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Title: Your governor. 1950-03-04
Creator: Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988
Date: 1950-03-04
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: In a program entitled "Your governor'" Michigan Governor G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams argues for an appropriation from the state's General Fund and a tax on corporations to fund road building and maintenance across the state. Williams laments the terrible condition of Michigan roads and says that a proposed gas tax hike would be too little too late and another terrible burden for the average consumer to bear. The governor instead proposes borrowing from the General Fund to finance the Highway...
Show moreIn a program entitled "Your governor'" Michigan Governor G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams argues for an appropriation from the state's General Fund and a tax on corporations to fund road building and maintenance across the state. Williams laments the terrible condition of Michigan roads and says that a proposed gas tax hike would be too little too late and another terrible burden for the average consumer to bear. The governor instead proposes borrowing from the General Fund to finance the Highway Department's building fund and supplementing those dollars with a tax on corporations.
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Title: Your governor. 1950-01-17
Creator: Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988
Date: 1950-01-17
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: In an installment of "Your governor," Michigan Governor G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams presents his ten year plan for the construction of mental health facilities in the state to alleviate current overcrowding. Williams laments the Michigan legislature's ineffective spending on mental health and discusses the specifics of his own plan with Charles F. Wagg, the Director of the Michigan Department of Mental Health.

Title: Your Florida Lawn Guide for Fall 1960
Creator: Scotts Company
Date: 1960
Collection: Scotts Company Collection Monographs
Description: Includes: You Can Have a Better Lawn This Very Fall; Plan for Continuing Success (Grass Weeds; and Non-Grass Weeds); Why No Experience is Needed; Safe to Use Chemicals Year After Year?; Creating a Good Lawn; and Your Money's Worth; The Mower Designed By Lawn Experts; and To Speed the Tree: Feed the Lawn.

Title: Young, Frances Oral History
Date: 1979
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Recorded oral history of Frances Young and her memories of events and everyday life in Monroe, Michigan.

Title: Young American at the wheel of Studebaker #81 in Chicago, Ill., at the1909 Glidden Tour
Date: 1909-07
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 4.5x6.5 black and white photograph of Studebaker car #81 with a small child at the wheel, a woman sitting next to her, at the 1909 Glidden Tour. Negative #C21,570.

Title: Yoruba religious carving (a review)
Creator: Quarcoo, A. K.
Date: 1971
Collection: Research Review

Title: Yoruba ideas
Date: 2000
Collection: Glendora Review

Title: Yerkes, Dawson Oral History
Date: 1984
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Recorded oral history of Dawson Yerkes and his looking back and recalling events and experiences in Monroe, Michigan.

Title: Yemaja Editorial Services
Date: 2004
Collection: Glendora Review

Title: Yellow Kids' in the 1909 Glidden Tour automobile parade, Detroit, Mich.
Date: 1909-07-10
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of a group of young boys on, and in front of, car dressed in motoring dusters, goggles and hats, holding small signs that say 'Morgan & Wright Tires Are Good Tires,' crowd standing in background. Morgan & Wright Tire 'Yellow Kids,' automobile parade at Detroit, Michigan, July 10, 1909. Negative #C21,442. Photo edges cut unevenly.

Title: Yellow Kids' in the 1909 Glidden Tour automobile parade, Detroit, Mich.
Date: 1909-07-10
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of a group of young boys on, and in front of, car dressed in motoring dusters, goggles and hats, holding small signs that say 'Morgan & Wright Tires Are Good Tires,' crowd standing in background. The Morgan & Wright Tire 'Yellow Kids,' automobile parade at Detroit, Michigan, July 10, 1909. Negative #C21,445. Photo edges cut unevenly.

Title: Yager in Maxwell car nearing Mankato, Minn., at 1909 Glidden Tour
Date: 1909-07
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 4.5x6.25 black and white photograph of Yager and two passengers in Maxwell #6 on rural road near Mankato, Minnesota, at the 1909 Glidden Tour. Negative #C21,701. Photo edges cut unevenly.

