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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.
Dates:
1927 - 1980
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
George Roberts Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000038
Abstract
Mr. Roberts served as an International representative for the United Rubber Workers, mainly in Alabama, Ohio, and California. News releases, bulletins, clippings, and correspondence document the unionization of rubber workers in Gadsden, Alabama, and at Goodyear Tire and Rubber in Akron, Ohio. The beating Roberts suffered in Gadsden because of union activities is discussed. Other subjects covered are the Los Angeles CIO Council, the National Defense Mediation Board, the National War Labor...
Dates:
1933 - 1960
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Mildred Jeffrey Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000300
Abstract
Mildred Jeffrey worked as an organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, as Educational Director of the Pennsylvania Joint Board of Shirt Workers, as a consultant to the War Labor Board, as Director of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Women’s Bureau, and as Director for UAW Community Relations and Consumer Affairs Departments. Ms. Jeffrey was also active in the Democratic Party and was a founding member and chair of the National Organization of Women’s (NOW) political arm, the...
Dates:
1920 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Morris Weisz Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001245
Abstract
Labor economist Morris Weisz worked for the National Labor Relations Board, the War Production Board, held various positions in the U.S. Department of Labor, and taught courses on international and U.S. labor history at various domestic and foreign universities. Mr. Weisz’s papers relate to his intellectual interests and professional activities, particularly concerning his work with labor and industrial relations groups in India. The Bannockburn Cooperative Housing Community of Maryland, the...
Dates:
1927 - 1995
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Richard T. Frankensteen Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000014
Abstract
Mr. Frankensteen served as president of the Automotive Industrial Workers Association, one of the independent attempts to organize the auto industry in the early 1930's. He later served as president of UAW Dodge Local 3. In 1937 he was elected a vice-president of the UAW-CIO. Correspondence, speeches, clippings, and other materials on the Ryan Aeronautical Company Strike (1944); the National War Labor Board; North American Strike (1941); factionalism within the UAW-CIO; activities of the UAW...
Dates:
1930 - 1964
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Local 80 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000008
Abstract
Records of the United Auto Workers Local 80 reflect its administration and activities in the Detroit area.
Dates:
1940 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW National War Labor Board and National Labor Relations Board Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000634
Abstract
Soon after Pearl Harbor, the UAW and other unions voluntarily pledged to forego strikes for the war’s duration. To compensate, the federal government agreed to control prices, but wage increases were also limited. The National War Labor Board was established late in 1941 (formally, by executive order in January of 1942) to administer wage control in national industries such as automobiles, shipping, railways, airlines, telegraph lines, and mines. It ceased operating in 1946, and thereafter...
Dates:
1941 - 1950
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William Humphreys Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000170
Abstract
Correspondence, minutes, briefs, agreements, clippings, and miscellaneous materials collected by Mr. Humphreys, who served as president of UAW Local 539 at the Campbell Wyant and Cannon Foundry, Muskegon, Michigan; vice-president of Michigan CIO Council; UAW International representative; and assistant director of the UAW Foundry Wage and Hour Council. Subjects include NLRB election at Albion Malleable Iron Company (1952-53), and National War Labor Board (1945).
Dates:
1944 - 1953
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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