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  • Alfredo Matias video interview and transcript
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    Young Lords (Organization); Puerto Ricans--United States; Civil Rights--United States--History; Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.); Puerto Ricans--Personal narratives; Social justice; Community activists--Illinois--Chicago; Veterans--Personal narratives;...
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    Alfredo Matias is the son of Doña Carmen García and a Young Lord going back to the mid-1960s. Mr. Matias joined the Young Lords during the Month of Soul Dances at St. Michael’s Church Gymnasium in Lincoln Park. Mr. Matias lived in Lincoln Park...
  • Young Lords in Lincoln Park
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  • John Bennitt Civil War Diary, 1864
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    Bennitt, John, 1830-1892; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--Surgeons; Surgeons—Michigan--Diaries; United States—History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical care; United States--Army--Corps, 20th—Medical care;...
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    This diary is the second of three kept by physician John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan describing his experience as a Civil War surgeon for the 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment. The second volume (Feb. 9, 1864-Jan. 13, 1865) continues the account...
  • Civil War & Slavery
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  • Idyl of the Wabash and other Indiana stories, An
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of An idyl of the Wabash and other Indiana stories, by Anna Nicholas, published by the Bowen-Merrill Company, 1898.
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Hammer and Rapier
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of Hammer and Rapier, by John Esten Cooke, published by G. W. Dillingham Co., 1898
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Little Rosebud, or, Things will take a turn
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of Little Rosebud, or, Things will take a turn, by Beatrice Harraden, published by Dana Estes & Co., c.1898.
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Pan Michael
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of Pan Michael, by Henryk Sienkiewicz, published by Henry Altemus, 1898
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Senorita Montenar
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of Senorita Montenar by Archer P. Crouch, published by Harper Brothers Publishers, 1898
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Celebrity, The
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of The Celebrity, by Winston Churchill, published by the Macmillan Company, 1898.
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Copper Princess : a story of Lake Superior mines, The
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of The Copper Princess: a story of Lake Superior mines, by Kirk Munroe, published by Harper & Brothers, 1898.
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Heart of toil, The
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of The heart of toil, by Octave Thanet [pseud.], published by C. Scribner's Sons, 1898.
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Town traveller, The
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of The town traveller, by George Gissing, published by Frederick Stokes Company, c.1898.
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • When knighthood was in flower
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of When knighthood was in flower, by Edwin Caskoden (Charles Major), published by The Bowen-Merril Company, 1898.
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Kindel, Charles MacLear (Interview transcript and audio)
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    Michigan--History; Local histories; Memoirs; Oral histories (document genre); Grand Rapids (Mich.); Personal narratives; Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Grand Valley State University
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    Charles Kindel was born in Colorado in 1899. His father was in the furniture business. He married Katrina C. van Asmus in 1924 and eventually took her place as trustee of the Starr Commonwealth. He was President Ford’s boy scout leader in the...
  • Grand Rapids Oral Histories
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  • Literary correspondence
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    Collection of literary correspondence from the 19th and early 20th century.
  • Special Collections Finding Aids
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  • Conrad Thornquist papers
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    Conrad Thornquist was a Michigan native who attended the University of Michigan as an undergraduate and attended Harvard Law School in the Class of 1931. His papers include handwritten and bound class notes from his Harvard Law School coursework...
  • Special Collections Finding Aids
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  • General 19th and early 20th century correspondence
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    Correspondence from the 19th and early 20th century compiled by Robert Beasecker. Authors include a variety of individuals, businesses, and organizations throughout the United States.
  • Special Collections Finding Aids
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  • Denison, Donald (Interview transcript and audio)
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    Michigan--History; Local histories; Memoirs; Oral histories (document genre); Grand Rapids (Mich.); Personal narratives; Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Grand Valley State University
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    Donald Denison was born in Grand Rapids, graduated from the University of Michigan ca.1913, and served in WWI. His father was a judge who was appointed by President Taft in 1911 to the U.S. District Court of Appeals. Mr. Denison’s father...
  • Grand Rapids Oral Histories
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  • Robinson, Doris (Interview transcript and audio)
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    Michigan--History; Local histories; Memoirs; Oral histories (document genre); Grand Rapids (Mich.); Personal narratives; Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Grand Valley State University; Women
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    Doris Robinson was born in 1893 in Grand Rapids, where she lived her whole life. Her father was a dentist. She once saw Theodore Roosevelt at the Ladies’ Literary Club when she was fourteen years old.
  • Grand Rapids Oral Histories
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  • Judd, Dorothy (Interview transcript and audio)
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    Michigan--History; Local histories; Memoirs; Oral histories (document genre); Grand Rapids (Mich.); Personal narratives; Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Grand Valley State University; Women
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    Dorothy Leonard was born in 1898 in Grand Rapids. She studied economics and political science at Vassar College and had an interest in city government. Her grandfather, Charles H. Leonard, was the inventor of the refrigerator. Mrs. Judd was the...
  • Grand Rapids Oral Histories
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  • Edward V. Gillis Native American publication collection
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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. The...
  • Special Collections Finding Aids

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