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Counseling Center and Placement Office monthly newsletter.

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Interim issue of the student newspaper published after Keystone to introduce The Valley View. It was combined with The Valley View. It followed the Keystone as the student paper and introduced the smaller weekly format published in October as the Valley View. 1966.

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Continuation of Research and Development Center newsletter representing its Science and Mathematics departments. Other titles include Science Update (1979-1986); Coalition News (1988-1994); and InterChange (1994- present).

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Research and Development Center newsletter representing its Science departments. Succeeded by Science & Mathematics Update (1987-1993); Coalition News (1987-1994); InterChange (1994- present).

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Student magazine of photographs and information about on-campus events and student life during 1971.

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Interviews conducted by the President’s Office on the occasion of Grand Valley State University’s 50th anniversary. Collection consists of video recordings and typed transcripts of interviews of current and former faculty, administrators, donors, and individuals involved with Grand Valley from its founding in 1960.

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Files document the planning and implementation of the celebration of Grand Valley’s 50th Anniversary by the 50th Anniversary Committee. Files include press releases; promotional materials and publications; events and program files; Laker Lore interview files and transcripts; invitations; commemorative book; and memorabilia. The records also include the research and interview files created by Julie Stivers in her work to create the university's 50th Anniversary History web site.

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Alumni Office occasional newsletter containing updates on newsworthy campus events. 1969-1973.

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Academic Services Office and Division of Continuing Education, newsletter for the downtown campus distributed within the L.V. Eberhard Center.

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Reports, histories, and documents relating to the foundation and history of Grand Valley State University.

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Newsletter for GVSU Lakeshore students.

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Contains programs, schedules, promotional materials and annual newsletters of the Grand Valley State University Shakespeare Festival from 1994 to 2017.

Content Description Collection contains 64 letters written by A/T Gilbert Vinton Hallock, 63rd College Training Detachment (Aircrew) to his parents Robert Palmer and Mildred Hallock at Worcester, Massachusetts, 29 May to 25 August 1944. These were addressed from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and subsequently from Columbus Army Airfield in Columbus, Mississippi. He was also a member of the unit's marching band where he played bells.Contents generally describe various aspects of the...

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Photograph album with dark brown cloth boards embossed with oak leaf and acorn motif, stamped in gold with "Gertrude Harnisch." Album contains 45 leaves of black album paper mounted with black and white photographs of Harnisch, her family and friends, and trips to Belle Isle, Michigan and Boblo Island, Ontario. Several of the photographs have identifiying dates and captions in white pencil of the first names of subjects or the location of the photographs.

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Student satirical newspaper published to express ideas and foster student discussion. 1993-1996.

Collection description The Jim Harrison collection documents the life and work of Michigan-born writer Jim Harrison from 1938 to the present. Harrison has published books in several genres throughout his career, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature; he also worked in Hollywood and wrote screenplays, including several with his daughter Jamie. Harrison is recognized as a master of the novella, and his critically acclaimed trilogy Legends of the Fall reinvigorated the form in America. His...

Collection Description The family correspondence primarily consists of letters from Rebecca Newth Harrison to her mother-in-law Norma Harrison sharing news of the family and of their shared interest in bird watching and gardening. Early correspondence (1941-1960s), from Jim to his brother, describe Jim’s efforts to balance art and work, and show the close relationship between the two brothers. As original caretaker of Jim’s papers, John received correspondence from repositories interested in purchasing the...

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Research materials, notes, and unpublished manuscripts on linguistics and the evolution of alphabets by Harry Lui.

Scope and Contents 310 stamped air mail envelopes all addressed to Victor J. Harter's wife, Jessie, who lived during 1942 through 1945 with her widowed mother at 9 Madison Avenue, Irvington, New Jersey. There are fewer than ten letters with the envelopes; consequently the chief value of the collection is in the postal markings on the envelopes, including cancellations and auxiliary stamps of the U.S. Army examiners and censors. These also give evidence of Victor's changing postings.1942 - Jan.,...

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The Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, founded in 2000, was inspired by Ralph Hauenstein's life of leadership and service. The Hauenstein Center is one of the leading presidential studies centers in the nation. Its mission is to illuminate the American presidency, to raise civic literacy, learned discourse, and a new generation of leaders. Partial collection of recorded lectures, debates and conferences sponsored by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies.

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Health & Wellness newsletter.

Scope and Contents Photograph album, 182 x 297 mm. 21 black leaves and stubs of 28 leaves that had been removed. A number of the leaves are loose and are not in chronological order. Medium brown leather covered boards with “Photographs” stamped in gold in upper left corner of cover. Contains numerous black-and-white photographs, some glued, some with corner mounts, and others laid in. Most have captions in white ink or pencil. Subjects include the North family in Chicago and Jackson Park; Hammond,...

Abstract In the late 1990s, faculty and staff members and students served on a task force to research development of a women's center at the request of faculty, staff and students. The Women's Center was established in 2001 to create meaningful learning experience about women and gender and to advocate for gender justice through the education, engagement, and empowerment of women students and the greater GVSU community. The Center partners with students, faculty, and staff to offer comprehensive and...

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The Regional Math and Science Center (RMSC) serves students, teachers, parents, school districts, business and industry and other organizations interested and involved in mathematics and science education. High School Summer Institute for the Arts and Science (HIS) files include program files and schedules, budgets, and correspondence.

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Office of Graduate Studies & Grants Administration newsletter.

Content Description Collection contains 18 handwritten letters with envelopes, dating 15 November 1917 to 25 August 1918 to Mrs. Mary Goodrich, her ward Reva Doubrausky, and Mrs. E.G. Fleming from several young men serving the U.S. Armed Forces during World War I. Letter writers include Pvt. Alonzo Hildreth, 161st Infantry; his brother Pvt. Ralph Hildreth, 161st Inf. Supply Co.; Pvt. John F. Faubion, 146th Regt. Field Artillery, Battery E; Pvt. Paul E. Fleming, Section 570 U.S. Army Ambulance Service; Pvt....

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Collection contains examples of historic photographic processes, collected by Special Collections and University Archives for teaching history of photography. Specimens were acquired from various sources.

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Series contains the administrative records and course files of the GVSU History Dpeartment, from its origination in 1963 to 1998. It also includes the planning files for the Great Lakes History Conference between 1974 and 1981.

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Complete digital backups of The American History Slide Collection and The Western Civilization Slide Collection, with guidebooks. Originally digitized in 2008 with corrected scans in 2020.

Scope and Contents Collection contains numerous postcards and souvenir postcard booklets, as well as travel guides, maps, and other ephemera, primarily depicting locations, art, and architecture in France and Germany. The collection also contains a smaller amount of similar materials relating to Monaco, Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. While most postcards are blank, some contain personal notes from their collector, Philo Holcom, Jr., and others contain messages that Holcomb sent home to his family...