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Below are 50 random items from across all online collections.
  • NashvilleNews_1875-01-01.pdf.pdf

    Nashville News Published 1875

    Nashville News Published 1875. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • NashvilleNews_1881-01-01.pdf.pdf

    Nashville News Published 1881

    Nashville News Published 1881. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • HastingsBanner_1978-01-02.pdf

    Hastings Banner Published 1978

    Hastings Banner Published 1978. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.
  • NashvilleNews_1924-01-03.pdf

    Nashville News Published 1924

    Nashville News Published 1924. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • HPL_125th_Text0005.pdf

    Letter from the Hastings Public Library Board to the City Mayor

    Letter from the Hastings Public Library Board to the City Mayor recommending purchase of the post office for a new library building.
  • Dibble_Text0089.pdf

    Newspaper clipping announcing James will soon be a pilot

    Newspaper clipping announcing James will soon be a pilot.
  • Dibble_Image0050.jpg

    Air Cadet James Dibble at Luke Field, AZ

    Air Cadet James Dibble at Luke Field, CA.
  • TheHastingsBanner_2025-01-02.pdf

    Hastings Banner Published 2025

    Hastings Banner Published 2025. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • NashvilleNews_1907-01-03.pdf

    Nashville News Published 1907

    Nashville News Published 1907. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • Dibble_Image0053.jpg

    James Dibble's Air Corps Training Graduation Photograph

    James Dibble's Air Corps training graduation photograph.
  • Dibble_Text0250.pdf

    James Dibble's Short Snorter Dollar Bill

    James' "Short Snorter" $1 bill signed by, among others, Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI Ace and Carl Spatz, General and Commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe, 1944.

    According to the Air Mobility Command Museum, the Short Snorter was "paper currency signed by people you were flying with or people you met. If someone signed your short snorter and you couldn't produce it upon request, you owed him a dollar or a drink "a short snort." (https://amcmuseum.org/collections/short-snorter/)
  • Dibble_Text0200.pdf

    Speech by Col. John T. Hanton at Lt. James Dibble's monument dedication in Padula, Italy

    Speech by Col. John T. Hanton at Lt. James Dibble's monument dedication in Padula, Italy.
  • Dibble_Text0167.pdf

    Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 14, 1943

    Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 14, 1943.
  • NashvilleNews_1885-01-03.pdf

    Nashville News Published 1885

    Nashville News Published 1885. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • NashvilleNews_1890-01-04.pdf

    Nashville News Published 1890

    Nashville News Published 1890. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • Dibble_Text0183.pdf

    Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 26, 1943

    Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 26, 1943.
  • NashvilleNews_1904-01-01.pdf

    Nashville News Published 1904

    Nashville News Published 1904. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • Dibble_Image0010.jpg

    James at High School Graduation

    James at High School Graduation from Hastings High School, Hastings, Michigan.
  • Dibble_Text0045.pdf

    Letter from James in Chico, CA during basic training to his mother, 1942-09-22

    Letter from James in Chico, CA during basic training to his mother.
  • HastingsBanner_2022-01-06.pdf

    Hastings Banner Published 2022

    Hastings Banner Published 2022. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • Dibble_Image0003.jpg

    James Dibble and his brother Bill

    James Dibble (right) and his brother Bill, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  • HastingsBanner_1962-01-04.pdf

    Hastings Banner Published 1962

    Hastings Banner Published 1962. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.
  • Dibble_Image0037.jpg

    U.S. Air Force Colonel Michael Dredla from Aviano Air base speaking at James Dibble's monument dedication ceremony

    U.S. Air Force Colonel Michael Dredla from Aviano Air base speaking at James Dibble's monument dedication ceremony.
  • Dibble_Text0213.pdf

    Proposed Citation for the 1st Fighter Group including the 94th Air Squadron

    Proposed Citation for the 1st Fighter Group including the 94th Air Squadron.
  • Dibble_Text0017.pdf

    Letter from James in Chicago, IL to his parents, 1941-02-14

    Letter from James in Chicago, IL to his parents.
  • Dibble_Image0023.jpg

    Bill Dibble, James' younger brother, at the crash site

    Bill Dibble, James' younger brother, at the crash site.
  • MapleValleyNews_2003-01-07 part 1.pdf

    Maple Valley News Published 2003

    Maple Valley News Published 2003. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • Dibble_Text0233.pdf

    Statement from James Dibble about Lt. Cram, shot down on August 30, 1943

    Statement from James Dibble about Lt. Cram, shot down on August 30, 1943.
  • HastingsBanner_1860-01-05.pdf

    Republican (Hastings) Banner Published 1860

    Republican (Hastings Banner) Published 1860. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.
  • Dibble_Text0105.pdf

    Letter from James in North Africa to his wife Maxine (Micky), 1943-03-21

    Letter from James in North Africa to his wife Maxine (Micky).
  • HastingsBanner_1975-01-07.pdf

    Hastings Banner Published 1975

    Hastings Banner Published 1975. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.
  • Dibble_Image0051.jpg

    James Dibble in uniform

    James Dibble in uniform.
  • HastingsBanner_1925-01-07.pdf

    Hastings Banner Published 1925

    Hastings Banner Published 1925. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.
  • SunandNews_2009-01-03.pdf

    Sun and News Published 2009

    Sun and News Published 2009. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • HastingsBanner_1933-01-04.pdf

    Hastings Banner Published 1933

    Hastings Banner Published 1933. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.
  • SunandNews_1994-01-04.pdf

    Sun and News Published 1994

    Sun and News Published 1994. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • HastingsBanner_1872-01-03.pdf

    Hastings Banner Published 1872

    Hastings Banner Published 1872. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.
  • MapleValleyNews_1978-01-03.pdf

    Maple Valley News Published 1978

    Maple Valley News Published 1978. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • Dibble_Text0215.pdf

    Distinguished Flying Cross Certificate Awarded to James Dibble

    Distinguished Flying Cross Certificate Awarded to James Dibble.
  • MapleValleyNews_1994-01-04.pdf

    Maple Valley News Published 1994

    Maple Valley News Published 1994. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • Dibble_Image0093.jpg

    Notes from Pilot Capt. Charlie McCann on the photo of him flying his P-38 "Lady Beverly"

    Notes from Pilot Capt. Charlie McCann on the photo of him flying his P-38 "Lady Beverly"
  • HastingsBanner_1972-01-03.pdf

    Hastings Banner Published 1972

    Hastings Banner Published 1972. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.
  • HPL_125th_Text0056.pdf

    Library History Timeline

    A chronological list of key dates in the history of the Hastings Public Library from 1893 through 2021.
  • HPL_125th_Image0004.jpg

    The Main Desk of the Library in the High School

    Photograph of the initial school library and the main desk.
  • HastingsBanner_1858-01-07.pdf

    Republican (Hastings) Banner Published 1858

    Republican (Hastings) Banner Published 1858. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.
  • HPL_125th_Text0054.pdf

    A Brief History of the Women's Club Library

    Summary of the Women's Club of Hastings' formation of and involvement with and management of a library from 1896 through the mid 1990's.
  • NashvilleNews_1958-01-02.pdf

    Nashville News Published 1958

    Nashville News Published 1958. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • HastingsHerald_1905-01-05.pdf

    Hastings Herald Published 1905

    Hastings Herald published 1905. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
  • Dibble_Text0175.pdf

    Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 1 to August 2, 1943

    Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 1 to August 2, 1943.
  • NashvilleNews_1941-01-02.pdf

    Nashville News Published 1941

    Nashville News Published 1941. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.