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- Poet and author Jack Ridl explains how he began writing, the writer series at Hope College, his coach poems, his chapbook "Against elegies," how working and living in Michigan shapes his work, and works in progress. Ridl is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2002-11-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In the first of a two part interview, Dr. Walter Adams, former interim president of Michigan State University and professor of economics, talks about his life and career teaching economics at MSU, and his involvement with the MSU School of Labor and Industrial Relations. Adams describes what interested him about economics and how the Great Depression, as well as the rise of fascism and totalitarianism, influenced his thinking. He talks about accepting a position at Michigan State College in 1947, his impressions of his fellow faculty, living in faculty housing, books he has written, the arrival on campus of Professor Charles "Lash" Larrowe in the mid 1950s, the power and influence of business at the university through the years, his run-ins with MSU President John Hannah, efforts to unionize the faculty at the university, and controversies around publishing faculty salaries, and ROTC on campus. Adams is interviewed by MSU Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-07-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet and author Jack Ridl explains how he began writing, the writer series at Hope College, his coach poems, his chapbook "Against elegies," how working and living in Michigan shapes his work, and works in progress. Ridl is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2002-11-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In the first of a two part interview, Dr. Walter Adams, former interim president of Michigan State University and professor of economics, talks about his life and career teaching economics at MSU, and his involvement with the MSU School of Labor and Industrial Relations. Adams describes what interested him about economics and how the Great Depression, as well as the rise of fascism and totalitarianism, influenced his thinking. He talks about accepting a position at Michigan State College in 1947, his impressions of his fellow faculty, living in faculty housing, books he has written, the arrival on campus of Professor Charles "Lash" Larrowe in the mid 1950s, the power and influence of business at the university through the years, his run-ins with MSU President John Hannah, efforts to unionize the faculty at the university, and controversies around publishing faculty salaries, and ROTC on campus. Adams is interviewed by MSU Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-07-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection