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- Description:
- Text on back of photo reads: "Joe Gee, Columbus, Ohio, winner of the 1951 National Jack Pine Endurance Run with the Jack Pine Trophy and the Jack Pine Cow Bell." The 25th annual Jack Pine 507-mile motorcycle race was sponsored by the State Journal over Labor Day weekend in 1951. The course went from Lansing to West Branch and back over Northern Michigan's rough jack pine plains and hills. No. 278 Joe Gee of Columbus, Ohio, won the trophy and symbolic cowbell with his Triumph motorcycle.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Lansing Jaycees. This collection includes a wide range of administrative and program material, as well as scrapbooks, awards, and other documentation of Jaycees activities since the founding in 1929. The majority of the material dates from the 1970s to the 1990s. The collection has not been fully processed. The Container List here is taken from a rough inventory of the material done in 2015-2016. Please click on Container List items to read descriptions of the contents in each folder. Contact the library with any questions about this collection. Jaycees history: The Lansing Jaycees were founded in November 1929. The father of the Michigan Jaycees, Bill Otto, helped organize the Lansing chapter and guided it throughout the earliest years of its history. The chapter began existence with 74 members, and has provided many different types of service and support to the greater Lansing area, from planting thousands of flower beds to improvement of land and facilities at the Capital City Airport.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Jaycees
- Description:
- President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden speak to the winners of the 2011 National Association of Police Organizations TOP COPS award for valor in the line of duty. The ceremony is held in the White House Rose Garden. Obama also announces that he is asking FBI Director Robert Mueller to stay on the job for two more years.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-05-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama hosts former President George H.W. Bush, former First Lady Barbara Bush, and members of the Bush family for an event honoring Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton, the 5,000th recipients of the Daily Point of Light Award. Obama reflects on the creation of the award under President Bush, the amazing people who have been recognized for their service, and says public service is part of being an American. Kathy Hamilton expresses her appreciation for the award. Former President Bush introduces his son Neil Bush, who expresses his father's appreciation and talks about the force of volunteerism. Michelle Nunn, the CEO of Points of Light, reflects on the purpose of the organization and recognizes two people engaged in volunteer efforts. Held at the White House.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-07-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The 25th annual Jack Pine 507-mile motorcycle race was sponsored by the State Journal over Labor Day weekend in 1951. The course went from Lansing to West Branch and back over Northern Michigan's rough jack pine plains and hills. No. 278 Joe Gee of Columbus, Ohio, won the trophy and symbolic cowbell with his Triumph motorcycle.
- Date Created:
- 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Ed McRee (L), president of Ingham Medical Center and of the Lansing Symphony Association, receives a service award from Ken Patenge on behalf of the Greater Lansing Chamber of Commerce. McRee was the 41st person to be inducted into the Chamber of Commerce's Hall of Fame.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama presents Paul McCartney with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize in a ceremony held in the East Room of the White House. Obama recounts McCartney’s storied career and his groundbreaking contributions to popular music. McCartney thanks the President and expresses his appreciation of and support for Obama.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-06-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Award winning poet Stephen Dunn reads from his new book "Different hours" and a poem from a previously published book, as the featured speaker at the annual Michigan State University English Department Awards celebration. MSU Poet in Residence Diane Wakoski convenes the event and introduces the winners of the Jim Cash Creative Writing Awards.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-02-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Donald Trump welcomes and honors the 2018 National Teacher of the Year award recipient, Mandy Manning. Ms. Manning is an English and math teacher at Joel E. Ferris High School in Spokane, Washington.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-05-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Keith Taylor, Canadian poet and fiction writer, introduces the winners of the Jim Cash Creative Writing Awards. Taylor then reads some of his own work, structured around the theme of escaping cabin fever during Michigan winters.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
