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- Michigan writer, poet and playwright Anne-Marie Oomen talks about what brought her to writing and how living in Michigan has influenced her work. She describes the state as being both truly and metaphorically her bedrock and discusses her play "Wives of an American king" about the Mormon kingdom on Beaver Island and teaching at Michigan's famous Interlochen Academy. Oomen is interviewed by Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-04-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Dorothy was born in 1904 in Grand Haven, Michigan, and lived in the family home that her father built in 1902. Her father was a clam fisherman on the Grand River and sold the clam shells to the button factory in Lamont. He also worked in local factories, grew fruit, and had a dairy business. Dorothy talks in detail about how blueberry and evergreen farming started in the area. Beginning in the 1950s, the family owned and operated a Christmas tree business which shipped trees throughout the United States.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Michelle describes some common injuries and treatments and comments on ergonomics, the medical staff and the UAW workers.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Setsuko Thurlow describes working in a military office as a high school student at the time of the Hiroshima bombing. She talks about surviving and escaping and helping many refuges. She also explains how she came to Canada with her Canadian husband and has worked tirelessly to promote disarmament education. She says that she was ultimately awarded "The Order of Canada" for her persistent advocacy for non-nuclear peace in both Japan and Canada.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Taihiru Bai, a Korean, says that he went to Hiroshima after the bombing and was exposed to the radiation, but did not receive his medical card until only recently. Bai talks about returning to Korea after the war and then immigrating to Brazil. He expresses great concern about discrimination faced by survivors of the atomic bombings. Part one of two parts.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-07-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Science fiction writer Michael Kube-McDowell shares his thoughts about writing, his interests in the military, music, and sports, and the appeal of science fiction to him. Kube-McDowell is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Leslie Behm. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-11-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "The lawmakers" Dr. Willis Dunbar interviews state Senators Perry Greene and John Martin, both of Grand Rapids. The two senators discuss their success in helping to increase workman's disability benefits and old age assistance while lamenting the legislature's failure to create an adequate highway program. They also discuss pending legislation to fund Michigan State College and the University of Michigan, and a law which was recently passed to reform the grand jury system in Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-05-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- M. Peter McPherson, former president of Michigan State University, reflects on his time at MSU and particularly his involvement with the MSU Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP) and the Faculty Grievance Official (FGO). McPherson talks about the effectiveness of the FGP and its weaknesses and the rationale for some of the specific changes he brought to the FGP during his tenure as MSU President. He also describes one grievance in particular which required significant university resources to shepherd through the process and says that he was finally forced to intervene personally in order to bring resolution to the matter. McPherson is interviewed by Bob Banks, former Associate Vice President for Academic Human Resources and professor emeritus of the James Madison College at MSU, and John Revitte, former MSU professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Carla recalls being hired in September 1976 and people yelling out the windows of the factory at those lined up to apply. She describes her first day being assigned to the Body Shop because she "looked strong." Carla went on supervision to stay on the day shift but returned to production. In 1985 she was accepted as an electrical apprentice. Carla discusses education, work, sexism issues, relations with male tradesmen, management, and her union activity.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Kunihiko Bonkohara, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, says that he doesn't remember much about the bombing and talks at length about immigrating to Brazil as a part of government program. He also explains his current duties as the director of the Atomic Bomb Survivors Association in Brazil.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-06-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection