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231. A baptizing at the Hickory Corners Church

Description:
Cal Stewart's comedy routine, A baptizing at the Hickory Corners Church.
Date Issued:
1903-09-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

232. Michigan State University graduate Mark Woodhouse talks about his upbringing, college life, and career plan

Description:
Michigan State University graduate Mark Woodhouse talks about growing up in urban Detroit with his father and suburban Ann Arbor with his mother. Woodhouse credits the environment in Ann Arbor with pushing him towards college and speculates on the apparent lack of desire for higher education among minorities. He says he enjoyed the integrated campus at MSU and talks about his freshman year and shares some of his experiences in dealing with his white dorm mates. Woodhouse explains why he majored in telecommunications after a physics class and an internship ended his aspirations of majoring in engineering. He calls telecommunications a really difficult field to break into and can't predict what he will be doing in ten years. Woodhouse hopes that he can work in film industry but says that he needs more family support to move to Los Angeles to make it happen.
Date Issued:
1990-12-10T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

233. Re-recording from Edison cylinder record of Miss Russell singing Come Down, Ma Evenin' Star

Date Issued:
1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

234. Journalists Kathleen Lavey, Sheila Schimpf and John Schneider reads their selected works at the Michigan Writers Series

Description:
Journalists Kathleen Lavey, Sheila Schimpf and John Schneider read their selected works and answer questions from the audience. The event is convened by Michigan State University Libraries' Assistant Director Peter Berg. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
Date Issued:
2000-09-15T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

235. Interview with Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration Director Doug Earle

Description:
Doug Earle, founding director of the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA), talks about safety education and training grants MIOSHA has made to encourage safety programs, labor union influences on safety, and the difference between state and federal safety programs. Earle also describes his role in writing an OSHA bill, getting it through Congress, and some of the features the legislation might contain. The interview begins with Earle and retired Michigan State University Professor of Labor John Revitte talking about right to work legislation, Governor Snyder's effectiveness, Republican domination in state politics, East Lansing school district politics and the current state of labor education in Michigan.
Date Issued:
2013-02-14T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

236. Michael Cohen testimony before House Oversight Committee

Description:
In an excerpt from his testimony before the U.S. Congressional House Oversight and Reform Committee, Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal lawyer, talks about working for Trump before and after the 2016 presidential campaign, and how the Trump Organization operates and presents documents to the Committee which he says will prove that he is telling the truth. He admits that he has broken the law and has lied many times, but that he did so at the direction of the President. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) chairs the hearing and makes an opening statement. Ranking member Jim Jordan (R-OH) also makes opening remarks.
Date Issued:
2019-02-27T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

237. U.S. President Barack Obama signs the $787 billion Economic Stimulus bill

Description:
President Barack Obama signs the $787 billion Economic Stimulus bill while in Colorado. Governor of Colorado Bill Ritter (D) introduces the Colorado-based solar electric company, Namaste. Vice President Joe Biden discusses the uses of the stimulus package on the U.S. economy of the future. Blake Jones, CEO of Namaste Solar Electric, talks about the projects his company will now be able to move forward with thanks to the stimulus package. President Obama speaks on the work the stimulus package will create including the improvement of roads, education, and the digitization of health care records.
Date Issued:
2009-02-17T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

238. Marsha Dollarhite discusses her career as a plant security officer at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

Description:
Marsha talks about being one of only a few women on security, the dress code, gate duty, seniority, responding to accidents, and pulling crossing guard duty for the Verlinden elementary School. She discusses the tension and balance of representing management and keeping the plant safe and secure while being friendly and considerate of the UAW workers. Marsha discusses the effect the 1993 outsourcing of security to Pinkerton had on the officers.
Date Issued:
2005-12-12T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

239. U.S. President Barack Obama pledges a new era of engagement at the United Nations and urges international cooperation on several global isuses in his first address to the U.N. General Assembly

Description:
In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Barack Obama pledges a new era of U.S. engagement at the United Nations and urges other leaders to join in action on several issues including global climate change and economic recovery. He also cautions other countries to give up their almost reflexive anti-Americanism which he says has served as an excuse for avoiding action on issues from terrorism to poverty.
Date Issued:
2009-09-23T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

240. Charles Rycenga and the lumber business

Description:
Chuck Rycenga and his brother Louis founded the Rycenga Lumber Company in Grand Haven, of which Rycenga Homes and Rycenga Real Estate were later developments. In this interview, Chuck talks about his adventures in genealogy, his early farm experience and work with rough-cut timber, and details the growth of the family business. Later in the conversation, he is joined by Louis for a discussion of their involvement in the charity organization International Aid of Spring Lake.
Date Issued:
1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection