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- Michigan State University History Professor Emine Evered delivers opening remarks at the Muslim Journeys Book Club event which features a discussion of Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel "Persepolis." Evered contextualizes the Iranian revolution as portrayed in Persepolis and examines the history of Iran in the 20th century. She focuses primarily on the reign of Reza Shah Palavi and Mohammad Reza Shaw Palavi, especially on the growing Western influence in Iran as the Shahs sought to modernize and secularize Iran. Evered asserts such attemps at westernization led to a coalition of discontented groups among both conservative and liberal Iranians resulting in the Iranian Revolution and the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Shaw Palavi. MSU Librarian Deborah Margolis introduces Evered.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-02-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University doctoral candidate Jewell Debnam delivers a talk titled, "The Charleston Hospital Workers' Strike of 1969: A Women's Movement." Debnam describes the working conditions of African-American nurses in South Carolina, including low pay and rampant discrimination, which lead to their 113 day strike. Debnam explains how the nurses organized, maintained solidarity, had the help of Coretta Scott King, and prevailed. She recounts the growth and decline of Local 1199 and its failure to sustain its membership once the strike succeeded. A question and answer session follows. Debnam is introduced by MSU 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, as part of the University's Project 60/50. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-09-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dorothy was born in 1904 in Grand Haven, Michigan, and lived in the family home that her father built in 1902. Her father was a clam fisherman on the Grand River and sold the clam shells to the button factory in Lamont. He also worked in local factories, grew fruit, and had a dairy business. Dorothy talks in detail about how blueberry and evergreen farming started in the area. Beginning in the 1950s, the family owned and operated a Christmas tree business which shipped trees throughout the United States.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Kunihiko Bonkohara, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, says that he doesn't remember much about the bombing and talks at length about immigrating to Brazil as a part of government program. He also explains his current duties as the director of the Atomic Bomb Survivors Association in Brazil.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-06-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jack Stieber, former director of Michigan State University's School of Labor and Industrial Relations, talks with John Revitte, MSU professor of labor and industrial relations, and offers clarifications and edits on the history of the labor school to Revitte for a historical paper Revitte is writing. Stieber elaborates on some points as he clarifies. Ends abruptly.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The Lee Paper Company of Vicksburg, Michigan is featured in this installment of "Western Michigan at work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. Dunbar explores in great detail the history of the company since its founding in 1903, focusing on the financial hardships the company survived, and the variety of paper products which the mill produces. Dunbar interviews Andy Anderson, a machine tender at the Lee Paper Company, about how he came to work at the mill and his experiences as an immigrant from Scotland. Dunbar also interviews Gordon L. Moore, another Lee employee, about the Hospital Guild Festival which will be held soon in Vicksburg.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-04-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Willis Dunbar discusses paintings and engravings, created between 1775 and 1886 which depict the battles of Lexington and Concord. He says that artists of the time often created controversy in the name of patriotism and advocates for the "sufficiency of truth" in art.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-04-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- G. Robert Vincent tells how he, at the age of 14, recorded the voice of former President Roosevelt in 1912. Includes the actual recording.
- Date Issued:
- 1988-10-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor of Music Harlan Jennings delivers a talk entitled, "Nebraska Memories: Opera and Willa Cather." Jennings describes how Nebraska's Platte River Valley served as the Midwest's first interstate highway, attracting not only pioneers but some of the nineteenth century's greatest singers. He explains the draw of opera in the late nineteen and early twentieth centuries calling the performers the "rock stars" of their era. Jennings talks about the chronicler of plains life novelist Willa Cather, who as an undergraduate English major at the University of Nebraska, wrote critiques of those renowned performers for local newspapers. Jennings profiles various performers and reads excerpts from Cather's critiques. A question and answer session follows. MSU Music Librarian Mary Black Junttonen introduces Jennings. Held at the MSU Main Library. Part of the MSU Libraries' Colloquia Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-10-08T00:00:00Z
- 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. Germanson and Revitte talk about their long association, projects they have collaborated on, and their careers. Germanson compares the AIW with the United Auto Workers in terms of how they handled grievances and race relations, the makeup of AIW membership, its political leanings, and the history of the AIW as it navigated the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Gernamson describes steps to racially integrate the AIW, and explains how the union survived allegations of widespread corruption. Germanson says that the AIW was small and depended on the AFL and schools like MSU to educate members. Part 1 of 7.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-06-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Willard Bloemendal recalls his career as both physician and bank director during, between, and after World War I and II in Grand Haven, Michigan. Willard was born on May 28, 1901 in Chicago. He grew up in Holland, Michigan and attended Hope College. On June 8, 1928, he opened his doctor's office in Grand Haven and served as County Coroner from 1934-1942. He gives a detailed description of early medical practice in the area and recalls the Elizabeth Hatton Memorial Hospital and the Municipal Hospital. In addition, Willard shares many stories about his life, including how he met his wife at Hope College, his community involvement, the Depression, and the First Presbyterian Church.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Wayne State University Professors of History Elizabeth Faue and Josiah Rector deliver a talk entitled, "The Precarious Work of Care: OSHA, HIV/AIDS, and Women Health Care Workers, 1980-2000". They discuss worker exposure to pathogens, over work, poor training and the lack of oversight by regulatory agencies in the healthcare industry. Rector and Faue describe safety advocacy by unions, applicable legislation enacted in the late 1980s and attempt to explain OSHA's preoccupation with industrial and construction workers at the expense of healthcare workers. A question and answer session follows. