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Announcement: Accepting Applications for the Ronald Raven Award
Posted March 9th, 2026 by slebovitz
The Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, invites applications for the Ronald Raven Award to begin Summer or Fall 2026. The award consists of $2,500 to go toward tuition, fees, or other educational expenses and an internship of 135 hours at the Walter P. Reuther Library. Applications are due by Friday, April 3, 2026. read more »
Guest Post: Connor Chapman on Ronald Raven Award, 2025
Posted October 22nd, 2025 by slebovitz
Connor Chapman received a 2025 Ronald Raven Annual Award, a scholarship providing a tuition stipend and a 135-hour internship in the Wayne State University Archives. At the end of his internship, Connor wrote this summary of his experience.
Raven Award Intern Blog Post
In a way, I feel like the Indiana Jones of the archives. The great Dr. Jones is famed for his roguish demeanor, devilishly good looks, and penchant for historical preservation and is known for jumping into action and delving into ancient ruins to find riches in both gold and history. Meanwhile, I, brandishing, if I dare, similar charm and drive, instead prefer to dive into boxes filled to bursting with peoples’ life’s work. read more »
Guest Post: Olivia Barron on Ronald Raven Award, 2025
Posted July 29th, 2025 by slebovitz
Olivia Barron received a 2025 Ronald Raven Annual Award, a scholarship providing a tuition stipend and a 135-hour internship in the Wayne State University Archives. At the end of their internship, Olivia wrote this summary of their experience.
Ronald Raven Award Internship: A Retrospective
When I was a freshman history student at Wayne State University, the History Club went on a tour of the Walter P. Reuther Library to see its collections and the archive’s inner workings. I cannot begin to describe how excited I was by this experience, and how much it impacted the rest of my academic career up to the present. read more »
The Building that Could Have Been
Posted July 14th, 2025 by slebovitz
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This blog post is part of a series celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Reuther Library's building.
“We have, at the present time, one large round table which will, at best, handle four researchers,” writes Dr. Philip Mason, founder of the archives at Wayne State University, as he describes the capacity for scholars in Purdy-Kresge to President William Rea Keast. read more »
