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, Fall 2020
Posted August 14th, 2020 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 plan for research operations this fall. Though we are not offering walk-in visits at this time, we have developed a plan for safely expanded access. read more »
Detroit Revolutionary Movements Records now available online
Posted September 7th, 2020 by mcourtney
The Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs is proud to announce that the Detroit Revolutionary Movements (DRM) Records are now freely available online.
These materials offer firsthand information about the demands, political viewpoints and allies of Black workers during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The records are especially relevant today as evidence of community-based activism that is formative to today’s social and political movements. read more »
[Podcast] When It Happened Here: Michigan and the Transnational Development of American Fascism, 1920-1945
Posted September 1st, 2020 by teller
Salaina Catalano Crumb explains how American fascism developed and thrived in Michigan from the 1920s through the 1940s due to the influence of right-wing individuals and organizations swayed by the politics of Nazi Germany, including industrialist Henry Ford, anti-communist clergy members Father Coughlin and Reverend Gerald L.K. Smith, militant secret societies like the Black Legion, and immigrant veterans’ and fascist groups including the German American Bund. 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.
| JCA: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Records | 09/14/2020 - 12:22 |
| British Columbia Teachers' Federation Records | 09/11/2020 - 10:15 |
| Bricklayers and Masons International Union of America Records | 09/11/2020 - 09:47 |
| Brendan Sexton Papers | 09/11/2020 - 09:12 |
| JCA: Sinai Hospital Guild Records | 09/10/2020 - 09:00 |
| Boys Republic Records | 09/08/2020 - 11:28 |
| Bonnie Lee Moss Rattner Papers | 09/07/2020 - 11:23 |
| Bob Johnson Papers | 09/04/2020 - 10:22 |
| Bob Barber Papers | 09/04/2020 - 09:25 |
| Bette Murphy Papers | 09/01/2020 - 10:34 |