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- U.S. Vice President Al Gore concedes the 2000 presidential election to Republican George W. Bush (R-TX). Gore states his acceptance of the outcome and pledges his support for the President-Elect. Gore thanks his supporters for sticking with him through the long election, and also thanks his running mate Senator Joe Lieberman.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-12-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President George W. Bush discusses the financial crisis and the world economy at the Federal Hall National Memorial in New York City. Bush says he is going to host a summit to create reforms. He says the key objectives of the summit would be "understanding the causes of the global crisis, reviewing the effectiveness of our responses thus far, developing principles for reforming our financial and regulatory systems, launching a specific action plan to implement those principles, and reaffirming our conviction that free market principles offer the surest path to lasting prosperity." President Bush assures the nation that the economy will bounce back, citing its resilience through the 1940s Great Depression.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-11-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Ronald Surgeson, personal assistant and protegee of G. Robert Vincent, a pioneer in the field of recorded sound and Head of the National Voice Library of the Michigan State University Libraries, talks about his relationship with Vincent as student and friend. John D. Shaw talks about his forty year career at the Voice Library and working for Dr. Maurice A. Crane, who became Head of the new G. Robert Vincent Voice Library in 1974 after Vincent's retirement. Vincent's famous recording of President Theodore Roosevelt, made in 1912, is played along with Vincent's description of the event, which marked the beginning of his life long passion for recording the human voice. Surgeson reflects on Vincent's long career and his roles in World War One, Prohibition, the Great Depression, World War Two, the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, and the birth of the United Nations. Surgeson also marvels at Vincent's ability to adapt to the great changes in recording technology throughout the Twentieth Century. Shaw explains how Vincent and his collection were brought to MSU in the early 1960s by Dr. Richard E. Chapin, then Director of the MSU Libraries and outlines the Voice Library's ongoing efforts to record, preserve and catalog the spoken word.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Will F. Denny sings "Just one girl."
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama, making his first major speech of 2012, announces that he will appoint former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as Director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Obama also rejects the idea that the financial crisis was caused by excessive regulation and accuses Republicans of playing politics with the normal appointment process. The President makes his remarks at Shaker Heights High School in Shaker Heights, OH.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-01-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Obama holds a press conference with President Nieto of Mexio and Prime Minister Harper of Canada. Obama, Nieto and Harper speak to the press following their trilateral North American Leaders Summit meeting. Nieto introduces Obama and speaks on preserving the monarch butterfly, reinforcement of citizen security, and economic relationships of the North American countries, summarizing the discussions held at the Summit meeting. Obama speaks about expanding the North American trade market, developing educational relations, and critiques the Venezuelan and Ukrainian governments. Harper thanks Nieto for the hospitality of Mexico, and discusses NAFTA, the government of Ukraine, and goes on to speak about hosting the Summit meeting next year. Nieto and Harper speak via translation. Economic questions are asked by reporters.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-02-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Supreme Court of the United States oral arguments for Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. At issue in the case is the requirement within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that obliges businesses to provide health insurance plans including contraceptives for female employees. Hobby Lobby Inc. seeks to apply the Free Exercise clause within the First Amendment of the Constitution to nullify the statute within the Affordable Care Act and avoid the per employee tax that comes from denying contraceptive-covering insurance. Attorney Paul Drew Clement argues for Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. argues for the United States Government.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- University of Michigan Professor of Classical Studies Dr. Arthur Verhoogt joins MSU Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies Dr. Robert Anderson, to discuss U of M's digital Papyri collection and MSU's digital collection of Samaritan manuscripts. Verhooght describes the creation of the digital papyrus collection, use of the collection, and its historical and theological significance. Anderson describes the acquisition, storage and preservation of the Samaritan materials kept, contents of the collection, and its historical significance. Dr. Jim Ridolfo, Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies at the University of Kentucky talks about digitizing the Samaritan collection while he was at MSU. They answer questions from the audience. Dr. Christopher A. Frilingos introduces the speakers. Librarian Agnes Widder convenes the session. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Colloquia Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-04-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Linguist Francesco Melfi from Cleveland State University, delivers a talk about the Delaware Indians, their relation with the Iroquois Confederacy, and his discoveries in the archives of Moravian documents housed at Michigan State University. Melfi concludes that assumptions about the Delaware being inferior to and dominated by the Iroquois are incorrect and that they maintained their autonomy and their traditions, along with a mythology more closely aligned with the Algonquin. He describes his accomplishments interpreting the Delaware language, translating Indian and missionary texts, comparing dialects, and suggests that a careful study of these documents will help "resurrect" Delaware culture. Melfi answers questions from the audience. The session is convened by Patrick McConeghy, Associate Dean of the MSU College of Arts and Letters. Part of the Michigan Sate University Libraries' Colloquia Series and cosponsored by the Center for Great Lakes Culture. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-12-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection