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- Description:
- Vice President-Elect Al Gore speaks at a victory rally in Little Rock, AK, on the night of the presidential election, speaking of Bill Clintons character.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-11-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Diane Wakoski reads selections from her poetry. She begins the event by screening a segment of a DVD featuring her New York coffee house poetry days. Includes the voices of Jerome Rothenberg, Theodore Enslin, and Clayton Eshleman. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-09-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks at the swearing in ceremony for Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Obama discusses Sebelius's management of the current swine flu outbreak, noting her time as governor of Kansas as an essential strength. He also talks passionately about Locke's struggle from humble beginnings to a life of important government service. Vice President Biden administers the Oaths of Office.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Charles Wick, Director of the US Information Agency, introduces the President. Reagan complements the VOA and describes many threats to freedom in the world. He also recounts his own experiences as a radio sports broadcaster. Wick presents Reagan with a microphone commemorating his presence at the event.
- Date Issued:
- 1982-02-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama speaks to employees at the the Master Lock factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin about his plan to promote American manufacturing. Obama says that Master Lock is an example of a company that moved jobs back to the U.S. from China and it is time to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-02-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Charles G. Wilson reflects on his career in turfgrass management and research, and golf course care. Wilson describes how his interest developed and how his studies in agronomy led him to his expertise. He explains how he came to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) to manage sales for their fertilizer business and began organizing turfgrass symposiums for golf course superintendents in the region and across the country. Wilson also describes spearheading the O.J. Noer Research Foundation. Wilson is interviewed by Monroe S. Miller, retired superintendent of the Blackhawk Country Club and currently with the Wisconsin Turfgrass Association and Peter Cookingham, head of the Turfgrass Information Center at the Michigan State University Libraries. Tisa Overman, current head of sales for MMSD also participates.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-08-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Jimmy Carter introduces the new Secretary of State, former Maine Senator Edmund Muskie.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-04-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his radio program Talk with Old-Timers, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John remembers the Loutit family, one of Grand Haven's early lumber and banking families. In 1957, the family established the Loutit Foundation and later donated funds for the construction of the city's new public library. The Loutit Science Hall at Grand Valley State University also bears their name. John goes on to discuss area transportation and the automobiles that were manufactured in Grand Haven in the early 1900s. He also talks about the lumber industry, the waterfront, and tells the story of the Culter House fire of 1889.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clinton speaks to the First Infantry Division at a wreath-laying ceremony before departing for D-Day celebrations in Europe.
- Date Issued:
- 1994-06-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Bill Clinton addresses members of the National League of Cities. Clinton says that more welfare money has been returned to the hands of the states in his two years in office than in the twelve GOP years which preceded him.
- Date Issued:
- 1995-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection