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- Oral history interview with Jerry Brandel, Hart, Michigan. Interviewed by Walter Urick. English language recording. Summary in English and Spanish. February 12, 2016. Jerry Brandel was born on February 28, 1945 in Muskegon, Michigan. That year, his family moved to Hart, Michigan, and bought a fruit farm. He graduated from Hart High School in 1963 and then went on to Michigan State University to take a two-year agricultural course. After his schooling, he went into partnership for ten years with his father and brother, where they farmed cherries, apples, peaches, and Christmas trees. In 1975, Jerry decided to begin farming on his own, and he started growing pickles in Oceana and Mexico. Years later, he entered into the broker business, selling pickle crops for other farmers across the country. Jerry has two sons and one daughter, and he has now lived in the Oceana County area for 70 years.
- Date Created:
- 2016-02-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Description:
- Farm Bureau Center located at 4000 Grand River Avenue North west of Lansing. Built in 1955. It provided nearly an acre of office space for 250 employees of the Michigan Farm Bureau, Farm Bureau Services Inc., Farmers Petroleum, Cooperative, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, and Michigan Association of Farmer Cooperatives. Other buildings on the 40 acre Farm Bureau Center were: Farm Bureau Services one story warehouse providing an acre of warehouse facilities, Farm Bureau Services Seed Processig Plant, FBS Lansing Branch elevator, Farmers Petroleum Cooperative Warehouse and garage.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Located at 130 South Washington Avenue.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Located in Byron, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Notes:
- Black and white photograph of a large white farmhouse on the leftside of the frame and there are a few barns located to the right. A group of people that appear to be a family are sitting or standing in the front yard and on the front porch. The writing on the bottom of the picture reads: "Heinze Homestead."
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Stories of Summer (project)
- Notes:
- A crowd of men and women gathered at the Germania Hall for Farmers Day are watching a demonstration of Schantz Implement Company. Other product advertisements displayed are Royster field tested fertilizer, Deming Pumps water system, Coleman ranges, Oliver plows and other implements, Hart-Parr tractors, and Purina Chows.
- Date Created:
- 1938-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Black and white photograph of the Heinze Homestead from a driveway view. There are chickens exploring alongside the dirt drive in the front yard and a tree is partially blocking the view of the house.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Stories of Summer (project)
- Notes:
- Raymond Foster spent much of his summers at his grandarents' farm outside Saugatuck, Michigan. His memories include watching many groups of motorcycles enter Saugatuck in the mid- to late-1960s. He also recalls that the geography of the land around the farm allowed him to hear Duke Ellington play at a 1950s jazz festifal that was 1/2 mile away.
- Date Created:
- 2018-07-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Stories of Summer (Common Heritage project)
- Notes:
- Oral history interview with America Reyes. Interviewed by Penny Burillo. Spanish language recording. Summary in English and Spanish. February 11, 2016. América Reyes was born in El Realito, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She lived in Mexico for all of her childhood. She came to the United States when she was 22 years old and lived in Dallas, Texas. She married there and had two sons and one daughter. In 1997, América and her mother and brothers came to Walkerville, Michigan. They began working as migrants, picking vegetables in the fields. América now works at Michigan Freeze Pack. She wants to stay in Michigan in the future.
- Date Created:
- 2016-02-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Description:
- Three unidentified children and a calf.
- Date Created:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino MAC Postcard Collection
