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- Laura Fair, professor of History at Michigan State University, presents a discussion entitled, "Local Stars of the Big Screen: Working Life in Tanzanian Movie Houses." Fair discusses the background and history of the development of the film industry in Tanzania. She focuses her history by exploring how films connected the people in Tanzania, the differences between Tanzanian films and American films, what types of films were the most popular, and the working conditions in movie houses. Fair answers questions from the audience. She is introduced by John Beck, professor 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. Held in the MSU Museum auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-02-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this episode of "Western Michigan at Work", Dr. Willis Dunbar visits the Kozy Coach Company, a manufacturer of house trailers. He discusses the history of trailers and the company from its founding by Clarence M. Loots and describes the manufacture of Kozy Coach trailers. He interviews company employees Ernest Schindler, a stock room assistant, and Artie Pete, foreman of the mill room about changes in production.
- Date Issued:
- 1947-01-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The Kalamazoo Sled Company is featured in this installment of "Western Michigan at work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. Dunbar describes the history of the company and their product line, noting that the company converts to the manufacture of folding chairs and lawn furniture during the spring and summer. Dunbar interviews Virgil Miller, foreman of the company's lumber room, and Viola Lawson, a riveter during sled season and a sewer during lawn furniture season, about their roles at the company.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-12-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Campbell's father, Archibald I, was Mayor of Grand Haven from 1909 to 1911. He later became President of Dake Engine Company from 1924 to 1936. In this interview with Dave Seibold, Archie talks about his father and his early business, Seventh Street Foundry, which fabricated parts for Dake Engine Company. Archie also gives a detailed description of the 200 block of Franklin Avenue and the people who lived there, along with a history of the family home. He recalls when streets in town were first paved and the first flush toilets.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Warren Rosenberg, Professor of English at Wabash College, delivers a talk entitled, "Spielberg, Levinson, Mamet: Violence and the Jewish (Male) Director," for the Third Annual Esther and George Kessler Lecture on Jewish Film and Media. Rosenberg examines the historic ambivalence towards the ideas of manhood. He suggests that these notions stem from centuries of oppression and the clash of Western ideals of masculinity with Eastern European rabbinical injunctions against violence. Rosenberg talks about writers and filmmakers and uses excerpts from films to demonstrate his thesis that the suppressed rage is evident. Rosenberg answers questions from the audience. Professor Keely Stauter-Halsteadl, acting director of the Michigan State University Jewish Studies Program, convenes the program. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Colloquia Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2002-10-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Robert F. Banks, associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Human Resources, and professor emeritus of the James Madison College of Michigan State University, discusses with interviewer John Revitte, MSU professor emeritus from the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, talk about the evolving MSU Faculty Grievance Office and the grievance process. They also discuss Revitte's attempts to document the history of MSU's Faculty Grievance Office and the value a history may have for other institutions attempting to create their own grievance process.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-02-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Antique automobile restoration expert Dan Shafarman talks about his interest in REO motor cars and his difficult search for parts to fix a REO Royale. Shafarman also talks about his life before coming to the Lansing, MI area in 1969, mass production techniques in the auto industry, bad working conditions in the early car factories, Henry Ford’s hiring and pay practices, corporate paternalism, and the "novel" idea of paying workers enough to afford to buy the products they built. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-05-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Author and historian Elizabeth Homer presents, "The Knights of Labor vs. Michigan's Political Machine in the Gilded Age," a look into the history of Lansing, MI, as the state capitol and the congressmen that supported Michigan labor. Homer is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. 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. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-09-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Wilbur (Pete) Tullis graduated from Ohio State University in 1934 and came to Grand Haven in 1938 to be an agronomist in the new Soil Conservation District of Ottawa County, the first east of the Mississippi River. In this interview, he talks extensively about sand dune erosion in the Grand Haven area and describes the environmental problems Grand Haven Township experienced in the 1930s. Pete recalls what it was like to live in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp between 1939 and 1941. Later, Tullis was employed as a professional farm manager with Opekasit Farm Management and retired in 1958 from J. Sawyer Company. He was a member of the Grand Haven Rotary and a Paul Harris Fellow.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Joseph Varga, assistant professor in the Indiana University Department of Labor Studies, delivers a talk entitled "GE lies : surveying the post-industrial landscape of southern Indiana, 1980-2012." Varga describes the history of protest movements, particularly against General Electric, in response to the continuing de-industrialization and anti-union legislation in southern Indiana. Varga is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series co-sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations and the MSU Museum. Held in the MSU Museum Auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-10-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Keith Groty, former MSU Assistant Vice President of Personnel and Employee Relations, talks about his involvement with the university's Faculty Grievance Procedure (FGP). Groty says that he supported the FGP because he saw it as a mechanism for heading off faculty unionization, but that he really didn't have a role in the development of the FGP or the position of Faculty Grievance Official (FGO). Groty also says that MSU's FGP has worked through the years because it found an appropriate balance between the administration's power and faculty concerns. He talks about the failed faculty attempts at unionization and says that the main issue at MSU was always the disparity in faculty pay. Groty is interviewed by Robert Banks, former Associate Vice President for Academic Human Resources and professor emeritus of the James Madison College at MSU, and John Revitte, MSU professor emeritus of Labor and Industrial Relations. Via telephone.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-06-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Harry Truman delivers a radio address to the American people on the Potsdam conference, his observations of the devastation in Europe, and dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
- Date Issued:
- 1945-08-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Larry Dornbos and his sister, Nancy Rehm, examine historical photographs with Dave Seibold and cover several topics, including their grandfather, Henry J. Dornbos, who in 1889 started the H. J. Dornbos and Brother fish business, which during its peak became the largest wholesale fish dealer in the world. They also talk about the development of the Dornbos Insurance Company, which Larry overtook upon his father's death in 1971 and opened the Oakes, Dornbos, & Crimmins office. He owned and operated the business along with William Crimmins and James Oakes until his retirement in 1983.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Ronald Reagan gives his first press conference since his return from Europe. He begins with an optimistic description of increases in social security, cuts in taxes, and growing purchasing power. Reagan answers questions on the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Secretary Haig's resignation, and the Equal Rights Amendment defeat.
- Date Issued:
- 1982-06-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce is featured in the first of a two-installment edition of "Western Michigan at work." Dr. Willis Dunbar explains how the Chamber was founded in 1904 as the Board of Trade and its early efforts to found a normal school in Kalamazoo which later became the Western Michigan University College of Education. He also talks about the Chamber's other projects over the years, including the establishment of the Kalamazoo Foundation and the Farm Bureau.
- Date Issued:
- 1947-06-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Brooke lost his bid for a third term as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts to Paul Tsongas.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Patricia Heyden, author of "Behind the badge : the history of the Lansing Police Department," gives a lengthy overview of the Lansing Police from the city's first charter in 1859 up to the present. Heyden is interviewed by Ron Onufer, an employee of the City of Lansing.
- Date Issued:
- 1995-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Marcie Ray, ethnomusicologist and assistant professor of musicology at the Michigan State University College of Music, delivers a talk entitled, "Love, sex and greed : reflecting gender and class in French comic opera," at the Michigan State University Museum. Ray describes the history of the French aristocracy, beginning with King Louis XIV, and the role it played in the development of French opera. Ray answers questions from the audience. Ray is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and co-sponsored by the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context, and the MSU Women's Resource Center. Part of the University's Project 60/50. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-03-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The Sherwood family came to Grand Haven in 1904, and together with the Jacobson and Johnson families, became leading entrepreneurs of the area. In this interview, Marion and his daughter Lynne discuss the businesses that were developed by the Sherwood, Jacobson and Johnson families. These included the Grand Haven Brass Foundry, Grand Haven Stamped Products, and Michigan Plastic Products, Inc. The families later collaborated to form the JSJ Corporation in 1970. Marion was its first director and served as the company's first president until 1977. He also served as trustee for the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation. Also in this interview, Marion gives a history of the Grand Haven State Bank.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Robert F. Banks, associate provost and associate vice president for academic human resources, and professor emeritus of the James Madison College at Michigan State University, talks about coming to MSU in 1967 with a joint appointment to both James Madison College and the School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SLIR). Banks also talks about the founding of SLIR as a school, push-back by the MSU College of Business which felt SLIR duplicated their degree offerings, courses he taught, the administration of SLIR, and personality conflicts between SLIR faculty and the MSU administration. Banks is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Fourth of seven interviews.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Joel Stillerman, professor of Sociology at Grand Valley State University, delivers a talk entitled "Red Metal, White Heat: Five Decades of Metalworkers' Struggles in Chile". Stillerman talks about the roll of space and geography in influencing the outcome of strikes in Chile from the 1940s to the 1990s. He answers questons from the audience. Stillerman is introduced by John Beck, Michigan State University professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series co-sponsored by Motorcities - The Automobile National Heritage Area, the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, and the MSU Museum. Held in the MSU Museum Auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Charles Killingsworth discusses the establishment of the Michigan State University Labor and Industrial Relations Center in 1956, which later became the School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SLIR). Killingsworth, who came to MSU in 1947 to teach economics, says that he was asked by MSU President John Hannah to start and head the SLIR. He gives details on the school's beginnings, and explains why it was considered important by the university to provide an extension service to labor and business with accompanying research and scholarship. He also discusses faculty he hired through the years, the school's relationship with labor organizations, how the school expanded to offer graduate degrees and why he left the directorship to focus on teaching and arbitration, Ends abruptly. Killingsworth is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-10-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, pediatrician and associate professor of Human Medicine at Michigan State University and the public health advocate whose research exposed the Flint, MI water crisis, talks about her book, "What the eyes don't see." Hanna-Attisha discusses the history of Flint, how the city got into such a dire financial situation and why she started to investigate the possible lead contamination of Flint's drinking water. She also describes her fight against the State of Michigan's efforts to discredit her research on lead contamination in Flint and its effects on the city's children. She answers questions from the audience.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-02-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Robert F. Banks, associate provost and associate vice president for academic human resources, and professor emeritus of the James Madison College at Michigan State University, talks about his childhood in northern New Jersey, his education, becoming interested in labor studies, working with union training programs while in school in England, and earning a doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Banks talks about labor issues of the day, the abilities of the union members with whom he worked, and the political climate in Britain. He describes how he came to meet his wife then talks extensively about labor issues and the role he played in Britain and the U.S., discusses the general labor movement, then covers a number of researchers and authors. John Revitte explains the information he would like to obtain from Banks at future interviews including the history of the Faculty Grievance Office at MSU, Banks' association with the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at MSU, and issues around unionization at the University, and the office of Ombudsman for faculty and students. Banks is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. First of six interviews.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-12-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- John Revitte, Michigan State University Professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations, presents some of the research he and Ken Germanson have conducted looking at the Allied Industrial Workers union and their relationships with the UAW-AFL, the UAW-CIO, and additional research he hopes to conduct into the stories of the parts supplier industries and the AIW. Germanson introduces Revitte and several others join the conversation. Revitte asks for their assistance to find memorabilia of the unions and coaches them on where to look. They reminisce about some high and low points in the unions and some of the past and present struggles faced by workers.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-05-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Leon Fink, Professor of Labor History at the University of Chicago, delivers a presentation entitled, Cooperation and cash: global seafarers and the ‘Race to the bottom’ in the Twenty-First Century, at the Michigan State University Museum. Fink discusses the history of the merchant seamen from 1812 to the present and describes how merchant marine employment functioned in the past and after union concentration in the post-WWII era. He also describes dramatic changes in the global shipping industry and the effect it has had on seaman's unions, the development of maritime labor law, and international treaties. He closes by outlining the efforts of the International Trade Federation to champion a global collective bargaining system for seafarers and takes questions from the audience. Fink 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:
- 2011-02-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama addresses the National Urban League at their convention in New Orleans, LA. He recounts the struggle for equal rights and the reasons the Urban League was formed. Obama talks about equal opportunity, hard work, and achieving the American dream. He declares education is an economic issue and speaks about the need to change firearm laws to step-up background checks adding restrictions to keep mentally unbalanced individuals from buying weapons, all as part of an initiative to reduce all kinds of violence. His comments are made in the wake of a mass shooting in Aurora, CO.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-07-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Michael Kimmel delivers a talk entitled "Clarence, William, Iron Mike, Magic...and Us: Issues for Men and Women in the New Millennium." Kimmel, a leader in the men's pro-feminist movement talks about women's lives, how their expectations have changed, and how that affects male-female dynamics in our culture. He closes by answering questions from the audience. Kimmel is introduced by Professor of Sociology Maxine Baca Zinn. The event is convened by Librarian Ruth Ann Jones. Sponsored by Michigan State University Libraries, Computing and Technology. Part of the MSU Libraries' Colloquia Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The People's Rapid Transit Company of Kalamazoo is featured in this installment of "Western Michigan at work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. After detailing the history of transportation in western Michigan and the origins of the People's Rapid Transit Company, Dunbar interviews Judson Holderman, general manager, about various aspects of the company's operations. Dunbar also interviews Roscoe Leech, one of the company's bus drivers, experiences in driving for Rapid Transit.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-01-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lenin speaks to the Red Army and to the Socialist worker and the peasants as a foundation for the new Soviet state.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Kiyoko Oda says that she has forgotten many of the details of the Hiroshima bombing, but vividly remembers her emotions from that time.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-03-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ken Germanson, Allied Industrial Workers international union staff member, AIW newspaper editor, and president of the Wisconsin Labor History Society (WLHS), talks with Labor and Michigan State University Industrial Relations Professor Emeritus John Revitte via telephone. Germanson and Revitte talk about the transfer of AIW documents from the United Steelworkers Union headquarters to Penn State University and about the collection's holdings, and AIW efforts to educate union stewards and train bargaining committees. Part 6 of 7.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Izabela Kalinowska, professor of European Languages at SUNY-Stony Brook, delivers a talk entitled, "The Vicissitudes of Remembrance: From Early Polish Cinema's Depiction of World War II to Roman Polanski's The Pianist." Kalinowska puts Polanski's film "The Pianist," within the context of Polish-made films about World War II and also compares it to Polanski's other films. She describes the death and devastation the war caused in Poland, the resurrection of a Polish film industry under Soviet control, and how the war is recalled and portrayed. Kalinowska uses excerpts of "The Pianist" and other films to demonstrate her point. She answers questions from the audience. Kalinowska is introduced by Michigan State University Professor Keely Stauter-Halsted, acting director of the MSU Jewish Studies Program. Kalinowska speaks at the annual Esther and George Kessler Lecture on Jewish Film and Media. Part of the MSU Libraries' Colloquia Series. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-10-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Walter Campbell, former Regional Director for the Allied Industrial Workers (AIW) Region 7 in west Michigan and former Secretary-Treasurer of the Michigan State AFL-CIO, talks about the beginnings of the United Way, a coalition of charitable organizations pooling their efforts in fundraising and support. Campbell describes how community fund raising began in cities in Michigan and how labor unions became involved in the 1930s and 1940s. Campbell says that in 1947 Walter Reuther and Henry Ford II cooperated to create the United Way of Michigan which served to streamline giving and emphasized the positive role unions can play in their communities. He also talks about his work life and his involvement in organized labor. Campbell is interviewed by John Revitte, Michigan State University professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-03-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- WKZO Radio reporter Dr. Willis Dunbar discusses the development of the Kalamazoo, MI Community Chest and the Chamber of Commerce. Dunbar highlights the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce's history and local achievements, such as advocating for the new county building and post office and the development of a Safety Council. Members of the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce featured include, Earl Weber, Ross Anderson, and Alvin Little.
- Date Issued:
- 1947-06-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jose Moreno, professor of history at Northern Arizona University, and Dionicio Valdes, professor history at Michigan State University, deliver a talk entitled "The UFW grape boycott in urban America, 1965 to 1970." Moreno talks about the rise and fall of the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union and says that the UFW is one of the more overlooked labor unions by historians. He also discusses the UFW in the context of urban North America and explaining how the UFW was formed, its political coalitions, and leadership struggles. Valdes discusses the impact that the UFW has had on other labor movements and how those movements avoiding failing like the UFW. Moreno and Valdes both answer questions from the audience. The event is convened by Professor John P. Beck from the MSU 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, and co-sponsored by Chicano/Latino Studies and the Julian Samora Research Institute. Held in the MSU Museum Auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-03-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Presidential candidate William H. Taft stresses the Republican's desire and accomplishment of strong efficient Army and Navy as compared to silence on that subject in the Democratic Party's platform.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Raymond Fisher was the grandson of Abraham Fisher, one of the first commercial fishermen in Grand Haven. Raymond's father continued the tradition. In this interview, Fisher talks about the fishing business and working at The Square Drug Store on Seventh and Fulton Streets before becoming a reporter for the Grand Haven Tribune and head staffer at the Muskegon Chronicle. He was a life-long member of the First Reformed Church and talks in detail about its history. Other memories he recalls include the opening of US-31, the old coal dock, childhood and leisure time activities, the WPA, and historic schools in the area.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Wilson makes a political address during the 1912 presidential campaign in which he defines the nation's awakening and speaks about democratic principles. He begins this speech with "We stand in the presence of an awakened nation impatient of partisan make-believe."
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Thomas M. Grace, survivor of the shootings at Kent State University and author of "Kent State: Death and Dissent in the Long Sixties", delivers a presentation entitled, "Life and Death at Kent State: 1960s Student Dissent as a Working Class Movement." Grace discusses the history of the shootings at Kent State University and explains the social movement that arose at the university during the late 1960's and early 1970's. He talks about the protests in opposition to the Vietnam War that occurred at Kent State in 1970, the shots fired by Ohio National Guard troops and the economic climate in the U.S. which he says helped to fuel an "anti-war mentality" among college students during that time. Grace answers questions from the audience. He is introduced by Thomas Dietz, professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy at Michigan State University. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU Department of Sociology, the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations and the MSU Museum. Held in the MSU Museum auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-02-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Setsuko Thurlow describes working in a military office as a high school student at the time of the Hiroshima bombing. She talks about surviving and escaping and helping many refuges. She also explains how she came to Canada with her Canadian husband and has worked tirelessly to promote disarmament education. She says that she was ultimately awarded "The Order of Canada" for her persistent advocacy for non-nuclear peace in both Japan and Canada.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. John A. Rice delivers a lecture titled, "Music and the Grand Tour in the 18th Century" at the Michigan State University Main Library. Using musical excerpts, Rice describes a relatively peaceful Europe after 1715 and the upper middle class phenomenon of touring for art, music and culture. He explains that touring musicians, exposed to a wide variety of compositions, theater, opera, and carnivals, brought a tremendous diversity of music back to their respective countries thus dramatically diversifying the landscape of music and culture throughout Europe. Dr. Rice speaks as part of the 2013 Hollander Distinguished Lecture series in Musicology. He is introduced by MSU Professor Marcie Ray. The event is convened by MSU Professor Michael Largey.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In her radio program The Old-Timers, Esther Dean Nyland interviews prominent Grand Haven citizens about their earliest memories of the area. In this second interview, Bronsema recalls the purchase Mr. Sprick's Livery and his own moving and storage business. He goes into further detail about the families who lived in the neighborhood around Elliot Street. Some of the family names mentioned are: Pellegrom, Keelers, Raymond, Fisher, Schippers, Baker, Stokes, Brower, Nedervelt, and Vanhoff. He also tells the story about wild mustang horses arriving in Grand Haven for sale.
- Date Issued:
- 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- John Ringelberg grew up in Grand Haven in the neighborhood surrounding Seventh and Columbus Streets. He recalls the different businesses in the area, including the meat markets his father Henry owned and operated through the years. As a youngster, John worked on a local celery farm as well as in the meat market, attended a Christian school and church services conducted through the medium of the Dutch language. He gives a detailed description of the route the original US Highway 31 took through town and recalls when Columbus and Washington Streets were paved, sharing the story of the role his father played in that job. John also describes the method of relocating a house in the old days and the conversion of industry to war-time production in Grand Haven. Lastly, he recounts the Andaste and SS Milwaukee shipwrecks of 1929.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Attorney General of the United States Alexander Palmer speaking as a presidential candidate at the 1920 Democratic Convention. He speaks about Americans and their courageous action during World War I, and the importance of mixing party philosophies in time of war.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Willis Dunbar discusses the evolution of political parties in early American politics. Dunbar explores the conflict between the Federalists and the anti-Federalists, the election of Thomas Jefferson, the elections of 1824 and 1828, and the roots of "Jacksonian democracy".
- Date Issued:
- 1948-09-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Broadcaster Fred Douglas presents "Fifty years of news in Western Michigan," a special celebrating the founding of WKZO Radio in 1931 and highlighting many of the stories the station has covered. He narrates radio pieces that show the changing landscape of southwestern Michigan as it experienced the Great Depression, World War II, Vietnam, and other historical turmoil. Clips range from Dr. Willis Dunbar interviewing a local worker at the Clarage Fan Company to news coverage of the devastating snowstorms of 1967 and 1978.
- Date Issued:
- 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ollie (Allie) Tysman was a veteran of World War I and fought in France. Prior to the war, he enlisted in Co. F in 1913 and served on boarder patrol in Texas. In this interview, Ollie tells many stories about his fellow servicemen. He also discusses the birth of the American Legion Post in Grand Haven. After the war, Ollie became a commercial fisherman in the Grand Haven area.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Former Michigan State University Associate Vice President for Academic Human Resources Robert Banks and John Revitte former professor in the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, discuss their current research project in which they intend to document the forty-year-history of the MSU Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP) and the MSU Faculty Grievance Official (FGO). They discuss how they will approach writing their paper, areas in which they need additional information, which past MSU administrators should be interviewed and a review of reports written by past Faculty Grievance Officials.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-07-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Taihiru Bai, a Korean, says that he went to Hiroshima after the bombing and was exposed to the radiation, but did not receive his medical card until only recently. Bai talks about returning to Korea after the war and then immigrating to Brazil. He expresses great concern about discrimination faced by survivors of the atomic bombings. Part one of two parts.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-07-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- This radio program includes excerpts from the original news stories that aired during the year. In 1970, Claude VerDuin resigns his position as Director of the Chamber of Commerce and announces his acceptance as Director of Midwest Federated Fisheries Council. The Security First Bank & Trust building is dedicated. Mayor Virgil Quebbeman dies. The city councils of Grand Haven and Ferrysburg announce a proposal to provide water to the people of Ferrysburg. The new North Ottawa Community Hospital facility is dedicated by Dr. William Creason. Grand Valley State College announces that they will be bringing educational TV to an eight-county area in west Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Gregory Wood, assistant professor at Frostburg State University, delivers a talk entitled "GM never surrendered : on anti-union politics in the automobile industry in the 1960's and 70's." Wood discusses a number of pertinent National Labor Relations Board cases and practices and tactics used by General Motors to destabilize established unions during the 1960's and 1970's. Presentation is followed by a question and answer session. Wood is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-10-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- M. Peter McPherson, former president of Michigan State University, reflects on his time at MSU and particularly his involvement with the MSU Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP) and the Faculty Grievance Official (FGO). McPherson talks about the effectiveness of the FGP and its weaknesses and the rationale for some of the specific changes he brought to the FGP during his tenure as MSU President. He also describes one grievance in particular which required significant university resources to shepherd through the process and says that he was finally forced to intervene personally in order to bring resolution to the matter. McPherson is interviewed by Bob Banks, former Associate Vice President for Academic Human Resources and professor emeritus of the James Madison College at MSU, and John Revitte, former MSU professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Former Spartan kicker and half-back Leon Hill talks about his experiences on the Michigan Agricultural College (M.A.C.) football team in 1909 through 1912. Hill, from Benton Harbor, MI explains why he chose M.A.C. over the University of Michigan and talks about the football equipment he wore, playing both offense and defense, playing two games in one day, away games at Notre Dame and Michigan, injuries he sustained, cheer leaders, and his teammates. He says that he left school after the 1912 season and calls himself "a damned fool" for not graduating.
- Date Issued:
- 1974-04-20T00:00:00Z
- 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 Armistice Day and remembers the Grand Haven Concert Band and the Jackie Band. He recalls his father, who worked in a meat market, and the harvesting of ice from Spring Lake before the invention of modern refrigeration.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University professor Dr. Paul Somers delivers a talk entitled, "The Art and Politics of Editorial Cartooning." Somers displays a number of famous political cartoons and provides a tour through 250 years of editorial cartooning in America. Recording ends abruptly. Somers is introduced by MSU Librarian Randy Scott. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Colloquia Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-02-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In her radio program The Old-Timers, Esther Dean Nyland interviews prominent Grand Haven citizens about their earliest memories of the area. In this interview, Bronsema talks about his childhood and the neighborhood on Elliot Street. Some of the family names he mentions include Kenny, Allen, Beekema, Ott, Barns, Klugas, Bronsema, Zietlow, Cotts, Scott, and Baker. He also discusses his father's work at the docks, loading and loading boats, and recalls a brother who was lost in the shipwreck of the Della Shores.
- Date Issued:
- 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1975-07-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Irene Collier, administrative professional for the Christman Company in Lansing, Michigan, talks about her duties on the project to renovate, restore, and construct new portions of the Snyder-Phillips Halls complex to house the new Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) on the campus of Michigan State University. Collier explains Christman's role as general contractor, the complexity of the project, and the challenges of coordinating the schedules of thirty different subcontractors. She also talks about a dispute over using a non-union contractor, prevailing wage requirements, and how it feels to be the lone female working on the project.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-07-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1914-08-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Walt Campbell, former Regional Director for the Allied Industrial Workers (AIW) Region 7 in west Michigan and former Secretary-Treasurer for the Michigan State AFL-CIO, talks about Michigan labor history, and the Michigan AFL-CIO, the organization's leadership in the 1950s and 1960s. Campbell also talks about the merger of the AFL and CIO in 1955, his rise to a leadership position in the Michgian AFL-CIO, the UAW leaving the AFL-CIO, and politics and variousl pieces of labor legislation. Campbell is interviewed by John Revitte, Michigan State University Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1985-03-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his radio program Talk with Old-Timers, Jack Severson interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John recalls the wind storm that pummeled Grand Haven on Armistice Day in 1941. He gives details about the resulting damage and remembers other big storms that hit the area. He ends the program with a history of the Interurban and recalls the effects snow had on its operation.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 remembers old radio programs, phonographs, and the different types of radios that were available in the early part of the twentieth century. He recalls that the Hayes Radio was manufactured in Grand Haven. John also reminisces about childhood pastimes.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Beth Shapiro, deputy director of the Michigan State University Libraries, discusses her involvement in the the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) while an MSU student between 1967 and 1971. Shapiro talks about members of SDS, the Weathermen faction, surveillance by MSU and East Lansing police, the infiltration of SDS by law enforcement, the 1968 SDS convention, SDS leaders, and student demonstrations at the MSU ROTC and Union buildings. Shapiro says that she came to SDS from the civil rights movement, but never liked the violence that SDS advocated. She also talks about the shootings at Kent State University, the bombing of Cambodia, and the 1970 student strike and says that her high school civil rights activism in Boston, MA prepared her for her activism at MSU. Shaprio is interviewed by graduate student Kenneth Heineman.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Howard Brody discusses his career as a physician, Professor in the Department of Family Practice at Michigan State University, and Director of MSU's Center for Ethics and the Humanities. Brody also describes pursuing a doctorate in Philosophy while in medical school, his early research, how he began to specialize in teaching medical ethics, Olin Health Center as MSU's early college hospital, moving to the new Life Sciences building, his residency in Virginia, and the creation of the Center for Ethics and the Humanities. MSU Professor Emeritus David J. Kallen conducts the interview as part of the MSU Department of Pediatrics and Human Development Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-12-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The Kalamazoo Paper Box Company is featured in this installment of "Western Michigan at work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. Dunbar gives an overview of the company's product line, detailing the variety of boxes they produce, before describing their manufacturing process. Dunbar also interviews supervisor Velma Brown about her duties at the company and machinist Ulysses "Duke" Williamson about leaving Tennesse to work in Kalamazoo.
- Date Issued:
- 1950-02-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Dunbar's commentary," Dr. Willis Dunbar discusses the Marshall Mission in China. Dunbar says reports from the mission indicate a renewed civil war in China and discusses the implications the Chinese civil war will have on US relations with Russia.
- Date Issued:
- 1946-08-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Arthur Frahm recalls his career as a bookkeeper and purchasing agent at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, Mi, between 1947 and 1972. Frahm describes his job buying almost everything used in the factory, the constant turmoil as REO changed hands over the years, the decline of the company, his own discharge, and his unsuccessful class action law suit filed against REO. Frahm also talks about his education, childhood in Lansing, the Lansing Labor Holiday and the 1937 strikes, REO’s involvement in the community, the destruction of the worker's pension fund, the start of Spartan Motors, and his career after REO. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-02-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Helen DeYoung was one of the first librarians employed at the new Carnegie library in Grand Haven, which opened in 1913, and retired from her position in 1959. Her father, Captain John DeYoung, was the keeper of the Grand Haven Life Saving Station from 1880 to 1885. In this interview, Helen talks about hers and her father's careers, the fire of 1891, the Cutler and Boyden Houses, early films at local theaters, the arrival of electric lights in the 1910s, the Grand Haven Genealogy Society, and various area schools, including the Akeley Institute finishing school for girls.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama holds a press conference at the G20 Summit held in St. Petersburg, Russia. Obama reflects on the current state of the global economy. He comments on the situation in Syria saying the, "world can not stand idly by." He answers questions from the media on Syria and international norms, Edward Snowden, persuading Congress of the need to act in Syria, alternatives to military action in Syria, and international eves dropping by the National Security Administration.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-09-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In part 3 of a 3 part interview, Laura Pogson, owner and operator of the famous guest house NewHaven on the River, located in Stratford, Ontario, concludes her oral history of the house, Stratford and the celebrated Stratford Festival. Pogson talks about the current operation of the NewHaven house and discusses her hopes for its future.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- May Yamaoka, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, says that she was born in Lodi, California, went to Japan to attend school and was called an 'enemy' by her classmates after the war began. She also talks of finding her sister in a pile of corpses after the bombing and about returning to the U.S. after the war and being interviewed by American newspapers soon after her arrival. She vividly recalls the day of the bombing and says that she now prefers to live alone.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Olive Hatton Harbeck was born in Long Island, NY and came with her family to Grand Haven around 1910. Her father, William Hatton, was president of the Eagle Ottawa Leather Company. After the death of Olive's mother, Elizabeth, William underwrote the cost of converting the former Loutit residence to the Elizabeth Hatton Memorial Hospital. Along with her sister Kathleen, Olive attended Akeley Institute, a prestigious finishing school for girls in Grand Haven. She gives a detailed history of the school and its curriculum. She also talks at length about the FBI's investigation of alleged communists among prominent citizens of Grand Haven during the Cold War.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 profiles the A.M. Todd Company. Dunbar describes the history of the Todd Company from its start in Albert M. Todd's backyard in St. Joseph County, Michigan to its current operations in Kalamazoo where it employs 150 people to produce peppermint oils used by the makers of chewing gum and dental products. Dunbar discusses the shift of the peppermint industry from New York to Michigan and Indiana and a Todd engineer talks about the company's procedures for ensuring uniformity and quality across its products.
