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- Advertisement flier for the 2nd Annual Invitational Volleyball Tournament at The Dunes resort in Douglas, Michigan, which took place on June 12-13, 1982. The flier includes information about tournament registration as well as booking rooms for the weekend.
- Date Created:
- 1982-06-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Advertisement flier for supporting the Dressel/Bullard Civil Rights Amendment Bill for Michigan, which is "against discrimination in employment and housing due to sexual preferences." Additionally there is information on contributions, a gourmet dinner at Sir Douglas, and a slip to contribute to the dinner and cocktail party.
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- 1983-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Advertisement flier featuring the All-Star Jazz Combo playing at The Blue Tempo "House of Music" in Saugatuck, Michigan. The flier reads: "6 nights weekly. Jazz sessions Saturday, Sunday 3 P.M. 'Till 9." Also listed are the members of the band and at the bottom it reads: "The Blue Tempo. 'House of Music' Saugatuck." It is known as being one of West Michigan's first gay bars and had its peak popularity, circa the 1960s.
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- 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Advertisement flier featuring jazz musician, Ira Sullivan, playing at The Blue Tempo "House of Music" in Saugatuck, Michigan. The description reads: "Chosen out of America's Top Jazz Musicians to do the Charlie "Bird" Parker Memorial Record Album (Released soon). Ira has played with the best Jazz Musicians of our times. To mention a few: Art Blakey "Jazz Messengers," Stan Getz, "Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, Horce Silver, Oscar Pettiford, Joe Jones, Max Roach, Miles Davis, Roland Kirk, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, and Many Many More." The flier is brown with age and the bottom highlights the different band members of the Blue Temp All Star Jazz Combo as well as dates for the music. Circa the 1960s.
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- 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Publication from Douglas Dunes resort titled "Michigan's Escape" dated May 7, 1982 and labeled Volume 1, Issue Number 6. It features the front and back cover pages which include advertising for the first annual beach party, Mr. Legs contest, and a photo of the Douglas Dunes co-owners, Larry Gammons and Carl Jennings.
- Date Created:
- 1982-05-07T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Newspaper clipping from the Press State Page with picture of the Saugatuck Sea Scouts standing on the stairs up Mt. Baldhead, as well as articles on local changes, surrounding the school, signs being replaced, and driver reform. December 18, 1957
- Date Created:
- 1957-12-18T00:00:00Z
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Informational flier for potential guests of the Douglas Dunes resort located just minutes from Lake Michigan in Douglas, Michigan. The letter describes the different amenities offered at Douglas Dunes including an outdoor heated swimming pool, poolside sandwich and bar service, boat rentals, and dining at Sir Douglas. It also describes the area activities for guests and the 1981-1982 Fall and Winter rates.
- Date Created:
- 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Two interior pages of Cruise entertainment publication featuring a "Cruisin' the Bookstore" book review and advertisements for historic LGBTQ bar and nightclubs. The publication features black, white, and bright yellow lettering. The left side of the pamphlet features a horizontal ad which reads: "December is Party Month. Backstreet, 15606 Joy Road, Detroit, 272-8959. 'After Hours' Every Saturday 'Til 5 A.M." The right side features an article entitled "Cruisin' the Bookstore" and a review of the book "Springwood" by Larry Parr. At the bottom of the page is an ad for a dance club called The Parsonage in Detroit.
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Black and white interior pages of Cruise entertainment publication featuring horoscopes entitled "Cruisin' the Stars" as well as an advertisement for the First Annual Christmas party at Douglas Dunes Resort. The party has a listing for a benefit show and a Miss Gay USA pageant. The date of the party is December 12th and the bottom line reads: "Make reservations now for a wild New Year's Eve Party."
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Advertisement flier featuring the All-Star "Jazz Festival" held at The Blue Tempo club in Saugatuck, Michigan. The flier is a more simplified version which is advertising Ira Sullivan's performance at The Blue Tempo club on September 22. Circa the 1960s.
- Date Created:
- 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Tan and brown colored infromational pamphlet for guests of the Douglas Dunes Resort. The front cover reads "Welcome To...Douglas Dunes Resort, P.O. Box 365/Blue Star Highway Douglas, Michigan, 49406 (616) 857-1401." The guest information details their check-out time, amenities, guest recommendations on clothing and restaurants, and local advertisements for the Saugatuck-Douglas area.
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- Jazz poster for A Touch of Chicago's "Old Town" performed every weekend at The Blue Tempo in Saugatuck, Michigan. The advertisement mentions a jam session every Sunday and there is a phone number listed at the bottom which says "Call 857-2629." Circa the 1960s.
- Date Created:
- 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Typed letter from The Blue Tempo Resort addressed to potential resorters ahead of their stay in Saugatuck, Michigan. The letterhead reads "The Blue Tempo, House of Music" in cursive lettering. The letter covers the rates for a stay in The Blue Tempo Hotel and cabin rates on the Kalamazoo River. It also covers the activities available in Saugatuck, the restauraunt within the Hotel, and the need for identification to drink legally. Circa the 1960s.
- Date Created:
- 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Certificate of promotion to the first grade at Saugatuck Public Schools for P.G. Walter, 1948
- Date Created:
- 1948-06-04T00:00:00Z
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- An advertisement for the Berry Cove Country Club in Saugatuck, Michigan. It features an illustration of the upper half of a naked man with a towel or bandana around his neck. Membership is advertised as being a dollar and in the bottom right hand corner there are summer rates listed for the year 1975.
- Date Created:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Black and white interior pages of Cruise entertainment publication featuring an article entitled, "Cruisin' Around: On the Road with Michael Ivan." The article highlights a new gay resort near Saugatuck, known as Douglas Dunes, and describes the food served, atmosphere, and the men who served drinks near the pool. Under the brief article is an advertisement for the video tape special of the week and the prices for The Irving Theatre. The right side of the publication includes classifieds, advertisements for services, personals, stuff for sale, and resorts. There is an advertisement for a Detroit night club called The Outlaws on the bottom right of the page.
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Printed pamphlet for West Shore Golf Links located in Douglas, Michigan, and known as "A Sporty 18 Hole Golf Course of Natural Beauty." The front of the pamplet has a description of West Shore Golf Links and their lodging, highlighting the location and types of rooms available. The "Local Ground Rules" are featured on the back page. The interior includes the scores and record of Bob Seils and Don Walsh from a golf game dated July 13, 1953.
- Date Created:
- 1953-07-13T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Interior page of the Saugatuck-Douglas community newspaper, The Commercial Record, dated Friday, November 4, 1960. Articles feature the Junior Garden Club hosting a campout, a ban of All-Star teams of the Al-Van League, and the price reduction of a ranch-style home. There are advertisements for businesses as well as ads encouraging voting for State Senator and Representative candidates.
- Date Created:
- 1960-11-04T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Notecard advertisement for Jann's Guesthouse Bed and Breakfast featuring their rates of stay, origin in 1879, and location adjacent to 'Round the Corner Ice Cream Shoppe. In the bottom right hand corner of the advertisement are the names "Bill and Joyce Jann" and in the lefthand side there is the address of the location: 132 Mason Street Saugatuck, Michigan 49453. Phone (616) 857-8851. The pamphlet has the rates of stay listed on the interior and at the bottom there is a message describing the establishment.
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Volume ninety-six and issue thirty-one of the community newspaper, The Commercial Record, serving Saugatuck-Douglas since 1869. The newspaper is dated ast Thursday, July 30, 1964 and has a variety of articles covering the winners of Venetian Events from the Festival of the same name. Events highlighted are related to automobiles and parade winners. Additionally, articles cover an ice cream social, a closing of public swimming pools, as welll as dead alewives littering the shores of Lake Michigan. Additionally, there are a variety of advertisements surrounding the articles, the biggest of which is one for The Blue Tempo. Articles cover the Venetian Festival and growing crowds, the opening of "My Fair Lady" at the Barn Theatre, the near completion of Douglas School, an opening of a Church Arts Show, stringent rules for Labor Day Weekend proposed by citizens, the opening of the I-96 Freeway, as well as the hosting of the Michigan PGA Tourney by the Hamilton Lake Golf Club. The advertisements cover The Blue Tempo Jazz Club, E.R. Launderette, Furniture, and the Forest Grove Mill.
- Date Created:
- 1964-07-30T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Newspaper advertisement for The Blue Tempo Jazz Club in Saugatuck, Michigan. It also features Ray Murphy's Jazz Group whose modern jazz and dancing takes place every Saturday night and country music featuring Glenn Owens of Allegan every Friday and Sunday night.
- Date Created:
- 1960-09-29T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Program pamphlet for a birthday celebration honoring jazz musician, Eddie Calhoun, at Douglas Dunes Resort on November 12-13-14, 1993. The program includes Eddie Calhoun's biography outlining his upbringing, career in music and the Chicago music scene, and semi-retirement in Baldwin/ Idlewild, Michigan. The program also includes daily itineraries for the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday musical events in celebration of his life and career. In addition, it includes a "Meet the Musicians" section with biographies for the musicians joinging in on the celebration and accompanying photographs.
- Date Created:
- 1993-11-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Michigan Community Service Commission 1999-11-05 commission meeting commissioners photo. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission.
- Date Created:
- 1999-11-05T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Volume ninety-six and issue thirty-six of the community newspaper, The Commercial Record, serving Saugatuck-Douglas since 1869. This issue is dated September 3, 1964 and has a series of different stories, sports news, changes in labor day weekend for schools, local politics, as well as local news of a death and Ox-Bow's 54th season. A spread which includes advertisements for the Blue Tempo, as well as news that the lounge plans to have a jazz festival. The advertisement features the different names which are performing at the festival.
- Date Created:
- 1964-09-03T00:00:00Z
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- Front cover advertisement for The Blue Tempo "The House of Music" in Saugatuck, Michigan. The background photograph is a sepia-colored image of a crowded beach, which is most likely Oval Beach on the shores of Lake Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1964-07-30T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Issue number thirty of community newspaper, The Commercial Record, dated July 22, 1976 and written in its 109th year of serving the Saugatuck-Douglas community. The front page features an article on the devastating fire which broke out at The Blue Tempo, along with a brief history of the local landmark, and news of the Red Barn Theatre reopening. The newpaper has become discolored from age and there appears to be water damage.
- Date Created:
- 1976-07-22T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Black and silver American Legion Auxiliary membership card of Florence Sewers issued in Saugatuck, Michigan. 1974
- Date Created:
- 1974-03-12T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Black and white interior page of Cruise entertainment publication featuring a photograph of recording artist Eartha Kitt at Douglas Dunes Resort in Douglas, Michigan. She is seen holding a bouquet of flowers and shaking hands with fans. The page also includes advertisements for The Body Works, The Health & Social Club for Gay Men in Indianapolis, and Keys Cocktails and Company in Cleveland, Ohio.
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Black and sepia colored newspaper advertisement for the Saugatuck/Douglas Area. The top of the advertisement has the phrase "Your Resort Area of the Midwest" and there is a small map showing the location of Saugatuck/Douglas in the lower right side. It also mentions being "only 2 1/2 hours by car, Greyhound or Amtrak from Chicago." On the left side there is a list of amenities found in the area, including the restauraunts, Inns, and shopping available in the area.
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Front and back pages of Gay Chicago Magazine, Vol. VIII, No.26, and dated June 27, 1985. The front cover features an illustration of a shirtless man who appears to be running. The back cover features an advertisement for Kraeusening Old Style beer.
- Date Created:
- 1985-06-27T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Galley Gazette newspaper highlighting news stories and menu items from Coral Gables of Saugatuck, Michigan. The articles highlight different aspects of the iconic downtown location such as the impact the business had on the community, as well as its history and the varied background of the building which Coral Gables now inhabits. The right-hand side of the newpaper has a menu and details the 25th anniversary celebration which was planned. Circa the 1960s
- Date Created:
- 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Advertisement flier for Douglas Dunes resort located off Blue Star Highway in Douglas, Michigan. The flier reads: "Douglas Dunes *Honors All* Bartenders, Waiters, & Bar Owners. Oct. 11, 12 & 13 1982." The flier also includes the prices of rooms and amenities included.
- Date Created:
- 1982-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Newspaper page from what appears to be a publication for the gay community, highlighting the Douglas Dunes Resort and celebrates the first year of the resort being open. The top photo features the Douglas Dunes staff photo of men wearing white suits, on the bottom left is a picture of a DJ at the Dunes, and on the bottom right is a picture of men at Sunday brunch in Detroit. The document has the word "Flashback" written as a heading and Issue 73 is noted at the bottom of the page.
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- Advertisement flier for a singing group called "The Weather Girls" performing at Douglas Dunes Resort on Saturday, May 21. The year of the event is unknown, but they were promoted as singing their hit "It's Raining Men" and other songs for the Saugatuck-Douglas community. Circa 1983.
- Date Created:
- 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Proposal from the Chamber of Commerce to establish a music hall.
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- Interior of a postcard series describing the history of Saugatuck, Michigan. The page features a detailed description of the founding of Saugatuck and the industries which categorize the area such as lumber, shipbuilding, and later tourism, art, and entertainment. Circa 1955.
- Date Created:
- 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
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