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Michael Hrabar Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001281
Abstract
Michael Hrabar was a member of UAW Local 600's Tool and Die Unit. An active member of the local (at one time the largest UAW local in the country), Hrabar held various offices within the organization. He served as a delegate to the Local 600 General Council, ran for vice-president of the local in 1944, and also ran to become a member of the local's Bargaining Committee in 1966. He completed UAW leadership training in civil rights, civil liberties, and human relations in 1960. In 1952 and 1954...
Dates:
1944 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Percy Llewellyn Oral History
Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 2: G-M, Folder: 6
Identifier: LOH002292
Abstract
Percy Llewellyn, first president of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 600, for the Ford Rouge River Plant, was interviewed by Reuther archivist Dennis East in 1971. Collection consists of the interview transcript. Llewellyn covers unionizing Ford Motor Company and the history of UAW Local 600 during the 1940s and 1950s. Appended is also an earlier interview by George Heliker on unionizing and union development at Ford.
Dates:
1971-01-19
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Talking Union Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH001657
Abstract
University of California sociology professors Maurice Zeitlin and Judith Stepan-Norris conducted oral history interviews for their book,
Dates:
1983 - 1986
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 Local 600 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000176
Abstract
UAW Local 600 was chartered August 9, 1938, but did not gain much worker support until the Rouge plant-wide strike of April 1, 1941. The first UAW contract with Ford Motor Company was signed June 20, and ratified by the Local July 22, 1941. With 50,000 to 80,000 members in various periods, many from the massive River Rouge Complex, Local 600 has been both the largest and the most controversial local in the UAW. Local 600 is also known for its progressive streak, having hosted civil rights icons...
Dates:
1935 - 2012
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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