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context and the MSU Women's Resource Center. Held at the MSU Museum Auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-04-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University African Studies Director David Wiley interviews George and Nancy Axinn on their seven years experience at University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), established with MSU faculty and US AID funding from the late 1950s. The Axinns talk about the involvement of Nigeria's first President Nnamdi Azikiwe and University Vice Chancellor Kalu Ezera, experiences of the numerous MSU faculty and staff at Nsukka, adoption of a unique higher education model different from the British/colonial model and attuned, like the MSU land grant model, to local needs through applied and social sciences and humanities including agriculture, engineering and nutrition/home economics, similarities between the Continuing Education Centre (UNN) and Kellogg Center (MSU), exchanges between MSU and UNN, and disruption and violence of the Biafran War of 1967-70 and evacuation of MSU faculty, personnel, and families.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-07-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jack Stieber, former director of Michigan State University's School of Labor and Industrial Relations, reminisces about his childhood and youth, early employment, how he became interested in labor issues, and the history of the MSU labor school. He discusses his military service in World War Two, his graduate studies at the University of Minnesota and Harvard, coming to MSU, and later becoming director of the new School of Labor and Industrial Relations. Stieber also comments on the operations and structure of the labor school, its funding, the pros and cons of hiring faculty without doctorates, faculty personalities, and his own areas of research. Ends abruptly. Stieber is interviewed by MSU professor of labor and industrial relations, John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-06-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The Precision Castings Company is featured in this installment of "Western Michigan at work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. Dunbar explores the history of the company and the process it uses to buff, polish, and plate various automotive pieces. Dunbar interviews Lester Heath, manager of the company's baseball team and former Boston Red Sox pitcher and Joe Houston, a company employee, who describes his pigeon racing hobby.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-08-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Don talks about his union activity and experiences as the Chair of the Bargaining Committee, collection of union dues, and strikes. He met Caesar Chavez, Walter Reuther and Doug Frasier. Doreen talks about the experiences of women in the plant, building the Local 602 Union Hall, and changes observed between 1950 and 1984.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-12-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Junko Inoue describes being with her mother in the hospital receiving treatment at the time of the Hiroshima bombing and then surviving the destruction. She vividly remembers the aftermath and people walking like ghosts and asking for water. She also says that she found her younger brother dead in the street.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Director of Libraries Richard E. Chapin delivers his final address to library staff as he prepares for retirement. Chapin reviews the history and growth of the MSU Libraries and comments on funding, collections, space planning and the needs of library users. He predicts that the library of the future, driven by technology, will need to position itself to serve a constituency which will expect to use collections and services remotely, outside of the typical library building. Chapin also shares several personal anecdotes from his thirty-one years as director and praises library staff for their hard work and commitment to MSU. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-06-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In an interdisciplinary panel discussion composed of Michigan State University faculty entitled "Digging Up the Past: New Tools/New Subjects," panelists describe their individual research and the modern research methods and tools available to them. The panelists explain how census data, archeology, photography, personal letters, religious order records, and numismatics may be used to shed light on historical periods and events which may not be exposed in official documents or historical records. Panelists are, Siddharth Chandra, professor James Madison College, Stacey Camp, professor Department of Anthropology, Sharon Leon, professor Department of History and Noah Kaye, professor Department of History. John P. Beck, professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations, convenes the session and moderates. Questions are taken from the audience.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-02-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama holds a press conference while attending the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. Obama says the G20 summits have allowed nations to pull the global economy back from a free fall and put it back on the path of recovery and growth. He acknowledges financial problems in Europe saying decisive action is required. Obama takes questions from the media about possible affects of the European situation on the U.S. election, Syria, and Romney's criticism.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-06-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Etsuko Tokunaga explains how she is one of the few survivors of the Hiroshima bombing who is not officially recognized because of her lack of a medical card. She also talks about the aftermath of the bombing and and immigrating to Brazil.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-07-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- American International College Professor of History Gary Jones delivers a talk entitled, "'Russia in America, Cossacks in Pennsylvania': The Department of State Police and Early Twentieth Century Conflict in the Coalfields". Jones explains the creation of Department of State Police in Pennsylvania to supplement the Coal and Iron Police and to take over strike policing from the National Guard. Jones describes their training and tactics for dealing with strikes, crowds, and riots and the reaction of the unions to the brutality of the police. A question and answer session follows. Jones 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:
- 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Cara Cilano, chair of the Department of English at Michigan State University, delivers a presentation on the mid-to late Twentieth Century history of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh in order to frame the discussion about the novel "A golden age," by Tahmina Anam. Cilano discusses the political situation surrounding the British withdrawal from India in 1948 and the repercussions of the division of India. Cilano particularly highlights Operation Searchlight in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), which serves as the backdrop for the novel. Part of the Muslim Journeys Book Club series. MSU librarian Deborah Margolis convenes the event and introduces Cilano.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z
- 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 for the Michigan State AFL-CIO, talks about his youth in Muskegon, MI and serving in the Civilian Conservation Corp in 1933 and 1934. Campbell recalls union organizing drives in the 1930s and 1940s and talks about the formation of the UAW-AFL and the UAW-CIO and the creation of the AIW with Les Washburn as president. He says that he went to work for the International AIW in 1943 and talks about women and minorities working in American industry after World War II, the closed shop and labor strikes. Campbell is interviewed by John Revitte, professor of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University.
