Search Constraints
« Previous |
31 - 40 of 164
|
Next »
Search Results
- Description:
- In her radio program The Old-Timers, Esther Dean Nyland interviews prominent Grand Haven citizens about their earliest memories of the area. In this second interview, Bronsema recalls the purchase Mr. Sprick's Livery and his own moving and storage business. He goes into further detail about the families who lived in the neighborhood around Elliot Street. Some of the family names mentioned are: Pellegrom, Keelers, Raymond, Fisher, Schippers, Baker, Stokes, Brower, Nedervelt, and Vanhoff. He also tells the story about wild mustang horses arriving in Grand Haven for sale.
- Date Issued:
- 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- John Ringelberg grew up in Grand Haven in the neighborhood surrounding Seventh and Columbus Streets. He recalls the different businesses in the area, including the meat markets his father Henry owned and operated through the years. As a youngster, John worked on a local celery farm as well as in the meat market, attended a Christian school and church services conducted through the medium of the Dutch language. He gives a detailed description of the route the original US Highway 31 took through town and recalls when Columbus and Washington Streets were paved, sharing the story of the role his father played in that job. John also describes the method of relocating a house in the old days and the conversion of industry to war-time production in Grand Haven. Lastly, he recounts the Andaste and SS Milwaukee shipwrecks of 1929.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ollie (Allie) Tysman was a veteran of World War I and fought in France. Prior to the war, he enlisted in Co. F in 1913 and served on boarder patrol in Texas. In this interview, Ollie tells many stories about his fellow servicemen. He also discusses the birth of the American Legion Post in Grand Haven. After the war, Ollie became a commercial fisherman in the Grand Haven area.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- This radio program includes excerpts from the original news stories that aired during the year. In 1970, Claude VerDuin resigns his position as Director of the Chamber of Commerce and announces his acceptance as Director of Midwest Federated Fisheries Council. The Security First Bank & Trust building is dedicated. Mayor Virgil Quebbeman dies. The city councils of Grand Haven and Ferrysburg announce a proposal to provide water to the people of Ferrysburg. The new North Ottawa Community Hospital facility is dedicated by Dr. William Creason. Grand Valley State College announces that they will be bringing educational TV to an eight-county area in west Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his monthly radio program Memories of the Past, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John talks about Armistice Day and remembers the Grand Haven Concert Band and the Jackie Band. He recalls his father, who worked in a meat market, and the harvesting of ice from Spring Lake before the invention of modern refrigeration.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In her radio program The Old-Timers, Esther Dean Nyland interviews prominent Grand Haven citizens about their earliest memories of the area. In this interview, Bronsema talks about his childhood and the neighborhood on Elliot Street. Some of the family names he mentions include Kenny, Allen, Beekema, Ott, Barns, Klugas, Bronsema, Zietlow, Cotts, Scott, and Baker. He also discusses his father's work at the docks, loading and loading boats, and recalls a brother who was lost in the shipwreck of the Della Shores.
- Date Issued:
- 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his radio program Talk with Old-Timers, Jack Severson interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John recalls the wind storm that pummeled Grand Haven on Armistice Day in 1941. He gives details about the resulting damage and remembers other big storms that hit the area. He ends the program with a history of the Interurban and recalls the effects snow had on its operation.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his monthly radio program Memories of the Past, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John remembers old radio programs, phonographs, and the different types of radios that were available in the early part of the twentieth century. He recalls that the Hayes Radio was manufactured in Grand Haven. John also reminisces about childhood pastimes.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Helen DeYoung was one of the first librarians employed at the new Carnegie library in Grand Haven, which opened in 1913, and retired from her position in 1959. Her father, Captain John DeYoung, was the keeper of the Grand Haven Life Saving Station from 1880 to 1885. In this interview, Helen talks about hers and her father's careers, the fire of 1891, the Cutler and Boyden Houses, early films at local theaters, the arrival of electric lights in the 1910s, the Grand Haven Genealogy Society, and various area schools, including the Akeley Institute finishing school for girls.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Olive Hatton Harbeck was born in Long Island, NY and came with her family to Grand Haven around 1910. Her father, William Hatton, was president of the Eagle Ottawa Leather Company. After the death of Olive's mother, Elizabeth, William underwrote the cost of converting the former Loutit residence to the Elizabeth Hatton Memorial Hospital. Along with her sister Kathleen, Olive attended Akeley Institute, a prestigious finishing school for girls in Grand Haven. She gives a detailed history of the school and its curriculum. She also talks at length about the FBI's investigation of alleged communists among prominent citizens of Grand Haven during the Cold War.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection