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Library Collection

The non-manuscript holdings at the Reuther Library, also known as the Library Collection, contain more than 12,000 book and periodical titles, a substantial vertical file, published union convention proceedings and reports, union contracts and constitut ...

Blog entry - kchinery - 08/07/2019 - 13:04 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

WILPF Detroit Branch Newsletters

‹ previous 1272 of 1285 next › Processed Creator:  Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Date:  1963-1990, 1995-1999, 2001-2003 Size:  1 manuscr ...

Publications - kchinery - 07/02/2013 - 10:48 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(77239_5) Riots, Rebellions, Arson, 1967

Police officers stand in middle of 12th Street and LaSalle as firefighters attempt to extinguish a building fire in background, with church (St. Agnes) in foreground, during the first day of the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection ...

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David Bonior Papers

‹ previous 217 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP001803 Use restriction:  Box 45 requires appointment with Audio-Visual personnel Extent:  44.5 linear feet (44 SB, 1 MB) ...

Abstracts - drice - 09/13/2018 - 10:23 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Detroit Legal News

‹ previous 515 of 1285 next › Processed. Vols. 3-23. Creator:  Michigan State Bar Association Date:  1896-1916 Size:  24 volumes (Labor) ...

Publications - kchinery - 05/19/2014 - 15:01 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Mechanical Engineer To Booth Babe and Back Again: The Tragicomic Career of Wayne State Engineering Alum Lucille Pieti

Society of Women Engineers archivist Troy Eller English shares the tragicomic story of Lucille Pieti, 1950 mechanical engineering alum and Miss Wayne University. Sidelined in technical writing despite her degree and experience, Pieti found he ...

Podcasts - teller - 08/06/2020 - 11:42 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Battle of the Overpass

On May 26, 1937, nearly sixty UAW members from Local 174 arrived at Ford Motor Company’s River Rouge Plant to pass out leaflets, with city permit in hand, as part of a campaign to secure union representation for Rouge workers. Seve ...

Blog entry - kchinery - 08/16/2017 - 14:40 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Arthur Elder Papers

‹ previous 467 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP000075 Extent:  10 linear feet (20 MB) Date:  1921-1953 Correspondence, reports, and a scrapbook relating to the ...

Abstracts - drice - 09/20/2011 - 09:09 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(35814) Riots, Rebellions, Blind Pigs, 12th Street, 1967

Exterior view of the 12th Street building that housed Economy Printing and United Community League for Civic Action, the blind pig whose raid sparked the beginning of the unrest, was located in the upper floor. Courtesy of the Tony Spina Photographs ...

Image - eclemens - 05/08/2017 - 13:49 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Collection Focus: Wayne University Illustrated Map, 1939 - Part 1

This is the first in a series of four blog posts annotating Jerry Peacock's 1939 cartoon map of the Wayne University campus. View the entire map here. In 1939, Wayne University undergraduate and newspaper cartoonist Jerome R. Pea ...

Blog entry - cwesterman - 02/11/2020 - 17:11 - 0 comments - 3 attachments