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- William Penn, essayist, fiction writer, and professor of English at Michigan State University, talks about his novel "The Absence of Angels," settings and plots in his works, inspiration from his family, his in-progress works, Native American dramas, and his reading habits. Penn is interviewed by MSULibrarian Jane Arnold for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-11-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Dr. George Eyster, DVM, talks about his career in veterinary cardiology and developing surgical techniques and conducting research at Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Eyster talks about his mentors at MSU and developing open heart surgery procedures for animals, while at the same time, ground breaking procedures for humans were also being developed. He also describes sharing facilities with the College of Human Medicine at MSU, techniques used for both human and animal surgery, and cooperative programs with hospitals such as Ingham Medical in Lansing, Michigan. Eyster comments on changes in veterinary medicine, the decline in veterinary cardiac care, and how the animal rights movement has affected the availability of animals for research. Part of the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Labor activist Max Gazen talks about being born in the Netherlands in 1897, coming to the U.S. at age nine, working in Grand Rapids, MI, and joining the merchant marine. He also talks about working for the Hotel and Restaurant Workers union, being a delegate to the Detroit Federation of Labor, his participation in the wave of sit-down strikes, helping to cook for the Flint sit-down strikers, union leaders, strikes and picket-lines, and racial discrimination.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-09-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Harris Frank Beeman discusses his involvement in social justice for South Africa, a cause he pursued while serving as Michigan State University's tennis coach and Director of Intramural Sports, and Recreation Services. Dr. David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center, and Peter Limb, MSU Libraries Area Studies Librarian, interview Beeman. Beeman describes his early involvement in civil rights issues in the U.S. and leading fair housing protests in East Lansing in the 1960s. He also talks about getting involved with the South African Liberation Committee (SALC) in the 1970s at MSU, spearheading efforts to get selective purchase policies passed by East Lansing City Council and the MSU Board of Trustees, and pushing the University and the State of Michigan to divest from holdings in South Africa. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the African Studies Center.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-12-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Don Stevens, former Michigan State University trustee and AFL-CIO board member, reminisces about his childhood, family, farming, his early education, and his experiences with labor unions and union organizing. Stevens talks about his early work life, hearing about unions during the auto sit-down strikes in 1936 and 1937, listening to radio preachers condemn unions, and failed attempts to unionize a laundry where he worked and later success in organizing dairy and retail workers in the Grand Rapids area in the 1940s. Stevens also discusses CIO leadership during the war, union political efforts regarding health and safety, unemployment insurance, higher wages, and seniority rights and his own involvement in the growing union movement and labor organizing. Stevens is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Part one of four.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-02-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sal describes his childhood in Texas as a farm laborer, his Army and National Guard experience, and work in the plant cafeteria before being hired by Fisher in October 1968. He describes factory life, jobs he did, pranks, relations with coworkers and supervisors, and his role in the change to a team based system. Sal talks about his family connections to GM and his active social life in and outside the plant.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-12-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Hmong teacher and organizer Maykao K. Lytongpao describes emigrating from Laos to France and then to Michigan as a child. Lytongpao discusses running a Hmong social service and cultural emissary non-profit, noting the ways Hmong culture has shifted as a result of diaspora. She also talks about appearing in the film "Gran Torino."
- Date Issued:
- 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Clayton tells of learning HVAC in the Navy and describes installing an HVAC system in Fisher. He describes the relationship between the VFW Post and Fisher, helping many of the Vets working at Fisher, selling chicken dinners to Fisher workers on Friday nights, and being frequented by workers for drinks before and after work. Clayton also performed work at the UAW Black Lake center and comments on the plane crash that killed the Reuthers.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-02-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Clare Luz, professor in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Family Medicine at Michigan State University, delivers a talk entitled "Critical lifelines: the lives and work of personal care workers." Luz discusses her research on personal care workers and shares stories of the workers from Michigan who she interviewed. Luz says there is a shortage of personal care workers in the U.S., especially in Michigan, which could be addressed by paying higher wages, improving working conditions, and encouraging broad societal support of those in the field. Khalid Ibrahim, Clinical Research Informatics Technologist with the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute at MSU, who also participated in the personal care worker study, provides additional commentary on the interviews of care workers. Luz answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Professor John P. Beck from the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-11-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Doug Sleep talks about his career in the export department at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1961 to 1975. Sleep talks about preparing trucks to be shipped for sale overseas, about becoming a UAW steward and the deterioration of worker/management relations when the company changed ownership. Sleep describes the difficulty in running a shop with the chronic shortage of parts in the company's last days and final owner Francis Cappaert's attempts to break the union. He also laments the loss of the worker pension fund and the creation of federal pension guarantee program. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. The first minute of the interview was not recorded. Recorded as part of the commemoration of the REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-06-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection