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- Walter Campbell, former Regional Director for the Allied Industrial Workers (AIW) Region 7 in west Michigan and former Secretary-Treasurer of the Michigan State AFL-CIO, talks about AIW President Lester Washburn testifying about union corruption before a Senate committee, the merger of the AFL and the CIO in 1955, the creation of the UAW-CIO and the UAW-AFL, efforts to evict communists from the union ranks, and charges of widespread union corruption. He also talks about numerous labor leaders with whom he was acquainted, his duties as Secretary Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, being appointed to the state unemployment board by Michigan Governor Williams, and his own efforts to bring the building trades back into the AFL-CIO. Campbell is interviewed by Lisa Fine, Michigan State University professor of History, and John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2002-11-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- A Michigan State University faculty panel participates in a discussion entitled, "The Evolving Nature of Rights." Panelists describe their research, perspectives and conclusions around the evolving nature of civil and human rights including indigenous property rights, the right to water, privacy, health care and more. Panelists are: Associate Dean Steven Kautz, College of Social Science; Dean Joan Howarth, College of Law; Associate Chair Laurie Medina, Department of Anthropology, College of Social Science; Chair of Water Research Joan Rose, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; and Dean William Strampel, College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Dean of the Honors College, convenes the session and moderates questions from the audience. Part of the series "Sharper Focus/Wider Lens" sponsored by: MSU Honors College; College of Law; College of Social Science; Department of Fisheries and Wildlife; College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; and the College of Osteopathic Medicine. Held in the MSU Student Union.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-09-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Doug Noverr, Michigan State University Professor of Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures, delivers a talk entitled, "Two versions/visions of Irish immigrant history: Ron Howard's 'Far and away' (1992) and Martin Scorsese's 'Gangs of New York' (2002)". Noverr describes the films and their historical context and recounts Irish patterns of immigration, intermarriage with Native Americans, and settlement on the continent. He explains the fear and racism directed at the Irish by the "Know nothings" as well as the machine politics rampant in New York City. Questions and answers conclude the event. Noverr is introduced by Professor John P. Beck, Associate Director, Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations and the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-11-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Weil remembers his medical school training during WWII, his first position, and coming to MSU in 1968 for the challenge of creating the new Department of Pediatrics. He also discusses hiring faculty, sharing laboratory space with other colleges, the shift from a two-year to a four-year program, professional organizations, political advocacy for children’s health issues, various national efforts that elevated the profile of MSU, and the Department’s relationship with local hospitals and local physicians. Retired Pediatrics 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:
- 2005-02-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1998-09-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Marilyn Chamberlain talks about working at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1965 to 1975. She talks about her many bosses and the unique family atmosphere in the plant, which she says she never found in any other workplace. Her husband, Calvin Chamerlain, talks about coming to REO from Motor Wheel in Lansing and working his way up from machine operator to time study analyst on the truck and lawnmower lines. He says that workers often felt threatened by time studies and reacted to them with hostility. The Chamerlains recount the decline and end of the company, the loss of the REO Clubhouse, hard feelings and tension throughout the factory and leaving the plant for the last time. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-06-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- On returning from Berlin, President Harry Truman addresses the American people. He touches mostly upon issues of the Potsdam agreement, including the goals for a Germany controlled by the Allies, German reparations and the agreement on Poland. The President also justifies the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and warns of things to come if Japan does not surrender.
- Date Issued:
- 1945-08-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Western Michigan at work," Dr. Willis Dunbar profiles the Grand Rapids Bookcase and Chair Company of Hastings, Michigan. Dunbar discusses the history of the company, its process for designing and producing furniture, and why it has shifted from making solid oak furniture to making furniture in the modern style. Dunbar also interviews various company employees.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-10-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Don Stevens, former Michigan State University trustee and AFL-CIO board member, talks about his experiences in the Michigan labor movement. Among other topics, he discusses the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists, the anti-union efforts of Father Coughlin, the pro-union efforts of other priests, the internal struggles of a number of Michigan unions during WWII as different factions jockeyed for control and influence and the creation of the United Way as a method for coordinating charitable fund raising . Stevens also talks about the 1961-62 Michigan constitutional convention, Coleman Young, Gus Scholle, the growth of union influence in the state and the 1948 campaigns of G. Mennen Williams for governor and Gerald R. Ford for the U.S. Congress. Stevens says that Ford courted union support in the 1948 Republican primary and later betrayed the unions by voting to override President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act. Stevens is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Part three of four. Gift of John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-03-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection