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The Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, is pleased to announce the acquisition of an archival collection documenting the life and work of Horace Sheffield Jr.

The Sheffield Collection will give insight into the life and work of a labor and community trailblazer through personal and family papers, correspondence, images, and ephemera collected over a life of leadership: as an official in UAW Local 600, founding member of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), President of the Detroit CBTU, founder of the politically influential Trade Union Leadership Council (TULC) and Detroit Association of Black Organizations (DABO), director of the Detroit NAACP, and administrative assistant to UAW President Douglas Fraser.  read more »

Wayne State University’s Walter P. Reuther Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Ron Williams collection, which comprise the first 16 years of the Detroit Metro Times, and the commencement of the publication’s digitization for research in partnership with the Detroit Metro Times and Euclid Media.  read more »

Reuther Library will be closed on Monday, June 19 in honor of the Juneteenth holiday.

We will return to support your research needs on Tuesday, June 20.

Please feel free to submit a request via Ask an Archivist and we will answer as soon as we return.

The Walter P. Reuther Library is pleased to announce the opening of the UAW Office of the President: Stephen Yokich Records, now accessible to researchers and the public. Elected the UAW's president in 1994, Stephen Yokich served in that role until 2002.  read more »