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December 24th, 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of one of the great tragedies of the early twentieth-century: the Italian Hall disaster of the 1913-1914 Copper Country Strike.  read more »

In the autumn of 2013, Wayne State University School of Library and Information Science student Lura Smith was chosen as the second recipient of the Ronald Raven Annual Award. This scholarship includes a stipend and a semester-long internship with the Wayne State University Archives; it is awarded to a student with an interest in university archives and records management. Upon completion of the intership, Lura recorded this impression of her experience.

I am interested in the archives profession because to me it represents the preservation of humanity.  read more »

The Wayne State University Archives is now accepting applications for the Ronald Raven Annual Award, to be awarded to a Wayne State University graduate student in History or Library Science in January 2014. The successful applicant will receive a $600 tuition credit and an internship in the University Archives for the Winter 2014 semester. Students who have completed the introductory archival administration course LIS 7710/ HIS 7840 are strongly encouraged to apply. The application deadline is December 24; application details are on our scholarships page.

On December 7, 2013, the forty-first annual Noel Night will take place in Midtown Detroit. The first Noel Night, on December 19, 1973, was a production of Detroit Adventure, a coalition of organizations that formed in 1959 to promote cultural conversation and experience in the greater Detroit area. In its 21 years of operation, Detroit Adventure served many functions in the pursuit of its mission: to organize, coordinate, and promote the fine arts in the Metro Detroit region.  read more »