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Chris and Marti Alston Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP001779
Abstract
Chris Alston worked as an organizer for the the CIO during the 1930's, founding what became the Tobacco Stemmers' and Laborers' Industrial Union (CIO) in Richmond, Virginia. He served as president of United Auto Workers Local 429 from 1958 to 1962. Mr. Alston worked as a community organizer in Detroit, founding what became the Forest Park Citizens' District Council. Marti Alston served as an officer of the Forest Park Citizens' District Council and founded with her husband Chris the Michigan...
Dates:
1942 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Damon J. Keith Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP001582
Abstract
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
Jerome P. Cavanagh Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000379
Abstract
The papers of Mr. Cavanagh, mayor of Detroit from 1962 to 1970. They include correspondence, reports, studies, speeches, minutes, and other materials of the mayor's office and commissions and departments of the city. Efforts, both local and national, in improving economic and racial conditions in Detroit are recorded in the collection. Subjects of interest include 1967 Detroit riot; Detroit Police Dept.; urban redevelopment programs; Detroit and Michigan politics; New Detroit, Inc.; poverty...
Dates:
1960 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
National Sharecroppers Fund Photographs
Collection
Identifier: LAV000393
Abstract
The National Sharecroppers Fund (NSF) was incorporated in 1943 and grew out of “National Sharecroppers Week,” an annual event intended to rally support for the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. NSF was founded to provide financial assistance and information on government aid programs to organizations dedicated to improving living conditions for the rural poor. The photograph collection consists of images documenting NSF activities and the lives of sharecroppers and their families from the 1940s...
Dates:
1946 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1970
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
Urban Environment Conference (UEC) Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001179
Abstract
The Urban Environment Conference (UEC) grew out of an effort in 1971 by Michigan Senator Philip Hart to provide a forum for the discussion of problems and issues of joint concern to urban reform groups, environmentalists, and organized labor. Within a year, most of the participants decided to organize the group as a non-profit corporation with both advocacy and clearinghouse functions, including lobbying, education and publicity, fundraising, leadership training, technical assistance on program...
Dates:
1971 - 1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Wayne University Medical Science Center Records
Collection
Identifier: WSR000510
Abstract
The Medical Science Center was organized as a nonprofit corporation at the request of the Detroit Board of Education. Its mission was to raise money for, and build one of the world's outstanding medical centers in Detroit, affiliated with Wayne University. Capital costs were to be borne by foundation support and private donations, but unsuccessful in this endeavor, the Center was finally dissolved in 1951.
Dates:
1940 - 1952; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1946
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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