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CIO Office of the Secretary-Treasurer Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000185
Abstract
Part 1 contains James B. Carey records, secretary-treasurer of the CIO from 1938 to 1955. Mr. Carey served as chairman of the CIO Civil Rights Committee and secretary-treasurer of the Philip Murray Memorial Foundation. He was the CIO representative to many international conferences, held a number of advisory positions with U.S. government agencies, and was on the executive boards of many private organizations. The topics cover a wide range of CIO activities. Among these are attempts to reunite...
Dates:
1935 - 1960
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
George C. Edwards, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000010
Abstract
George Edwards, Jr., son of George Clifton Edwards, attended Harvard University where he became involved with the Student League for Industrial Democracy. After coming to Detroit in 1936, he became a UAW organizer with Walter Reuther, was appointed director of the Detroit Housing Commission, and served on the Detroit Common Council. After serving in WWII, he went into private practice, followed by judgeships in the Wayne County court system. In 1956, Edwards was appointed to the Michigan State...
Dates:
1921 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1996
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Tucker P. Smith Collection
Collection
Identifier: LP002888
Abstract
The Tucker P. Smith Collection is comprised of more than 70 political and labor buttons, primarily from the 1930s and 1940s. Subjects include early UAW Ford organizing and dues, socialist politicians and political groups, World War II, as well as a variety of other unions and events of importance to the labor movement.
Dates:
1925 - 1955
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Education Department: Victor Reuther Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000345
Abstract
The United Auto Workers Education Department is the largest of its kind in the American labor movement and offers a wide variety of programming for local union leaders to members and their families.The records in this collection cover the tenure of Victor Reuther, who directed the department from 1946-1951. Material reflects not only his leadership of the department, but his community involvement, and international ties with organizations such as the Anglo-American Productivity...
Dates:
1946 - 1951
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Local 602 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000334
Abstract
United Auto Worker Local 602 services Fisher Body Division of General Motors in Lansing, MI. The local's records document routine operations as well as its contribution to the development of the UAW and the advancement of labor in the community.
Dates:
1937 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1959
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Local 887 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000138
Abstract
Local 887 of the United Auto Workers was borne out of labor struggles between its predecessor union, UAW-CIO Local 683, and North American Aviation in Los Angeles, CA shortly before American involvement in WWII. Because of the company's production of military aircraft, the federal government has historically been closely involved with labor disputes affecting Local 887's members.
The records of UAW Local 887 reflect the union's long struggle with management over such issues as wages and union...
Dates:
1938 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1977
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William Gernaey Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002782
Abstract
William Gernaey was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 27, 1903. He attended the University of Michigan from 1920-1923 and majored in political economics. From there he studied one year each of business administration and accounting at Detroit Business University.
From 1923 to 1927 Gernaey was employed by the Chrysler Corporation Detroit, as an industrial efficiency expert. From there he transitioned to investigating communist activities as an operative from 1927 to 1936. As...
Dates:
1938 - 1951
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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