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- Turfgrass expert Dr. James Beard explains how and why he decided to specialize in turfgrass mangement. Beard describes numerous aspects of managing turfgrass and grasslands for parks, sports, and conservation, suitable types of turfgrass for various climates, and how climate change affects turgrass management. He talks about teaching and researching at Michigan State University and how the program has grown. Beard recounts the contributions of Michigan Agricultural College botanist W.J. Beal to the field of turfgrass research. Beard is interviewed by Michigan historian and author Keith Widder solidifying MSU as the strongest public repository of turfgrass literature in the world.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-02-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Weil remembers his medical school training during WWII, his first position, and coming to MSU in 1968 for the challenge of creating the new Department of Pediatrics. He also discusses hiring faculty, sharing laboratory space with other colleges, the shift from a two-year to a four-year program, professional organizations, political advocacy for children’s health issues, various national efforts that elevated the profile of MSU, and the Department’s relationship with local hospitals and local physicians. Retired Pediatrics Department administrator and faculty member Dr. David J. Kallen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, conducts the interview. Part of the MSU Department of Pediatrics and Human Development Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-02-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. David Cooper, Michigan State University Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures speaks at an event titled, The Robert Coles papers: Journeys of an MSU archive, held in the MSU Main Library. Cooper discusses the career of renowned child psychiatrist Dr. Robert Coles and his collected papers which are now part of MSU Libraries' Special Collections. Cooper comments on the significance of the Coles archive at MSU and Coles' life and contributions to the fields of psychiatry and education. Cooper and Peter Berg, Assistant Director for MSU Libraries Special Collections also talk about the adventure of bringing the collection to MSU, its physical condition, preservation concerns and the process of cataloging the materials. Both also discuss how the Robert Coles collection is currently being used by scholars for social and literary research. David Gift, Vice Provost for Libraries Computing and Technology introduces the event. Part of the MSU Libraries' Colloquia Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-01-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Marvin Grinstern talks about his employment at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, MI, from 1965 and 1975. Grinstern describes growing up in Lansing, farming, visiting his father at the plant, as a boy, during the 1937 strike and finally joining his father and other relatives at REO. Grinstern also talks about a fatal accident on the shop floor, managers abusing their position, the REO bankruptcy, the plant closing, and the resulting shock, depression and suicides among workers. Grinstern laments the loss of manufacturing companies and jobs in Lansing and remarks on the great changes that came to factories in the wake of unionization and women in the workplace. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-12-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama speaks at a memorial service for Richard Holbrooke at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Obama recounts key moments of Holbrooke’s life and accomplishments from Vietnam to the Balkan War and the Middle East. Obama says Holbrooke had vision and understood America’s role in the world, comparing him to U.S. diplomats such as Rusk, Harriman, Acheson and Clifford.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-01-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama speaks about the legacy of President John F. Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s inauguration. Obama recaps the challenges Kennedy faced and the promises Kennedy made for a brighter future based upon dedication and hard work. The president’s address comes after a day of celebrations held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-01-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poets Jack Ridl and Chris Dombrowski talk about teaching and the writing of poetry and the use of landscape in their writings. Ridl and Dombrowski are interviewed by Michigan Stae University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-04-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Wayne Nunheimer recalls his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1945 to 1975. He talks about his father working for REO, the REO Clubhouse, the 1937 strike, the company in the post-war period, his job as a spot welder, lawnmower production, piecework and the beautiful REO Flying Cloud automobile. Nunheimer also recalls the mergers which led to the end of the company, ongoing legal battles in bankruptcy, and says how fortunate workers were to have union representation and what a positive influence the union was in the plant. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-06-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Rout describes her childhood and young adult years in upstate New York as a Catholic school student, her high school and college years, graduate school at Stanford and getting her job at MSU in 1967. She also talks about her interest in pop culture and literature, her research on the Black Panthers, her role in the evolution of ATL Department and her emphasis on minority studies and the history and culture of the 1960s. Part of the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-05-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama eulogizes South Carolina State Senator, the Reverend Clementa Pinckney, Senior Pastor at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and one of nine victims in the June 17, 2015 shootings at the church. Obama praises Pinckney's life long commitment to equality and justice, his public service, and his contributions to the Charleston community. Obama ends by talking about the power of grace, leads the audience in singing "Amazing Grace," then reads the names of the nine who were killed.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-06-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection