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- Poets Jack Ridl and Chris Dombrowski talk about teaching and the writing of poetry and the use of landscape in their writings. Ridl and Dombrowski are interviewed by Michigan Stae University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-04-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Mark describes being hired in November 1984 after working at Lindel Drop Forge and Jet Die & Engineering. He describes the differences between Fisher and his other workplaces and his motive for coming to Fisher. Mark talks about the duties of a toolmaker, life in the plant, overtime, and relations with management and production.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Presidential news conference following the G-20 Summit in London. President Barack Obama makes an opening statement in which he outlines the economic challenges ravaging the hyper-globalized world and says that it will take an international effort to restore the world economy. He then answers questions posed by an international press corps.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1979-03-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Laura DeLind, Michigan State University Professor of Anthropology, talks about the Urbandale Farm Project in Lansing, MI. Speaking at the MSU Main Library, DeLind describes the project and its mission to establish farms in urban areas, provide fresh food to urban residents, and teach agriculture while building community. She also describes how the land was selected, acquired, plotted, and plans for the future. DeLind is introduced by MSU Librarian Kriss Ostrom. Part of the MSU Library Environmental Series hosted by the Library Environmental Committee.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-02-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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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 various steam boats and their significance to the area. He also recalls the Interurban, the Fruitport Pavilion, his first car, and his job at a local bakery when he was young. He remembers that a pie cost twenty-five cents in those days and a loaf of bread ranged from five to ten cents. He reminisces about his grandfather, who owned and operated a livery and rented horses.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Michigan State University Professor John Beck emcees a program dedicating a State of Michigan historical marker commemorating the "Lansing Labor Holiday" of June 7, 1937. Guitarist Chris Buhalis opens the event with labor songs, Beck describes the events of June 1937, the actions of Lansing labor leader Lester Washburn, and the successful resolution of the general strike with the help of Michigan Governor Frank Murphy. Speakers include, Lansing City Council President Patricia Spitzley representing Mayor Virgil Bernero, Michigan State Representatives Andy Schor and Tom Cochran, Michigan State Senator Curtis Hertel Jr., Ingham County Sheriff Scott Wrigglesworth, UAW Director Gerald Kariem, USW Director Michael Bolton, and Tom Truscott, a member of the Michigan Historical Commission. Buhalis closes the event by leading those gathered in singing of "Solidarity forever".
- Date Issued:
- 2017-06-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1991-08-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President George W. Bush, speaking from the White House Rose Garden, discusses the current "erosion of confidence" in banking and serious risks to the "economic health" of the nation. Bush says that government intervention in U.S. banking and the economy is not only warranted, but is "essential" and assures Americans that their FDIC insured bank accounts will not be affected by government actions.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-09-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- An unidentified U.N. Indian delegate describes how Mahatma Gandhi's legacy is used by people to argue against the current state of India despite those same people describing Gandhi as "a half-naked fakir" while he was alive.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection