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(5213) Matilda (Rabinowitz) Robbins, Arrest, 1910s

Candid view of I.W.W. organizer Matilda Robbins, likely taken after her arrest in Detroit, Michigan. Caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Rabinowitz on the way to the workhouse - Patrol Kindley (illeg.) by police department. Dat ...

Image - eclemens - 05/19/2015 - 12:24 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Harry Riseman Papers

‹ previous 986 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP001076 Extent:  1 folder Date:  1930-1936 Attorney Harry Riseman was active in various socialist and labor organi ...

Abstracts - abarker - 02/01/2016 - 15:42 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Oral History Heroes: Millie Jeffrey

As the Oral History Project Archivist at the Reuther Library, my job is to arrange and describe our oral history collections so researchers can find them -- work that has been made possible by a National Historical Publications and Records Co ...

Blog entry - rbizonet - 01/09/2017 - 11:24 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Jewish Labor Committee Records

‹ previous 656 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR000150 Extent:  22.5 linear feet (45 MB) Date:  1947-1990, bulk 1955-1970 The Jewish Labor Committee was organize ...

Abstracts - drice - 03/05/2018 - 14:03 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

A. Randall Vinitsky Papers

‹ previous 1459 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP000400 Extent:  3.75 linear feet (1 MB, 3 OS) Date:  1921-1956, bulk 1924-39 A. Randall Vinitsky was an advertis ...

Abstracts - drice - 08/08/2011 - 16:22 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Harold Cranefield Papers

‹ previous 344 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP000595 Extent:  2 linear feet (4 MB), 1 Scrapbook Date:  1932-1966, bulk 1932-1963 A labor attorney, Mr. Cranefie ...

Abstracts - drice - 09/28/2015 - 16:10 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Archivist Louis Jones Receives Award

On October 17 Reuther Library field archivist Dr. Louis Jones, CA, was recognized at the 16th Annual Wayne County Council for Arts, History and Humanities Recognition Awards. Jones received the WCCAHH Award for his excellent work in collectin ...

Blog entry - teller - 12/20/2013 - 18:14 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(25363) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, Oak Park, Michigan, 1963

A view of civil rights demonstrators during the march against segregated housing in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park. At left, residents watch the procession through their neighborhood. Date:  1963-07-27 Physdesc:  Pho ...

Image - eclemens - 06/13/2011 - 12:50 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Louise (Sally) Langdon Brown Papers

‹ previous 235 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UP001567 Extent:  .5 linear feet (1 MB) Date:  circa 1960-1969 An inductee into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame ...

Abstracts - abarker - 01/25/2011 - 14:37 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(31514) Myra Wolfgang, Frank Murphy, ca. 1930s

Frank Murphy (in profile) stands with Myra Wolfgang, location unknown, ca. 1930s. Wolfgang was the Recording Secretary of Detroit Waiters Local 705, which is now UNITE HERE Local 24. In the late 1930s, Governor Murphy appointed her manager for the dom ...

Image - mwallace - 02/20/2014 - 12:30 - 0 comments - 3 attachments