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- Description:
- Newly elected Kalamazoo city officials speak with Dr. Willis Dunbar on election night. Dunbar interviews Mayor elect Paul H. Todd, Vice-Mayor elect Allen B Millam, city commission members Allen H. Little, Neil Verberg, Ralph M. Ralston, and Cornelia A. Robinson. Todd and Millam say that they are excited by the opportunity to work with the new city commission, while the new city commission members thank their supporters and family.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-11-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- WKZO Radio presents the program "Let's go to town," aimed at the men and women serving overseas in World War II. Police officer Luke Granger describes the downtown Kalamazoo area from his perspective, noting that its very busy and he is still giving people citations for jaywalking. Sid Spade, director of Kalamazoo's Civic Theater, describes the theater's current season and lists the plays which they are staging. Glen Webber, WKZO's sports editor, gives a full run down of local college and high school sports, focusing particularly on Western Michigan University.
- Date Issued:
- 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Memo from movieland," the hosts discuss movies showing at theaters around Kalamazoo and news stories from Hollywood. Movies discussed include, "Colorado Territory," "Edward my son," "Undercover man," "Leave it to Henry," "Arson incorporate," "Lure of the Barbary Coast," and "Frankenstein's monster." The hosts also share news about the upcoming films "Sugarfoot" and "Champagne for Caesar."
- Date Issued:
- 1949-08-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of the "Kalamazoo school hours," D.J. Heathcote interviews Dr. Loy Norrix, superintendent of Kalamazoo schools, and Russell Dunney, director of research for Kalamazoo schools, about the needs of the Kalamazoo School System and the upcoming overpopulation crisis the schools are facing. The educators discuss the the history of school construction in Kalamazoo since World War I. Norrix says that a new junior high on the city's south side must be completed by 1950 to enable the schools to cope with a surge in enrollment and argues that the city should levy a special tax for school construction rather than float school bonds.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-04-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Willis Dunbar lists a number of events and observances coming up in the next week, including National Optimist Week, National Fire Prevention Week, a cooperative census being undertaken by churches across the county, the opening of the Civic Theater's season, and the first concert of the season for the Kalamazoo Symphony. Dunbar also talks about the Junior Chamber of Commerce's efforts to register voters and encourages listeners to register before the election in November.
- Date Issued:
- 1946-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this episode of "Western Michigan at Work," Dr. Willis Dunbar talks to employees of three small businesses in the Kalamazoo area. Includes interviews with Civic Center Service Station co-owner Tom Blackmeyer, workers at the Frozen Food Locker Company and workers at local celery farms.
- Date Issued:
- 1947-07-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Group of Kalamazoo college students dance in couples in room with Christmas tree on right and banner which reads, "We demand reinstatement," on back wall. "...Canadian-born Economics Professor Carey K. Ganong was to be dismissed for "inefficiency" and failure to become a naturalized U. S. citizen, as is President Cole, as word of the dismissal spread through the college, indignant students quickly rounded up the band, paraded around the campus, were addressed at a rally by Dr. Ganong, who declared the college officials had given him no opportunity to defend himself, by dawn the 350 students had decided to strike, when Dean Sherwood Gates arrived at Bowen Hall he was turned back by pickets who barred the door to students and professors, for two days no book was cracked, no lecture delivered, and Kalamazoo College was shut tight while campus soapboxers demanded popular Professor Ganong's reinstatement, at the second day's end President Cole withdrew the dismissal notice, promised to discuss the professor's future status with the student senate and leave the final decision to the board of trustees, thereupon Professor Ganong and students marched back to classes," from Time Magazine, Dec. 27, 1937.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1937-12-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Group of Kalamazoo college students dance in couples in room with Christmas tree on right and banner which reads, "We demand reinstatement," on back wall. "...Canadian-born Economics Professor Carey K. Ganong was to be dismissed for "inefficiency" and failure to become a naturalized U. S. citizen, as is President Cole, as word of the dismissal spread through the college, indignant students quickly rounded up the band, paraded around the campus, were addressed at a rally by Dr. Ganong, who declared the college officials had given him no opportunity to defend himself, by dawn the 350 students had decided to strike, when Dean Sherwood Gates arrived at Bowen Hall he was turned back by pickets who barred the door to students and professors, for two days no book was cracked, no lecture delivered, and Kalamazoo College was shut tight while campus soapboxers demanded popular Professor Ganong's reinstatement, at the second day's end President Cole withdrew the dismissal notice, promised to discuss the professor's future status with the student senate and leave the final decision to the board of trustees, thereupon Professor Ganong and students marched back to classes," from Time Magazine, Dec. 27, 1937.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1937-12-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Members of the Western Michigan College faculty and administration speak at the dedication of the college's new Pulp and Paper Lab. Deyo Fox and Gerald Osborn talks about the genesis of the lab and how their conversations with professionals in the paper industry led to making the lab a reality. O.W. Callighan thanks supporters of the lab and unveils a plaque thanking the facilities' financial backers. Western Michigan President Paul Sangre dedicates the lab to the spirit of cooperation and collaboration which, he says, was fundamental to the lab's creation.
- Date Issued:
- 1950-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection