Search Constraints
« Previous |
6,601 - 6,610 of 7,688
|
Next »
Search Results
- Description:
- In this installment of "Welcome to Kalamazoo," Dr. Willis Dunbar interviews Dr. Gustave Utke, the President of the Midwest Humane Conference. Utke describes the general mission and workings of Humane Societies around America, focusing on the educational outreach designed to teach children how to care for pets. Utke also describes the "Animal lending library" in Milwaukee and discusses the benefits of mutts compared to pure breed dogs.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-02-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Alice Joyce Hamblin Haber recalls her service in the U.S. Marine Corps, beginning in 1943 as part of the first cadre of women recruits. Haber talks about basic training at Camp Lejeune, and her problems with military life including dealing with an adversarial commanding officer, an entire platoon sick from dysentery, racial discrimination, and being denied promotion. Haber is interviewed by Kathryn Cavanaugh.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-08-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Gerry LaFemina talks about his move from New York to Grayling, MI, teaching at Kirtland Community College, the purpose of writing about adolescence, his book "Graffiti heart," and how he started translating Turkish poems, LaFemina is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-02-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Robert VanderMolen talks about transitioning from being a community college teacher into a painter, teaching and writing, his reading habits, his writing style, and how Michigan factors into his writings. VanderMolen is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-10-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Author and historian Keith Widder reads from his book "Michigan Agricultural College : the evolution of a land-grant philosophy, 1855-1925," and explains how he developed the idea of writing about the history of an agricultural college. Widder answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Peter Berg, head of the Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-11-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Rocky recalls moving to Lansing at age 15 from Kentucky and being hired in June 1963, working ten and eleven hour shifts, participating in a wildcat strike in 1966 over gloves and receiving discipline. Rocky joined management in 1968 and discusses his relations with UAW officials. He built a replica of the Fisher Coach for a parade. Rocky comments on being transferred to Oldsmobile in 1985 following the corporate reorganization to BOC.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-05-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dan W. Quinn sings "Mike McCarthy's wake."
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Distinguished Professor Diane Wakoski, Michigan State University Poet in Residence, joins her longtime friend, acclaimed poet Jerome Rothenberg, in a reading at the MSU Main Library. The two authors read in turn, choosing poems based upon their warm personal friendship and the spirit of the gathering. Rothenberg opens with a series of six prose poems titled, Poems for the hell of hungry ghosts, for D.W., written for Wakoski during their collaboration in New York in the early 1960s. Wakoski reads El camino real (The Kings Highway), written in honor of Rothenberg's sixtieth birthday. Wakoski also reads from Coins and coffins, and her newest book, The diamond dog and Rothenberg reads from a series of poems honoring his Jewish-Polish ancestry. The event, part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series, marks the first time in over twenty-five years that the two friends have read together. They are introduced by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-04-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1977-04-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama declares himself a "warrior for the middle class," during a speech on the American Jobs Act at the Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio. Obama talks about tax breaks for wage earners, raising taxes on millionaires, and closing tax loopholes for corporations.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-09-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection