Exhibits
Walter P. Reuther Legacy Project Walter P. Reuther Legacy ProjectThe Walter P. Reuther Digital Archive (also know as the Walter P. Reuther Legacy Project) is a web-based resource celebrating the life, leadership, and legacy of Walter P. Reuther. Presenting primary sources from the largest labor archives in North America, this website brings together a range of content for the purpose of educating the public about the contributions of Walter Reuther and the UAW (International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) in the 20th Century. It provides access to extensive collections documenting Walter Reuther’s work as President of the United Auto Workers, including interviews, writing, and speeches, as well as UAW newspapers documenting his activities and the historical and political context of his time. |
Songs of the UAW Songs of the UAWThis virtual exhibit contains digitized records that were produced by the United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) and contains songs of "social justice" from a variety of artists. This exhibit also contains a dramatized telling of UAW-CIO history narrated by Melvyn Douglas with musical arrangement by Joe Glazer. |
SEIU District 925 SEIU District 925: Organizing for Raises, Rights & RespectIn 1975, the SEIU and 9to5, the National Association of Working Women came together in Boston to create a local union for Boston area office workers, dubbed SEIU Local 925. They eventually expanded this effort to become a nationwide movement in 1981 as SEIU District 925. This partnership resulted in a powerful social and political advocate for office workers, one of the largest, poorest paid, most exploited, but least unionized segments of the nation’s workforce. This online exhibit is a rework of a web-based resource that in turn was based on a traveling exhibit that was originally constructed in 2004. Most of the original resources have been either reused or enhanced with higher-quality derivatives wherever possible. |
12th Street, Detroit, 1967: Employment, Housing, Policing, and Race Relations in Evidence 12th Street, Detroit, 1967The Walter P. Reuther Library is proud to share a new web-based exhibit to accompany our current atrium display, 12th Street, Detroit, 1967: Employment, Housing, Policing, and Race Relations in Evidence. The web exhibit includes digitized archival documents from our physical exhibit as well as additional items from our archival collections for users to explore. This web exhibit particularly benefits teachers and students exploring the events of 1967, particularly those wanting to understand the civil unrest through primary sources made as events were unfolding by people who were there. It also invites a national and global audience to consider and learn from the evidence created at the time. |
I AM A Man I AM A MANThis exhibit tells the story of the 1968 sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tennessee. During the three-month campaign, the strikers earned support from national leaders, including Martin Luther King, Jr., who was eager to draw attention to the importance of not just racial equality but economic equality for the majority African American sanitation workers. While in Memphis to march with the striking workers, King was assassinated on April 4. On April 16, the City of Memphis signed an agreement with AFSCME Local 1733 to recognize the union, increase wages, and improve working conditions. This exhibit was originally created in 2003 and curated by Dan Golodner. In 2012, It was redesigned, updated, and enhanced, co-curated by Dan Golodner and Johanna Russ, in collaboration with Joshua Neds-Fox and Meghan Finch of the Wayne State University Library System. |
Virtual Motor City Virtual Motor CityVirtual Motor City is the name of an IMLS sponsored digitization project, carried out by the Wayne State University Library System and the Walter P. Reuther Library. The digitized images in the project represent a small subset of the Detroit News Collection, one of the premier photo-journalistic resources freely available from a national-level newspaper and held at the Reuther Library. |
Doug Fraser: A Union Legacy Exhibition Doug Fraser: A Union Legacy ExhibitionThis online exhibit about Douglas Fraser, former President of the UAW and professor of Labor Studies at Wayne State University, is an adaption of an exhibit that was on display at the Reuther Library in 1998, and again (with edits) in 2008 upon his passing. Doug Fraser, whom everyone knew as "Doug" was a legendary labor leader. Indeed, Fraser was a person respected by auto executives, Presidents of the United States, heads of states from many lands, and American labor leaders. Moreover, he was simply adored by the rank-and-file members of the UAW, who knew Doug was one of them at heart. After his UAW Presidency ended in 1977, Fraser became a highly regarded Professor of Labor Studies at Wayne State University. This exhibit is just a brief glimpse into the vast career of a great labor leader, professor, and friend. |
A History of the United Farm Workers Union Huelga A History of the United Farm Workers Union HuelgaThis online exhibit about UFW history and the struggles of migrant workers in America was originally developed for print display in 1998. Over the course of several years, pieces of that exhibit were brought into the online environment. Now, in the year 2013, we once again present this venerable resource. La Causa -- “the cause” -- is the story of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers of America. For over fifty years years, the UFW has organized and provided benefits for migrant laborers and agricultural workers. This exhibit is dedicated to all farm workers who labor in the fields. La Causa es la historia de César Chávez y los Trabajadores Agrícolas Unidos de Norteamérica. Por más de cincuenta años, la UFW ha organizado y provisto beneficios para los trabajadores ambulantes y los trabajadores agrícolas. Esta exhibición está dedicada a todos los trabajadores agrícolas que trabajan en los campos. |