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Black Workers in the Labor Movement Oral Histories

Collection

Identifier: LOH002210

Abstract In late 1967, Herbert Hill, labor director for the NAACP, visited Wayne State University in Detroit to conduct oral histories with African American men and women on their experiences in the labor movement. Between 1967 and 1970, Hill, with local interviewers Roberta McBride, Jim Keeney, and Norman McRae, completed numerous interviews in Detroit. Hill also visited New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Berkeley for several additional interviews to round out what would become known as the Blacks in...

Dates: 1967-1970

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Daniel J. Leab Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000590

Abstract Daniel Leab was a historian and university professor as well as the managing editor of "Labor History." His papers contain research material for books on the American Newspaper Guild and African-Americans in motion pictures.

Dates: 1900 - 1975

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Frances D. and G. Lyman Paine Papers

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Identifier: LP001439

Abstract Frances D. and G. Lyman Paine enjoyed a forty-four year political and personal partnership. Their papers reflect their radical political interests and activities and include material related to the newspaper "Correspondence."

Dates: 1953 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1960

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Layle Lane Papers

Collection — Container: Small Processed Collections: La-Le, Box 9, Folder: 7-8

Identifier: LP000439

Abstract Layle Lane was a public school teacher in New York City and active in the American Federation of Teachers and the New York Teachers Guild. She was the first African-American vice-president of the New York City AFT local and chaired their Committee for Democratic Human Relations. Her papers relate primarily to civil rights and the role of African-Americans in American society, including copies of two briefs filed by the AFT in Brown vs. Board of Education.

Dates: 1940 - 1969

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

SEIU Executive Vice President's Office: Patricia Ford Records

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Identifier: LR002423

Abstract In 1973, Pat Ford, then a clerical worker at Alameda County Hospital, aided in the creation of Local 616 by affiliating the 4000-member association with SEIU. Ford held various leadership positions in Local 616, including president (the Local’s first African-American woman president), and Executive Director. In addition to Ford’s service to Local 616, in 1996 she was elected as SEIU Executive Vice President, and reelected in 2000. During her tenure with SEIU, Ford helped to found the Caucus of...

Dates: 1997 - 2005; Majority of material found within 2002 - 2004

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Thomas E. Posey Papers

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Identifier: LP001155

Abstract Thomas Posey earned his PhD in economics and labor relations from the University of Wisconsin, and worked as an economist and labor advisor for the Wage Stabilization Board, the Mutual Security Agency (MSA) and the Agency for International Development (AID). Mr. Posey’s papers document his work for the MSA and AID, particularly in Burma and the Philippines, and reflect his interests in labor economics and developing countries, as well as the history of African American churches and Canadian...

Dates: 1926 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1963 - 1975

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department Records

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Identifier: LR000637

Abstract Subjects include: African-American workers; anti-Semitism; civil rights; community action programs; CIO state councils; race relations; Democratic Party; Detroit Revolutionary Union Movements; employment discrimination; Sunnyhills Housing Cooperative; Ku Klux Klan; Mexican Americans; gender discrimination; women's rights; United Steelworkers of America; sharecroppers; skilled trades; school desegregation

Note: Box 13 is unavailable.

Dates: 1940 - 1980

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Region 1B Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000512

Abstract United Auto Workers Region 1B represents locals in the southeastern and thumb areas of Michigan. This includes workers at the major automotive manufacturers, Huck Manufacturing, TRW, Briggs Manufacturing, Eaton Manufacturing and Bohn Aluminum. Their records document the services Region 1B provided to locals and its political activities in the region.

Dates: 1939 - 1985

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Union Minorities/Women Leadership Training Project Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001108

Abstract African-American, Latino and women workers and labor union members; labor education programs in Michigan; Robert Cunningham; Don Stevens; UM/WLTP

Dates: 1976 - 1981

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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