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- Linda Maxon discusses her early years at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI. She says that she started as a temporary stenographer in 1967 and stayed to work as a secretary for several managers until the plant closed in 1975. Maxon shares many experiences about company social events and institutions and describes the loss of the REO Clubhouse and the burning of the factory itself. Maxon says that in the end, she was able to draw money from the REO pension fund before it was drained and describes the terrible depression suffered by other workers who lost all of their retirement money. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-06-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Louis Garcia discusses his career as an assembly worker, press operator, and manager at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, Mi, between 1946 and 1975. Garcia talks about his Hispanic heritage and his childhood spent as a migrant farm worker. He says that in his early years at REO he was singled out and "tested" by other workers and management because of his ethnicity, but still excelled in the workplace, becoming a journeyman and later a supervisor. Garcia also talks about Francis Cappaert’s ownership of REO, the company bankruptcy, loss of the worker pension fund, the final days of plant operations, and employee depression and suicide. Interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Retired Michigan State University Professor E. James Potchen, former chair of the MSU Radiology Department, reflects upon his early life and education at MSU, his career in medicine and radiology and his experience with with MSU's Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP). Potchen says that he returned to MSU in 1975 to become Chair of the Radiology Department and persuaded the administration that a radiology building could be a profit center for the university. Potchen also gives his opinion of the FGP, talks about various Faculty Grievance Officials (FGO) he worked with, and recalls some of the cases he was involved in while advocating for the the university administration. Potchen is interviewed by John Revitte, former MSU professor of Human Resources and Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Elinor Benedict talks about her book "All that divides us", Christianity in her life and her writings, her family and relatives in China, and her work in process. Benedict is interviewed by librarian Stephanie Mathson for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-04-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Harry E. Lester, a former district director for the United Steelworkers of America, talks about his labor and political activism in southeast Michigan, his childhood in West Virginia, coming to Michigan in 1953 to work for Ford, later working at Mclouth Steel and joining union Local 2659. He talks about why he became active in the union, receiving labor law training at Michigan State University, establishing a teachers union in Gibraltar, MI, and labor education programs at several state universities. He says that he had a difficult time transitioning from being a "gladiator type" of fighter for the workers to becoming a bridge builder. Lester is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor emeritus of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-07-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Peter Glendinning, Michigan State University professor of photography, art history, and design, talks about his participation in a project to photograph several of the participants in the UAW/GM Local 602 Oral History Project. Glendinning also recalls the beginning of his career at MSU, his family, his education, his foray into journalism, famed MSU economics professor Charles P. "Lash" Larrow, and how the UAW oral histories captivated him and inspired his photos. Glendinning is interviewed by John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-02-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Keith Groty, former MSU Assistant Vice President of Personnel and Employee Relations, talks about his involvement with the university's Faculty Grievance Procedure (FGP). Groty says that he supported the FGP because he saw it as a mechanism for heading off faculty unionization, but that he really didn't have a role in the development of the FGP or the position of Faculty Grievance Official (FGO). Groty also says that MSU's FGP has worked through the years because it found an appropriate balance between the administration's power and faculty concerns. He talks about the failed faculty attempts at unionization and says that the main issue at MSU was always the disparity in faculty pay. Groty is interviewed by Robert Banks, former Associate Vice President for Academic Human Resources and professor emeritus of the James Madison College at MSU, and John Revitte, MSU professor emeritus of Labor and Industrial Relations. Via telephone.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-06-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dorothy tells about being hired in December 1952. She describes the brutal work, working conditions, the swing shift, lack of relief and the disparate treatment of women including lower pay and no restrooms. Dorothy also tells about being the first woman to exercise her contractual rights to transfer to a better paying job. She tells of participating in wildcat strikes over the lack of basic necessities like gloves, fountains and fans. Dorothy talks about being elected to the committee and being the lone woman in the male dominated environment. She comments on building the union hall, the need for unions, and her political activity in retirement.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-01-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Norman Abeles, professor of Psychology at Michigan State University, discusses his life and career and his experiences as MSU Faculty Grievance Officer. Abeles talks about his childhood in Austria, his education and coming to MSU in 1957. Abeles tells anecdotes about several MSU Presidents and talks about attempts by MSU faculty to unionize, cases he handled as MSU Faculty Grievance Officer, and legendary MSU Economics Professor Charles "Lash" Larrowe. Abeles is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor emeritus of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-09-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Doug Sleep talks about his career in the export department at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1961 to 1975. Sleep talks about preparing trucks to be shipped for sale overseas, about becoming a UAW steward and the deterioration of worker/management relations when the company changed ownership. Sleep describes the difficulty in running a shop with the chronic shortage of parts in the company's last days and final owner Francis Cappaert's attempts to break the union. He also laments the loss of the worker pension fund and the creation of federal pension guarantee program. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. The first minute of the interview was not recorded. Recorded as part of the commemoration of the REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-06-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Professor Ilana Blumberg talks about becoming interested in reading and writing, her Jewish upbringing, and being a typical "American girl". She mentions the tensions of navigating between tradition and modernity and the special challenge for women that it poses. Blumberg also talks about how living in Michigan has influenced her writing and how she likes to write about families and the tensions of belonging while trying to find independence. Blumberg is interviewed by Kara Gust for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-02-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) radio personalities and executives, and national and local politicians and celebrities congratulate WKZO Radio, owner John E. Fetzer and the city of Kalamazoo on completion of a new broadcast studio. Fetzer declares radio the messenger of freedom and democracy and dedicates his radio station to the service of the community.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Hodges Mason, a local union leader at Bohn Aluminium Brass Corp., talks about his early work experiences for nonunion employers and his jobs at several auto companies. He says that he wasn't a supporter of unions but still led strikes and labor actions for better wages. Mason also talks about his participation in strikes, discrimination in plants and what finally brought him around to join and support unions. Mason is interviewed as source material for the book "Working Detroit : the making of a union town" by Steve Babson.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-11-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- John Bowles talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, MI, from 1938 to 1971. Bowles says that he came to Lansing from Indiana in 1931 searching for work and was happy to finally land a good paying job at REO in 1938. He describes the various jobs he held in the plant, struggling to fill military truck orders, the inspection process, the early novelty of women working in the plant, war production, and trying to diversify in the post-war era by manufacturing lawnmowers. He says that working at REO was truly a family affair and that, in fact, most employees had relatives working along side of them in the plant. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine.Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-06-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- On this installment of "Know your city," Dick Martin gives an overview of the coming fall and winter music season in Kalamazoo. He lists events, including the Messiah Choir by the Western Michigan College Music Department and the second annual Bach festival in March presented by the Kalamazoo College Music Department. Mrs. Harry Snow, president of the Kalamazoo Symphony Association, describes the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra's 27th season, including the upcoming performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Mrs. Fred Stanley, president of the Community Concert Association, describes how the association brings in soloists every season and this year is staging the opera "Madam Butterfly." Joan Carter, WKZO's women's editor, also gives an overview of various local clubs and upcoming events and Ted Caldron, president of Local 228 of the American Federation of Musicians talks about some of the activities union members are involved in.
- Date Issued:
- 1947-09-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Western Michigan at work," Dr. Willis Dunbar interviews four social workers about their jobs and the aid their agencies offer. Ben Graham, head of the Bureau of Social Aid in Kalamazoo, explains the role of his agency in aiding the elderly, dependent children, and blind people. Jean Dixon, a case worker at the Bureau for Social Aid, discusses the work she does with children and families receiving aid. Collette Noble, director of the 3rd Street Community Center, describes the activities her center offers to children and John Reed, head of the Family Service Center, talks about his center's efforts to counsel families which are having trouble.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-04-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Barnett "Barney" Rosenberg is interviewed by David Brown shortly after the scientist won the Kettering Foundation award for his discovery of Cisplatin, the worlds leading cancer curative.
- Date Issued:
- 1984-06-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Kathy Hoag, professor of immunology at Michigan State University and a presiding officer at MSU faculty grievance hearings, talks about the difficulties MSU professors face in balancing their teaching schedules, research and personal time with the demands which the university places on them to earn tenure. She says that the pressure faculty members face to get tenure is not sustainable. Hoag also talks about the MSU Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP), her duties as a presiding officer, working with faculty who are unfamiliar with the FGP, ways in which the FGP succeeds, and her recommendations for improving FGP. Hoag is interviewed by John Revitte, former MSU professor Human Resources and Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-05-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Walt describes being overwhelmed when he was hired in September 1968, joining management in 1978 and finding it difficult to supervise people he worked with on the line. Walt describes a typical day for supervisors, the dress code for supervisors, meeting his wife in the plant and their struggles with an interracial marriage.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-05-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lyle describes growing up in the neighborhood near Fisher, being hired in November 1956 and his first day on the wet deck. He reflects on segregation in the plant, the swing shift, and changeover. Lyle talks about transferring to Security in 1966, describes the duties, interactions with workers, strikes, and the 1982 deaths in the Paint Department. He also discusses GM's decision to outsource plant security to Pinkerton. Lyle also discusses his other passion - coaching baseball.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-01-26T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Description:
- Retired Lansing Police Capt. Richard Fox discusses his time as a detective in the Lansing Police Department in an interview with retired Lansing Police Officers James Gleason and John Assiff. He tells stories about various cases, including a jewelry store robbery which was his first arrest and capturing notorious outlaw Ronald Sturdivant. Fox also goes into detail about various facets of police work that have changed, including the Miranda v. Arizona decision, and the way the way the Lansing Police Department was reorganized.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-04-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, pediatrician and associate professor of Human Medicine at Michigan State University and the public health advocate whose research exposed the Flint, MI water crisis, talks about her book, "What the eyes don't see." Hanna-Attisha discusses the history of Flint, how the city got into such a dire financial situation and why she started to investigate the possible lead contamination of Flint's drinking water. She also describes her fight against the State of Michigan's efforts to discredit her research on lead contamination in Flint and its effects on the city's children. She answers questions from the audience.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-02-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Cookie talks about college and teaching in Mississippi, coming to Lansing in 1963 and 1964 to work summers in the factory and returning south to teach in the fall. In 1965, Cookie permanently hired into Fisher. He describes a workplace with few minorities and one black supervisor. Cookie comments on the 1970 UAW strike, discrimination and race. He recalls applying and being tested for supervision but was told he failed the test. In 1971 he felt he was forced onto supervision to help GM comply with new laws. Cookie recalls that some workers would not accept their paychecks from a black. He talks about cooking a roast in the paint ovens, area dinners, the salaried dining room and retirement.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jane Arnold, humanities collection coordinator at the Michigan State University Libraries, interviews poet Katherine Fishburn on why she chooses to be a poet, her book "The dead are so disappointing", the healing power of writing poems, how she brings in her relationship with her parents, especially her father, into her poems, nature as a theme in her poems, her in-progress works.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-03-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Mike describes being hired in December of 1970, working in the Body Shop, meeting his wife, friendships, and union activity. Mike also discusses the launch of the J-car and the degree of worker involvement in job setup making it the best launch ever in GM.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-09-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Connie talks about being hired in 1972 and working in Sanitation and Trim, being laid-off in June 1973 and quitting to care for her child. She rehired straight into skilled trades in April 1985 with a journeyman's card from her time with the Tennessee Valley Authority. Connie recalls being one of only a few women in the trades, relations with bosses and coworkers, life in the factory, and social time. Connie comments on her family ties to GM and her union activity.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-08-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Eileen Nortman talks about her brief tenure at the REO Motor Car Company in Lansing, MI. Nortman describes growing up in Williamston, Mi, starting at REO in 1943, at the age of 17 and leaving in 1945 to join the Navy. She talks about shop conditions, her jobs at REO, car-pooling, gas rationing, and women working in the plant, and how she and other women got along with male employees. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-01-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "What's Doing in Western Michigan," Dr. Willis Dunbar discusses the results of recent elections around Western Michigan. Dunbar reports that voters in both Vicksburg and Allegan rejected school bond issues aimed at raising funds to build new buildings and he reviews the results of school board races in in Vicksburg, Allegan, South Haven, Oswego, and Sturgis. Dunbar and Harry Travis also cover a variety of other stories, including a new hospital addition in Vicksburg and the prospect of a new tuberculosis sanatorium in South Haven.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-06-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The People's Rapid Transit Company of Kalamazoo is featured in this installment of "Western Michigan at work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. After detailing the history of transportation in western Michigan and the origins of the People's Rapid Transit Company, Dunbar interviews Judson Holderman, general manager, about various aspects of the company's operations. Dunbar also interviews Roscoe Leech, one of the company's bus drivers, experiences in driving for Rapid Transit.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-01-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet and essayist Marc Sheehan talks about his interest in language, his preferences between poetry and essay, human relationship as a theme in his poems, his experience as an editor of the journal "Fourth Genre", poets and poetic history in Michigan, his in-progress works, and his reading interests. Ends abruptly. Sheehan is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Jane Arnold for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-11-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Garry shares his experiences and perceptions about work in the factory, labor and management, General Motors, the community, and his motivation for becoming active in the UAW. Garry shares stories about managers, conflicts, and speaks frankly about unionism, the economy, and politics.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-03-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Steve talks about his career with the IBEW before hiring into GM in November 1983. He describes working at several plants in Lansing before coming to Fisher in July 1992. Steve talks about the Body Shop's transition from hand welders to leaky hydraulic robots to electric FANUC robots. He comments on relations between production and skilled trades, his move to the Safety Lockout project, placarding, women and minorities in skilled trades, and the closing of Fisher.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10-14T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- Marlene tells about being hired in October 1968 after working for Coca Cola. She talks about working in Trim and Body Shops, dirty and dangerous work, night shift and child care. Marlene describes her duties in Tool Repair, the stress of being the lone female and proving herself daily.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-04-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Author Tom Springer credits his mother for developing his passion for reading and explains how he came to writing, calling himself "the least likely person to be standing up here". Springer, who works as chief editor and program manager for the Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan, describes his journey from a below average, blue-collar kid in southwest Michigan to the writing profession. He reads from his collection "Looking for hickories: the forgotten wildness of the rural Midwest", named a 2009 Michigan Notable Book. Springer interjects his observations on life in Michigan and its cultural history, while reading. He concludes by answering questions. Introduced by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Know your city," Dr. Loy Norrix, Superintendent of Kalamazoo Public Schools, discusses the problems raised by the increased birth rate preceding and following World War II and the plan to address the strain placed on the school system. Norrix outlines the current plan for the school year, which includes hiring new elementary teachers, while also discussing future construction plans for a new junior high school which will help relieve overpopulation in the classroom. Norrix also discusses program changes to curriculum, including the continuation of a health program begun last year. Interviewed by Dr. Willis Dunbar.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-09-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Former Michigan State University Provost David Scott talks about coming to MSU in 1978, joining the university administration in 1983 and his interaction with the Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP). Scott discusses how the FGP worked and what made it effective, the process for choosing and removing Faculty Grievance Officials (FGO), and the personal style of some of the former FGOs. Scott also talks about the tension in universities between teaching and research and how this tension affects strategic planning, hiring, salaries, and administrative priorities. Scott is interviewed by Robert Banks, former MSU associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Human Resources John Revitte, MSU professor emeritus in the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-01-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sharon comments on the UAW Fisher workers, typical injuries she treated and reductions in the number of therapists. Sharon discusses Harry's Bar and walking in the plant for exercise.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Alex Bryan, Program Manager for the Greater Lansing Food Bank Garden Project delivers a talk entitled, "Food Field: A Four-Acre Detroit Urban Farm." Bryan describes the efforts of himself and his business partner Noah Link, to create a sustainable organic farm in urban Detroit as a real alternative to the corporate food system. He says that they are also striving to create jobs and to build robust and ongoing relationships with local restaurants and grocers. Questions are taken from the audience. Bryan is introduced by Michigan State University Librarian Kriss Ostrom. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Environmental Series, held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-02-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Walter Campbell, former Regional Director for the Allied Industrial Workers (AIW) Region 7 in west Michigan and former Secretary-Treasurer of the Michigan State AFL-CIO, talks about the beginnings of the United Way, a coalition of charitable organizations pooling their efforts in fundraising and support. Campbell describes how community fund raising began in cities in Michigan and how labor unions became involved in the 1930s and 1940s. Campbell says that in 1947 Walter Reuther and Henry Ford II cooperated to create the United Way of Michigan which served to streamline giving and emphasized the positive role unions can play in their communities. He also talks about his work life and his involvement in organized labor. Campbell is interviewed by John Revitte, Michigan State University professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-03-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- 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
- Description:
- Dr. Robert F. Banks, associate provost and associate vice president for academic human resources, and professor emeritus of the James Madison College at Michigan State University, continues with his discussion about the MSU Faculty Grievance Policy and his career at MSU. Banks begins by recalling how his interest in Jazz music developed and his role in establishing a solid Jazz program at MSU. Returning to the grievance process, Banks suggests other administrators who might be potential interviewees. He shares his perspective on the several attempts to organize a faculty union on campus, the complications, the arguments for and against, the competition between AFT and AAUP, areas of support and opposition in the university, and union organizing efforts with other staff and graduate students. Banks reflects on union successes at other universities, the number of different unions trying to organize on campus, and issues with the process of negotiations. He concludes by revisiting some points with the grievance procedure recommendations. Banks is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Sixth of six interviews.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-10-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- WKZO Radio reporter Dr. Willis Dunbar discusses the development of the Kalamazoo, MI Community Chest and the Chamber of Commerce. Dunbar highlights the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce's history and local achievements, such as advocating for the new county building and post office and the development of a Safety Council. Members of the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce featured include, Earl Weber, Ross Anderson, and Alvin Little.
- Date Issued:
- 1947-06-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ruth B. Greenbaum talks about her association with the Friends of Kresge Art Museum on the campus of Michigan State University. Greenbaum recounts her family life, education, marriage and coming to East Lansing in 1969 with her husband Dr. David Greenbaum, who took a position in the College of Human Medicine. Greenbaum talks about her own work as a pediatric nurse and explains how she became involved with Kresge after her retirement. She describes her docent training and community outreach programs run by the museum. Greenbaum is interviewed by retired MSU Professor Pauline Adams for the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Alexis Ghorai describes his youth in Lansing, Michigan, finding high school less than challenging, but being motivated and succeeding at the University of Michigan. He also talks about his relationship with his parents, his decision to join the Navy when his parents divorced, and the conflict he feels between his liberal leanings and doing his duty as ordered. He speculates about having a family while in the Navy and then concludes by talking about his life at college, concentrating on his studies, his social life and the stresses between being a kid and being a responsible student.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-11-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Native-American author Heid Erdrich describes a student writing contest she judged earlier in the day and then reads from her first book of poetry. Erdrich also reflects on her family and life as a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibway and describes influences on her writing from classic literature to tabloid headlines. Erdrich reads selections from her work that portray the tension between her Ojibway traditions and her German-American upbringing and concludes by revealing the winners of the writing contest. Erdrich is introduced by MSU Professor of English Gordon Henry. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-04-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Donald Kaufman discusses his career as a Professor of Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development at Michigan State University. Kaufman describes joining the department in 1971, knowing little about MSU and East Lansing, but welcoming the freedom to work as he wished. He talks about his many interests, pursuing several projects simultaneously and eventually specializing in health care policy. Kaufman recalls the efforts to establish a true university hospital at MSU and how the plan was rejected by the University administration. Kaufman also talks about teaching, his students, his colleagues, and his department's many challenges and accomplishments throughout his tenure. David J. Kallen, MSU Professor Emeritus of Sociology, conducts the interview. Part of the MSU Department of Pediatrics and Human Development Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-05-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Gerry LaFemina talks about his move from New York to Grayling, MI, teaching at Kirtland Community College, the purpose of writing about adolescence, his book "Graffiti heart," and how he started translating Turkish poems, LaFemina is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-02-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Robert VanderMolen talks about transitioning from being a community college teacher into a painter, teaching and writing, his reading habits, his writing style, and how Michigan factors into his writings. VanderMolen is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-10-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection