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 This collection includes magazines, posters, maps, other published and some unpublished materials.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...
Diaries; Peticolas, Theodore V.; Peticolas, Edward; Agriculture; Farms, Small--Ohio; Fruit grower--Personal narratives; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1864)
Theodore Victor Peticolas, born 29 Feb. 1800 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was a fruit farmer in Union Township, Clermont County, Ohio at the time he maintained this diary. In it Peticolas details his farm work, crops, family, neighbors, and social...
Jeanne was raised in Atlanta, Michigan. She is a successful business women in the West Michigan area. She discusses how she became the successful woman that she is today.
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...
Donald Cullen grew up near Royal Oak, Michigan. After being in the 4th Marine division on Iwo Jima, he was stationed in Hawaii before returning to Michigan. Donald now lives in Whitehall, Michigan, near his daughters. His love for the game of golf...
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Facilities
Grand Valley's Stage 3 theater. Former Temple Emanuel on Ransom Avenue in Grand Rapids was purchased in 1949 by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church before purchased by Grand Valley ca. 1976.
Mexico; Photographs; Photography; Pyramids; Archaeological sites; Teotihuacan Site (San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico); San Juan Teotihuacan (Mexico); Indian architecture--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacan
Detail from the Temple of the Feathered Serpent at Teotihuacan.
Mexico; Photographs; Photography; Pyramids; Archaeological sites; Teotihuacan Site (San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico); San Juan Teotihuacan (Mexico); Indian architecture--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacan
Detail from the Temple of the Feathered Serpent at Teotihuacan.
Mexico; Photographs; Photography; Pyramids; Teotihuacan Site (San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico); Quetzalcoatl; San Juan Teotihuacan (Mexico); Indian architecture--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacan
Ruins of the Temple of the Feathered Serpent at Teotihuacan in Mexico.
Mexico; Photographs; Photography; Pyramids; Teotihuacan Site (San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico); Quetzalcoatl; San Juan Teotihuacan (Mexico); Indian architecture--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacan
Ruins of the Temple of the Feathered Serpent at Teotihuacan.
Mexico; Photographs; Photography; Pyramids; Teotihuacan Site (San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico); Quetzalcoatl; San Juan Teotihuacan (Mexico); Indian architecture--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacan
Ruins of the Temple of the Feathered Serpent at Teotihuacan.
Michigan--History; Local histories; Memoirs; Oral histories (document genre); Grand Rapids (Mich.); Personal narratives; Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Grand Valley State University
Chester Idema was born on 18 August 1886 in Grand Rapids. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1909. He worked at the Elliot Machine Co. in Pennsylvania. In 1913, he married Marion Mead. During WWI, Mr. Idema enlisted in the military. ...
Michigan--History; Local histories; Memoirs; Oral histories (document genre); Grand Rapids (Mich.); Personal narratives; Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Grand Valley State University
John Widdicombe was born in Grand Rapids. His great-grandfather came to New York from England, before moving to Grand Rapids. Mr. Widdicombe’s grandfather Alfred H. Sherwood started the Grand Rapids Panel Company, invented embalming fluid, and...
Michigan--History; Local histories; Memoirs; Oral histories (document genre); Grand Rapids (Mich.); Personal narratives; Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Grand Valley State University
Herbert Hefferan was born on 16 January 1875 in Grand Rapids. He knew Grandpa Stekete and the Herpolsheimers. He worked at Smith & Sanford. He traveled to California and had experiences involving Pancho Villa and John Dillinger’s gang. He died...
Michigan--History; Local histories; Memoirs; Oral histories (document genre); Grand Rapids (Mich.); Personal narratives; Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Grand Valley State University; Women
Estelle Wolf was born 21 July 1886. Miss Wolf spent two years at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. She was one of the founders of the Mary Free Bed Guild in Grand Rapids. She taught school and photography in New York, and was active in...
