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- Linda talks about obtaining two degrees before being hired at Fisher in August 1978. She recalls her first impressions of the plant and talks about her many duties as newsletter editor and photographer. Linda describes an incident when the flash from her camera triggered the fire suppression system in the paint booth.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-11-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Michigan State University Professor of Biophysics Dr. Barnett "Barney" Rosenberg talks about treating cancer with platinum on the WKAR radio program, "The Graduate School Presents", with host John Nielson.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Andres G. Guerrero, author of "A Chicano Theology," reminisces about his childhood in east Texas, his family and his education, and describes his personal evolution and awakening as a community organizer and teacher working with the poor in the Saginaw, MI Diocese. Guerrero, who holds a doctorate in theology, says that most religions are Euro-centric and do not account for a "native way" of thinking and he challenges all religious institutions to simply "teach love". Guerrero also discusses his book and suggests areas for further study in leadership, organizing, and managing power for the benefit of the entire Chicano Latino community and not just the few. Guerrero is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Diana Rivera for the "Mexican Voices - Michigan Lives" oral history series.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-11-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Writer Rainelle Burton talks about the writing of her book "The root worker," the concept of isolation, the influence of Michigan on her work, the Detroit Institute for Creative Writers, the International Women's Writing Guild, and her works in progress. Burton is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-10-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Poet and writer Keith Taylor, coordinator of the undergraduate creative writing program at the University of Michigan, talks about his youth, leaving college to write, how he came to be a poet and trying to be published. He also talks about how living in Michigan has influenced his writing, his work translating the writing of Greek poet Kostas Karyotakis into English and writing about Hemingway's formative years spent in Michigan. Taylor is interviewed for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-10-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- 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 the evolution and history of the Faculty Grievance Policy at MSU, the debate about faculty unionization and the definition of bargaining units on campus, MSU's efforts to resist unionization, and the various failed attempts to gather a faculty majority for unionization. Banks is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Fifth of seven interviews.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-07-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Poets Joseph Featherstone, Michigan State University professor of teacher education, and Dennis Hinrichsen, Lansing Community College instructor of creative writing, talk about their writing, the readability of their poems, Michigan as inspiration, their favorite poets, and works in progress. Featherstone and Hinrichsen are interviewed by MSU Librarian Jane Arnold for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-02-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Vic recalls being hired in March 1964, working day shift, the size of plant, and the amount of supervisor control. He comments on the 1964 and 1970 strikes, lay offs, working in the Material Department, just in time stock, and his community activities.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-12-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Ninety-six-year-old Hilda Smith recalls her career at the REO Motor Car Company, in Lansing, MI, between 1923 and 1964. Smith talks fondly about her family, her job in REO's Human Resources Department, and her retirement after a forty-two year career. She looks through a scrapbook with the interviewers, identifying managers and coworkers and talks about the REO Clubhouse, movies, and caring for her thirteen siblings. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-02-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Author Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection