Cecil Roeder Papers

Posted November 14th, 2008 by drice
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Accession Number: 
LP000184
Extent: 
2 linear feet (4 MB)

Correspondence, agreements, rate classification, grievance records, constitutions, resolutions, minutes, speeches, and published material collected by Cecil Roeder, who served as a committeeman of UAW Delco-Remy Local 662, Anderson, Indiana (late 1930's and early 1940's). Subjects include General Motors Sit-Down Strike at Anderson (1937); UAW factionalism including the Homer Martin controversy; elections and factionalism of Local 662; union shop drives of Local 662; civil rights campaigns; and the General Motors Strike (1945-46). Correspondents include John L. Lewis, Sherman Minton, Philip Murray, Victor Reuther, and Walter Reuther.

Date: 
1937-1948
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