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Ernest Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000906
Abstract
Ernest Smith was a teacher in the Detroit Public School System who was involved in the black civil rights movement. He helped found the Michigan Freedom Now Party, an all-black party, for whom he ran as candidate for U.S. senator. His papers reflect his interest in black political action, resistance to compulsory unionization, right-to-work organizations, and civil rights issues.
Dates:
1962 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1964 - 1971
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Howard P. Hill Papers
Collection
Identifier: LR002639
Abstract
Howard Hill was a school teacher at Weaver High School in Hartford Connecticut school system for 32 years. He was past president of the Connecticut State Federation of Teachers, and a charter member of the West Hartford Regents. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church, Hartford. Mr. Hill was elected vice president of the CSFT in 1956 and president in 1958-1961. He continued to be active with the Hartford teachers union and participated in its strike. Hill died in 1995 at the age of 88.
The...
Dates:
1959 - 1964
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
SEIU Executive Office: William McFetridge Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001542_McFet
Abstract
A nephew of William F. Quesse, SEIU's founder and first International President, William McFetridge began his career with SEIU in 1923 as a member of Chicago's Flat Janitors Local 1. In 1927 he assumed the position of SEIU Third Vice President and then ascended to the position of SEIU 1st Vice President in 1930, a position he maintained until April of 1940, when he became President of the International. The records comprising this collection chronicle McFetridge's last years as President of...
Dates:
1936 - 1963
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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