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Cecil Roeder Papers

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Identifier: LP000184

Abstract These papers are the collection of Cecil C. Roeder, who served as a committeeman of UAW Delco-Remy Local 662, in Anderson, Indiana, in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Subjects include the General Motors Sit-Down Strike at Anderson (1937); UAW factionalism including the Homer Martin controversy; elections and factionalism of Local 662; union shop drives of Local 662; civil rights campaigns; and the General Motors Strike in 1945 to 1946. Correspondents include John L. Lewis, Sherman Minton,...

Dates: 1937 - 1963

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Charles Beckman Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000892

Abstract Charles Beckman served as United Auto Workers Local 45 (Fisher Body Plant, Cleveland) president for eighteen consecutive terms. His tenure included the Cleveland plant sit-down strike, which served as a catalyst for the historic Flint sit-down strike of 1936-1937. Beckman's papers reflect his work with Local 45 and its affiliated organizations and, to a lesser degree, his involvement in political and social issues, including civil rights, anti-fascism and anti-war efforts.

Dates: 1933 - 1962; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1960

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

John Zaremba Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000013

Abstract Mr. Zaremba was an early leader of the Automotive Industrial Workers' Association and took an active part in the formation of Dodge Local 3 of the UAW. Minutes, correspondence, clippings, and other files document early union activities at the Chrysler Corporation, especially the Dodge Main Plant. Topics covered include the Chrysler 1937 Sit-Down and the 1939 Strike; the Wayne County Industrial Union Council; the Civil Rights Federation; and union education programs. Among the correspondents are...

Dates: 1935 - 1961

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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

Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO Council: Tom Turner Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000053

Abstract Subjects include: civil rights; Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; political education; Detroit government and politics; Detroit Federation of Labor; school desegregation; health and hospital services; Histadrut; labor education; Wayne County government

Dates: 1920 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1984

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Sam Sweet Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000841

Abstract An activist in the early labor movement, Sam Sweet aided in the organization of the Flint General Motors workers and the Briggs workers in Detroit, and served as Education Director for United Auto Workers (UAW) Locals 155, 51, and 742. Granted citizenship in 1946, Mr. Sweet faced repeated government attempts to revoke his citizenship due to alleged Communist affiliation.Part I of Mr. Sweet’s papers primarily relate to his activities as Education Director of various UAW locals and as...

Dates: 1938 - 1989

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

SEIU Executive Office: David Sullivan Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001542_EOSullivan

Abstract David Sullivan was an elevator operator in New York City and a founding member of the Service Employees International Union's Local 32B in 1934. He rapidly ascended the ranks of the local's leadership and eventually became International President. Sullivan enhanced the union's visibility and influence by moving the International headquarters from Chicago to Washington, D.C. in 1963. In this same vein, he involved the union in the AFL-CIO's Committee on Political Education, a political fund...

Dates: 1937 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1969

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 7 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000187

Abstract Subjects include: Chrysler Jefferson Avenue assembly plant (Detroit); absenteeism; civil rights; 1950 Chrysler strike; factionalism; fair employment practices; skilled trades; Taft-Hartley Act.

Dates: 1938 - 1975

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 212 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000076

Abstract UAW Local 212 represented workers of the Briggs Corporation, an automobile supplier eventually purchased by Chrysler Corporation. There were numerous company and union conflicts as well as factional union conflicts which mirrored the struggles within the UAW at large. Their records document shopfloor conditions, organizing, elections, and contract negotiations in the various plants serviced by the local.

Dates: 1937 - 1965

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 664 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000235

Abstract Established in 1939 when the International Executive Board revoked the charter of pro-Martin Local 118, United Auto Workers Local 664 serviced members at Fisher Body, Chevrolet, and Prophet Company in North Tarrytown, NY. The records reflect the Martin controversy, strikes, conferences, and other activities of the local.

Dates: 1939 - 1961

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Public Relations Department Photographs and Sound and Video Recordings

Collection

Identifier: LAV001193

Abstract Since the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) was established as an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in August 1935, the union has maintained an office to deal with public relations. At that time, a "Committee on Publication" was formed, which became the "Publication Committee" in April 1936. The Committee subsequently became the "Publicity Department" in August 1936, when the UAW became an independent union affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations...

Dates: 1929 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1995

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Region 1 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001206

Abstract Subjects include: Eastside Detroit plants; AFL-CIO; civil rights; Michigan politics; Community Action Program; Democratic Party politics; plant closings; benefits; Black Lake; retirees; organizing; strikes

Dates: 1939 - 1989

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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