Showing Collections: 176 - 200 of 1911
Anna Melissa Graves Photographs
Collection
Identifier: LAV000708
Abstract
An associate of Peruvian political leader, Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, Anna Melissa Graves led efforts to liberate de la Torre during his imprisonment by the Peruvian government. Collection consists of photographic prints of de la Torre and other unidentified persons.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Anthony Kaiser Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000652
Abstract
Anthony Kaiser served as president of the United Chemical Workers-Congress of Industrial Workers (UCW-CIO) Local 11-155, as president of the Hamtramck Federation of Teachers, and as vice-president of the Michigan Federation of Teachers. Mr. Kaiser’s papers reflect his work in the UCW and in state and local branches of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), including documentation of the AFT Hamtramck sit-down strike of 1965.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Archie W. Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001355
Abstract
Journalist Archie Robinson served as the labor editor of the Detroit News, as a press officer for the National War Labor Board, as labor editor of the U.S. News and World Report, and authored George Meany and His Times, a history of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and its president. Mr. Robinson’s papers document his career in journalism and his coverage of major labor issues.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Architectural Engineering Employees: Detroit Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000618
Abstract
The records of the AEE: Detroit Chapter consist of a paper and appendices prepared by James Skalski relating to efforts to unionize the professional and technical staffs of the architectural firms in the Detroit Metropolitan area.They reflect the problems of organizing professional groups such as engineers and architects.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
ARISE Detroit! Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002494
Abstract
ARISE Detroit! is a non-profit coalition of twenty-two community groups with the mission of encouraging volunteerism in order to tackle major issues troubling the Detroit community. This collection includes administrative materials, news clippings, and advertising materials for the organizations’ special events.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Armand Nevers Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002448
Abstract
Armand Nevers was a printer for the Detroit News for over 35 years and a member of the Detroit International Typographical Union Local 18. He participated in strikes against the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press in the 1990s and became an outspoken proponent for union rights nationally.
The Armand Nevers' papers contain Detroit News strike videos, "No Scab Papers" lawn sign, two large banners, photos, labor calendars, framed Detroit News Strike graphic, clippings, pamphlets,...
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Arthur C. Turgeon Papers
Collection — Box: WSU Small Processed Collections: Box 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: WSP000188
Abstract
The collection includes student papers, two to three pages in length, covering a wide variety of topics, all written by Turgeon as a student in Professor Van Horn’s English II, circa 1931. Turgeon received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Wayne University, completing his graduate education of University of Michigan. He taught French at Wayne from the mid-1930’s until 1958.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Arthur Elder Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000075
Overview
The collection contains correspondence, reports, and a scrapbook relating to the AFL and education from 1941 to 1949, as well as correspondence, reports, resolutions, studies, hearings, and clippings pertaining to the American Federation of Teachers from 1934 to 1950, the Michigan Federation of Teachers from 1937 to 1949, and the Detroit Federation of Teachers from 1921 to 1951. It also contains correspondence relating to the organizing efforts of the MFT from 1939 to 1953, and to the dismissal...
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Arthur F. Lederle Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000559
Abstract
Arthur Lederle taught in Detroit Public Schools before entering a legal career, culminating in his tenure as Judge of the Federal District Court for Eastern Michigan. He continued to be involved with education throughout his career. His papers reflect his position in Democratic Party affairs, his interest in court administration and civil procedure, the major case over which he presided and his educational activities.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Arthur Hughes Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000233
Abstract
Mr. Hughes served as the assistant director of the UAW Chrysler Department beginning in 1948, and was actively involved in Chrysler negotiations until he retired in 1978. He previously served in several elected positions, including president, of UAW Local 140 in Warren, Michigan. Part I of Mr. Hughes' papers consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, and clippings which cover principally the Chrysler negotiations from 1945 to 1960. Part II primarily covers his years in the UAW Chrysler Dept.,...
