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- In this installment of "Western Michigan at work," Dr. Willis Dunbar profiles the L.A. Darling Company which operates a foundry, a metal display factory and mannequin manufacturing factory. Dunbar talks about the company's employment and payroll figures and its many innovations in metal working. Dunbar also talks with Russel Larson, who designs mannequins Darling, about the process of making mannequins and and how mannequin design constantly changes.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-11-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President George W. Bush delivers a speech announcing his intent to pursue a national missile defense program. Bush explains that while the nuclear threats of the Cold War are not as present today, the threats still remain in unpredictable ways and places. He asserts that the best way to protect the U.S. is no longer just having the ability to destroy those that would destroy us and that his goal is to reduce nuclear forces around the world. Held at the National Defense University in Fort Lesley McNair, Washington D.C.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-05-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In part 1 of a 3 part interview, Laura Pogson, owner and operator of the famous guest house NewHaven on the River, located in Stratford, Ontario, begins her oral history of the house, the city of Stratford and the Stratford Festival. Pogson recounts the early days of the house, including her parent's purchase of the the property in 1953 and how they came to transform it into an inn.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- James Wright says Democrats are offering an alternative to President Fords program on inflation. Broadcast on CBS-TV, February 27, 1975. Wright claims Fords program would impact the economy by astronomical figures.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-02-27T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, delivers a speech entitled, "Save America," a Republican campaign speech.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-03-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor Jeff Wray hosts the University's Black History Month Read-In. Wray reads from Paul Beatty's novel "White Boy Shuffle." Fifth grader Kimani Hamilton-Wray reads "Better Wait til Martin Comes" from the collection "The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales." Ronald De Suze reads from George Lamming's novel "In the Castle of My Skin." C.G. Kendrick reads from Donald Goines novel "Black Girl Lost." Cookie Whitaker reads selections from Langston Hughes. Constance Ross reads from J. California Cooper's short story "Living" contained in the book "Homemade Love." Wray also reads Gil Scott-Heron's poem "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Folu Ogundimu reads from Chinua Achebe's novel "Anthills of the Savannah." Earle Robinson reads from Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man." The read-in was coordinated by Diana Rivera and Tama Hamilton-Wray.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-02-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- State of the Union address. Broadcast on Detroit, WJR, February 2, 1953.
- Date Issued:
- 1953-02-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection