December 19, 2026: The Mary Idema Pew Library will be open from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. The Frey Library, Steelcase Library, and Lemmen Library will all be closed.
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Nov 12, 2025
The Frey Foundation Learning Commons is GVSU's health sciences library, serving the Kirkhof College of Nursing and College of Health Professions programs.
Photographs, negatives, and lantern slides digitized from the papers of engineer and archaeologist Robert H. Merrill. A Grand Rapids native, Merrill held an accomplished career as a civil engineer. He founded the company Spooner & Merrill, which held offices in Grand Rapids and Chicago. From 1919-1921, Merrill lived in China, working as Assistant Principal Engineer on a reconstruction of the Grand Canal - the oldest and longest canal system in the world. Merrill became fascinated by archaeology, and among other projects, he traveled to the Uxmal Pyramids in Yucatan, Mexico, with a research expedition from Tulane University. Merrill's photo collection includes images of his travels and projects, friends and family.
