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- In this installment of "Western Michigan at work," Dr. Willis Dunbar visits the Hamilton Farm Bureau, which claims to be the largest local farm cooperative in the United States. Dunbar describes the gradual expansion of the cooperative into a multi-million dollar industry as it acquired a saw mill, a poultry dressing plant, and a hardware store while expanding the variety of products it provided and improving their quality. Dr. Dunbar focuses on describing the egg production and processing, which forms the backbone of the cooperative, explaining the importance of the 1932 expansion which added cold storage to the plant and the switch to a more controlled environment for raising chickens, all of which led to Hamilton being known for their quality throughout the Midwest.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-08-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Robert F. Banks, associate provost and associate vice president for academic human resources, and professor emeritus of the James Madison College at Michigan State University, talks about the evolution and history of the Faculty Grievance Policy at MSU, the debate about faculty unionization and the definition of bargaining units on campus, MSU's efforts to resist unionization, and the various failed attempts to gather a faculty majority for unionization. Banks is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Fifth of seven interviews.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-07-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- David Davidoff, president of the local B'nai B'rith presents the Goodwill Medal for 1948 to Dr. Willis Dunbar. Davidoff says that Dunbar is receiving the award for his work "fostering and promoting brotherhood and understanding among racial, religious, and economic groups in our community." Dunbar gives a brief speech and calls upon his fellow citizens to promote democracy in their communities and neighborhoods.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet and novelist Gordon Henry talks about the title of his novel "The Light People", his writing style, his new work "The Dream of The Golden Arrow, Leaving Skin, and Ahwosso—Past," and Native American writers whom he admires. Henry is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Jane Arnold, for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-02-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Don Stevens, former Michigan State University trustee and AFL-CIO board member, reminisces about his childhood, family, farming, his early education, and his experiences with labor unions and union organizing. Stevens talks about his early work life, hearing about unions during the auto sit-down strikes in 1936 and 1937, listening to radio preachers condemn unions, and failed attempts to unionize a laundry where he worked and later success in organizing dairy and retail workers in the Grand Rapids area in the 1940s. Stevens also discusses CIO leadership during the war, union political efforts regarding health and safety, unemployment insurance, higher wages, and seniority rights and his own involvement in the growing union movement and labor organizing. Stevens is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Part one of four.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-02-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Margo LaGattuta talks about her literary styles, teaching creative writing in colleges, her radio program "Art in the air" on WPON, Michigan as a setting in her poems, her poem "Moving to Muskegon", and her work in-progress. LaGattuta is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Jane Arnold for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-02-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor Emeritus of Economics C. Patrick "Lash" Larrowe, talks about his family and childhood in Portland, OR, how his interest in working class issues and unionism grew and why he chose economics as a way of teaching about labor issues. Larrowe describes his early union experiences while in college, joining the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists, his service in World War Two, getting his first professorship at the University of Utah, and finally coming to work at the Labor and Industrial Relations Center at MSU. Larrowe discusses settling in at MSU and the people he worked with including, Jack Stieber, Charles Killingsworth, and MSU President John Hannah. He also explains the tensions between the Labor School and state conservatives and why the MSU faculty grievance system was created in the face of professors being terminated. Larrowe says he left the Labor School and moved to the Economics Department when his research and published material was threatened with censorship. Larrowe is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-06-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The Brundage Company is featured in this installment of "Western Michigan at work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. Dunbar focuses throughout the segment on the father-son nature of the Brundage Company, stressing the good relationship between H.F. Brundage and his sons, while exploring the history of the company. Dunbar also interviews Miles Batterson, the head of the cost department at Brundage, about why he chose to work at Brundage after completing his degree and how his college degree has aided him in his work.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-11-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Former steelworker and labor leader Tom Turner talks about his childhood and education in River Rouge and Ecorse, Mi and his involvement in organized labor and the civil rights movement. Turner also talks about discrimination and segregation in Detroit and in the workplace, his time as president of the Detroit NAACP and president of the Wayne County AFL-CIO, and the many labor leaders who inspired him. Turner says that black trade union leaders constantly and successfully pressured employers and organized labor to widen access for minorities to skilled trades and better paying jobs.
- Date Issued:
- 1982-03-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- First half of this recording features the dedication of the Nativity Scene on Dewey Hill in Grand Haven in 1964. The program starts with a short introduction, a prayer, and a speech by Governor George Romney followed by the Nativity Scene program. The second half of the recording, which begins at 33 minutes into the file, consists of the WGHN radio program featuring Grand Haven resident Raymond O'Malley recalling the sinking of the USCG Cutter Escanaba in June 1943. The Escanaba was destroyed while on escort duty from Greenland and sank in less than one minute leaving only two survivors in near freezing waters.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection