartment rental receipts. In addition there are banking and insurance documents relating...

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Student Activities semester resource guide-at-a-glance preceded by Action Yellowpages.

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Weekly bulletin containing information about GV events, announcements, and employment opportunities. Succeeded by Forum. 1970-1976.

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Series contains commemorative booklet celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Grand Valley Police Department, a division of the Public Safety Services.