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[Podcast] A Miasma of Metals: The Steelworkers’ Environmental Call Following the Donora Smog of 1948
Posted August 29th, 2022 by teller
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Louise Milone recounts how smog produced by the southwestern Pennsylvanian steel industry poisoned the air in the Monongahela Valley town of Donora on November 1, 1948, killing more than 22 people and sickening thousands more. Exploring the response of the US Steel Corporation, employees, and Donora residents, Milone explains how the United Steelworkers of America union pushed for an investigation and improved environmental and health and safety regulations following the disaster. Milone is a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Georgia Department of History. read more »
[Podcast] A "Most Conscientious and Considerate Method": Grosse Pointe’s Gross Post-War Housing Point System
Posted August 5th, 2022 by teller
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Emma Maniere describes how homeowners associations in Grosse Pointe, an affluent suburb bordering Detroit, developed a point system following the Second World War to rank and exclude prospective homebuyers to maintain the community’s Anglo Christian whiteness and affluence. The point system, which ranked nativity and ethnicity, accent, skin tone, and occupation, among other measures, was dismantled in 1960 but left a pernicious legacy that continues to reverberate in the community today. Maniere is a doctoral candidate in the history program at New York University. 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 Symphony Orchestra: Tiffany Stozicki Papers | 09/21/2022 - 11:17 |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Women's Association and Volunteer Council Records | 09/14/2022 - 12:58 |
| J. Edward Bailey III Photographs | 09/01/2022 - 15:05 |
| Thelma G. James Papers | 08/12/2022 - 13:31 |
| Joe Weaver Papers | 08/08/2022 - 11:12 |
| NALC Biennial Convention Videotapes Collection Resource | 08/03/2022 - 10:18 |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Music Directors and Conductors Records | 08/01/2022 - 11:23 |