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- Date Issued:
- 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- African Journal of Political Economy
- Date Issued:
- 1996-12-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- African Journal of Political Science
- Description:
- Brief report about the Association of Nigerian Authors holding a literary session in honor of the late Amos Tutuola
- Date Issued:
- 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Glendora Books Supplement
- Description:
- AFL-CIO President Emeritus John J. Sweeney talks about his career in organized labor and his efforts to improve the lives of working people around the world. Sweeney describes the influence of his parents and the great satisfaction he derived from his life’s work. Sweeney’s remarks are made on the occasion of his receiving the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In a written memoir read by Marjorie Brown, Ruby Busch recalls her service in the American Red Cross during World War Two. Busch talks about where she served, her uniforms, her medical care, her housing, her duties in Europe, and her memories of D-Day, V-E Day, and counting American bombers as they returned to England from their missions. Busch says she has enjoyed her experiences in the WOSL and associating with women who had similar experiences.
- Date Issued:
- 1986-04-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- Based upon interviews done some years earlier, Dorothy Harrison delivers a presentation about the life of M.T. "Tuck" Sacher and her service in the U.S. State Department which began in 1954 and led to a stint in Vietnam from 1968 to 1973. Harrison discusses Sacher's duties while based near the Cambodian border and her vivid memories of the 1968 Tet Offensive and watching fighting from her roof top. Harrison says that Tuck told a story about an American nurse stationed near an old French cemetery who reported an increase in funerals to the American Embassy. Embassy officials ignored the information, Harrison says and later found that the Viet Cong had been hiding ammunition in the cemetery in preparation for Tet.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- Dorothy M. Harrison describes the efforts of the Louisville Unit of the Women's Overseas Service League to collect and persevere the histories of its members and then talks about the life of Mildred Stutzenberger who served in the American Red Cross during World War II. Reading from local documents and an interview with Stutzenberger, Harrison talks about Stutzenberger first working in hospitals in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations and then transferring to club work at the Bengal Air Depot in India. According to Harrison, Stutzenberger also served in Guam and Saipan and with the occupation forces in Japan. Harrison also recounts Stutzenberger's retirement and later death from lung cancer.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- President Barack Obama honors recipients of the 2011 National Medals of Arts and Humanities during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Obama describes the value of arts and culture in American society and quotes poets and artists. He describes how artists come from all walks of life. An unidentified military aide reads the official citation for each recipient as Obama presents the medals.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-02-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Cathy Baker, paper conservator, historian, and owner of the Legacy Press delivers a talk entitled, "Dard Hunter : arts-and-crafts designer, paper historian, and private-press printer extraordinaire". Baker talks about Hunter's life, his paper making, how he traveled the world to gather information and materials, and how he later published hand-printed books to disseminate the knowledge he had gained. She recounts Hunter's foray into furniture design before deciding that he could make an original and valuable contribution to the field of paper making. Baker answers questions from the audience. She is introduced by MSU Librarian Pat Ols0n.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-04-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Gordon Guyer, former President of Michigan State University, talks about growing up in Michigan and coming to Michigan State College in 1947 as an entomology major after a stint in the U. S. Air Force. He talks about earning his doctorate in 1954, becoming a professor, and a department chair and later joining university administration as Vice President for Governmental Affairs. He says his time as President of MSU was a pleasure and talks about hosting the U.S. Presidential debate at the Wharton Center and chatting with George Bush about their first meeting in China. Guyer says that the world of higher education may be changing too fast and that a personal connection with students is being lost. He also worries about funding for MSU, a distracted student body, and a lack of family support for students. Guyer praises the creation of the new FRIB facility saying it will greatly benefit the university and the state. Guyer is interviewed by retired MSU Professor Pauline Adams for the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-07-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection