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Archie W. Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001355
Abstract
Journalist Archie Robinson served as the labor editor of the Detroit News, as a press officer for the National War Labor Board, as labor editor of the U.S. News and World Report, and authored George Meany and His Times, a history of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and its president. Mr. Robinson’s papers document his career in journalism and his coverage of major labor issues.
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Walter P. Reuther Library
Eugene Barnett Oral History
Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 1: A-E, Folder: 3
Identifier: LOH002265
Abstract
Eugene Barnett was one of eight IWW members convicted of murder following a raid by American Legionnaires on the Centralia, Washington, IWW hall on Armistice Day 1919. He was jailed from 1920 to 1931. Around 1940, folklorist and IWW activist Ben Legere interviewed Eugene Barnett about his involvement in the 1919 Centralia events. Professor of folklore Archie Green conducted a follow-up interview on the subject with Barnett in 1961. Professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz,...
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Walter P. Reuther Library
Joseph Smith Papers
Collection — Container: Small Processed Collections: S-T, Box 13, Folder: 9
Identifier: LP000854
Abstract
Joseph Smith played a leading role in the Michigan labor movement, serving several terms as president of the United Mine Workers District 24, and being active in the Michigan Federation of Labor and the state Congress of Industrial Organizations executive board. His papers relate primarily to his activities with the UMWA in Bay City, Michigan.
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Walter P. Reuther Library
Lester Cappon Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000804
Abstract
The papers of Lester Cappon relate primarily to the coal and iron industry in Alabama, including biographical sketches of the United Mine Workers official, William R. Farley.
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Walter P. Reuther Library
Mary Van Kleeck Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000573
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, clippings, and published material of Mary Van Kleeck, director of the Commission on Women's Work and Industrial Studies, and associate director of International Industrial Relations Institute of the Russell Sage Foundation. In addition to Miss Van Kleeck's files concerning her work with the Sage Foundation and the Inter-Professional Association are the papers of Knickerbocker Boyd, an architect interested in the relationship of architects with the...
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Walter P. Reuther Library
Richard Jensen Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000893
Abstract
Richard Jensen collected material on dissident movements within the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) and the United Steel Workers of America (USW) while writing his Ph. D. dissertation, “Rebellion in the United Mine Workers: The Miners for Democracy, 1970-1972.” Mr. Jensen’s papers document the rise of dissident groups in the UMW and the USW and their efforts to challenge union leadership.
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Walter P. Reuther Library
Tom Myerscough Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000622
Abstract
Tom Myerscough served as president of the National Miners Union, which was created out of factionalism within the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). The papers of Mr. Myerscough relate to the dissent of the National Miners Union from the UMWA.
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Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Public Relations Department: Clippings
Collection
Identifier: LR000125_PRC
Abstract
Subjects include: Chrysler and General Motors; Ford organizing; Local 600; FEW; strikes; Michigan politics; Communism; housing; Walter Reuther; steel industry; Taft-Hartley; Michigan labor; Detroit urban affairs; UMWA; HUAC; unemployment; Harry Truman
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Walter P. Reuther Library