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- Poet Robert Fanning explains how he began writing and publishing, the challenges of being a poet, people who have influenced his writings, working for the "InsideOut Literary Arts Project" in Detroit, and the role Michigan has in his poems. Fanning is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Sara Miller for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-02-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Don talks about his union activity and experiences as the Chair of the Bargaining Committee, collection of union dues, and strikes. He met Caesar Chavez, Walter Reuther and Doug Frasier. Doreen talks about the experiences of women in the plant, building the Local 602 Union Hall, and changes observed between 1950 and 1984.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-12-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama delivers the annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. Obama outlines priorities for legislative action proposing a variety of ways to accelerate the economic recovery including universal preschool and making college more affordable. Saying, "It's not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth," Obama details new programs but assures listeners there will be no increase to the deficit. He calls for changes to voting processes and an end to extraordinarily long waits to cast a ballot. Obama closes by invoking the memory of those affected by gun violence stirring the crowd by declaring that gun control proposals deserve consideration in Congress and the victims "deserve a vote."
- Date Issued:
- 2013-02-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Twenty-three year-old Michigan State University graduate Ronald Gillum talks about growing up in East Lansing and Lansing, MI after moving from Detroit. Gillum says that his parents are both college educated professionals and that he always felt that he was expected to go to college and he explains why he chose a career in business and public administration over professional sports. Gillum believes that in ten years he will be married with a family, will be working in Michigan state government and perhaps will hold elective office. Gillum also describes the differences in the workload between high school and college, relates a humorous incident which happened while he lived in a coed dorm and comments on his professors and courses.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Willis Dunbar discusses the lack of democracy in South America in the light of recent coups which overthrew four established governments. Dunbar explains the problems in refusing to recognize governments established by force and also expresses doubts about the United Nations' refusal to recognize countries which do not uphold the Declaration of Human Rights. Dunbar also says that the problem facing the establishment of democracy in South America is the rise of dictators who cater to a broad and strong worker group rather than to the elite class.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-12-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Joel Stillerman, professor of Sociology at Grand Valley State University, delivers a talk entitled "Red Metal, White Heat: Five Decades of Metalworkers' Struggles in Chile". Stillerman talks about the roll of space and geography in influencing the outcome of strikes in Chile from the 1940s to the 1990s. He answers questons from the audience. Stillerman is introduced by John Beck, Michigan State University professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series co-sponsored by Motorcities - The Automobile National Heritage Area, the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, and the MSU Museum. Held in the MSU Museum Auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Vice President Mike Pence, Chair of the National Space Council, talks about re-energizing the space program and cooperating with industry to build and use the necessary technology. Pence describes the economic impact of the space industry and the civilian uses of the technology and commits to maintaining American dominance in the race to space. Pence mentions the Parkside school shooting and says the administration intends to make school safety a top priority. He also pays tribute to evangelist Billy Graham, who died recently at age 99. Pence is introduced by Robert M. Lightfoot Jr., Acting Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-02-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Philipp Scheidemann gives a speech proclaiming the German Republic on November 9, 1918. With an introduction. This recording is from 1920.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-11-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Rep. Thomas Bliley (R-VA) rises to insist on personal choice of physician and fee-for-service included in any medical reform program.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-10-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Olga "Jo" Beltrame, with her husband Ed Beltrame, discusses her career as a union officer and organizer with the United Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee and UPWOC Local 69. Beltrame talks about her childhood in Montreal, her father's union activity, coming to Detroit to find work at the age of 14, her experiences working at the Swift meat packing plant and what she later did to help organize meat packing plants, especially Swift's Detroit Hammond-Standish plant. The Beltrames both discuss unions and their shared union activities through the years, including their work in organizing meat packing plants across several states, the wage improvements and benefits which were won for workers, and their elected positions in the union. Ends abruptly. The Beltrames are interviewed by John Revitte, Michigan State University professor of Labor and Industrial Relations, and Joan Kelly, editor of the Michigan AFL-CIO newspaper. The first of two interviews.
- Date Issued:
- 1982-06-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection