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Ann Blankenhorn Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000411
Abstract
Ann Blankenhorn investigated and publicized the social and economic conditions in the textile, clothing, and coal mining industries in the 1920s and 30s with special emphasis on women and children. Also included are papers relating to the WPA (1934) and the imprisonment of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn in the 1950s. Important correspondents are Peter Blume and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. The materials consist of correspondence (1931-68), personal notebooks, diaries, and address books.
Dates:
1922 - 1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Ethel Polk Papers
Collection — Container: Small Processed Collections: O-R, Box 12, Folder: 5
Identifier: LP001488
Abstract
Ethel Polk worked as a secretary for the United Auto Workers - Works Progress Administration, Welfare Department in Detroit. Her papers consist of department records from her tenure there.
Dates:
1938 - 1939
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Jack Barbash Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001237
Abstract
Jack Barbash held positions in the federal government, the labor movement, and academia, serving in departments such as the U.S. Office of Education, the Department of Labor, and the National Labor Relations Board. Mr. Barbash served as Research and Education Director for the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union and for the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Industrial Union, and served a term as president of the American Association of University Professors...
Dates:
1920 - 1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Kenosha Labor Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000307
Abstract
Kenosha Labor is the newspaper of the labor movement in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The papers of this journal include materials on UAW Local 72 at American Motors in Kenosha; strikes; the Trade Union Unity League; WPA; and the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board.
Dates:
1933 - 1966
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Paul Sporn Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP001700
Abstract
Paul Sporn, Emeritus Professor of English at Wayne State University, acquired the papers in this collection during research for his book, Against Itself: The Federal Theater and Writers' Projects in the Midwest, published in 1995. They consist primarily of playscripts and manuscripts written and produced under the patronage of the federal government's Works Progress Administration in the 1930s-1940s, comprising 1 linear foot of materials.
Dates:
1930 - 1949
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Works Progress Administration National Research Project Publication Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002546
Abstract
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was signed into creation by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in order to research and develop solutions for unemployment in America. During its tenure, the WPA built roads, schools, hospitals, parks, and airports. Additionally, the WPA had a hand in funding some plays, literary publications, and art projects. The WPA was dissolved in June 1943 at a time when American unemployment was relatively low as a result of the creation of jobs due to World War...
Dates:
1937 - 1940
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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