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Mary Heaton Vorse Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000190
Abstract
Literary manuscripts and related papers, correspondence, daily notes and journals, reference and research material, notes, clippings, pamphlets, personal and family papers, and memorabilia, collected by Mrs. Vorse, writer, labor journalist, and social critic of the U.S. She also covered strikes, civil and labor disturbances, wars, revolutions, and political upheavals in other parts of the world. From the textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts (1912) to the textile strike in Henderson, North...
Dates:
1841 - 1966
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
UAW Region 1E Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000347
Abstract
An expanding economy and union movement prompted the UAW to subdivide its two
southeastern Michigan regional jurisdictions into four southeastern Michigan regions—1, 1A,
1B, and 1E—in 1966. Subjects include: UAW organization in southeastern Michigan; automobile industry; strikes; unemployment; plant shutdowns; health insurance; retirees; organizing; political activity; UAW Women's Department; Willow Run Bomber Plant
Dates:
1942 - 1983
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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