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AFSCME Program Development Department Records, Part 1 and 2
Collection
Identifier: LR002203
Abstract
The AFSCME Program Development Department was created in January of 1973 to deal with matters such as health care, the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill, employee protections, career development, and sex discrimination. It was funded by federal grant money until 1975 when the funds ran out, the department was disbanded, and its several functions were taken over by other AFSCME departments.
The records in Part I reflect the Department's concerns with women's issues, sex...
Dates:
1964 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1975
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Folklore Archive: Student Field Projects Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: WSOH002714
Abstract
The Folklore Archive, established in 1939 by WSU English professors Emlyn Gardner and Thelma James, contains the oldest and largest record of urban folk traditions in the United States. To document these traditions, Wayne State University students conducted field research projects that included oral history interviews. Collection consists of audio recordings of 55 interviews (or aggregations of multiple interviews on a single topic) conducted by student interviewer-collectors, some of which,...
Dates:
1961 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1971
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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