- Date Issued:
- 1985-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Survivor Sachiko Matsumoto talks about going into Hiroshima after the atomic bombing to look for her brother and returning with only his ashes. She also talks about marrying a Japanese-American after the war, and moving to San Francisco. She also says that she is now very active in working with her local Survivors Association and an elder's home.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Taft discusses labor and capital.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Reverend Edwin King, Methodist minister and civil rights activist, describes his involvement in the civil rights movement in 1960's Mississippi. King talks about systematic efforts by the state of Mississippi's Sovereignty Commission to derail the movement, and his own efforts to expose the state's activities by securing the release of incriminating files. King describes the lengths to which the Sovereignty Commission went to discredit activists and gives examples of spying by local and state police and the FBI. King also comments on the current racial situation in the U.S. and the future of black Americans. Michigan State University Professor Thomas Summerhill and graduate assistant Matthew Whitaker interview King.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-11-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Shouji Mukai, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, says that his memories of the bombing are vague and he is assisted by his wife throughout the interview. He also talks about being an active member of Atomic Bomb Survivor Association in Brazil and fighting for Survivor rights.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-06-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama addresses the nation on the potential use of military force against Syria in response to Syrian government attacks with chemical weapons on its own civilian population. Obama discusses a proposal by Russia and Syria to turn control of Syrian chemical munitions and stockpiles over to international authorities, the importance of the long-standing international ban on the use of chemical weapons, and the congressional role in authorization of military force. Held in the East Room of the White House.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-09-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Press conference at Kennebunkport, ME, on the day that the hardliners in the Soviet leadership launched a coup, speaks tentatively about the steps the West can take in the next few days.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-08-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jerry Garcia, Vice President of Educational Programs at Sea Mar in Seattle, Washington delivers a talk entitled, "A bigger bite of the apple: social movements, immigrants, and labor in Washington State." Garcia discusses the history and consequences of farm labor movements in the state of Washington, focusing specifically on the United Farm Workers organization, and explains the role immigration has on the mobilization of current farm labor movements. Garcia answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by professor John P. Beck from the Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-10-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor Emeritus E. James Potchen, M.D. amd former chair of the MSU Radiology Department, talks about representing the university administration in the faculty grievance process. Potchen says that ninety-nine percent of the problems presented to the Grievance Office were the result of misunderstandings and that he didn't have to prepare very much for individual cases because there was so much redundancy in the type of grievances filed. Potchen also talks about why MSU created the faculty grievance process, attempts to unionize MSU faculty, the attitude of MSU President Peter McPherson toward MSU faculty having a voice, the move of the medical school to Grand Rapids, the changes MSU President Cecil Mackey made at MSU, his own role in the development of medical programs at MSU and his career as a professor and administrator at the university. Potchen is interviewed by retired MSU Professor of Labor Studies and former Faculty Grievance Officer John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Taft talks about his administration's stand on protective tariff legislation.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Address at the Berlin City Hall, "Ich bin ein Berliner." Speech recorded June 26, 1963.
