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Guest Post: Julia Teran, Recipient of the Winter 2014 Raven Award

This is a guest post by Julia Teran, Wayne State University graduate student and recipient of the Ronald Raven Annual Award, which provides a scholarship and internship three times each year to History and Library students with an interest in universi ...

Blog entry - cwesterman - 05/30/2014 - 14:59 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

In Memoriam Edward J. Littlejohn

The Reuther Library regrets to share the sad news that, on June 7, 2023, Edward Littlejohn, a long-time Wayne State University Law Professor and major contributor to the Reuther Library’s holdings, passed. He was 88. Professor Edward ...

Blog entry - ljones - 09/14/2023 - 09:22 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Edward Cushman Papers

‹ previous 1619 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP000290 Extent:  24.5 linear feet (49 MB) Date:  1943-1969 Mr. Cushman has had a long career in labor relations. ...

Abstracts - cwesterman - 04/27/2012 - 13:24 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Ben Martin Papers

‹ previous 768 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP002372 Extent:  1 linear foot (1 SB) Date:  circa 1970s-1990s Ben Martin (d. 2013) a long-time Detroit area resid ...

Abstracts - drice - 08/07/2020 - 09:09 - 0 comments - 2 attachments

Katherine Chamberlain Papers

‹ previous 671 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSP002137 Extent:  .5 linear feet (1 MB) Date:  1903-2005 Katherine McFarlane Chamberlain, professor of physics in ...

Abstracts - kschmeling - 10/06/2017 - 12:21 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(27852) Prohibtion, Windsor, Canada, 1929

Thirsty men, presumably American, line up outside of a shop in Windsor, Ontario where alcohol is legally sold. Federal Prohibition was repealed in the province of Ontario in 1927, leaving a door open for Detroiters willing to travel across the Detroit R ...

Image - eclemens - 01/17/2012 - 09:14 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Irving Bluestone Papers

‹ previous 211 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP000213 Extent:  60 linear feet (60 SB) Date:  1955-1998, bulk 1980-1992 Irving Bluestone (January 5, 1917 – Nov ...

Abstracts - drice - 10/10/2014 - 09:58 - 0 comments - 2 attachments

50 Years Later: the Kerner Commission and the Poor People's Campaign

... was appointed by President Johnson in the middle of Detroit’s 1967 rebellion. The commission was tasked with identifying ways to ... Papers reflect the commission’s investigation into Detroit’s Rebellion. Material related to the Poor People’s Campaign can ...

Blog entry - mcourtney - 03/21/2018 - 09:37 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Harriette and Helen Bishop Papers

‹ previous 1572 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSP000367 Extent:  2.5 linear feet (5 MB) Date:  1866-1945, bulk 1888-1940 Harrriette Bishop attended Detroit High ...

Abstracts - cwesterman - 04/27/2012 - 13:20 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(33934) Portraits, Edward Stanton, Undated.

Undated portrait of the photographer and fine artist Edward "Bucky" Stanton. Date:  Undated (Edward Stanton Photographs, African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century, African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Social c ...

Image - eclemens - 03/30/2017 - 15:01 - 0 comments - 3 attachments