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2281. Doug Gross discusses his career as a production worker and UAW EAP advisor at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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Doug discusses being hired in March 1981, his first jobs and move to the Paint Shop. He comments on life in the factory, his religious faith, substance abuse, and his selection as an Employee Assistance Program advisor. Doug discusses using the Tuition Assistance Program, completing a degree program, and becoming a plant Chaplin conducting funerals, weddings, counseling and caring for workers and their families.
Date Issued:
2005-10-17T00:00:00Z
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Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

2282. Kara Gust interviews poet Laura Apol

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Poet Laura Apol, Michigan State University professor of Education, discusses how she started writing and was first published, her favorite writer, the relationship between teaching and writing,the landscape of Michigan in her writings, and current projects. Apol is interviewed by MSU Librarian Kara Gust for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
Date Issued:
2005-09-30T00:00:00Z
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Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

2283. Mark Groce discusses his career as a production and material handling worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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Mark describes being hired in September 1976 and losing his lunch bag on his first day. He tells about being trained and doing a variety of jobs over the years. Mark recalls doing strike duty and comments on the union. He describes a ceremony conducted for retiring fork truck operators. Mark talks about friends, hobbies and interests.
Date Issued:
2005-11-15T00:00:00Z
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Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

2284. Jimmy Carter addresses the United Nations General Assembly

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Carter calls on all nations to reverse the build up of arms, conventional and nuclear.
Date Issued:
1977-10-04T00:00:00Z
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Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

2285. Schultz at the Paris Exhibition

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Comedian Frank Kennedy performs in this routine entitled, Schultz at the Paris Exhibition.
Date Issued:
1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

2286. My babe from Boston

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The Peerless Orchestra performs the "My babe from Boston" polka. Edison Brown wax cylinder.
Date Issued:
1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

2287. Press conference; 14th; excerpts

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Excerpts from Jimmy Carters fourteenth press conference. With questions by Judy Woodruff, James Wooten, and George Herman.
Date Issued:
1977-08-23T00:00:00Z
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Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

2288. U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the press on the situation in Libya

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A vacationing President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the press on the situation in Libya. Obama recaps recent events in the country, describes NATO and U.S. involvement, and declares that, "the Qaddafi regime is coming to an end, and the future of Libya is in the hands of its people." He also reminds reporters that no U.S. troops have been used on the ground and that the hope is for a democratic Libya.
Date Issued:
2011-08-22T00:00:00Z
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Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

2289. Kara Gust interviews poet and writer Keith Taylor

Description:
Poet and writer Keith Taylor, coordinator of the undergraduate creative writing program at the University of Michigan, talks about his youth, leaving college to write, how he came to be a poet and trying to be published. He also talks about how living in Michigan has influenced his writing, his work translating the writing of Greek poet Kostas Karyotakis into English and writing about Hemingway's formative years spent in Michigan. Taylor is interviewed for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
Date Issued:
2007-10-05T00:00:00Z
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Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

2290. On equal terms

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Author, poet, artist and journeyman electrician Susan Eisenberg delivers a talk titled, "On equal terms: women's struggles in the construction workplace". Eisenberg talks about the history of women in construction and building trades, apprentice programs, and government influence. She talks about the nature of the work, the danger, job insecurity, wages and benefits. Eisenberg says that women have had a difficult time being successful in the face of continued discrimination. A question and answer follows the talk and then Eisenberg leads a tour of her display in the Michigan State University Museum. Eisenberg is introduced by Professor John P. Beck, Associate Director, Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction, the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context, and the MSU Women's Resource Center. Held at the MSU Museum.
Date Issued:
2012-02-06T00:00:00Z
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Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection