Michigan State University Libraries
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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
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- 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
- Description:
- 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
- Description:
- 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
- Description:
- 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