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- Hmong immigrant and former soldier Tom Vue discusses emigrating from Laos to the U.S. via a camp in Thailand. He discusses taking command of 1200 troops in the rain forests of Laos after Hmong General Vang Pao emigrated to the US in 1975. Vue talks about their defeat by the communists in 1977 and his flight from Laos to Thailand. He also speaks about coming to Lansing, MI with his family and working in social services as a translator and refugee interviewer.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-02-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lyle tells of being hired in August 1976 and being assigned to the Trim Shop. He tells of working on weld integrity in Quality Control, of meeting his wife, his love of music and he even plays his harmonica. Lyle also discusses the difference between hourly and salaried people, the BOC talent show, his union activity and his job as plant tour guide.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-12-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Reitred Deputy Chief James Heyden of the Lansing Police Department discusses his career and experiences with LPD in an interview with retired Lansing Police Officers James Gleason and John Assiff. Heyden speaks about his time on the city's dive team and working in Central Records.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-10-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Novelist Craig Holden talks about public perception of writers, the possibility of using 9/11 as a theme for a future novel, his writing style, his book "The jazz bird," the possibility of film adaptations of his novels, and the impact of Michigan on his writings. Holden is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-09-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Grand Haven native Neil VerHoeks discusses the commercial fishing industry in which he, his father, and his sons were active. VerHoeks mentions various fishing tugs and their owners, along with details of fishing procedures and regulations. He also tells the story of how he nearly lost his life with Captain Poel during a storm and remembers how the car ferries came to the aid of the tugs when the latter were immobilized by ice.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his monthly radio program Memories of the Past, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John talks about various restaurants in downtown Grand Haven, including the Keefer Restaurant, and remembers Bill Connelly's career. He recalls how the streets in Center Town would flood and a photo that was taken of people in a boat crossing an intersection. He discusses the Board of Trade and the Chamber of Commerce and their differences. He also recalls a trip to Chicago in 1924 and a local tornado.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In the second of two interviews Dale Brickner, professor in the School of Labor and Industrial Relations and associate director of the Labor Education Program at Michigan State University, talks about being active in Bloomington, Indiana politics while he taught economics and labor relations at Indiana University. Brickner also talks about running the first firefighters union institute, the summer institutes at I.U. run for a variety of unions, local and Indiana political issues involving unions, civil rights, the Equal Rights Amendment, and right to work laws. Brickner is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-07-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- MSU undergraduate Goe Sheng Xiong discusses growing up as a child of Hmong immigrants. She describes how family dynamics among Hmong refugees effect education outcomes, and discusses reaching out to other second generation Hmong students through the MSU Hmong American Student Association.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-07-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dave talks about being hired in August 1976, his first day in the Body Shop jungle, and a variety of pranks. He tells of beginning his apprenticeship in 1979 and receiving his journeyman's card 1989. Dave discusses lines of demarcation, overtime, wages, family issues and working Sundays when families of the tradesmen would come to the plant and picnic outside.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Between 1929 and 1966, J. Nyhof Poel served as Treasurer and Clerk of Ottawa County and was responsible for establishing the use of voting machines in the county. In this interview, Poel talks about the Grand Avenue / Sheldon Road area of Grand Haven and its development by Jas. W. Oakes after World War I. He also discusses the loading docks at the end of Columbus Street, water quality issues with the Grand River, the Grand Trunk and the Interurban railroads, the tugboats H.J. Dornbos and C.J. Bos, and the effect of the Great Depression on the community. Poel further delves into a discussion of local and national politics and the 1930 election of President Roosevelt.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection