Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Grand Rapids; Grand Valley State University; Grand Valley State College; College publications; Press releases
Press releases submitted by News & Information Services to news agencies concerning people, places, and events related to the University.
Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Grand Rapids; Grand Valley State University; Grand Valley State College; College publications; Press releases
Press releases submitted by News & Information Services to news agencies concerning people, places, and events related to the University.
Paul Phillips was a prominent African American community service leader and was the first African-American to hold elected office in Grand Rapids. The collection includes biographical information, copies of speech notes and testimony, writings,...
Robert DeMott, professor of English at Ohio University, compiled this collection in preparation for writing Conversations with Jim Harrison. The materials include research, interviews, and writing by Robert DeMott; published writings by and about...
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...
Republican Congressman Harold (Hal) Sawyer represented Michigan's Fifth District in the U.S. Congress from 1977 to 1984. The California native worked in Grand Rapids law firm Warner, Norcross & Judd, and served on the Michigan Law Revision...
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...
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 This collection includes magazines, posters, maps, other published and some unpublished materials.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...
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; Slaves; Slaveholders; Plantations; Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.); Anderson, James; Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857; Thornton, William, 1759-1828
Letter to James Anderson, manager of the White House Plantation from George Washington Parke Custis, the grandson of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, from Mt. Washington. The letter concerns the management of the properties, sale of livestock,...
Cynthia Mader is an outstanding woman who is an advocate for the advancement of civil rights for the LGBTQ community in the West Michigan area, as well as a professor in Grand Valley State University‟s College of Education. Recently, Cynthia was...
Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons
A sermon given May 24, 2009 by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on the occasion of Memorial Day Weekend as part of the A Reflection on the Way of Jesus and a Nation's Imperial Designs series, on Matthew 5:38-48 and Luke 4:6-21 and Acts 1:1-11, 2:1-3 at...
Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons
A sermon given July 25, 2009 on the occasion of Memorial Service for Sally Hammond by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on Psalm 23, Mark 15:34, John 19:28-30 and Luke 23:46 at Lakeshore Interfaith Center in Ganges, Michigan.
Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons
A sermon given November 30, 2011 on the occasion of Fred Meijer Memorial Service Meditation by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on I Corinthians 13 and Luke 10:25-37 at Sunshine Community Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons
A sermon given May 27, 2001 by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on the occasion of Memorial Day Weekend as part of the Credo series, on Psalm 33:5-17, John 11:45-53 and Luke 23:32-34 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 26, 2002 on the occasion of Trinity Sunday and Memorial Day Weekend by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on Jeremiah 9:24 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 25, 2003 on the occasion of Memorial Day Weekend by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on Micah 4:1-5, Philippians 2:1-11 and Luke 24:50-53 at Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan.
