Michigan State University Libraries
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- President Obama signs a Presidential Memorandum on modernizing the overtime system by directing the Labor Department to recommend rules governing overtime pay to ensure that workers are paid fairly for a hard day's work.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Obama delivers remarks explaining the critical importance of raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10. Obama recognizes members of the Big Ten Champion basketball team who are in attendance and praises Jordon Morgan's academic accomplishments. He praises the business practices of Zingerman's Delicatessen, recounts the improving economic conditions of the U.S. economy, and describes the successful enrollment numbers for the Affordable Care Act. Held in the Intramural Sports Building at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Reagan in a press conference.
- Date Issued:
- 1981-03-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Reagan announces forthcoming meeting with Soviet ambassador Andrei Gromyko. He answers questions about the meeting, breaches in arms control by the Soviets, Reagan's priorities, and a specific deficit-reduction plan.
- Date Issued:
- 1984-09-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Senator Joseph Lieberman sees the testimony of the Buddhist nuns as insufficiently crucial to warrant immunizing them.
- Date Issued:
- 1997-07-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Recording begins with news coverage of Jack Dempsey beating Jess Willard in a boxing match on July 4, 1919.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- William Penn, essayist, fiction writer, and professor of English at Michigan State University, talks about his novel "The Absence of Angels," settings and plots in his works, inspiration from his family, his in-progress works, Native American dramas, and his reading habits. Penn is interviewed by MSULibrarian Jane Arnold for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-11-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Gerald Ford discusses a tax cut bill which was larger than he wanted, saying that Congress must now yield on federal spending.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- In this installment of "Know your city" Dr. Willis Dunbar walks the listener through a typical morning in downtown Kalamazoo. Dunbar gives a tour of the stores downtown, describing their window ornaments and the wares inside. He then passes the show over to Newton Lincoln, manager of Kalamazoo's Social Security Office, and Mervyn Black, Lincoln's assistant, to discuss the operations of the Social Security Office.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-03-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Donald Trump reacts to the news of a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue during Shabbat morning services earlier in the day. He praises the law enforcement response, advocates for the death penalty, and bemoans the state of the world, saying he will make a detailed statement after arriving at the Young Farmers conference in Indiana. He asserts that the shooting would not have happened if the synagogue had armed guards.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-10-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Poet Diane Seuss talks about landscape in her poems, her book "It blows you hollow," themes in her poetry, and her life as both a poet and a college teacher. Suess is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-09-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Poet Mark Yakich, professor of English at Central Michigan University, talks about his education, developing an interest in poetry while working in Brussels, Belgium, his writing style, the cover of his book "The making of collateral beauty", and the relationship between teaching and writing. Yakich is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-03-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Omar Bradley states that the U.S. does not want war and he discusses the United States' problems and responsibilities pertaining to this policy.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Barack Obama speaks on the many troubles facing the American middle class. He announces the creation of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Working Families, headed by Vice President Joe Biden. The task force is charged with creating new jobs and monitoring the problems that middle-income working families face, with the ultimate goal being to raise the living standards of those already in the middle class, as well as those aspiring to it. The President also announces plans to sign three executive orders intended to make unionization easier for those employed by companies with federal contracts.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-01-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Dr. John Waller, Associate Professor of the History of Medicine in Lyman Briggs College and the Department of History at Michigan State University, describes his research on medieval medicine and disease and his efforts to write in a manner that will make his books accessible. Waller calls the culture of science one of competition and disagreement based upon constructive criticism and describes his attempts to illuminate how science operates to reach truth. He reads passages from his books and talks extensively about his history of workhouse boy turned mill worker, Robert Blincoe. A question and answer concludes the session. Waller is introduced by MSU Librarian Agnes Haigh Widder. Part of the MSU Libraries Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks at the Human Rights Campaign's 15th Annual National Dinner held at the Washington Convention Center. Obama declares that, "every single American...deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of our society." He lists the accomplishments of his administration in the area of human rights and gay rights, including the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell." Obama also advocates for his American Jobs Act which is pending in congress and says the country is having a fundamental debate national identity.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Matthew Wojciechowski, a student at Michigan State University, discusses growing up in Dearborn Heights, MI, the community's middle class lifestyle, adjusting to the diversity at MSU, first selecting Engineering as his major to please and impress his father, and later switching to Graphic Design. He also talks about foreign students in his classes, the competitiveness he says that they bring, and how other students resent them, career possibilities in his major, conflicts with professors, managing college life, the dorm, and blowing off steam. He says that he aspires to be married with kids and living in a rural area while pursuing his profession.
- Date Issued:
- 1988-05-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Barack Obama makes remarks on improving economic opportunity for women and working families. Obama stresses equal pay for equal work, raising the minimum wage, and the Affordable Care Act. Held at Valencia College in Orlando, Florida.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-03-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Clintons first press conference in five months deals with balancing the budget. He fields reporters' questions about Whitewater development, Gingrich's pessimism, his imminent trip to visit the US troops in Bosnia, and the "Travelgate".
- Date Issued:
- 1996-01-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- John F. Kennedy gives his campaign speech as presidential candidate.
- Date Issued:
- 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- U.S. President George W. Bush talks about former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's accomplishments and legacy. Bush discusses the similarities between Jefferson and himself, saying that they both have a habit of making up new words and also prefer lower taxes. Following his comments, Bush signs a proclamation honoring Jefferson's 258th birthday.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-04-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Address by Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin on "Trumanism".
- Date Issued:
- 1953-11-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Walter Mondale says he believes essential energy legislation will pass in 1978.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-08-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Senator William Roth comments on the message on the economy delivered by President Carter that day.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-04-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- African cartoonist Tebogo Motswetla of Botswana talks about his comic and cartoon art and his star character "Mabijo", who he uses to express social and cultural themes from everyday life. He also explains the nature of his social commentary and the career he has built, which includes teaching art and running his cartooning business. Motswetla plays excerpts from an animated HIV prevention series he has created. Michigan State University Librarian Randall Scott talks about the MSU Libraries' comic art collection and his goal to build a strong African comics component. Kurt Dewhurst, director of arts and cultural initiatives at MSU, explains the university's outreach efforts in Africa. MSU Librarian Peter Limb convenes the event and introduces Motswetla. Held in the Michigan State University Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-10-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Francis White sings two songs, Six times six is thirty-six, and M.I.S.S.I.S.S.I.P.P.I.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- A number of people speak about the Ingersoll Division of the Borg-Warner Corporation ahead of its display exhibition at the Great Kalamazoo Exposition, a fundraiser to support children with cerebral palsy. Frank Nugent, Ingersoll's sales manage, speaks about what will be on display at the exhibit while Henry Price, president of Ingersoll's chapter of the CIO, speaks of the pride the factory workers feel towards the products they make and asks people to come see them at the display. Dr. Willis Dunbar gives a history of the Ingersoll Corporation, discussing how it came to Kalamazoo and how it became a division of the Borg-Warner Corporation.
- Date Issued:
- 1950-05-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Science fiction writer and Detroiter Kathe Koja talks about why she would like to be a cat, the sources of her inspiration, research for her books, her family, and her soon to be published works. Koja is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Leslie Behm for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lee talks about standing in a line that ran four blocks to the elementary school to apply and being hired in September 1977. He describes his impression of the size of the plant, his first jobs and discovering they were not as easy as they looked. Lee tells about finishing college, being a per diem supervisor, and watching Sexton High School football games from the factory roof.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Vice President Joseph Biden praises the efforts of President Barack Obama to pass health care reform and introduces the President. President Obama talks about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, before signing the bill into law. He also talks about the features of the act, how citizens will benefit and how insurance company practices that will be controlled. He also thanks those that have pushed for health care reform for decades.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-03-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Barack Obama talks about the heath care needs of injured veterans and their families that will be addressed by the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act and then signs the bill. Obama says that the bill improves health care services for veterans and provides assistance and training to those who provide care to wounded veterans.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-05-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Vess L. Ossman performs the John Philip Sousa march "Stars and stripes forever" on banjo with piano and fife accompaniment.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Librarian Susan Kendall convenes a panel discussion entitled, "Publishing, Authoring, and Teaching in the Evolving Open Access Environment." Farha Abbasi, Professor Michigan State University Department of Psychiatry talks about her experiences as managing editor of the open access "Journal of Muslim Mental Health." Ian M. Dworkin, Professor MSU Department of Zoology and an editor at the open access journal "PLoS One", discusses the benefits and complications of publishing scholarly work in open access journals and on pre-print servers. Steven Weiland, Professor MSU Department of Educational Administration, presents his approaches to teaching graduate students about old and new models of publishing. Question and answer session concludes the program. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Colloquia series held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clinton's "Whitewater press conference." Reporters Jim Wooten in Little Rock and Cokie Roberts in Washington analyze the speech. Peter Jennings anchors.
- Date Issued:
- 1994-03-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Bill Clinton eulogizes Secretary of Commerce, Ron Brown from Browns funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-04-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- William Riddell, a doctoral student in the History Department at the University of Toronto, presents, "A leak in the ship of State : the Sailors' Union of the Pacific and the imperial labor politics of Pacific annexation, 1897-1900," a look into the development and organization of the Sailors' Union. Riddell examines the relationship between American expansion in the Pacific and the battle of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific to prevent the spread of "unfree labor" in the new territories and answers questions after his talk. He is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. 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. Held at the MSU Museum Auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-10-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President George Bush gives a press conference in Washington following the press conference with James Baker and Tariq Aziz in Geneva. He notes that the Iraqi refusal to accept his letter indicates their unwillingness to accept a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Kuwait.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Donald Trump talks about gun violence and school safety. Trump says that he wants to ban bump stock devices, that the country should look into "hardening" schools and focus on mental health issues and that the leadership of the National Rifle Association (NRA) wants to help solve the problem of gun violence. Vice President Mike Pence introduces Trump. Trump's remarks are made at the annual meeting of the National Governors Association in Washington D.C.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-02-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Richard Nixon points to Rose Mary Woods as an example of what is good in a Catholic education and promises aid to parochial schools at the 89th annual convention of the Knights of Columbus. date?
- Date Issued:
- 1971-08-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Father Charles E. Coughlin speaks on social justice and communism. Charles Penman introduces Father Coughlin.
- Date Issued:
- 1935-11-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a meeting of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Topics include these: political corruption, economic development and the U.S. relationship with African nations.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-07-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Former Michigan State University Faculty Grievance Official Mary Brady, who came to MSU in 1972 to work in the College of Human Medicine, talks about her education and career and why she decided to accept the FGO position. She also talks about the status of the office when she first took on the job and all of the steps she took to improve the operation. Brady says that many of the faculty grievances she first encountered revolved around salary disputes and that there were tremendous variations between the colleges in how they evaluated faculty and determined pay raises. She also talks about why she retired and what she thinks that she accomplished during her tenure. Revitte shares his FGO experiences.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-10-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Allen Van De Vusse discusses his career as a payroll auditor and paint department production manager at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI. He is joined by Louise Dean who discusses her career as a GM salaried clerk/secretary and her husband John Dean, who discusses his varied career as a production worker, plant security officer, supervisor, Safety Director, and maintenance manager. With careers spanning five decades the speakers describe changes in the plant culture, sexism, disparate treatment, plant security, relations with upper management and the UAW, and comment on manufacturing processes and life in the factory.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-06-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1980-01-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection