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- Michigan State University Professor Anna Pegler-Gordon delivers a talk entitled, "Shanghaied in Hoboken: Asian Sailors as Workers and Immigrants." Pegler-Gordon describes how Asian seamen were incorporated into maritime work and how they suffered low pay, harsh conditions, virtual slavery, and harsh regulation under the federal Exclusion Act to prevent them from leaving their ships while in U.S. ports. She describes American fears of illegal immigration by Asian sailors jumping ship or by stowaways posing as sailors. Pegler-Gordon explains the role of U.S. immigration officials in interpreting and enforcing the Exclusion Act, the racist nature of enforcement, and the slow improvement of conditions. She answers questions from the audience. Pegler-Gordon is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series co-sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, the MSU Asian Studies Center, and the Asian Pacific American Studies program. Held in the MSU Museum Auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-02-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lawrence Haigh reflects on his maritime service on the Great Lakes and in the Merchant Marine during World War Two. Haigh, a native of Green bay, Wisconsin, talks about serving on several ships, sailing in convoys across the Atlantic and the Pacific, being bombed and strafed, and his activities when in port. Haigh cites specific names, places and dates from a small note-filled atlas he kept throughout his career to chronicle his travels. He also talks about going to school before the war and later attending the Merchant Marine Academy in New London, CT. Part one of two parts. Gift of Agnes Haigh Widder.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-07-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lawrence Haigh, a native of Green bay, Wisconsin, continues to reminisce about his maritime career in the Merchant Marine during World War Two. Haigh talks about his duties as an engineer on various ships, going to Japan in the summer of 1946 and selling sugar on the black market. Haigh also describes landing in Oakland, CA after the war and leaving the service to continue his education at the University of Wisconsin. Part two of two parts.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-07-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lawrence Haigh reflects on his maritime service on the Great Lakes and in the Merchant Marine during World War Two. Haigh, a native of Green bay, Wisconsin, talks about serving on several ships, sailing in convoys across the Atlantic and the Pacific, being bombed and strafed, and his activities when in port. Haigh cites specific names, places and dates from a small note-filled atlas he kept throughout his career to chronicle his travels. He also talks about going to school before the war and later attending the Merchant Marine Academy in New London, CT. Part one of two parts. Gift of Agnes Haigh Widder.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-07-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lawrence Haigh, a native of Green bay, Wisconsin, continues to reminisce about his maritime career in the Merchant Marine during World War Two. Haigh talks about his duties as an engineer on various ships, going to Japan in the summer of 1946 and selling sugar on the black market. Haigh also describes landing in Oakland, CA after the war and leaving the service to continue his education at the University of Wisconsin. Part two of two parts.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-07-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor Anna Pegler-Gordon delivers a talk entitled, "Shanghaied in Hoboken: Asian Sailors as Workers and Immigrants." Pegler-Gordon describes how Asian seamen were incorporated into maritime work and how they suffered low pay, harsh conditions, virtual slavery, and harsh regulation under the federal Exclusion Act to prevent them from leaving their ships while in U.S. ports. She describes American fears of illegal immigration by Asian sailors jumping ship or by stowaways posing as sailors. Pegler-Gordon explains the role of U.S. immigration officials in interpreting and enforcing the Exclusion Act, the racist nature of enforcement, and the slow improvement of conditions. She answers questions from the audience. Pegler-Gordon is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series co-sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, the MSU Asian Studies Center, and the Asian Pacific American Studies program. Held in the MSU Museum Auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-02-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection