Reading Room — Hours of Operation:
Open Monday through Friday 10:00am to 4:00pm (appointments are encouraged)
CLOSED Saturday & Sunday
To schedule an appointment, contact Kristen Chinery
The Reuther Library celebrates Ernest Dillard on the occasion of his 100th Birthday
Posted January 21st, 2015 by Public Relation...
Ernest C. Dillard, Sr. was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 24, 1915, though the bulk of his labor and civil rights activities were in Detroit, Michigan. Dillard was an active member of United Auto Workers Local 15 and was the first African-American elected to a succession of UAW leadership posts. He retired in 1980 as assistant director of the UAW Community Action Program. read more »
HistoryPin: Tour the Detroit Sit-Down Strikes of 1937
Posted January 15th, 2015 by eclemens
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The Reuther Library is pleased to announce its partnership with HistoryPin. For the uninitiated, HistoryPin is a popular, interactive social media platform that uses geotagging to link historical photographs to modern mapping systems. Partnering institutions and individuals--currently thousands across the globe-- “pin” still images, audio resources, or moving images to their subject’s original location. These pins can be grouped together in a tour or collection, each allowing for the individual user to explore historical topics or locations. The platform is widely available through a website or via mobile device applications. 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.
| Detroit Latino Records | 01/26/2015 - 15:58 |
| Works Progress Administration National Research Project Publication Records | 01/26/2015 - 15:48 |
| United Service Organizations Downtown Detroit Club Records | 01/26/2015 - 14:56 |
| Glen Moon Papers | 01/23/2015 - 15:13 |
| William Hanna Photographs | 01/20/2015 - 17:11 |
| Bob Johnson Papers | 01/14/2015 - 17:47 |
| Wayne State University President's Commission on the Status of Women | 01/13/2015 - 11:18 |
| Julie Sabit Papers | 01/12/2015 - 14:43 |
| Wayne State University South End Newspapers | 12/23/2014 - 11:55 |
| Wayne State University Collegian Newspapers | 12/23/2014 - 11:52 |