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- Description:
- President Bush calls a press conference in Huntsville, Alabama to announce the suspension of U.S. dialogues with the Palestine Liberation Organization, following the recent terrorist invasion of Israel. Bush also answers questions on a variety of topics, including the savings and loan bailout.
- Date Issued:
- 1990-06-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Delivered to the combined first session of the 77th Congress requesting U.S. support of armaments to those nations resisting aggression (Lend-Lease), also stressing domestic aims; including famous quotation on "The Four Freedoms."
- Date Issued:
- 1941-01-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Cyrus Vance talks on continuing sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Afghanistan.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-01-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Bill Clinton answers questions from children in a no-holds-barred session hosted by ABC commentator Peter Jennings.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-02-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Essayist Arthur Versluis, professor of American Thought and Language at Michigan State University, talks about the origin and themes of his book "Island farm", compares farming during the Civil War era and current days, and answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Peter Berg, head of MSU Libraries' Special Collections. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-01-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Includes an expression of gratitude to the Senate for passing the funding for the MX missile as the USA enters into disarmament talks with the Soviets and asks the House to do the same. Discusses a summit with new Russian leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, comments on the death of two CBS newsmen in Lebanon, and mentions the rioting in South Africa.
- Date Issued:
- 1985-03-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Harry Truman pleads with striking railroad workers to return to work to bring grain to starving millions coupled with a threat to nationalize the railroads.
- Date Issued:
- 1946-05-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Warren G. Harding gives a speech in Hoboken, New Jersey after the return for burial of 5,212 bodies of American soldiers, marines and nurses on May 23, 1922.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-05-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Senators hold a confirmation hearing for Timothy Geithner whom President Obama has nominated for the position of Secretary of the Treasury. Geithner discusses his tax preparation difficulties and his plans to improve the U.S. economy. Some skipping during the final thirty minutes of the recording.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-01-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jacinta Maria Rocking-Stringer, a visiting English and drama student from the University of Surrey in England, talks about her youth in England, her parents and family, and her family's place in the class structure in England. She compares students in the British university system with the American students she has met at Michigan State University, saying that Americans are less focused, less serious about their studies, and more prone to abuse their new found freedoms while away from home. She also talks about her dream of becoming an actor and how she hopes to be able to balance a professional life wtih having a family.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-11-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection