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- In his monthly radio program Memories of the Past, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John talks about the first telephone service in the area, remembers learning to drive a car and how a driver's license was not needed at the time. He recalls the day when he was injured as a youngster racing horses through town and remembers automobiles that were built in Grand Haven by the Van Motor Car Company (1910-1912) and the Panhard Motor Company (1917-1919). John gives the details about the death of John Vyn in a train accident.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Harris Frank Beeman discusses his involvement in social justice for South Africa, a cause he pursued while serving as Michigan State University's tennis coach and Director of Intramural Sports, and Recreation Services. Dr. David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center, and Peter Limb, MSU Libraries Area Studies Librarian, interview Beeman. Beeman describes his early involvement in civil rights issues in the U.S. and leading fair housing protests in East Lansing in the 1960s. He also talks about getting involved with the South African Liberation Committee (SALC) in the 1970s at MSU, spearheading efforts to get selective purchase policies passed by East Lansing City Council and the MSU Board of Trustees, and pushing the University and the State of Michigan to divest from holdings in South Africa. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the African Studies Center.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-12-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Dr. David Dwyer, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Linguistics and African Studies and his wife Annabel are interviewed by Dr. David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center. Dwyer talks about his youth, education and first jobs. Annabel talks about joining the Peace Corps and credits David Dwyer and his family for being instrumental in the creation of the Peace Corp. She recalls working in Cameroon in the early 1960s, meeting and marrying David, coming to East Lansing, and earning a Masters in Urban Planning from MSU. The Dwyers reflect on working in West African countries just after the end of colonial rule and describe the creation of the African Language Program at MSU. Both reflect on their antiwar activities, founding the Peace Education Center in East Lansing, and the African Studies Center at MSU. They also talk about their anti-Apartheid work, political activism in general and how they plan to spend their retirement years. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the African Studies Center.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-10-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Karel discusses his childhood in the neighborhood near Fisher, how he got his nickname, his time in the U.S. Army, and hiring into Fisher in July 1971. Frizz talks about being hired straight into the apprentice program, being paid to learn, women on trades and life in the factory. He discusses his move to supervision and the culture difference between Oldsmobile and Fisher Body during the corporate restructuring in the mid 1980s.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-05-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- M. Cecil Mackey, former president of Michigan State University and current professor of economics, discusses his education, career, and tenure as MSU President. Mackey talks about his efforts to maintain the authority of the MSU Board of Trustees and planning the Breslin Center while president and his time as an economics professor since he left the presidency. Mackey also reminisces about his early career as counsel for the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee and the Department of Transportation, as well as his early posts as President of the University of South Florida and Texas Tech. Mackey says that military conscription in both World War II and the Korean War had a definite impact on his education and discusses his opinions on the current state of higher education. Mackey is interviewed by retired MSU Professor Pauline Adams for the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Fiction writer Steve Amick talks about his book "The lake, the river & the other lake : a novel," how Michigan influences his writing, his activities as a song writer, playwright, and copy editor, and his current projects. Amick is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-02-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Seagull, who joined the department in 1971, recalls the shift of the medical school to a four-year program and talks about the school's multidisciplinary approach to community medicine, the collegiality of the early faculty, and their innovative approaches to teaching and patient care. She says the department grew very rapidly and that the University encouraged faculty to be innovative. She also describes efforts to recruit minority and female students and trying to make the male dominated culture more sensitive to female students and residents. Retired department administrator and faculty member Dr. David J. Kallen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, conducts the interview. Part of the MSU Department of Pediatrics and Human Development Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-05-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Award-winning environmentalist and writer Alison Swan talks about teaching English and writing, but needing lots of time to wander in the woods. She also discusses her Michigan and Michigan State University connections, her family, the intriguing nature of the freshwater seas of the Great Lakes, and her intent to write more about the Great Lakes basin in prose and poetry. Swan is interviewed by Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-11-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his monthly radio program Memories of the Past, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John talks about sledding on city streets, "icing" the hill on Second Street for sledding, and riding in horse-drawn cutters during the winter. He also remembers early grocery stores, ice-boxes, and home grocery delivery. He also reminisces about working a local bakery as a young man.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Visiting Michigan State University student Josie Douglas-Smith talks about her family and home in Liverpool, England, attending a private girls school, the class structure in England, and the differences between American and British cultures. Douglas-Smith talks about studying drama and French, adjusting to American college life, and says that she does not wish to be dependent on a husband for money, be a housewife, or deal with children.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-12-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection