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- Description:
- Clerk of the House reads President Roosevelt's messaga and Eric Sevareid gives report on the vote.
- Date Issued:
- 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sandra Seaton, playwright and professor of English at Central Michigan University, talks about her play "The Bridge Party" which dramatizes African-American middle class life in the South before the modern civil rights movement. She also talks about the song cycle for voice and piano from her play, "From the diary of Sally Hemings," on which she collaborated with composer William Bolcom. Seaton is interviewed by Michigan State University Library Assistant Stephanie Mathson
- Date Issued:
- 2002-04-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Harry E. Humphrey recites Lincoln's Gettysburg address on this Edison sound recording, in conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary ceremonies for the battle of Gettysburg.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C. Obama comments on his Administration’s work to deliver on his campaign promises and reaffirms his administration’s commitment to restoring the economy and creating new jobs.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-09-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama speaks to members of the Business Roundtable at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Obama reminds listeners of the state of the economy, discusses creating jobs and building an economy to last. He focuses on skills, education and tax incentives to create jobs in the U.S. and return jobs to the U.S. Obama also declares that he will continue to pursue investment in infrastructure calling it "good for business." Obama is introduced by Boeing Company CEO James McNerney.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-03-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama calls on Congress to pass a series of bipartisan, job creating initiatives that he proposed in 2011 which would put construction workers back to work upgrading roads and bridges, teachers back in the classroom, and police and firefighters back on the job protecting communities. He addresses the state of the economy including the situation in Europe, which continues to pose a risk to recovery in the U.S. Obama then answers questions from the media.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Vice President Biden celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act which established the minimum wage, the 40-hour week, overtime pay, and other now commonly accepted regulations. Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling talks about the President's proposal to raise the federal minimum wage as part of a plan to lift working class families out of poverty. Biden comments on the Supreme Court's decisions to overturn a section of the 1965 Voter Rights Act. He describes how the FSLA has protected workers, provided for families, and failed to live up to its opponents dire predictions.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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 they talk about the dedication of the Police and Fire Station in the 500 block of Washington Street. John describes this area through the history of Grand Haven. He gives details about the Akeley Hall finishing school for girls and the purchase of the property by Bell Telephone in the early 1930s. John discusses the City Hall project, built adjacent to this property in 1933 by the WPA. John also recalls the building of the Municipal Hospital on Sheldon Street and describes the area before the hospital was built. He also talks about the controversy of the hospital's location. The program is concluded with a discussion of VanSchelven's career in the insurance business.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks in California during a roundtable discussion with farmers and other local stakeholders affected by the drought in the state.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-02-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection