Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Grand Rapids; Grand Valley State University; Grand Valley State College; College publications; Press releases
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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...
Citizen Bee was an educational competition originated by Robert Clarke, a political science professor at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, to challenge high school students on their knowledge of American history, government,...
Documents and correspondence related to the American Civil War and to the institution of slavery from 1804. A selection of documents from 10 states related to the ownership of slaves and abolition, 1805-1864; and correspondence and documents of 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...
Guy Vander Jagt served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan from 1966 until 1992. Vander Jagt served as Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee from 1975 until he left the House in 1992. The...
African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slave bills of sale; Slaves; Slaveholders; Withers, John G.; Withers, W. B.; Sherrill, Elam A.
Bill of sale transferring ownership of an 11 year old boy named Dick from John G. Withers of North Carolina to William B. Withers (b. ca. 1821 in S. C.) for the sum of $710.
Joseph Cospito likes working on his house, playing with his children, being a stay at home dad, and listening to books on audio tape. He is a retired science professor who is married to an episcopal priest. He discusses growing up in the fifties in...
Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons
A sermon given March 26, 2000 by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on the occasion of Lent III as part of the The Human Face of God series, on Matthew 3:2 at Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan.
Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons
A sermon given April 30, 2004 on the occasion of Baccalaureate Sunday by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on Joel 2:28-29, Acts 2:14-17 and Luke 4:16-30 at Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan.
Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons
A sermon given October 10, 2004 by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on the occasion of Center for Religion and Life Weekend as part of the The Littlefair Legacy series, at Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan.
Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons
A sermon given March 27, 2005 by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on Luke 24:13-17, 28-35 and I John 1:1-4, 4:7-8, 12, 16 at Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan.
Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons
A sermon given May 7, 2006 on the occasion of Ordination Service for Bill Freeman by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on Micah 6:608, I Corinthians 13 and John 1:1-5, 14, 18 at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Belding, Michigan.
Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons
A sermon given April 1, 2007 on the occasion of Palm Sunday by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on Luke 19:35-44, John 12:9-19 and Zechariah 9:9-10 at Lakeshore Interfaith Center in Ganges, Michigan.
Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons
A sermon given September 16, 2007 by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) as part of the Stories Jesus Told series, on Luke 7: 18-50 at Lakeshore Interfaith Center in Ganges, Michigan.
Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons
A sermon given October 28, 2007 by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) as part of the Stories Jesus Told series, on Matthew 20:1-16 at Lakeshore Interfaith Center in Ganges, Michigan.
