Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University — 5401 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
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Reuther Library Access Update
Posted June 3rd, 2021 by mcourtney
The Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs continues to serve your needs as researchers with a focus on safety considerations to keep our staff, researchers, and communities healthy. We are pleased to share our current plan for research operations. Though we are not yet offering walk-in visits at this time, we have developed a plan for limited safe access. Please watch this space and our social media accounts for access updates over the coming months. read more »
[Podcast] Blaming Teachers: How America Simultaneously Professionalized and Patronized Education
Posted July 9th, 2021 by teller
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Dr. Diana D'Amico Pawlewicz explains how the push to professionalize and standardize educators beginning in the mid-1800s, without granting them decision-making power, has made them the public face of foundering school policies developed and implemented by local school administrators and state and national policymakers. read more »
Philip P. Mason Oral History Now Available Online
Posted June 22nd, 2021 by ljones
What we now know as the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs began in 1958 as the Wayne State University Archives. For the next 34 years, Dr. Philip Parker Mason would serve as its Director. During his tenure in that capacity, he would initiate one of the first archival education programs, establish conferences and professional organizations, publish numerous books and other publications, conduct countless oral histories, serve as president of the Society of American Archivists, and build what would be considered the premier labor archives in the United States. Now an oral history documenting Mason’s life and career is available for review at the Reuther Library. read more »
Manuscript and Records Collections - Recently Opened
The following list contains titles of Reuther manuscript and records collections added or updated within the previous two months. Click on each title for more information about the collections, including collection guides and finding aids.
Please contact Kristen Chinery, Reference Archivist for more information.
| Michael W. Kerwin Papers | 07/29/2021 - 14:17 |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Special Event Records | 07/15/2021 - 13:11 |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Press Release Records | 07/15/2021 - 13:02 |
| AFSCME Local 771 Wayne County, Michigan Library Employees Records | 06/10/2021 - 11:28 |