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(11327) 1956 AFSCME Convention

International Vice Presidents share a toast at the 1956 AFSCME Convention in Detroit. From left: Alvin Ruthenberg, Margaret De Santis, Mary Hostettler, William Louscher, and Harold Kelly. Date:  1956 Physdesc:  Photo ...

Image - jruss - 03/25/2014 - 10:58 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Transcripts to the Black Workers in the Labor Movement Oral History Project to go Online

The Walter P. Reuther Library seeks the interviewees (or heirs thereof) in our “ Black Workers in the Labor Movement Oral History Project ” in order to make transcripts available to our researchers online. As a resource that has been wi ...

Blog entry - ljones - 12/02/2020 - 15:16 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Wayne State University Women's Resource Center Records

‹ previous 1793 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSR001819 Extent:  27 linear feet (27 SB) Date:  1972-2003, bulk 1976-1998 The Women's Resource Center (WRC) at Wa ...

Abstracts - cwesterman - 06/03/2016 - 13:33 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

UAW Local 417 Records

‹ previous 1260 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR000715 Extent:  28 linear feet (28 SB) Date:  1954-1983 Subjects include: auto parts plants in Detroit's norther ...

Abstracts - drice - 01/20/2011 - 12:34 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Young Woman's Home Association Records

‹ previous 1802 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR001923 Extent:  3 linear feet (2 SB, 1 OS) Date:  1877-2003 Organized by a group of socially prominent Detroit W ...

Abstracts - drice - 02/04/2011 - 12:35 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Haviland F. Reves Records

‹ previous 1751 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSP000245 Extent:  10 linear feet (10 SB) Date:  1923-1971 Haviland Reves majored in journalism at the College of ...

Abstracts - cwesterman - 04/27/2012 - 14:23 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

George Lutzai Papers

‹ previous 754 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP000019 Extent:  7 linear feet (14 MB) Date:  1919-1965 An early member of the IWW and of UAW Local 314 in Detroit ...

Abstracts - drice - 12/03/2010 - 13:06 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(32629) NAACP, Demonstrations, Young, 1940s

Members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) stand outside an unidentified building, possibly during an anti-war demonstration, and hold signs, that read: “The Yanks Are Not Coming--Let God Save the King!” and ...

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Merrill-Palmer Institute: Photographs and Audio-Visual Materials

‹ previous 810 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UAV002602 Use restriction:  Researchers must make an appointment with an AV archivist. Certain materials are restricted due to privacy concer ...

Abstracts - drice - 07/19/2019 - 15:22 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Now on view: All Labor Has Dignity: The 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike, Photographs by Richard L. Copley

In 1968, Memphis sanitation workers, AFSCME Local 1733, went on strike for increased wages and union recognition, but most importantly, to be treated with respect and dignity. The strike became an important chapter in the civil rights movemen ...

Blog entry - scaloia - 05/09/2018 - 08:44 - 0 comments - 0 attachments