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CIO Office of the Secretary-Treasurer Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000185
Abstract
Part 1 contains James B. Carey records, secretary-treasurer of the CIO from 1938 to 1955. Mr. Carey served as chairman of the CIO Civil Rights Committee and secretary-treasurer of the Philip Murray Memorial Foundation. He was the CIO representative to many international conferences, held a number of advisory positions with U.S. government agencies, and was on the executive boards of many private organizations. The topics cover a wide range of CIO activities. Among these are attempts to reunite...
Dates:
1935 - 1960
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Damon J. Keith Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP001582
Overview
The first installment of the papers of Damon J. Keith consists primarily of published material documenting important milestones in Judge Keith's career, his precedent-setting judicial decisions and the many honors and awards bestowed upon him for his dedication to the city of Detroit and his pioneering role in ensuring equal justice for all Americans.
Dates:
1948 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Detroit Commission on Community Relations (DCCR) / Human Rights Department Photographs and Other Material
Collection
Identifier: UAV000267
Abstract
The Commission on Community Relations evolved from the City of Detroit Mayor's Interracial Committee in 1953 and was renamed in 1974 as the Human Rights Department. All three iterations served a common purpose: to make recommendations to improve governmental services affecting racial relations, and to promote understanding between the races. Collection consists of photographs documenting its efforts to
overcome racial discrimination and improve race relations in the Detroit metropolitan area...
Dates:
1948 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Detroit Commission on Community Relations (DCCR) / Human Rights Department Records
Collection
Identifier: UR000267
Abstract
The Commission on Community Relations evolved from the City of Detroit Mayor's Interracial Committee in 1953 and was renamed in 1974 as the Human Rights Department. All three iterations served a common purpose: to make recommendations to improve governmental services affecting racial relations, and to promote understanding between the races. Minutes, correspondence, and case studies document the Commission's efforts to achieve these goals.Topics covered include affirmative action,...
Dates:
1940 - 1984
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Edith Van Horn Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001698
Abstract
Labor and women’s rights activist Edith Van Horn began her career in the labor movement during World War II, when she left graduate school to join the war effort as an assembly line laborer for Goodyear Aircraft, where she joined United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 856. Ms. Horn later held posts as chief steward of Douglas Aircraft UAW Local 17, chief steward of Chrysler’s Dodge Main Local 3, where she was the first woman to serve on Local 3’s executive board, as a delegate to the UAW...
Dates:
1939 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1990
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Fair Housing Campaign In Birmingham, Michigan Records
Collection
Identifier: UR000365
Abstract
Correspondence, printed informational material, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia of a group of volunteers who worked for the passage of Ordinance 692, which disallowed discrimination in the sale or lease of real estate in Birmingham, Michigan. Correspondents include Kent Mathewson, Mary Augusta Rogers, and George Romney.
Dates:
1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
George Schermer Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP001228
Abstract
George Schermer worked to improve housing, human relations, and urban social problems throughout his career. First with the Chicago Housing Authority as a Supervisor of Tenant Selection and Tenanent Services, before moving to Detroit where he worked with the Detroit Housing Commission as Assistant Director for Management. In 1945, Mayor Jeffries appointed Schermer as Director of the Detroit Mayor's Interracial Committee, which he created to help ease tension within the city, especially in the...
Dates:
1939 - 1992
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
JCA: Jewish Community Council Records
Collection
Identifier: UR001726
Abstract
The Jewish Community Council was established in 1937 as an umbrella organization to serve as a unifying force for Jewish organizations of metropolitan Detroit.The records of the Council document the organization's operational activities, programming, and publications, and the interests of the organization as related to issues such as anti-Semitism, discrimination and the civil rights movement, church-state relations and education, Israeli and Middle Eastern affairs, Zionism, and the...
Dates:
1937 - 1984
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Jerome P. Cavanagh Photographs and Other Material
Collection
Identifier: UAV000379
Abstract
The Jerome P. Cavanagh Photographs and Other Material consists of numerous photographs, the majority of which were taken during his time in office. These photographs cover events such as the 1968 Olympic Bid, visits from Lyndon B. Johnson, aftermath of the 1967 unrest, and Mayor Cavanagh with various prominent Detroit business people, union members, and politicians. Also included in the collection is memorabilia from his 1966 Senate campaign, 1968 Olympic information, and other various...
Dates:
1960 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Rose P. Kleinman (Greater Detroit Fair Housing, Inc.) Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000397
Abstract
Housing reform activist, Rose Kleinman, served as head of the Fair Housing Listing Service, a committee of Greater Detroit Fair Housing, Inc, and helped to establish the Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Ms. Kleinman's papers document her work with Greater Detroit Fair Housing, Inc. and reflect her interest in civil rights and low-income housing advocacy.
Dates:
1958 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department Records
Collection
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.
Note: Box 13 is unavailable.
Dates:
1940 - 1980
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Region 9 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000283
Abstract
Subjects include: auto industry and auto workers in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and upstate New York; Martin Gerber; equal employment opportunity; low-cost public housing; Bell Aircraft strike (1949); Kohler strike (1959); Liberal Party (N.Y.); New Jersey politics and government; civil rights movement; labor education; UAW CAP; women auto workers.
Dates:
1941 - 1985
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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