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American Auto Worker Project Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH002363
Abstract
While a graduate history student at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Edward Savela conducted oral history interviews with retired Detroit-area auto workers on changes in the automobile industry as part of research for his master’s thesis. Collection consists of five interviews with retired UAW members chronicling their lengthy careers in the automobile industry in the Detroit metropolitan area. Transcripts and audio recordings available for each. Interviewees discuss apprenticeship...
Dates:
2012-05 - 2012-06
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Ernest J. Moran Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000641
Abstract
Ernest Moran was a negotiator for the United Auto Workers (UAW) and Administrative Assistant to UAW President Leonard Woodcock. Mr. Moran’s papers reflect his work for the UAW, particularly as a chief negotiator with auto and aerospace corporations.
Dates:
1942 - 1973
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Fred C. Pieper Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000165
Abstract
Fred Pieper was an early leader in the unionization of the auto industry. His papers reflect his work for the United Auto Workers and the Congress of Industrial Organizations in the South.
Dates:
1936 - 1940
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Irene Young Marinovich Oral History
Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 2: G-M, Folder: 8
Identifier: LOH002328
Abstract
In 1974, Susan Hartmann and Lucy Haessler interviewed Irene Young Marinovich, a veteran GM worker and local UAW leader at Detroit auto plants, including the General Motors Ternstedt Plant. Collection consists of the interview recording and transcript about the UAW and conditions for women workers in Detroit-area auto plants during the 1930s and 1940s.
Dates:
1974-03-09
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Kathy Groehn Cosseboom El-Messidi Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000686
Abstract
Kathy Groehn was born in 1946 and grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She graduated from Grosse Pointe High School in 1963, then from the University of Michigan (B.A. 1967) and Southern Oregon College (M.A.). During the 1960s she was a reporter for the Grosse Pointe News and used her experiences as a basis for research on her book, Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Race Against Race, by Kathy Cosseboom (Michigan State University Press, 1972). The book deals with racial and social attitudes in the...
Dates:
1960 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Ken Morris Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000331
Abstract
Ken Morris served as president of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 212 and as director of UAW Region 1B. Mr. Morris was active in community affairs and served in various committees such as the Oakland University Board of Trustees, the Oakland County Mental Health Board, and the National Commission on Unemployment and Compensation. Mr. Morris’ papers relate primarily to his activities as Director of UAW Region 1B, and to a lesser degree, his trusteeship at Oakland University, and reflect his...
Dates:
1937 - 1983
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Kenneth Forbes Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000801
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of Kenneth Forbes, a UAW leader in the Saginaw area. Forbes held different offices in the union including the President of Local 455 and was also active politically. His collection covers his active years in the union and his retirement and gives a glimpse into the life of the politics and challenges of an elected official in the UAW.
Dates:
1927 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1971
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Paul Parker Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000423
Abstract
Paul Parker worked for the Flint, MI Chevrolet Division of General Motors for forty-one years. During that time he served the United Auto Workers in several capacities and was active in local and state Democratic politics. His papers primarily reflect his activities in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Dates:
1939 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Roy Reuther Oral History
Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 3: O-Si, Item: 7
Identifier: LOH002303
Abstract
In 1966, University of Michigan professor of history Sidney Fine interviewed union leader and political activist Roy Reuther. Collection consists of the interview transcript about the 1936-1937 Flint Sit-down Strike.
Dates:
1966-07-12
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Ruth Milkman Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002097
Abstract
Ruth Milkman (1954-) is a professor of sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and the academic director at the Joseph F. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies. Her professional focus is labor and labor movements, and she has published on a variety of topics revolving around work and organized labor in the United States. She received her B.A. from Brown University and her M.A. from the University of California, Berkley. Milkman’s early research focused on women workers during...
Dates:
1975 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1991
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Sam Sweet Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000841
Abstract
An activist in the early labor movement, Sam Sweet aided in the organization of the Flint General Motors workers and the Briggs workers in Detroit, and served as Education Director for United Auto Workers (UAW) Locals 155, 51, and 742. Granted citizenship in 1946, Mr. Sweet faced repeated government attempts to revoke his citizenship due to alleged Communist affiliation.Part I of Mr. Sweet’s papers primarily relate to his activities as Education Director of various UAW locals and as...
Dates:
1938 - 1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Stuart Strachan Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000556
Abstract
Stuart Strachan held several positions in the United Auto Workers Locals 615 and 174, throughout his career. His papers reflect UAW activities at the time, both local and national.
Dates:
1935 - 1940; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1940
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Local 157 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000205
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 157 was an amalgamated tool and die local on the west side of Detroit, serving numerous shops. The records of the local document it operations and relationships with various companies whose employees they represented.
Dates:
1936 - 1966
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Local 239 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000353
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 239 serviced General Motors plant employees in Baltimore, MD. The records of the local reflect its activities as representative of Fisher Body Plant workers, before they merged with Local 678, Chevrolet assembly operations.
Dates:
1948 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Local 599 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000210
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 599 represented workers in the Buick plant in Flint, MI and is noted for its involvement in the anti-Martin struggles during the early years of its existence. The records of the local reflect routine operations.
Dates:
1936 - 1966
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Local 662 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000095
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 662 was organized to service the General Motors plant, Delco-Remy Division in Anderson, IN, absorbing the former UAW Local 146. Records reflect activities, including a women's auxilliary, that occurred mainly following the local's 1939 charter.
Dates:
1934 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Local 664 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000235
Abstract
Established in 1939 when the International Executive Board revoked the charter of pro-Martin Local 118, United Auto Workers Local 664 serviced members at Fisher Body, Chevrolet, and Prophet Company in North Tarrytown, NY. The records reflect the Martin controversy, strikes, conferences, and other activities of the local.
Dates:
1939 - 1961
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Local 678 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000451
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 678 originally serviced the Chevrolet plant and parts warehouse in Baltimore, MD. before merging in 1969 with Local 239, Fisher Body. The records relate to activities and operations prior to the merger.
Dates:
1940 - 1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW President's Office: Howard Young Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001400
Abstract
Howard Young began working for the UAW in 1960, as an Actuarial Consultant and later became the Director of the Social Security Department. Later in his UAW career, his main function was as Special Consultant to the President, but he also worked as a member of the Pension Research Council, Director of Social Security, Director of the Research, and Director of Information Systems. He worked for the UAW from 1960-1971 and again from 1974-1987. During that time he worked under four UAW presidents:...
Dates:
1951 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1961 - 1987
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Unemployment Compensation Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000407
Abstract
The records of the United Auto Workers Unemployment Compensation Department document individual worker's cases.
Dates:
1945 - 1950
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Wyndham Mortimer Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001171
Abstract
As United Auto Workers (UAW) Vice-President, Wyndham Mortimer worked to organize the employees of General Motors Fisher Body Plant, which led to the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937, and later participated in the negotiations that achieved the first UAW-GM contract. Mr. Mortimer was active in factional struggles within the UAW as a leader of the Unity Caucus and was ultimately expelled from the UAW with charges of Communist allegiance. Mr. Mortimer’s papers document his work in the UAW,...
Dates:
1943 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1962
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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