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Mary Ellen Riordan Papers

‹ previous 769 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP001682 Extent:  64.5 linear feet (4 MB, 58 SB, 5 OS) Date:  1920-2004 Mary Ellen Riordan (1920-2010) was presiden ...

Abstracts - scaloia - 03/07/2016 - 12:32 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(28645) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, Violence, 1942

Police, some armed, some mounted on horses, attempt to control the massive crowds that came out to protest African American families moving into the Sojourner Truth Housing Project. Date:  1942-02-28 Physdesc:  Phot ...

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(DN_79618) Ethnic Communities, Slovak, Celebrations, 1940

Helen Figil, Agnes Blazo and Dorothy Pollock, students of SS Cyril and Methodius Slovak School, await their graduation during the 12th annual Michigan Catholic Slovak Day at Jefferson Beach, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1940-06-13 ...

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Arthur F. Lederle Papers

‹ previous 727 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UP000559 Extent:  3 linear feet (6 MB) Date:  1914-1967 Arthur Lederle taught in Detroit Public Schools before ente ...

Abstracts - drice - 02/11/2011 - 13:13 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(28943) Ethnic Communities, Greek, Politics, 1956

Members of Detroit's Greek community hold up telegrams that denounce the British banishment of Cypriot Abj. Makarios. Date:  1956-03-12 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff - Ran ...

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2013: The Digital Year in Review

At the start of 2014, the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs would like to take a moment to remember the year that's just ended and revisit the content that was added to our website in 2013. It was a banner year for the Reut ...

Blog entry - cwesterman - 02/11/2020 - 18:13 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

In Memoriam: Flora Hommel, 1928-2015

The Reuther Library notes with sorrow the passing on May 15 of Flora Suhd Hommel. Hommel was one of the pioneers who brought the Lamaze psychoprophylactic method of painless childbirth to the United States, establishing an important teach ...

Blog entry - aergas - 06/04/2015 - 11:08 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(79725) Rthnic Communities, Danish, Dancers, 1945

Danish Dancers perform at "International Night," sponsored by Detroit's International Institute. Date:  1945-12-11 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Metro Detroit Ethn ...

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(79764) Ethnic Communities, Chaldean, Iraq War, 1991

George Yasso, owner of the George Party Store located at 218 W. 7 Mile Road, speaks to a Detroit News reporter about the US-Iraqi talks that are to be held in Geneva. Mr. Yasso was part of a group of Chaldeans who fasted on behalf of the war. ...

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Grace Hospital Records

‹ previous 549 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR001352 Use restriction:  Restrictions on oral history included in the collection. Extent:  18 linear feet (18 SB), 1 led ...

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