Hastings Banner Published 1948. 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.

Sketch Drawing of Herbert Field

Bull Diaries Book 4

Nashville News Published 1895. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Newspaper clipping of Maxine's parents announcing her marriage to James Dibble on October 31, 1942.

Hastings Banner Published 1996. 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.

Declassified report of General Eisenhower's visit to Italy in August 1943.

A few people playing in the foam on the hill at Thornapple Plaza celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Library.

Michigan Central Railroad Crash photos from 1914-05-28, outside Nashville, MI

Hastings Banner Published 1937. 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.

Hastings Banner Published 1929. 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.

Sun and News Published 2019. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1876. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Note the name change to the Hastings Republican Banner.

Also note the change to more frequent printing every 3-4 days. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Maple Valley News Published 1982. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Young James Dibble in Grand Rapids, MI, age 2 or so.

Notes from George Smith clarifying events of August 30, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 1900. 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.

Maple Valley News Published 2010. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 1993. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1915. 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.

Nashville News Published 1955. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James at Luke Field, AZ during advanced training to his parents.

Report by British forces of the finding of James Dibble's body in Padula and its relocation to a nearby cemetery.

Hastings Banner Published 1984. 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.

Newspaper article celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Hastings Public Library.

Encounter report from August 30, 1943 for the 27th Fighter Squadron.

Color scans of the City of Hastings and all Townships and Villages in Barry County for 1873.

Images include:

• Assyria Township
• Baltimore Township
• Barry Township
• Carlton Township
• Castleton Township
• Hastings Township
• Hastings City Wards 1-4
• Hickory Corners Village
• Hope Township
• Irving Township
• Irving Village
• Johnstown Township
• Maple Grove Township
• Orangeville Township
• Orangeville Village
• Prairieville Township
• Prairieville Village
• Rutland Township
• Thornapple Township
• Woodland Township
• Woodland Village
• Yankee Springs Township

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Hastings Banner Published 1974. 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.

Information given to the Dibbles on headstones the government would provide for James.

Letter from James in Chicago, IL to his father.

An article in the From Time to Time Series describing the Bull's Prairies settlement in the 1800s. Note this document is not searchable and was scanned into PDF some years ago.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

P-38 pilot Lt. Frank McIntosh and his P-38 "Little Mae"

Nashville News Published 1901. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, May 21 and May 22, 1943.

Letter from James at Muroc Air Force base (now Edwards), CA to his parents.

List of Hastings Public Library Directors from 1918 through 2022.

Preparing James Dibble's Monument just prior to its dedication.

Bull Diaries Index, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Fe-Hu

Maple Valley News Published 1980. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Signed Transition Flight Certificate where James Dibble certified he was trained to pilot the P-38, 1943-06-19.

Hastings Herald published 1901. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

James Dibble in Chicago, IL, daytime.

James Dibble at basic training.

Hastings Banner Published 1998. 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.

Sun and News Published 1984. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Jim Dibble's thoughts on Stan and Ray Schulze's differing accounts on what happened September 9, 1943.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 13, 1943.