- Date Issued:
- 1946-10-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Takashi Tanemori talks about losing his sister, mother, and father in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and describes the hardship of being an orphan. He also talks about coming to the U.S. as a agricultural immigrant and being discriminated against because of his radiation sickness and for being Japanese. He says that he has moved on from being angry to forgiving his tormentors.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-06-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ken Germanson, Allied Industrial Workers international union staff member, AIW newspaper editor, and president of the Wisconsin Labor History Society (WLHS), talks with Michigan State University Labor and Industrial Relations Professor Emeritus John Revitte via telephone. They discuss pending labor conferences at which they they hope to present, the founding of WLHS, AIW members and leaders they know and the varied attitudes among workers about unions. They also talk about the division among labor activists and anti-war activists in the late 1960s and early 70s and how that played to management's advantage, early socialists and how some of them were racist while others were pro-civil rights and other possible topics they might discuss in the future, including health and safety, collective bargaining, pensions and plant closings.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-04-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Erik Nordberg, director of the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University in Detroit, delivers a talk entitled, "At home along the picket line : company housing and the 1913 Michigan Copper Strike," at the Michigan State University Museum. Nordberg describes housing options available to Michigan mine workers at the turn of the Twentieth Century and describes the housing incentives offered by the mining companies to attract a married, male work force. Lower living costs, Nordberg says, allowed coal companies to pay lower wages and he compares the range of incentives in different mining locations. Nordberg answers questions from the audience. Nordberg is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and co-sponsored by the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context, and the MSU Women's Resource Center. Part of the University's Project 60/50. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-01-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Know your city" Dr. Willis Dunbar profiles the First Presbyterian Church of Kalamazoo. Dunbar describes the origins and history of the church and highlights various church documents, including an account of the trial of Ransom A. Fairbanks by the church. Charles Starring, the First Presbyterian Church's centennial historian, provides an overview of the church's fifteen past ministers and current minister, Rev. Paul Heath, describes his vision for the church as it prepares to enter its second century. The program closes with a performance by the children of the Westminister Choir.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-02-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor Anna Pegler-Gordon delivers a talk entitled, "Shanghaied in Hoboken: Asian Sailors as Workers and Immigrants." Pegler-Gordon describes how Asian seamen were incorporated into maritime work and how they suffered low pay, harsh conditions, virtual slavery, and harsh regulation under the federal Exclusion Act to prevent them from leaving their ships while in U.S. ports. She describes American fears of illegal immigration by Asian sailors jumping ship or by stowaways posing as sailors. Pegler-Gordon explains the role of U.S. immigration officials in interpreting and enforcing the Exclusion Act, the racist nature of enforcement, and the slow improvement of conditions. She answers questions from the audience. Pegler-Gordon is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series co-sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, the MSU Asian Studies Center, and the Asian Pacific American Studies program. Held in the MSU Museum Auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-02-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Salah Hassan, associate professor of English at Michigan State University, delivers introductory remarks at the Muslim Journeys Book Club event which features a discussion of Anthony Shadid's book, "House of stone : a memoir of home, family, and a lost Middle East." Dr. Hassan discusses the literature and geography of Shadid's story and gives insights into the history of the region. MSU Librarian Deborah Margolis introduces Dr. Hassan and welcomes the audience.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-01-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Joe Ohori, a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing, says that he was born in Vancouver and moved to Japan before the war. He describes experiencing the atomic bombing and his return to Canada after the war.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama delivers the keynote address at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library Civil Rights Summit. Obama speaks about the historical significance of the civil rights movement and leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-04-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Stories of Kalamazoo," Dr. Willis Dunbar begins a series of broadcasts about the origins of transportation systems in Michigan by exploring the way Michigan's early settlers found their way to the state. Dunbar discusses the natural barrier created by the Allegheny Mountains and highlights the importance of the Cumberland Gap and other early colonial roads for crossing the mountains into the Midwest. He argues that while the earliest settlers of Michigan came overland from Indiana and Ohio, the most important development in transportation opening up Michigan to settlers from the east was the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-04-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- A quartet of folk musicians perform labor songs in a performance and talk entitled, "The Grand Industrial Band: The Wobblies as a Singing Union". The group opens with a song then intersperse their performance with the history of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), also known as the Wobblies. They answer questions from the audience. The group is introduced by John Beck, professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series co-sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and the MSU Library Colloquia Series. Held in the Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-09-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jennifer Depres interviews Grand Haven photographer Harold Bretschneider. After high school, Harold worked at the Eagle Ottawa Leather Company in the late 1930s. Harold recalls the Depression, the Eagle Ottawa strike, and how his family lost their home. In 1943, he entered the service, receiving medical training to work in the psychiatric and contagious disease wards of the evacuation hospital in New Guinea. After the war, he met and married Bernice Bender in Grand Haven. In 1949, he opened the long-standing Bretschneider Photography Studio on Washington Avenue.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Robert Repas, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SLIR), discusses his career and the history of SLIR. Repas talks about his earliest days as a labor advocate in Wisconsin, how SLIR was staffed and various people he worked with through the years, the Michigan Legislature's investigation into the school and its mission, his relationship with MSU President John Hannah, SLIR programs and seminars, the MSU Faculty Grievance Office, and his involvement in the drives to unionize MSU faculty. Repas says that he believes that his telephone was tapped through most of the 1960s because of his association with the ACLU and his run-ins with members of the John Birch Society. Repas is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ted Husted was born in 1914 in Benton Harbor and moved to Grand Haven when he was eight years old. In this interview, Ted reminisces about early car travel and road conditions, childhood holidays and outings, the Boy Scouts, playing on the basketball team in high school, and being involved in several school clubs. In 1934, he enrolled at Western University and held several jobs after graduation before beginning a teaching career in elementary and secondary education.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Libraries' celebrate the third annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week. The video ""In Remembrance of Martin" (not included) is screened. Professor of Religious Studies and African American Studies Dr. Jualynne E. Dodson, reacting to the video, provides a keynote address tying King's legacy with other social justice movements including the fight for farm worker rights by Cesar Chavez. She reflects on discrimination throughout American history. MSU School of Music faculty and jazz musicians Rodney Whitaker and Diego Rivera, perform several classic jazz numbers as well as a rendition of "We Shall Overcome." The session is convened by MSU Librarian Diana Rivera. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 they talk about the dedication of the Police and Fire Station in the 500 block of Washington Street. John describes this area through the history of Grand Haven. He gives details about the Akeley Hall finishing school for girls and the purchase of the property by Bell Telephone in the early 1930s. John discusses the City Hall project, built adjacent to this property in 1933 by the WPA. John also recalls the building of the Municipal Hospital on Sheldon Street and describes the area before the hospital was built. He also talks about the controversy of the hospital's location. The program is concluded with a discussion of VanSchelven's career in the insurance business.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- U.S. President Donald Trump says that he ordered a missile strike against Syria in response to the chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on his own citizens. Trump says thatt Syria used banned chemical weapons and calls on other nations to help stop bloodshed in the country.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor Patricia D'Itri delivers a talk on the themes of her book, "Cross Currents in the International Women's Movement: 1848-1948" at the MSU Main Library She reflects on the 19th century women's' movement, its activists, and influences from women in Europe and South America. D'Itri also covers all equal rights movement, women's suffrage, property ownership, and the Christian Temperance movement. D'Itri is introduced by MSU Librarian Ruth Ann Jones. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Colloquia series.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-03-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lisa Fine, professor of history at Michigan State University, hosts, "Gendered dimensions of ongoing ISIS-related conflict in the Middle East," and introduces panelists: Dr. Mohammad Khalil, director of the MSU Muslim Studies Program, Dr. Jyotsna Singh, professor of English at MSU, Dr. Russell Lucas, director of Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities at MSU, Dr. Stephanie Nawyn, associate professor of Sociology Social Science at MSU, and Dr. Emine Evered, associate professor of History at MSU. Khalil discusses religion's affect on behaviors surrounding Syria. Singh talks about the role of female Syrian refugees and their impact on Turkey's economy. Lucas describes the political factors engaged within the Middle East, specifically surrounding Syria. Nawyn addresses the social and economic impact of refugees in the Middle East. Evered examines the prevalence of arranged marriages of Syrian refugee women to native Turkish men and discusses the tension between Turkish women and Syrian women.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-01-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Junko Watanabe says she doesn't remember anything about the Hiroshima bombing, but was later told that she was exposed to black rain and worries that her health symptoms are related to her exposure to radiation. She describes her activity in the Atomic Bomb Survivor Association in Brazil.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-07-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly. Obama urges the U.N. to respond more actively to Syria's civil war and outlines his foreign policy goals for the Middle East and North Africa, saying U.S. priorities will focus on the Arab-Israeli peace process and ensuring non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Obama also calls for quick passage of a U.N. Security Council resolution enforcing an agreement under which Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will give up his chemical weapon arsenal.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection