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Collections Spotlight: “Out of the House: Detroit Women’s Organizations in the 20th Century”

... conclusion of the Second World War, Fletcher was hired as Ford Motor Company's patent draftsman. Following her retirement from Ford in 1968, ...

Blog entry - teller - 05/08/2015 - 12:05 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(7625) Nicky Griffin, At Work

Nicky Griffin, a female NASCAR driver, at the Ford test track in a 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, 1957. ... Photograph Photographer:  Ford Motor Company (SWE, SWE (Society of Women Engineers)) ...

Image - teller - 12/04/2008 - 15:28 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Charles A. Hill Papers

... he encouraged his parishioners (men employed by the Ford Motor Company) to unionize and, in 1941, to strike. He was active in the ...

Abstracts - drice - 06/08/2012 - 15:18 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Ronald W. Haughton Papers

... (1947-50); as impartial arbitrator for the UAW and Ford Motor Company (1950-55); and, with Wayne State University, first as director of ...

Abstracts - cwesterman - 04/27/2012 - 13:30 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Carl Haessler Papers

... legislation, the NLRB, and federal court hearings on the Ford Motor Company (1930-41). An oral history interview with Mr. Haessler is available. ...

Abstracts - drice - 04/17/2019 - 16:35 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Douglas A. Fraser Papers

... Fraser co-chaired the Health Security Action Council with Ford Motor Company’s Peter Pestillo. Extending his influence beyond Detroit Fraser ...

Abstracts - drice - 03/22/2011 - 16:39 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

UAW Local 400 Records

... Michigan for many years. In addition to servicing the Ford Highland Park Plant, Local 400 also represented Ford Facilities in Utica, ... and the Michigan Proving Ground of the Ford Motor Company. The papers of Local 400 reflect union activities from 1941 ...

Abstracts - drice - 01/12/2015 - 12:36 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Hidden Gem: A.G. and Marie Mezerik Papers

... and disseminated information criticizing Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company for its aggressive tactics. The Black Legion, a white supremacist ...

Blog entry - aergas - 10/09/2015 - 14:52 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Oral History Heroes: Dave Miller

... Urban Railway) and soon switched to a better-paying job at Ford Motor Company. He studied at the Ford school and became a paint specialist, ...

Blog entry - rbizonet - 02/28/2017 - 17:47 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Frank Lohr Papers

... Mr. Lohr, who served as a member of UAW Local 325 at the Ford plant in St. Louis, Missouri. The collection has information on an NLRB hearing (1938); NLRB case: Ford Motor Company vs. Local 325 (1940); and the drive to unionize Ford. ...

Abstracts - drice - 01/26/2011 - 15:03 - 0 comments - 1 attachment