- Date Issued:
- 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 at MSU and the history of the SLIR. Repas talks about the school's directors, faculty, MSU President John Hannah's attempt to win favor with organized labor, the founding of the SLIR program in the mid 1950s, and SLIR being investigated by the Michigan State Legislature for being too union friendly and encouraging labor strife. He also shares stories about fellow faculty in SLIR and other MSU personalities, working with the MSU Board of Trustees, and a conflict he had with the UAW concerning his academic freedom. Interviewed by John Revitte. professor of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-08-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In Part 2 of Dave Seibold's interview with Win Dewitt Vanzantwick-Cook, Mrs. Cook recalls the role of milkmen during Prohibition, taking the passenger ferry the Fannie M. Rose to the Fruitport Pavilion, and labor-saving devices utilized by women in the 1920's. The Cutler House, The Magnetic Mineral Springs and Sanitarium, the Crescent Theater, area float bridges, former Negro slaves, Grand Haven's first strike at the Challenge Stamping & Porcelain Company, and the fire of 1889 are also discussed.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 tells a very detailed story of the devastating fire at his grandfather's livery barn in 1906. During World War II, John was a member of the local fire department and can recall the different fire bells used in the city. He also remembers early telephone service in Grand Haven. When US-31 was constructed through town, John assisted with the appraisals of various houses that were relocated.
- Date Issued:
- 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jamie Monson, professor of History and Director of the African Studies Center at Michigan State University, presents a discussion entitled, "Putting Two Continents on Track: African and Chinese Railroad Builders during the Cold War". Monson discusses the historical context of the relationship between Africa and China beginning with the construction of the TAZARRA Railway connecting Tanzania to Zambia, a pan-African project which China was deeply involved with. She focuses her history by exploring the labor conditions experienced by the laborers building the railway and uses clips from oral histories she has collected to illuminate her arguments. Monson 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 African and Asian Studies Centers, the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations and the MSU Museum. Held in the MSU Museum auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-01-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden point to the surging American auto industry as an example of economic recovery, during a visit to a Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo, Indiana. Biden describes the benefits of the plant to all the residents of Kokomo and talks about job creation, before introducing the President. Obama talks about retaining jobs, investing in new industries, tax cuts for working people, and Kokomo’s automotive history.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In audio from the first televised episode of Western Michigan at Work, Dr. Willis Dunbar examines Sutherland Paper Company. Dunbar talks about the history of paper product manufacturing in general and the specific items Sutherland makes such as frozen food containers, cigarette cartons, and single-use paper utensils. Dunbar also talks to Sutherland President William Race about the future of the company.
- Date Issued:
- 1953-02-07T00:00:00Z
- 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 talk about projects they might partner on about the AIW and labor history, upcoming conferences they will attend, the split within the AIW between those allied with the CIO and those backing the AFL, and how a corruption scandal affected one section of the AIW while the majority of the union was clean. Revitte also shares a story of his efforts to unionize graduate students at University of Massachusetts-Amherst and talks about his own career path.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-02-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jack Heppinstall talks about his experiences as the trainer for the Michigan Agricultural College (M.A.C.) Athletic Department, beginning in 1914. Heppinstall reminisces about working with the boxing and wrestling teams, going to the 1948 Olympics in London as the boxing trainer, Biggie Munn's 1947 loss to the University of Michigan and his pay throughout the years. He says that he worked for 69 head coaches in various sports during his time at the university and that being inducted into the trainers hall of fame is his most treasured honor.
- Date Issued:
- 1973-02-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Thomas A. Klug, associate professor and director of the Institute of Detroit Studies, presents "Anything but united : Detroit employers, workers, and the open shop, 1904-1907." Klug discusses the alleged battle which employers waged in Detroit to keep unions out of the city's factories, and examines the truth of this assertion in light of documents he discovered at the Employer's Association of Detroit. Klug finds that the story of a highly united group of employers fighting to keep unions out of Detroit is an inaccurate depiction of events, and gives a more nuanced and detailed description of the open shop era in Detroit through the accounts found in the documents he discovered. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, and the MSU Museum. Held at the MSU Museum Auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-11-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Clifton Wharton, former president of Michigan State University, talks about his role in the creation of the university's Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP) and Faculty Grievance Official (FGO). Wharton says that he was comfortable with labor unions and that the FGP was not created to thwart faculty unionization efforts. In fact, he says, most MSU faculty preferred the grievance model he proposed to unionization. Wharton also talks about the structure of the land grant institution he inherited in 1969, some of the innovations he implemented during a time of tremendous social change, his relationship with MSU Board of Trustees and the uproar over the public disclosure of MSU faculty and staff salaries. Wharton is interviewed by Robert Banks, former MSU associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Human Resources and John Revitte, MSU professor emeritus of Labor Studies.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-12-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Woodrow Wilson delivers a speech entitled "On Democratic Principles" during the presidential election of 1912 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:
- Michigan State University Women's Resource Center Program Coordinator Lydia Weiss hosts a panel discussion entitled "Protest, Power & Perseverance: Women in the Civil Rights Movement." Dr. Freya Anderson Rivers, MSU PhD candidate Jewell Debnam, Dr. Eva L. Evans, and Mrs. Carmen Benavides discuss their personal experiences in and research on the American Civil Rights Movement of the ninteen-sixties. Rivers recalls being the first black woman to enroll at Louisiana State University in 1964 and Debnam explains her research on the involvement of women throughout the movement. Evans reflects on her experiences as the Chair of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and Benavides talks about her career as a Lansing school district principal. The panelists also discuss their views on the progress of the civil rights movement in America and the work that still needs to be done to insure universal human rights. They answer questions from the audience. Sponsored by MSU Women's Resource Center, the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context and the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Held at the International Center on the campus of Michigan State University.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-11-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Edison reviews World War I and calls for Americans not to forget.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Taft delivers a campaign speech entitled "Popular Unrest."
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Harold Fisher's grandfather started the first commercial fishing business in Grand Haven, located on Dewey Hill. In this interview, Harold discusses the family business, the family's involvement in the First Reformed Church, as well as childhood memories and his service days as a young man in the Air Force during World War II. For nearly twenty years, Harold worked for the Muskegon Area Intermediate School District as Vocational Director, Director of Special Projects, and Director of Personnel. He was a business consultant for Northern Michigan University for three years, and he worked for Grand Haven Public Schools as a math teacher and Coordinator of Business Education. Harold was also employed by the University of Michigan as an adjunct instructor of vocational education. He was elected to the Grand Haven City Council in 1959.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor of History and Executive Director of H-NET, Dr. Mark Kornbluh, delivers a talk entitled, "The Future of the Past: History in the Digital Age." Kornbluh provides a brief history of the printed word, its transformation to digital formats, and the accessibility of those formats for teaching, research and creative purposes. He also talks about how intellectual content is and might be delivered on-line and the economic realities that come with it. Kornbluh answers questions from the audience. Kornbluh is introduced by MSU Librarian Ruth Ann Jones. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Colloquia Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-11-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Located at 2130 Holmes Road West. The second half of the building was constructed in 1929. An addition was made in 1950. All construction was conducted by the Pleasant Grove School District prior to annexation in 1958. Contents include: Awards, invetory, meeting minutes, closing pageant, correspondence, records, bylaws, history books, secretary reports.
- Date Created:
- [1930 TO 1980]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Contents include: Budgets, Curriculums, Reports, Publications, PTA Materials, Millage Proposals, Training Materials, Annual Reports, School Folders for Otto, West, and Walter French.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Michigan Week is a publication of The Greater Michigan Foundation. Container lists are updated as we add new titles and issues to the collection.
- Date Created:
- 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Newspapers and Periodicals Collection
- Description:
- Title page: "Lansing Area Park Development: A project of the Lansing Area Community Resources Workshop in cooperation with Michigan State University, by Jean H. Nilsen and Susan Zerbst. Director: Mrs. Frances B. Schneider; Assistant Director: Ralph Chapman. July, 1969." The report is bound with two pieces of stained wood and a leather cord, and the cover design and title were done with a woodburning tool. This report includes a list of parks; a historical sketch of the early park system by Birt Darling; information about the city's Parks and Recreation Department, Urban Renewal projects; and other information about the park system. Some charts and indexes cut from other publications are included (with no sources given), and color snapshots for many of the parks are also in the report. These photos have been scanned individually in addition to the full report document. Contact the library for more information.
- Date Created:
- 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Digitized Books
- Description:
- History of Lansing Public Schools (microfilm versions of book Vols 1-2; 3 rolls) Container lists are updated as we add new titles and issues to the collection.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Newspapers and Periodicals Collection
- Description:
- Located at 1030 Holmes Street South. The site for Holmes Street School was purchased in July 1916. It was located at the corner of Holmes Street South and Hazel Street. The building was constructed in 1923 with an addition made in 1929. Contents include: History books, pictures, bylaws, meeting minutes, budget and finance materials, correspondence, awards.
- Date Created:
- [1924 TO 1985]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- This series includes both Lansing and national YWCA histories, information on the national YWCA Centennial in 1955 and the Lansing YWCA Centennial in 1989, and information about the YWCA time capsule and cornerstone.
- Date Created:
- [1890 TO 1989]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- Located at 1012 Willow Street West. It was originally the Warner School which was built in 1915. The name was changed in 1921 with the change from Warner Street to Willow Street. Additions were made in 1919. A new building was constructed in 1952. Contents include: Awards, History books, meeting minutes, correspondence, records.
- Date Created:
- [1930 TO 1988]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located at 1715 Main Street West. The land was purchased in 1924 and construction completed in 1929. An addition was made in 1953. Contents include: PTA Correspodence.
- Date Created:
- [1950 TO 1958]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located at 2924 Newark Avenue. It was annexed in 1964. It was built in the 1960s and closed in 2001. Contents include: flag, awards, Harley Franks/Maple Grove PTA programs, Yearbooks, History books.
- Date Created:
- [1963 TO 1999]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located on Clark Road East. Contents include: memorabilia, author visits, grant materials, writing books, meeting minutes, budget materials, fundraising, bylaws, membership rosters, correspondence, staff notes. This box also includes a folder on the Old Gunnisonville School House which was located on Wood Road.
- Date Created:
- [1960 TO 2007]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- The Michigan Historical Museum moved to the Mutual Building at 208 North Capitol Avenue in 1980 and was located there until the newly built Michigan Library and Historical Center opened on Kalamazoo Avenue in 1989.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The Newsletter of the Historical Society of Greater Lansing has been published under the following titles: Local Historian, Heritage, Town Crier, Historical News & Notes, HSGL Newsletter, and History Explorer. Container lists are updated as we add new titles and issues to the collection.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Newspapers and Periodicals Collection
- Description:
- Located at 2901 Lyons Avenue. The land was purchased in 1951 and construction was completed in 1952. Additions were made in 1953 and 1958. Contents include: event programs
- Date Created:
- [1952 TO 1958]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located at 815 Fairview Avenue Norrth. The State Administrative Board issued 10 acres to Lansing Board of Education in 1953 for Fairview Elementary. The school opened on September 9, 1954. It was located on ten acres where the Boys Vocational School once stood on Fairview Avenue North and bounded by Grand River Avenue. Additions were made in 1954 and 1961. Located in front of Fairview/Foster Box.
- Date Created:
- 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Center for Language, Culture, and Communication Arts was a magnet middle school located at 500 Lenawee Street West. Contents Include: Newspaper clippings and photo.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located at 3426 Cedar Street South. Everett Elementary was orginally built in the 1850s and was named for Arthur Everett. An addition was made in the 1890s but demolished in 1960 and in 1923 and 1934 more additions were introduced. A new gym was built in 1937 and a lower floor in 1939. An extra upper floor was built in 1947 before being annexed to Lansing Schools in 1950. They operated within the high school buildings for a time. Contents include: PTA Scrapbooks and historical materials, Board and PTA meeting minutes, treasury records, payroll ledgers, monthly reports, book donation acknowledgements, Progressive Education Association books, flags, awards, and banners.
- Date Created:
- [1918 TO 1984]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located at 1017 Jerome Street. It was built in 1921 and originally named East Junior High. it was renamed Henry R. Pattengill Junior High the following year. Contents include: Bylaws, records, correspondence, meeting minutes.
- Date Created:
- [1920 TO 2000]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- Located at 835 Genesee Street West. The land for Genesee Street School was purchased in April 1909 and the school opened in 1912. Additions were added in 1961. It remained open until 1984 and was located at 835 Genesee Street West. Contents include: PTA history books, meeting minutes.
- Date Created:
- [1916 TO 1967]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing School District Collection
- Description:
- In Part 1 of Dave Seibold's interview with Win Dewitt Vanzantwick-Cook, Mrs. Cook describes her life in the Grand Haven area, including the Kilbourne Mill, the Akeley School for Girls, VanWessem's Candy Parlor, the Dummy Line, and the Grand Haven Basket Factory. She also remembers the flood of 1904 on the Grand River and the fire that burned First Reformed Church in 1907. Win gives a description of the Christian Church in the area and when it changed from Dutch to English services.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ruth Ann King moderates a discussion of the era of student unrest, activism and strikes on the Michigan State University campus in reaction to the shootings at Kent State University in May 1970 and the U.S. bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War. Participants talk about where they were during the protests, what they witnessed, and their level of participation. A former military science professor recalls interim president Walter Adams and his interaction with the students at Demonstration Hall and a discussion ensues about the differences between Adams and President Clifton Wharton.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. George Eyster, DVM, describes his forty-four year career in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University. Eyster recalls his farm upbringing, his journey to veterinary medicine and MSU, the evolution of the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine and his role in creating one of the strongest veterinary cardiology programs in the country. Eyster also discusses his pioneering work in veterinary medicine, the major changes in the field during his career, his fondness for MSU and his colleagues and the various leadership roles he played during his career. Part of the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The Verduin family played an important role in the commercial fishing industry during Grand Haven's early years. In 1901, they commissioned the fishing tug H.J. Dornbos to be built at the Johnston Brothers Shipyard and started doing commercial fishing the next year. Claude served as Mayor of Grand Haven from 1952 to 1956, and at the same time he was Director of the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce. In this interview, Claude and his son Bob discuss the history of the United States Coast Guard, the naming of Grand Haven as "Coast Guard City, USA," the local Coast Guard training camp, and the evolution of Grand Haven's annual Coast Guard Festival. They also reveal the astonishing history and final destination of the H.J. Dornbos.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Chris Yarborough, intern for the Christman Company in Lansing, Michigan and a student majoring in Construction Management at MSU, talks about his 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. Yarborough explains the work he does to facilitate the work of the management team and he describes other projects on which he has worked and how he settled on his major. Ends abruptly.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-10-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, life-long resident Helen DeYoung recalls her schooldays, the building of and working at Grand Haven's Carnegie library, her father's sailing career and involvement in the early Life Saving Service, the Great Depression, the CCC camp, World War II and Company F, women's rights, local newspapers, and downtown businesses. She also discusses the founding of the community by William Ferry.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Labor and Industrial Relations Professor Emeritus John Revitte presents a discussion entitled, "Building the other UAW : the Allied Industrial Workers in Michigan and the Midwest". Revitte is joined via Skype by Kenneth Germanson, AIW labor activist and president of the Wisconsin Labor History Society. Germanson describes his career then he and Revitte describe the rise of the AIW and its place in an organized labor environment which included the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and member unions like the United Auto Workers who attempted to organize general industrial labor. Germanson explains how the AIW was created and credits Lansing AIW member Lester Washburn for keeping the AIW strong in West Michigan. Revitte explains the conflicts within and between the unions, especially the UAW-CIO and the UAW-AFL contingents. Germanson talks about the Lansing Labor Holiday, a general strike in Lansing, MI in 1937 which was a reaction to the arrest of several picketers. They answer questions from the audience. The session is convened by Kurt Dewhurst, Michigan State University Museum Director Emeritus and Curator of Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the the Motorcities Automobile National Heritage Area, and the MSU Museum. Held in the MSU Museum auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-01-25T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In an oral history interview, Don Stevens, former Michigan State University trustee and AFL-CIO board member, talks about conflicts within the leadership of the state AFL-CIO, how he came to head the state CIO Education Department, and visiting Europe in order to help unions in postwar Europe reestablish themselves. Stevens describes efforts to influence elections, endorsing John Swainson for Governor, and tax issues involving Detroit which cost Swainson reelection. He also talks about the creation of the labor center at MSU, the start of Oakland University as a separate institution during his time as an MSU trustee, and John Hannah's presidency of MSU. He closes by considering what that the labor movement in Michigan has accomplished, what it has meant to him, and the threats it is under. Stevens is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Part four of four.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-03-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In the second of two interviews, Donna Zischke, former Michigan State University director of Academic Human Resources, reflects on her MSU career which began in the 1970s and her evolving responsibilities regarding the Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP) and Faculty Grievance Official (FGO). Zischke talks about her interactions with the MSU Board of Trustees, former MSU administrators and FGOs she worked with, the impact which successive MSU presidents had on the evolution of the FGP, the differences between FGP grievances and standard employment law and how MSU faculty unionization attempts influenced the development of the FGP and FGO's office. Zischke is interviewed by Robert Banks, former MSU associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Human Resources and John Revitte, MSU professor emeritus in the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations. Gift of John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-10-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks in Prague, Czech Republic, preceding the Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference. To cheering audience in Hradcany Square, President Obama discusses the history of Prague's struggle for freedom through peaceful protest. To renew prosperity, Obama calls for the action across borders with a change in the financial system, aid to the impoverished, and the containment of nuclear weapons. Obama stresses the dangers of nuclear weapons and explains the plans that need to be made to put an end to "Cold War thinking."
- Date Issued:
- 2009-04-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Janver D. Krehbiel, DVM, discusses his forty-two year career in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University, including his time as acting Dean of the college. Krehbiel describes how he became interested in veterinary medicine as a Kansas farm-boy, his path to MSU, and developing a specialty in clinical pathology. Krehbiel also talks about his role in the evolution of the college, bringing Dr. Steven Arnoczky to MSU, creating the best Veterinary Technology program in the country, and his retirement activities. Part of the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- United States President Barack Obama talks about the contributions of Muslim Americans after meeting with Muslim community leaders in Baltimore. Obama also discusses the history of Islam in the U.S. and how groups such as the militant Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) distort the Muslim faith.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-02-03T00:00:00Z
- 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 discusses the founding of the Post Cereal Company in Battle Creek, MI by Charles Post. Dunbar also talks about the current thirty-three acre Post manufacturing facility in Battle Creek and and how Post Cereals has now become a division of General Foods. Dunbar speaks with Fred Smith, a mixer and shift manager at Post and Supervisor Alice Bowman about their jobs at the cereal plant.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-02-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Douglas MacArthur speaks to Filipinos at Manila about the Philippine liberation during World War II.
- Date Issued:
- 1945-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Maria Cotera, associate professor of American and Women's studies at the University of Michigan, presents, "Working for justice : legacies of Latina activism in Southeastern Michigan." Dr. Cotera examines the role Latina women played in promoting women's rights both within and outside of the Latino community. Dr. Cotera 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, the MSU Women's Resource Center, the Chicano/Latino Studies Program, and the Julian Samora Research Institute. Part of the University's Project 60/50. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-03-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sherry Linkon, professor in the Department of Education at Georgetown University and author of "The half-life of deindustrialization: working-class writing about economic restructuring", delivers a talk entitled, "Tracing the half-life of deindustrialization: voices of Michigan." Linkon talks about the long term impact deindustrialization has on families and communities, specifically in Michigan. She argues that deindustrialization literature not only gives voices to those who have lived through deindustrialization, but that it is also a more effective way to promote social and political change in communities. Linkon answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Professor John P. Beck from the Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-10-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, 92-year-old Harold Warner Hanson gives a detailed recollection of the Hamilton Motor Company, operating in Grand Haven from 1917 to 1922. Harold, originally superintendent of the company, discusses the history and manufacture of the Apex and Panhard trucks. After he left Hamilton Motors, he worked in construction and was involved in the WPA Grand Haven City Hall project, completed in 1934.
- Date Issued:
- 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University History Professor Ronen Steinberg delivers a talk entitled "Sex and the Bastille: the Marquis de Sade and the French Revolution." Steinberg traces Sade's role in the French Revolution from the tortures he described while in the Bastille to his position as section leader prior to the Reign of Terror. Steinberg also examines whether Sade was a revolutionary or just an ambivalent aristocrat trying to navigate a tumultuous period in history. Steinberg is introduced by MSU librarian Michael Rodriguez.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1898-06-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- An interdisciplinary panel composed of Michigan State University faculty members participates in a discussion entitled, "All about auto." Panelists describe their individual research and explore areas such as race car driver physiology and safety, innovation and research behind autonomous vehicles, the biomechanics behind the design of automobiles, the history of the auto industry in cities such as Flint, Grand Rapids and Detroit, and the social, political, and economic implications of autonomous cars from an urban design perspective. Panelists are: Dr. Tamara Reid Bush, College of Engineering; Dr. David Ferguson, Department of Kinesiology; Dr. Lisa Fine, Department of History; Dr. Hayder Radha, College of Engineering; and Dr. Mark Wilson, School of Planning, Design, and Construction. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Dean of the Honors College, convenes the session and moderates questions from the audience with the help of John P. Beck, Professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-03-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Harlan Jennings, associate professor of music at Michigan State University, presents "Horace Tabor, Baby Doe, and Denver's Tabor Grand Opera House." Jennings examines the role of the railroad in spreading opera to the West during the late 19th century and the early stagings of opera in Colorado as a preface to exploring the rise and fall of Horace Tabor and his Grand Opera House in Denver. Jennings explores Tabor's rise to wealth in the silver mines of Leadville, Colorado and his affair with Baby Doe which led to his eventual downfall and the sale of his Grand Opera House. Jennings answers questions from the audience after the presentation. He is introduced by MSU Music Librarian Mary Black Junttonen. Part of the MSU Libraries' Colloquia Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-10-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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:
- President Donald Trump talks about Mississippi's rich history and lauds civil rights activists Martin Luther King, Jr., James Meredith, and Medgar Evers. Held at the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-12-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The Michigan State University Libraries presents "Music History: Dramatizing the African American Experience", a reading of selected scenes from Sandra Seaton's play "Music History". Actors Teri Brown and Kenneth Nelson portray college students struggling with their relationship against the backdrop of the civil rights movement and the sweeping cultural turmoil in America in the nineteen-sixties. Mardra Thomas narrates the play and introductory remarks are provided by the director, David Clauson and MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Presented at the MSU Main Library as part of the Michigan Writers Series. Part one of three parts.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- 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
- Description:
- Grand Haven residents Tony Boomgaard and Pete Klaasen reminisce about life during the early part of the twentieth century. With no formal schooling, Boomgaard started work as a pharmacist in 1920, and Klaasen was the grocery manager of Henry Casemir's Supermarket. They recall the old fire barn and the horse-drawn engines, early medical remedies, various businesses and theaters located on Washington Street, and estimate that at the height of railroad transportation, ninety trains visited Grand Haven on a daily basis. They also discuss the importance of the Dutch language in the early school system.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ed Baas, while reviewing old photographs with Dave Seibold, reminisces about his clothing business, photography and old cameras, energy consumers (Northern Light and Energy), amp store, the building trade, highway development, building agreement for parking spaces, direct current on interurban, ice skating, men's clothing, fashions of the nineteen thirties, the wholesales business, and traveling to Nashville and Cincinnati. Interview of Ed Baas administered by Dave Siebold.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection