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  • William Nicholson papers
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    William Nicholson was the appointments secretary under President Gerald R. Ford from 1974 until 1977. The collection includes personal notes and calendars, White House briefings, travel information, political reports, election information, and...
  • Special Collections Finding Aids
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  • Bill of indictment for theft against a slave belonging to Ritchard Potts, 1839
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Court records; Crime; Slaves; Slaveholders; Bender, John; Foreman, Daniel Duvall; Grace, Henry; Hauer, George; Hauman, Philip; Hogg, Samuel R.; Porter, Lawrence; Potts, Ritchard;
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    Bill of indictment against a slave, by the jurors of the State of Maryland, for receiving and secreting stolen goods from another slave.
  • Civil War & Slavery
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  • Petition by the executors of the estate of Edmund Townsend, 1854
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Court records; Slaves; Slaveholders; Townsend, Edmund; Townsend, John E.; Townsend, Samuel C.; Townsend, Thomas; Townsend, Wentworth R.; Johnson, Henrietta; Johnson, Robert; Parkes, L.;...
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    Petition by the executors of the estate of Edmund Townsend directing the disposition of two female slaves who are the daughters of the deceased.
  • Civil War & Slavery
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  • Sketch of Mathias Alten by Ray Barnes
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    Alten, M. (Mathias), 1871-1938; Grand Rapids (Mich.); Artists--Michigan; Painters; Photographs
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    Sketch of Mathias Alten by Ray Barnes, published in the Grand Rapids Press. One illustration used in article, ""G.R. artist began his notable career near inspiring German miracle spring.""
  • Mathias Alten Papers & Paintings
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  • Berichte über die Entdeckung Perus
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing
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    Cover of Berichte über die Entdeckung Perus, by Clements R. Markham, published by Insel-Verlag, 1920. Insel Bücherei Nr. 301
  • Insel Bucherei
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  • Story the crocus told, The
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of the story the crocus told, by Everett Merrill Hill, published by Lakeside Press, 1909.
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Fanciful Tales
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of Fanciful Tales, by Frank R. Stockton, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Pa Flickinger's folks
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of Pa Flickinger's folks, by Bessie R. Hoover, published by Harper & Brothers, 1909.
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Opal
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of Opal, by Bessie R. Hoover, published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910.
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Gentleman from Mississipi, A
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of A Gentleman from Mississippi founded on the popular play of the same title produced under the management of WM. A. Brady and Jos. R. Grismer, published by J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, c. 1909
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Kate Bonnet
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of Kate Bonnet by Frank R. Stockton, published by D. Appleton and Company, 1902
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Last recruit of Clare's, The
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of The Last Recruit of Clare's by S. R. Knightly, published by harper & Brothers, 1897
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Sally of Missouri
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    Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
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    Binding of Sally of Missouri, by R.E. Young, published by McClure, Phillips & Co., 1903.
  • Decorated Publishers Bindings
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  • Rep. Gerald Ford speaking on Allendale campus for the first time
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    Grand Valley State University; Grand Valley State College; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; College administrators; Legislators
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    Rep. Gerald Ford speaking on Allendale campus for the first time. Ford is holding a flag he donated to the school. The flag arrived by anonymous donor in 2008.
  • GVSU Photographs
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  • Former President Gerald Ford visits L.V. Eberhard Center
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    Grand Valley State University; Grand Valley State College; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Presidents; Events
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    Former President Gerald R. Ford visit to the L.V. Eberhard Center.
  • GVSU Photographs
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  • Faculty protesting the Vietnam War
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    Grand Valley State University; Grand Valley State College; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Universities & colleges--Faculty; Davis, Gilbert R.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Events; Protest movements;
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    Professor Gilbert R. Davis urging an end to the Vietnam War, ca. 1966.
  • GVSU Photographs
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  • Former President Gerald Ford touring campus with Grand Valley's president Arend D. Lubbers
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    Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006; Lubbers, Arend D.; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Presidents; College presidents; Events
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    Former President Gerald Ford touring campus with Grand Valley's president Arend D. Lubbers, ca. 1978.
  • GVSU Photographs
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  • Congressman Gerald Ford touring campus with students
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    Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Students; Presidents; Events; Legislators
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    Congressman Gerald Ford (Republican 5th District, Michigan) tours Grand Valley's campus on Earth Day, 1970.
  • GVSU Photographs
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  • Former President Gerald Ford touring campus with Grand Valley's president Arend D. Lubbers
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    Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; College administrators; Presidents; Events; Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
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    Former President Gerald Ford touring campus with Grand Valley's president Arend D. Lubbers.
  • GVSU Photographs
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  • R. C. Keyes to Mr. Lucas, Jan. 19, 1943
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    Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Grant, U. S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Sherman, William Tecumseh, 1820-1891; United States--Politics and government--19th century; Republican National Convention; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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    Reminsciences about Abraham Lincoln written by a man who grew up on a farm near the Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. In his letter to Mr. Lucas, he recounts his boyhood impressions of Lincoln, of his attendance at the 1860 Republican National...
  • Civil War & Slavery

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