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- Michigan State University senior Ken Webster talks about growing up in Detroit, his family, his childhood, and watching his neighborhood decline. Webster says he started thinking about a career in film and graphics while still a child and that this dream led him to MSU. He describes the transition between high school and college, why he chose MSU over a commercial art school and how he thinks that choice will affect his future career. He says that ultimately, he wants to have a family and a nice home in the suburbs.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-05-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks at a Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan, about jobs and the economy. He talks about the success of the 2009 bailout of the auto industry which he suggests improved the economic situation in Detroit and says that the economy is recovering overall across the country. Obama jokes with the audience about the Detroit Lions loss to the Dallas Cowboys and the scandal of the pass interference call that the officials overturned.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-01-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- A Michigan State University faculty panel participates in a discussion entitled, "Detroit: The Past, Present and Future of the City." Panelists explore Detroit's music scene, youth culture and education, the auto industry and jobs. Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Dean of the MSU Honors College convenes the session. Professor John P. Beck from the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations moderates questions from the audience. Part of the series "Sharper Focus/Wider Lens" sponsored by: MSU Honors College; College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; College of Music; College of Social Science; James Madison College; Lyman Briggs College; Residential College in the Arts and Humanities; Department of Geography; School of Planning, Design and Construction; and the Jazz Studies Program.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-10-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Daniel Clark, professor of history at Oakland University, delivers a talk entitled "The elusive post-war boom: metro Detroit autoworkers in the 1950's." Clark suggests that contrary to previously published analyses of the postwar era as one of job stability and economic advancement, the era was really one of job instability and economic insecurity. Clark reviews the historical record and evidence from his own interviews and research to conclude that ordinary autoworkers were not as secure as once thought. He answers questions from the audience. Clark is introduced by John Beck, professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-09-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Harry S. Truman speaks in Detroit on the occasion of the 250th birthday of that city.
- Date Issued:
- 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University senior Christopher Carlisle talks about growing up in one of the last, "good neighborhoods" in Detroit, his perception of the surrounding poverty, attending a Catholic high school, being a good athlete and an under achieving student. Carlisle also reflects upon successful and famous persons in history who have blazed their own trails and says that he hopes to be an artist himself, and to be a creative individual throughout his life.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-10-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet and novelist Anca Vlasopolos, professor of English at Wayne State University, talks about how she writes in a wide span of literary forms, her writing plan, works in process, her thoughts about Detroit, MI, her experience at the Detroit Public Library, and her reading interests. Ends abruptly. Vlasopolos is interviewed by Michigan State UniversityLibrarian Jane Arnold. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-10-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Helen Piwkowski and Jeannette Oksa talk about their lives, families, and their work in a cigar factory in Detroit, Michigan. They also discuss being born in Poland and emigrating to the U.S., their education, their union activity, race relations in Detroit neighborhoods and in the workplace, and the Polish community in Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1981-02-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Robert "Buddy" Battle talks about his role in the formation of the Trade Union Leadership Council (TULC), an African American labor organization that became a significant force in Detroit politics. Battle talks about issues of race relations, discrimination, and segregation in organized labor and the UAW and the Ford Local 600. He also talks about Detroit and Michigan politics and the rise of Coleman Young, Richard Austin, and others.
- Date Issued:
- 1982-02-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Science fiction writer Anne Harris explains how she came to be interested writing science fiction, her books "Accidental creatures" and "Inventing memory," the setting of "Accidental creatures," and alternative themes in her works. Harris is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Leslie Behm for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-02-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection