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- Pauline Adams, retired professor of American Thought and Language at Michigan State University and wife of former MSU President Walter Adams, joins John Revitte, retired professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations, to talk about her life and the practice of oral history. Adams talks about living in the Cherry Lane faculty housing on campus, being part of the forty founding families of the Lantern Hill neighborhood in East Lansing and teaching at MSU. She also talks about her efforts, with the help of the Vincent Voice Library, to conduct oral history interviews with retired MSU faculty and describes how she structures the interviews and asks questions which encourage interviewee participation. Revitte also talks about how he approaches collecting oral history interviews, the recording equipment he uses, his question structure, and saving the interviews for posterity. Revitte and Adams answer questions from the audience and Adams relates a story about her husband and Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight. Held at the monthly meeting of the MSU Retiree Association and convened by Etta Abraham.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-12-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Scott Pennington discusses the work of MATRIX, an independent research center funded partially by MSU for bringing academic material to people via the Internet. He shares his thoughts about the Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- John P. Beck, Michigan State University Professor of Human Resource and Labor Relations, kicks off a panel discussion of the UAW Local 602 Fisher Body Oral History project, during a session at the North American Labor History Conference at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. Beck introduces the panelists and talks about the scholarly value of the collection. Doug Rademacher, former Local 602 Preident, describes his involvement in the project and how interviewees were identified and recruited and Marilyn Coulter, a former Fisher Body production worker, explains how she came to the project and how interviews were conducted. John Shaw, from the Michigan State University Libraries, discusses how the material came to the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library, how it was processed and cataloged and the construction of the Lansing Auto Town Gallery website. Kevin Beard, also from the MSU Libraries, plays excerpts from some of the interviews and discusses the experiences of African-Americans and women, as portrayed by interviewees. Nancy Darga, Director of the Motorcities National Heritage Area, discusses that organization's involvement in the project and their interest in preserving Michigan’s rich manufacturing heritage.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In a spirited oral history interview, Michigan State University Professor Emerita Pauline Adams, widow of MSU economics professor and university president Walter Adams, reminisces about her husband, coming to Michigan State College in 1947, living in faculty housing, and building a home in the faculty developed Lantern Hill neighborhood in East Lansing. Adams also talks about conducting interviews for the MSU Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project, teaching in the Department of American Thought and Language as tenure track professor and having James P. Hoffa, son of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, as a student at about the time his father disappeared. Adams says that the ATL curriculum did more for the faculty than the students because it forced faculty to broaden themselves beyond their field of expertise. Interview conducted by MSU Professor John Revitte. Ends abruptly.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-02-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Scott Pennington discusses the work of MATRIX, an independent research center funded partially by MSU for bringing academic material to people via the Internet. He shares his thoughts about the Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- John P. Beck, Michigan State University Professor of Human Resource and Labor Relations, kicks off a panel discussion of the UAW Local 602 Fisher Body Oral History project, during a session at the North American Labor History Conference at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. Beck introduces the panelists and talks about the scholarly value of the collection. Doug Rademacher, former Local 602 Preident, describes his involvement in the project and how interviewees were identified and recruited and Marilyn Coulter, a former Fisher Body production worker, explains how she came to the project and how interviews were conducted. John Shaw, from the Michigan State University Libraries, discusses how the material came to the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library, how it was processed and cataloged and the construction of the Lansing Auto Town Gallery website. Kevin Beard, also from the MSU Libraries, plays excerpts from some of the interviews and discusses the experiences of African-Americans and women, as portrayed by interviewees. Nancy Darga, Director of the Motorcities National Heritage Area, discusses that organization's involvement in the project and their interest in preserving Michigan’s rich manufacturing heritage.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In a spirited oral history interview, Michigan State University Professor Emerita Pauline Adams, widow of MSU economics professor and university president Walter Adams, reminisces about her husband, coming to Michigan State College in 1947, living in faculty housing, and building a home in the faculty developed Lantern Hill neighborhood in East Lansing. Adams also talks about conducting interviews for the MSU Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project, teaching in the Department of American Thought and Language as tenure track professor and having James P. Hoffa, son of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, as a student at about the time his father disappeared. Adams says that the ATL curriculum did more for the faculty than the students because it forced faculty to broaden themselves beyond their field of expertise. Interview conducted by MSU Professor John Revitte. Ends abruptly.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-02-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Pauline Adams, retired professor of American Thought and Language at Michigan State University and wife of former MSU President Walter Adams, joins John Revitte, retired professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations, to talk about her life and the practice of oral history. Adams talks about living in the Cherry Lane faculty housing on campus, being part of the forty founding families of the Lantern Hill neighborhood in East Lansing and teaching at MSU. She also talks about her efforts, with the help of the Vincent Voice Library, to conduct oral history interviews with retired MSU faculty and describes how she structures the interviews and asks questions which encourage interviewee participation. Revitte also talks about how he approaches collecting oral history interviews, the recording equipment he uses, his question structure, and saving the interviews for posterity. Revitte and Adams answer questions from the audience and Adams relates a story about her husband and Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight. Held at the monthly meeting of the MSU Retiree Association and convened by Etta Abraham.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-12-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection