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- Description:
- In this installment of "Know your city," Dr. Willis Dunbar interviews Dr. Loy Norrix, superintendent of Kalamazoo schools, about the ways the school system is working to alleviate overpopulation problems in schools around Kalamazoo. Norrix talks about the various measures being taken this year, including sending some children to different schools with more room and converting some houses owned by the schools into classrooms. Norrix emphasizes the role of the community in working to solve the overpopulation problems facing the school system in the coming years and argues that a further construction program needs to begin immediately so that the school system is well positioned to deal with population fluxes in the coming years.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-09-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Western Michigan at work," Dr. Willis Dunbar reviews his visit to the site of the Consumer Sand and Gravel company and discusses the report from the W.E. Upjohn Foundation for Community Research concerning the availability of attractive industrial parcels in Kalamazoo, MI. Dunbar speaks how the gravel is dug and separated by Consumer Sand and Gravel and also touches on the cement block making process. Dunbar discusses the report from Upjohn Institute, which highlights the shortage of attractive sites for industrial expansion in Kalamazoo, and urges his listeners to consider how large they wish their city to become, reflecting on the benefits and burdens of a large industrial sector and the strain on public services which can be caused by a large number of industrial workers.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-07-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In a series of excerpted interviews intended for use in an episode of "Know Your City," Dr. Willis Dunbar interviews faculty and students associated with the Michigan Veteran's Vocational School at Western Michigan College. The school's director discusses the origins of the school, its educational programs and what veteran's pay to attend. Former student Edgar West discusses his training in the school's appliance repair program and how it prepared him for his his current job at the Sears Roebuck store in Lansing, MI. Dunbar also briefly interviews a number of current students who talk about their programs and where they are from.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-10-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Know your city" Dr. Willis Dunbar walks the listener through a typical morning in downtown Kalamazoo. Dunbar gives a tour of the stores downtown, describing their window ornaments and the wares inside. He then passes the show over to Newton Lincoln, manager of Kalamazoo's Social Security Office, and Mervyn Black, Lincoln's assistant, to discuss the operations of the Social Security Office.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-03-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Diane Seuss talks about landscape in her poems, her book "It blows you hollow," themes in her poetry, and her life as both a poet and a college teacher. Suess is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-09-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Howard Dwight Smith, from the American Commission of Living War Memorials, speaks at the dedication of Angell Field at Kalamazoo College on September 19, 1946. Smith speaks about the values of courage, loyalty, and vigor which the field will represent, and declares that it is a fitting memorial for Chester Munson Angell, the World War II veteran for whom the field is named. Smith says that Angell Field is a shining example of the Living Memorials which he hopes will populate the nation.
- Date Issued:
- 1946-09-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- On this installment of "Know your city," Dr. Willis Dunbar interviews E. Frank Woodington, head of the Kalamazoo Division of Weights, Scales, and Measures. Woodington gives a thorough explanation of how his division ensures the accuracy of the 963 scales used by the 410 places of business in Kalamazoo including, filling stations. Woodington also describes the tolerance the division allows for a variety of scale capacities based upon years of use, and tells Dunbar that any scales found to be in error are condemned until they have been re-calibrated and pass inspection.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-03-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The newly elected members of Kalamazoo's city government speak with Dr. Willis Dunbar in interviews on election night. Re-elected Mayor Henry Ford Jr. pledges to fix water supply problems and oversee the building of a new water works building in the next two years. Re-elected Vice-Mayor Glenn Allen praises the voter turn out, but says that it is still small compared to the number of voters registered and encourages more citizens of Kalamazoo to exercise their right to vote. City commissioners Lorence Burdick, Charles E. Garrett, and Allan B. Milham all deliver brief remarks and thank their supporters.
- Date Issued:
- 1947-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Know your city," Dr. Willis Dunbar examines two institutions doing charitable work in Kalamazoo County, the Lions Club and the Kalamazoo County Cancer Society. R.K. Hills, a member of the local Lions Club, discusses the history of the white cane as a symbol of blindness and the importance of educating the public about the meaning of the white cane. Dunbar also speaks to various people about their work with the Kalamazoo Cancer Society, including Mrs. R.C. Stevens, who heads the Society's Transportation Committee and Florence Thompson, the Society's secretary, and Carl Draeger, planning chairman of its fundraising campaign.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-04-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1929-02-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City