Honors Institute for Young Scholars; Honors Institute for Young Scientists; East Grand Rapids (Mich.); Grand Rapids (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Science--Study and teaching; University of Michigan; Science
12 states send students to the Institute, article in the Grand Rapids Press, June 7, 1962.
Honors Institute for Young Scholars; Honors Institute for Young Scientists; East Grand Rapids (Mich.); Grand Rapids (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Science--Study and teaching; University of Michigan; Science
1961 HIFYS program wraps up, article in the Grand Rapids Press, July 22, 1961.
Honors Institute for Young Scholars; Honors Institute for Young Scientists; East Grand Rapids (Mich.); Grand Rapids (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Science--Study and teaching; University of Michigan; Science
32 Pupils Favor Chemistry in Summer Clinic, newspaper article, April 30, 1958.
Honors Institute for Young Scholars; Honors Institute for Young Scientists; East Grand Rapids (Mich.); Grand Rapids (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Science--Study and teaching; University of Michigan; Science
71 students admitted to Honors Institute for Young Scientists.
Honors Institute for Young Scholars; Honors Institute for Young Scientists; East Grand Rapids (Mich.); Grand Rapids (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Science--Study and teaching; University of Michigan; Science
78 students to attend HIFYS, article in the Grand Rapids Press, May 25, 1960.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Bedell, Grace, 1848-1936; Billings, Grace Bedell, 1848-1936
Letters sent to Grace Bedell, "Lincoln's Little Girl." As a little girl Grace saw an election portrait of Lincoln with a shaven face. Grace wrote Lincoln asking him to grow a beard as she thought he would look better with whiskers. Grace told...
Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Grand Valley State University; Grand Valley State College--Periodicals; College publications; Reports
House Resolution No. 28 of the 1959 Michigan legislature created a committee to study the need for a four-year state-supported college in the Grand Rapids area. The committee submitted its findings and recommendations to the 1960 Legislature in a...
Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Grand Valley State University; Grand Valley State College--Periodicals; College publications; Thesis & dissertation; Michigan State University; Reports
A study of the establishment of Grand Valley State College. Thesis for the Degree of Ph. D. Michigan State University by Marinus Matthius Swets in 1963. Swets later became professor and dean at Grand Rapids Junior (later Community) College.
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; Education--Illinois--Chicago;...
Ada NivÃa López was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Chicago with her family in 1956. She describes life in Lincoln Park in those early days, including her Father´s leadership in Latino community and his run for alderman in the early 1960s. She...
Grand Valley State University; Grand Valley State College; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; College administrators
Dr. Paul Miller, right, makes a point as he discusses plans for Grand Valley with Bill Seidman, Dr. Harold Dorry, and Benjamin J. Burkema, at Seidman's Ada home.
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Facilities; Property
Aerial view of Robinson, Copeland and Kistler dormatories with Lakes buildings in background.
