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A Tribute To Fred Meijer On His 90th Birthday From His Improvement Association Colleagues, Delivered In December 2009, Arend D. Lubbers

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A Tribute to Fred Meijer on His 90th Birthday From His Improvement Association Colleagues, delivered in December 2009 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

Olivet Poised, Delivered On September 28, 2009, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Olivet Poised, delivered on September 28, 2009 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

Introduction Of President David Roe, Delivered At The Central College Heritage Day Luncheon On September 25, 2009, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Introduction of President David Roe, delivered at the Central College Heritage Day Luncheon on September 25, 2009 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

Eulogy For L. William Seidman, Delivered On September 11, 2009, Arend D. Lubbers

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Eulogy for L. William Seidman, delivered on September 11, 2009 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

Roosevelt, Churchill, And The Words Of War: Their Speeches And Correspondence, November 1940-March 1941., Leslie A. Mattingly Bean

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin Roosevelt inspired the Allies with memorable speeches in their fight against the Axis Powers during World War II.

These speeches resulted from their personalities, preparation, and correspondence; and the speeches directed Allied conduct and challenged Axis aggression. The speeches examined here pertain to Lend-Lease in November, 1940-March, 1941.

The author consulted the collections of Churchill's and Roosevelt's speeches and correspondence and drew from memoirs and newspapers. The first two chapters examine Churchill and Roosevelt's rhetorical abilities; the third chapter looks at how their correspondence shaped their speeches; and the fourth chapter looks at …

Whittle, Charles Edward, Sr., 1900-1973 (Mss 257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text of a scrapbook (click on "Additional Files" below for Manuscripts Collection 257. Correspondence of Edmonson County attorney and Republican Party stalwart Charles E. Whittle, Senior; his political writings and speeches; partial manuscript of his Edmonson County history. Also includes a scrapbook compiled by Whittle and several political cartoons drawn by him.

A Political Speech: Comments From A Citizen, Delivered At The Rotary Club Of Grand Rapids Luncheon On May 7, 2009, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

A Political Speech: Comments from a Citizen, delivered at the Rotary Club of Grand Rapids Luncheon on May 7, 2009 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894 (Sc 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 127. Letters of Joseph Holt written to family members about family matters, 1826, 1881 (2); letters concerning these early letters, 1961 (3); and typed copy of Holt's speech delivered to Kentucky troops under General Rosseau at Camp "Jo Holt" in Indiana, 31 July 1861.

Interview With Anita Jensen By Diane Dewhirst, Anita Jensen

George J. Mitchell Oral History Project

Biographical Note
Anita Holst-Jensen was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz), East Germany, on March 16, 1945, to Rasma Rasmanis and Arvids Lusis. Her mother emigrated from Latvia in September of 1944, and Jensen was born in a displaced persons camp, where she lived until she was four years old. Her family eventually emigrated to Australia in 1949, settling in Victoria. Jensen received all of her schooling in Australia and went to university in Melbourne. She married Henning Holst-Jensen, and in 1966 they moved to Perth. When immigration into the United States became possible in 1968, they relocated to the Washington, D.C. …

Casey Wondergem's 80th Birthday Remarks, Delivered On February 7, 2009, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Casey Wondergem's 80th Birthday Remarks, delivered on February 7, 2009 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

Roosevelt's Oglethorpe Speech Resonates

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article talks about a famous speech delivered by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1932, in which he touched on the economic difficulties of the day. It notes that the original documents of the historic speech was displayed at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia in October 2008. It describes the features of the original document.