Title: Writing as a process of learning : attempts made in the case of civil engineering report writing course at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Creator: Qorro, Martha
Date: 1996
Collection: Utafiti (New Series) : Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam
Description: This article discusses the results of a study of the difficulties of teaching writing skills to engineering students at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The discussion addresses issues such as motivation for writing on the part of the relevant students, as well as the extent to which lecturers of such students may assist them to acquire the appropriate engineering report writing skills.

Title: Writing after the death of print
Creator: Bresland, John
Date: 2013-10-29
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: John Bresland, creative writing instructor at Northwestern University, delivers a talk entitled, "Writing After the Death of Print" describing a new form of non-fiction, the video essay, which blends language, image, and sound in equal parts. Bresland shows videos as examples of the genre, explains his creative process and his intent, and discusses "Dark Side of the Rainbow," a combination of "The Wizard of OZ" and music from Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". Bresland answers questions...
Show moreJohn Bresland, creative writing instructor at Northwestern University, delivers a talk entitled, "Writing After the Death of Print" describing a new form of non-fiction, the video essay, which blends language, image, and sound in equal parts. Bresland shows videos as examples of the genre, explains his creative process and his intent, and discusses "Dark Side of the Rainbow," a combination of "The Wizard of OZ" and music from Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". Bresland answers questions from the audience. He is introduced by Michigan State University Professor of English Marcia Aldrich. Part of the MSU Libraries' Colloquia series, held at the Main Library.
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Title: Writers, natives and former colonies
Creator: Otu, John
Date: 2000
Collection: Glendora Books Supplement
Description: Review of: Karen King-Aribisala. Kicking tongues. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1998, and Arundhati Roy. The God of small things. London: Flamingo, 1998

Title: Writer and ecologist Stephanie Mills reads her selected works at the Michigan Writers Series
Creator: Mills, Stephanie, 1948-
Date: 2001-10-19
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Writer and ecologist Stephanie Mills reads from her selected work including, "Whatever happened to ecology?"and "In service of the wild: restoring and re-inhabiting damaged land," a portion of an essay from "In praise of nature," and her soon to be published book "Epicurean simplicity." She answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Peter Berg, head of the Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in...
Show moreWriter and ecologist Stephanie Mills reads from her selected work including, "Whatever happened to ecology?"and "In service of the wild: restoring and re-inhabiting damaged land," a portion of an essay from "In praise of nature," and her soon to be published book "Epicurean simplicity." She answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Peter Berg, head of the Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the Main Library.
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Title: Writer Tom Bissell reads a section from his book "Chasing the sea" at the Michigan Writers Series
Creator: Bissell, Tom, 1974-
Date: 2003-10-17
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Writer Tom Bissell reads a section from his book "Chasing the sea" and answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Peter Berg, head of Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections. MSU Professor Emeritus of English Jim McClintock, introduces Bissell. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.

Title: Writer Stuart Dybek reads his selected works at the Michigan Writers Series
Creator: Dybek, Stuart, 1942-
Date: 2003-04-18
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Writer Stuart Dybek, professor of English at Western Michigan University, reads from his poems and stories and then answers questions from the audience at a Michigan Writers Series event. The program is convened by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez and MSU Professor Marcia Aldrich. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the Main Library.

Title: Writer Robert Vivian reads from his novel "The mover of bones" at the Michigan Writers Series
Creator: Vivian, Robert, 1967-
Date: 2006-09-29
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Novelist, poet, essayist, and play-write Robert Vivian, professor of English at Alma College, reads from his novel "The mover of bones." The event is convened by Head of Special Collections Peter Berg. Part of the Michigan State Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the Main Library.

Title: Writer Rainelle Burton reads excerpts from her book "The root worker" at the Michigan Writers Series
Creator: Burton, Rainelle
Date: 2003-10-31
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Writer Rainelle Burton reads excerpts of her book "The root worker" and answers questions from audience at the Michigan Writers Series. Program introduction by Stephanie Mathson.

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