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Arthur W. Calhoun Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000503
Abstract
Arthur Calhoun was an author of many published books, a scholar, and a teacher at a large number of American universities, focusing largely on economics and sociology. His papers reflect both his personal and professional interests and are mainly comprised of manuscripts of his writings on subjects as diverse as religion, history, workers education, gerontology, and the humanities.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Ashby C. McGraw Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000335
Abstract
Mr. McGraw was active in the unionization of the California aircraft industry from the early 1930s to the 1960s. Correspondence, press releases, handbills, notes, proceedings, and other materials document his career as an International Association of Machinists Local Lodge president, district secretary-treasurer, business representative, and Grand Lodge representative. He also served on advisory committees to the Institutes of Industrial Relations at the University of California and UCLA. Among...
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Association for Union Democracy Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001085
Abstract
The Association for Union Democracy grew out of the publication of Union Democracy in Action, a newsletter created by Herman Benson in 1959 to promote democracy within unions. The records of the Association for Union Democracy reflect Herman Benson's interest in the struggles for democracy within unions, particularly the painters', seamen's and steelworkers' unions. To a lesser degree, the papers reflect his interest in general labor concerns.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Association of Catholic Trade Unionists of Detroit Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000291
Abstract
Correspondence, speeches, newspapers and clippings, pamphlets, and handbills. The Association of Catholic Trade Unionists of Detroit was a liberal Roman Catholic group organized in 1938 to strengthen the trade union movement along Christian lines. The main project of the Detroit chapter was the publication of the Michigan Labor Leader, which eventually became the Wage Earner. The paper took a leading role in the campaign against communism. In addition to publishing the newspaper, the ACTU...
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Association of Flight Attendants: Dallas Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000981
Abstract
The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) formed in 1973 after the Stewards and Stewardesses Division of the Air Line Pilots Association broke to form an independent association. The records of the AFA-Dallas Collection relate primarily to organizational proceedings of the international union.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Association of Municipal Professional Women Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002359
Abstract
Association of Municipal Professional Women (AMPW), organized in 1975, was an
organization open to women who were employed in the city of Detroit and held professional titles. The organization’s primary purpose was to provide professional women in all departments to meet and network on a citywide basis, as well as to create a forum for common interests and discuss common problems. The organization disbanded in the late 1980s, early 1990s. Records of the AMPW reflect the organization’s...
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Association of Urban Universities Secretary-Treasurer's Records
Collection
Identifier: WSR000494
Abstract
The Association of Urban Universities was founded in 1914. The Association promoted the study of problems of particular interest to urban universities, including adult education, community service of an urban university, and university extension. Its principal activity was an annual Fall meeting. At these meetings, topics of particular concern to urban universities were discussed by the delegates and these discussions were published in the Proceedings following the meeting. The Association also...
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Auto-Lite Strike Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH000687
Abstract
In 1973, Philip A. Korth led a project in which he and others at Michigan State University conducted interviews with individuals involved in the 1934 Auto-Lite strike in Toledo, Ohio, as part of his research on the subject. The collection consists of 30 interviews. Recordings exist for all of the interviews, and transcripts exist for 25 of them.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Automotive Salesmen's Association Records
Collection — Container: Small Processed Collections: A - Bo, Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: LR000885
Abstract
Ford and Chrysler dealership sales staff unionization.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union, Polish Local 77 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001701
Abstract
The Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union formed in 1969 from the union of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union of America (formed in 1886) and the American Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ International Union (formed in 1957). Local 77 in Detroit was organized and chartered in 1916 by immigrants from Poland under the official name Polish Local No. 77 of the International Union of Bakers and Confectioners, Labor Federation of America. This collection...
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Barbara Kohler Inuit Art Resources Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS.010
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of paper media related to Inuit art. Although the collection is primarily focused on the Inuit of Canada, American and Greenlandic contributions are also represented. Materials include exhibition pamphlets, regionally-focused booklets, relevant magazines, and other related documentation.
Barry Roderick Papers
Collection — Container: Small Processed Collections: O-R, Box 12, Folder: 14
Identifier: LP001333
Abstract
The papers of historian and collector Barry Roderick relate to left-wing political activities in Alaska. The folder of materials is predominantly flyers announcing events, including those sponsored by the Juneau-Douglas Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the Juneau Third World Perspective.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Ben Edelbrock Papers
Collection — Container: Small Processed Collections: E-F, Box 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: LP001157
Abstract
The papers of Edelbrock consist of a contract agreement, minutes of meetings of Joint Council of West Side Local 174, the UAW Detroit District Council and several pieces of miscellaneous correspondence. Subjects include UAW Local 174.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Ben Legere Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000709
Abstract
Union activist Benjamin Legere (1887-1972) worked in the theater as an actor, playwright, and director. He participated in both the American and Canadian labor movements as a member of the General Executive Board of the Canadian One Big Union and an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Legere’s papers reflect his activities in the American and Canadian labor movements, California politics and the theater.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Ben Martin Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002372
Abstract
Ben Martin (d. 2013) a long-time Detroit area resident, was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 58 since at least the 1970s. He also drew the comic strip "Ben Sez," a humorous depiction of members of the union and union issues.
The collection contains five three-ring binders of original comic strips drawn by Ben Martin. The comics are of "Ben Sez," a comic strip that chronicles personalities within the IBEW Local 58 from the 1970s to the 1990s.
The collection contains five three-ring binders of original comic strips drawn by Ben Martin. The comics are of "Ben Sez," a comic strip that chronicles personalities within the IBEW Local 58 from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Repository
- Walter P. Reuther Library 1900
- Wayne State University Library System Special Collections 11
- Subject
- Labor unions 582
- Labor 337
- Detroit (Mich.) 151
- Oral histories 132
- Civil rights 125
- Strikes and lockouts 125
- Automobile industry and trade 112
- Education 112
- Transcripts 96
- Labor movement 92
- Sound recordings 90
- Women in the labor movement 88
- Labor unions -- Organizing 83
- Collective bargaining 78
- Michigan -- Politics and government 68
- Politics, Practical 59
- Agricultural laborers 58
- Boycotts 57
- African Americans 53
- Communism 46
- Agriculture 44
- Socialism 41
- Women's rights 40
- Detroit (Mich.) -- Politics and government 36
- Women 36
- Migrant agricultural laborers 35
- Social history 34
- Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations 33
- Migrant workers 33
- Jews. American 30
- Automobile industry workers 29
- Housing 29
- World War, 1939-1945 29
- Community-based social services 28
- Contract negotiations 28
- Community organization 26
- Education, Higher 23
- Grievance procedures 23
- Medical care 23
- Michigan 23
- Child labor 21
- Labor education 21
- Collective bargaining --Teachers 20
- Labor unions and communism 20
- Labor unions--Factionalism 20
- Airlines 19
- Labor disputes 19
- Airlines--Collective bargaining 18
- Radicalism 18
- Equal rights amendments 17
- Human rights 17
- Jewish culture: arts, media and heritage 17
- Pay equity 17
- Video recordings 17
- Airlines--Employees 16
- Detroit (Mich.)--Riot, 1967 16
- School integration 16
- Sex discrimination 16
- Detroit--social conditions 15
- Mining engineering 15
- Social service 15
- Strikes and lockouts --Teachers 15
- Airlines--Mergers 14
- Child care 14
- Public welfare 14
- Race relations 14
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 14
- Affirmative action 13
- Detroit -- Economic conditions 13
- Labor leaders--United States 13
- Nurses 13
- Public employees 13
- Strikes and lockouts--Airlines 13
- African American labor union members 12
- Air pilots 12
- Arbitration, Industrial 12
- Desegregation 12
- Poverty 12
- Reproductive rights 12
- Urban renewal 12
- Aeronautics Safety measures 11
- African American labor leaders 11
- Photographs 11
- Women labor leaders 11
- Airlines--Management 10
- Buildings--Detroit (Mich.) 10
- Collective bargaining -- Government employees 10
- Collective labor agreements 10
- Community service 10
- Flint Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937 10
- Grievance arbitration 10
- Health care employees 10
- Immigrants -- United States 10
- Minorities 10
- Plant shutdowns 10
- Retirees 10
- Teachers 10
- Community education 9
- Dance 9
- Family services 9 ∧ view less
- Names
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 399
- Wayne State University 281
- American Federation of Teachers 83
- United Farm Workers 78
- AFL-CIO 60
- Industrial Workers of the World 59
- Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 53
- Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 51
- AFSCME 50
- Service Employees International Union 47
- Air Line Pilots Association 43
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 26
- General Motors Corporation 24
- Wurf, Jerry, 1919- 24
- Coalition of Labor Union Women (U.S.) 23
- Democratic Party (Mich.) 23
- Merrill-Palmer Institute 20
- Shanker, Albert 20
- Wayne State University. College of Education 20
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters 19
- Wayne State University. School of Medicine 19
- Young, Coleman A. 19
- Democratic Party (U.S.) 18
- National Association of Letter Carriers (U.S.) 18
- United Foundation (Detroit, Mich.) 18
- United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit 17
- American Federation of Labor 16
- Detroit Public Schools 16
- Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit 16
- Bluestone, Irving 15
- Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives 15
- Chrysler Corporation 14
- Lucy, William, 1933- 14
- Smith, Mike (Michael O.) 14
- Sweeney, John J. 14
- United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945) 14
- American Civil Liberties Union 13
- Ford Motor Company 13
- Zander, Arnold S. (Arnold Scheuer), 1901-1975 13
- Cavanagh, Jerome P. 12
- Meany, George, 1894-1980 12
- Society of Women Engineers 12
- National Organization for Women 11
- United Mine Workers of America 11
- United States. Works Progress Administration 11
- East, Dennis 10
- National Education Association of the United States 10
- United Steelworkers 10
- Chapman, Gordon Warner, 1907- 9
- Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (U.S.) 9
- Mason, Philip P. (Philip Parker Mason) 9
- McEntee, Gerald W. 9
- National Farm Worker Ministry (U.S.) 9
- Newspaper Guild 9
- Socialist Workers Party 9
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 8
- Clinton, Bill, 1946- 8
- Detroit Free Press Co. 8
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions 8
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Detroit Branch 8
- Textile Workers Union of America 8
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities 8
- Wayne State University. Folklore Archives 8
- Cordtz, Richard 7
- National Farm Workers Association 7
- New Detroit, Inc. (Detroit, Mich.) 7
- United States Postal Service 7
- United States. Federal Aviation Administration 7
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation 7
- American Newspaper Guild 6
- Ames, Joseph Lynn, 1925- 6
- Association of Urban Universities 6
- Bieber, Owen 6
- Boggs, Grace Lee 6
- Brookwood Labor College (Katonah, N.Y.) 6
- Detroit Federation of Teachers 6
- Gotbaum, Victor 6
- Gullen, George E., Jr. 6
- Hilberry, Clarence B. 6
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 6
- Kramer, Leo 6
- National Labor Relations Bureau (U.S.) 6
- Newspaper Guild of Detroit 6
- North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17) 6
- United States. National Mediation Board 6
- Wayne State University. Law School 6
- AFSCME. International Convention 5
- Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee 5
- Association of Catholic Trade Unionists 5
- Beffel, John Nicholas 5
- Ciampa, P.J. 5
- Communication Workers of America 5
- Detroit (Mich.). Board of Education 5
- Ellickson, Katherine Pollak 5
- Feldman, Sandra 5
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union 5
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Ford Local 600 5
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 5
- Mahaffey, Maryann 5
- Michigan State AFL-CIO 5 ∧ view less
∨ view more
∨ view more