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Title: Shaffwan Ahmed talks about his relationship with Detroit
Creator: Ahmed, Shaffwan, 1989-
Date: 2018-09/2019-04
Collection: i.Detroit
Description: Shaffwan Ahmed speaks about his relationship with Detroit for Marcus Lyon's i.Detroit project. Ahmed talks about his childhood best friend, what he would like to do for the community, and what he hopes the city of Detroit will become.

Title: Dannah Wilson talks about her relationship with Detroit
Creator: Wilson, Dannah, 1999-
Date: 2018-09/2019-04
Collection: i.Detroit
Description: Dannah Wilson speaks about her relationship with Detroit for Marcus Lyon's i.Detroit project. She shares how she has had 5 friends killed in the last year, and about how there is more to her than just her identity as a black woman.

Title: Interview of Robert Repas, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations. 2004-04-02
Creator: Repas, Bob, 1921-
Date: 2004-04-02
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 and the history of SLIR. Repas talks about his earliest days as a labor advocate in Wisconsin, how SLIR was staffed and various people he worked with through the years, the Michigan Legislature's investigation into the school and its mission, his relationship with MSU President John Hannah, SLIR programs and seminars, the MSU Faculty Grievance Office, and his...
Show moreRobert Repas, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SLIR), discusses his career and the history of SLIR. Repas talks about his earliest days as a labor advocate in Wisconsin, how SLIR was staffed and various people he worked with through the years, the Michigan Legislature's investigation into the school and its mission, his relationship with MSU President John Hannah, SLIR programs and seminars, the MSU Faculty Grievance Office, and his involvement in the drives to unionize MSU faculty. Repas says that he believes that his telephone was tapped through most of the 1960s because of his association with the ACLU and his run-ins with members of the John Birch Society. Repas is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
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Title: Filmmaker Shinpei Takeda interviews Yasuaki Yamashita, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945
Creator: Yamashita, Yasuaki, 1939-
Date: 2006-02-15
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Yasuaki Yamashita remembers his friend's death a few days after the Nagasaki bombing. He talks about working at the Atomic Bomb Hospital and leaving for Mexico to work as a translator in the 1968 Olympics. He also shares his artistic philosophy and how those concepts help to understand the atomic bombings.

Title: Filmmaker Eiji Wakamatsu interviews Kazue Kawasaki, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945
Creator: Kawasaki, Kazue, 1930-
Date: 2009-03-29
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Kazue Kawasaki talks about losing all of her classmates in the Hiroshima bombing while she survived because she was at work in an arms factory. She talks about feeling shame in the aftermath of the bombing because she still had her clothes on while everyone else was naked and burned. She also talks about immigrating to the U.S.

Title: Peter Berg interviews prose and poetry writer Kathleen McGookey
Creator: McGookey, Kathleen
Date: 2007-10-19
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Author Kathleen McGookey talks about developing her motivation to write during college and getting published for the first time. She also talks about the work required to assemble a number of pieces for publication, her relationship with editor Robert Alexander, balancing writing with being a parent, working on a children's book, the difference between simple prose and a prose poem, and the subtle influence of Michigan on her writing. She is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian...
Show moreAuthor Kathleen McGookey talks about developing her motivation to write during college and getting published for the first time. She also talks about the work required to assemble a number of pieces for publication, her relationship with editor Robert Alexander, balancing writing with being a parent, working on a children's book, the difference between simple prose and a prose poem, and the subtle influence of Michigan on her writing. She is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Peter Berg for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
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Title: Florence Nightingale talks about her friends in Balaclava during the Crimean War
Creator: Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910
Date: 1890-07-30
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: A recording of Florence Nightingale speaking about her friends in Balaclava during the Crimean War.

Title: Hugh B. Fox, retired Michigan State University Professor of American Thought and Language reads from his works at the Michigan Writer Series
Creator: Fox, Hugh, 1932-2011
Date: 2009-02-12
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Hugh B. Fox, retired Michigan State University Professor of American Thought and Language, talks about his life, his youth as an only child, his affliction with polio, and his strict Catholic education. He describes his eclectic interests in literature and Peruvian archeology, his conversion to Judaism, and his prolific writings. Fox reads short passages from a number of his works, both in English and Spanish. He weaves in stories of his mother and father, academic life, wives and lovers, and...
Show moreHugh B. Fox, retired Michigan State University Professor of American Thought and Language, talks about his life, his youth as an only child, his affliction with polio, and his strict Catholic education. He describes his eclectic interests in literature and Peruvian archeology, his conversion to Judaism, and his prolific writings. Fox reads short passages from a number of his works, both in English and Spanish. He weaves in stories of his mother and father, academic life, wives and lovers, and literary associates. Fox is introduced by MSU Librarian Peter Berg for the 10th anniversary session of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
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Title: Mark Groce discusses his career as a production and material handling worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Creator: Groce, Mark
Date: 2005-11-15
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Mark describes being hired in September 1976 and losing his lunch bag on his first day. He tells about being trained and doing a variety of jobs over the years. Mark recalls doing strike duty and comments on the union. He describes a ceremony conducted for retiring fork truck operators. Mark talks about friends, hobbies and interests.

Title: Ena Malin discusses her career at the Olds mansion on Main Street in Lansing, MI
Creator: Malin, Ena
Date: 2004-06-26
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Ena Malin talks about her life in domestic service at the Olds mansion on Main Street in Lansing, MI. Malin and her husband, who came to the U.S. from Germany in 1961, were employed by Gladys Olds Anderson, daughter of auto magnate Ransom E. Olds. She talks about the pressures of working for demanding, wealthy people, her duties and how she came to work at the mansion and how her husband became the family chauffeur. She also discusses the mansion's opulence, the many famous and powerful...
Show moreEna Malin talks about her life in domestic service at the Olds mansion on Main Street in Lansing, MI. Malin and her husband, who came to the U.S. from Germany in 1961, were employed by Gladys Olds Anderson, daughter of auto magnate Ransom E. Olds. She talks about the pressures of working for demanding, wealthy people, her duties and how she came to work at the mansion and how her husband became the family chauffeur. She also discusses the mansion's opulence, the many famous and powerful house guests entertained by the Olds-Anderson family, and laments the demolition of the mansion and the end of an era in Lansing high society. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recording ends abruptly. Recorded in commemoration of the REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
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Title: Interview of U.S. President Bill Clinton during the final month of his presidency
Creator: Clinton, Bill, 1946-
Date: 2000-12-18
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Bill Clinton, in one of his last interviews as President, talks candidly about his presidency. Clinton discusses the controversies that have plagued his administration and describes his relationships with various world leaders and officials. Clinton also discusses his relationship with Vice President Al Gore and his opinions on the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. On "60 minutes."

Title: Michigan State University Libraries Africana librarian Peter Limb interviews documentary filmmaker Peter Davis talks about his career, and his work to end Apartheid in South Africa
Creator: Davis, Peter, 1933-
Date: 2004-04-13
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Documentary filmmaker Peter Davis talks about his career, and his work to end Apartheid in South Africa. Peter Limb, MSU Libraries Area Studies Librarian, interviews Davis. Davis recalls his youth in London during WWII, university, teaching, and his move to film production. He explains how he became associated with Citizens Association for Racial Equality (C.A.R.E.) and developed an interest in Africa. Davis also describes film making in South Africa, the Soweto Uprising, his relationship...
Show moreDocumentary filmmaker Peter Davis talks about his career, and his work to end Apartheid in South Africa. Peter Limb, MSU Libraries Area Studies Librarian, interviews Davis. Davis recalls his youth in London during WWII, university, teaching, and his move to film production. He explains how he became associated with Citizens Association for Racial Equality (C.A.R.E.) and developed an interest in Africa. Davis also describes film making in South Africa, the Soweto Uprising, his relationship with the Mandelas, and his efforts to preserve South African films. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the African Studies Center.
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Title: Retailing legend Betty Price talks about her Liebermann's gift store in downtown Lansing, MI, customer services, and collaboration with designer George Nelson
Creator: Price, Betty, 1913-2013
Date: 2011-10-25
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Retailing legend Betty Price talks about her Liebermann's gift store in downtown Lansing, Michigan during a question and answer session at Schuler Books in Okemos, MI. Price discusses her merchandising and customer philosophy, her eye for art and talent, her long friendship and professional relationship with modernist designer George Nelson and their collaborative effort to create a classy, unique environment in her store. She also describes learning the business from her father and then...
Show moreRetailing legend Betty Price talks about her Liebermann's gift store in downtown Lansing, Michigan during a question and answer session at Schuler Books in Okemos, MI. Price discusses her merchandising and customer philosophy, her eye for art and talent, her long friendship and professional relationship with modernist designer George Nelson and their collaborative effort to create a classy, unique environment in her store. She also describes learning the business from her father and then making it her own, selecting merchandise for quality, cost and design and training her sales staff to help select exactly the right piece for a customer. Price is interviewed by Sandra Seaton, recent author of an article on Price in "Modernism" mnagazine and the MSU College of Law Writer in Residence.
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Title: Last one out of Michigan : songs of working and not working
Creator: Bell, Nathan
Date: 2011-02-14
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Singer-songwriter Nathan S. Bell performs and answers questions in a public performance held at the Michigan State University Main Library. Bell tells stories about his family, friends and country music personalities, and about the various jobs he has had in his life, including his current "day job" in the telecommunications industry. He also sings about life, relationships, working people and the struggle to make ends meet in a very tough world. Bell is introduced by Professor John P. Beck,...
Show moreSinger-songwriter Nathan S. Bell performs and answers questions in a public performance held at the Michigan State University Main Library. Bell tells stories about his family, friends and country music personalities, and about the various jobs he has had in his life, including his current "day job" in the telecommunications industry. He also sings about life, relationships, working people and the struggle to make ends meet in a very tough world. Bell is introduced by Professor John P. Beck, Associate Director, Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations. 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.
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Title: Michigan State University African Studies Director David Wiley and librarian Peter Limb interview Professor Emeritus of History and African Studies David Robinson
Creator: Robinson, David, 1938-
Date: 2012-09-25
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Dr. David Robinson, Michigan State University Professor Emeritus of History and African Studies, is interviewed by MSU Librarian Peter Limb and Dr. David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center. Robinson explains how he became interested in West Africa during his college years and in association with Christian organizations, traveled to the region to aid displaced persons. Robinson also describes his research and human rights interests, his growing network of African scholars, how...
Show moreDr. David Robinson, Michigan State University Professor Emeritus of History and African Studies, is interviewed by MSU Librarian Peter Limb and Dr. David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center. Robinson explains how he became interested in West Africa during his college years and in association with Christian organizations, traveled to the region to aid displaced persons. Robinson also describes his research and human rights interests, his growing network of African scholars, how the field of African studies has changed and how his own work uses an African focus. Wiley notes the quality of scholarship which Robinson has brought to MSU and Robinson talks about his work at the university, the challenges of developing an online digital African library for use around the world, and his ongoing connections with West African colleges. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the MSU African Studies Center.
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Title: Filmmaker Shinpei Takeda interviews Takeo Yamashiro, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945
Creator: Yamashiro, Takeo, 1943-
Date: 2009-03-23
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Takeo Yamashiro says he does not remember anything about the Hiroshima bombing, but does remember his classmates later dying from Leukemia. Yamashiro also talks about immigrating to Canada and his views on the current proliferation of nuclear arms.

Title: U.S. President Barack Obama talks to "The tonight show" host Jay Leno
Creator: Obama, Barack
Date: 2013-08-06
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Obama visits "The Tonight Show" with host Jay Leno to exchange jokes but also cover some serious subjects including the threat to U.S. embassies, the troubled relationship with Russia over Edward Snowden and the Russia's anti-gay laws, and the NSA's surveillance activities. They also discuss Obama's relationships with former rivals John McCain and Hillary Clinton and how the president really does like broccoli.

Title: Michigan State University Professor Emeritus Donald A. Yates talks about Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges and his relationship with MSU
Creator: Yates, Donald A.
Date: 2009-10-15
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: In a lecture entitled "Borges and MSU", Michigan State University Professor Emeritus Donald A. Yates discusses his long personal and professional relationship with acclaimed Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. Yates describes Borges' childhood, reads from his work and tells of helping bring the author to MSU as an artist in residence in 1976. Yates says that knowing Borges "is probably the most important thing in my life". Yates is introduced by MSU Assistant Director of Libraries Peter Berg...
Show moreIn a lecture entitled "Borges and MSU", Michigan State University Professor Emeritus Donald A. Yates discusses his long personal and professional relationship with acclaimed Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. Yates describes Borges' childhood, reads from his work and tells of helping bring the author to MSU as an artist in residence in 1976. Yates says that knowing Borges "is probably the most important thing in my life". Yates is introduced by MSU Assistant Director of Libraries Peter Berg and MSU Professor Michael Koppisch.
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Title: Interview with former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Otis Milton Smith
Creator: Smith, Otis Milton, 1922-1994
Date: 1990-10-23
Collection: Interviews with Michigan State Supreme Court Justices
Description: Michigan Supreme Court Justice Otis M. Smith talks about growing up in Memphis, Tenn, his family history, working multiple jobs to pay for college, serving in the U.S. military during World War II, entering law school after the war, and his early professional jobs. Smith says that from a very early age he was filled with a burning desire to succeed in life and to make his mark. Smith also discusses the judicial selection process, his own appointment to the Michigan Supreme Court, the...
Show moreMichigan Supreme Court Justice Otis M. Smith talks about growing up in Memphis, Tenn, his family history, working multiple jobs to pay for college, serving in the U.S. military during World War II, entering law school after the war, and his early professional jobs. Smith says that from a very early age he was filled with a burning desire to succeed in life and to make his mark. Smith also discusses the judicial selection process, his own appointment to the Michigan Supreme Court, the geographic makeup of the Court during his tenure, selection of a Chief Justice, and the interaction of the Justices. He then goes on to discuss his colleagues, including Justices Gene Black, Harry Kelly, John Dethmers, George Edwards, Theodore Souris, Thomas Kavanagh, Michael O'Hara and Paul Adams. Smith speaks eloquently of the serious nature of conducting Court business and discusses his own decision making style, and the issues he dealt with in cases such as Scholle versus Hare, the People versus Lochricco, and the Fenestra, Mallory, and Pittsfield Township cases.
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Title: Interview with former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dennis W. Archer
Creator: Archer, Dennis W.
Date: 1991-06-05
Collection: Interviews with Michigan State Supreme Court Justices
Description: Part 1: Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dennis W. Archer talks about his family history, growing up in Detroit and Cassopolis, MI, teaching, attending the Detroit College of Law, his interest in politics, his nomination to the Michigan Supreme Court and his involvement with the State Bar of Michigan. Justice Archer also discusses his early years on the Court, the role of the Supreme Court, collegiality among the justices, the Cassidy and DiFranco decisions, and the relationship between the...
Show morePart 1: Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dennis W. Archer talks about his family history, growing up in Detroit and Cassopolis, MI, teaching, attending the Detroit College of Law, his interest in politics, his nomination to the Michigan Supreme Court and his involvement with the State Bar of Michigan. Justice Archer also discusses his early years on the Court, the role of the Supreme Court, collegiality among the justices, the Cassidy and DiFranco decisions, and the relationship between the Michigan Supreme Courst and the State Bar of Michigan. Part 2: Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dennis W. Archer talks about the State Bar of Michigan and the State Bar Grievance Board, his activities with the American Bar Association, issues facing African-American lawyers, his own contributions to the court, the selection process for Chief Justice, and the practice of law in Michigan. He ends by appraising his colleagues and presenting his vision for the legal profession in regards ethnic and gender diversity.
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