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- Bill Faunce, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University Department of Sociology, talks about his youth, education, and what brought him to MSU in 1957 to teach industrial sociology and work in the Center for Labor and Industrial Relations which later became known as the School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SLIR). Faunce also talks about his research, the structure of SLIR, the mission of the school, working in an auto plant in his younger days, and coordinating the school's move from the basement of Marshall Hall to South Kedzie Hall. Faunce is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-09-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The Bard Steel Company is featured in this installment of "Western Michigan at work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. Dunbar describes the inner workings of the steel warehouse and mill supply company and details the economic advantages served by buying these products from a distributor rather than buying them directly from the source. Dunbar interviews long-time employee Charles Herrington about how the company has grown during his time there.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-03-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sam Ruegsegger, project manager for the Christman Company, and Jeff White, project superintendent, talk about their responsibilities on the project to renovate, restore, and construct new portions of the Snyder-Phillips Halls complex to house the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) on the campus of Michigan State University. They talk about learning to work together, the project's aggressive schedule, coordinating all the complex tasks and resources needed, and the difficulties in trying to plan ahead for all of the many construction details. They also talk about site picketing by union members, how the Chirstman follows all wage rate laws, and how they try to foster good relations with the unions.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In an oral history interview, Ed Barton, volunteer curator of the "Changing Men Collection" in the Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections unit, talks about the history and development of the collection and the men's movement itself. Barton says that the collection began with a donation facilitated by MSU Professor Bruce Curtis and has continued to grow robustly based upon Barton's support and active gathering of conference materials. Barton also outlines the core tenets of the different branches of the men's movement and says that his own involvement in the movement has helped him develop the collection.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Globe Knitting Works is featured in this installment of "Western Michigan at Work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. Dunbar gives a history of the company, which was started by Norwegian immigrant E.A. Clemmons in 1897, and describes the process by which garments are made at Globe Knitting. Edgar Charles, one of the knitters, describes his duties and the working conditions while Jane Radich, who works in the cutting department, explains how the cutters shape and form the knitted fabric into garments.
- Date Issued:
- 1947-09-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Former Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon discusses her involvement with the MSU Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP) and the Faculty Grievance Official (FGO) when she served as MSU Provost and later as MSU President. Simon talks about the origins and evolution of the FGP, her experiences with several FGOs and changes to the FGP which she instituted. Simon also talks about the tension in universities between teaching and research, which she says affects hiring, tenure, salaries, promotions, and administrative priorities. She comments on the pressures of balancing the needs of the university with the wishes of the MSU Board of Trustees and the burden of being responsible for decisions made at every level of operation. Simon is interviewed by Robert Banks, former MSU associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Human Resources and John Revitte, former MSU professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-02-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Eleanor Barnes Pierce talks about her father, Lansing Mayor Orlando Mack Barnes and his influence on the development of post-Civil War Lansing and Michigan. Pierce is interviewed by Margaret O'Rourke and James Billings. Pierce recalls her childhood in the Barnes mansion and talks about her family and their lifestyle and their daily lives. O'Rourke describes the mansion as viewed in a number of photos, reads from Orlando Barnes' biography, Eleanor's wedding announcement and the obituaries of Orlando Barnes and his wife. Following the interview Billings and O'Rourke visit the site of the mansion which was demolished in 1957, describe what they see and speculate on the extent of the property. They also visit Evergreen Cemetery and the Barnes family grave site and read from headstones.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-01-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Cynthia Edmonds-Cady, professor in the School of Social Work at Illinois State University, delivers a talk entitled, Defining welfare, work, and motherhood: women’s participation in the welfare rights movement in Detroit, 1964-1972, at the Michigan State University Museum. Edmonds-Cady describes the unlikely political partnership between suburban, middle-class white women, known as welfare friends, and welfare recipients in the Detroit area. She describes a grassroots welfare reform movement engaged in civil disobedience and protests, and provides an historical view of welfare policy at both the Federal and State level. Her presentation highlights the irony of poor mothers actively advocating for sufficient resources to raise their families, in an alliance with affluent suburban women who had the luxury of staying home with their children. Edmonds-Cady 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 and the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-03-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University doctoral candidate Jacquelyn Lowman talks about her research on Michigan women and the agricultural service support organization known as the "Grange". She reads a brief history of the Grange and says that women in the organization held positions equal to male members and played important roles in rural Michigan and the mission of the Grange. Loman also shares the story of Beulah and Roland Winter of Marshall, Michigan and their long involvement with the Grange in south-central Michigan. She answers questions from the audience. She is introduced by MSU Librarian Anita Ezzo. Part of the Michigan State Libraries' Colloquia Series. Held in the Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-11-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Scott Peters, Michigan historian and author of "Making waves : Michigan's boat-building industry, 1865-2000," delivers a talk entitled, "The sound of caulking irons to the smell of the fiberglass : working in Michigan boatyards, 1870-2000". Peters discusses the art of boat building from Native American canoes to modern-day war vessels and finally focuses on boating in Michigan and the different types of boats used in the state for sport and commerce. Peters answers questions from the audience. He is introduced by John Beck, professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-04-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection