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- 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