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 This collection includes magazines, posters, maps, other published and some unpublished materials.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...
Ralph Baldwin was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. During World War II, Ralph Baldwin was a senior physicist in the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, where he helped develop the radio proximity fuze, a crucial secret weapon of the war. The...
Ella Koeze Weed was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and was involved in Republican Party politics and participated in the Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1961-1962. The collection includes her political files, convention materials, news...
Karla (Mrs. James) Parker was a Grand Rapids educator involved in education and educational policy at local, state, and national levels. The collection includes reports, publications, and conference materials from local and national educational...
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; College presidents; Zumberge, James Herbert; Kessler, William; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Architects; Architectural drawings; Architectural...
Architect William Kessler shows President James H. Zumberge model of interior of Lake Michigan Hall, 1962.
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Libraries;
Library Director Stephen Ford (far left), and staff Brown, Burinski, Henkle, and Fraze unloading one of the first shipments of books for the opening day collection, 1962.
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Ford, Stephen; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Facilities; Libraries
Library Director Stephen Ford (on ladder) with Vice President Potter in the library's temporary facility. The Pink House was used for administrative offices and for processing and cataloging library collections, 1962.
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Facilities; Architectural drawings
Architect's plan of the Great Lakes Group with the Collegiate Center (later Seidman House), and Learning Centers (LC1) Lake Superior Hall; (LC2) Lake Michigan Hall; and (LC3) Lake Huron Hall by architects Meathe, Kessler & Associates, 1962.
Grand Valley State University; Grand Valley State College; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Signs (Notices); Facilities
Grand Valley State College temporary sign and list of architects and contractors. Sign marked site of the Allendale campus before and during construction, 1962.
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Swainson, John B. (John Burley), 1925-1994; Zumberge, James Herbert; Seidman, L. William; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; College administrators;...
Michigan Governor Swainson on the speaker's platform with President Zumberge and L. William Seidman at Grand Valley State College's groundbreaking ceremony, Aug. 28, 1962.
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Swainson, John B. (John Burley), 1925-1994; Zumberge, James Herbert; Seidman, L. William; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; College administrators;...
L. William Seidman, Michigan Governor Swainson, and President James Zumberge holding detonator at Grand Valley State College's groundbreaking ceremony, Aug. 29, 1962.
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Facilities; Office buildings; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale;
Cleaning Grey House, the location of the first campus administrative offices at Grand Valley State College, 1962.
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Facilities; Office buildings; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale;
Exterior of the Grey House, home of the first campus administrative offices, 1962.
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Zumberge, James Herbert; Facilities; Office buildings; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; College presidents
Interior of the Grey House administrative offices. Left to right: Ellamae Braun, Kenneth VerBurg, Kent Co. School Superintendant Erwin J. Kleinert, Dr. James H. Zumberge, Mrs. V. Scheidt, Mrs. C. Cahill, 1962.
Grand Valley State University; Grand Valley State College; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Architectural drawings; Facilities
Architect's drawing of the exterior of the Collegiate Center, later named Seidman House, ca. 1962.
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Facilities; Office buildings; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale;
Installing a front door to the Grey House, location of the first campus administrative offices at Grand Valley State College. Left: Don Lautenbach; right: Ted Totoraitis, 1962.
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Buchen, Philip W. (Philip William), 1916-; Signs (Notices); Office buildings; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale;; College administrators
Sign in front of the Office of Administration at Grand Valley State College, flanked by Philip W. Buchen, Vice President of Business Affairs, on the left and Senator Frank D. Beadle on the right, 1962.
