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Podcast: The First Noel (Night): How the Public Found Its Detroit Adventure in Noel Night, The City's Festive Cultural Open House

Outreach archivist Meghan Courtney traces the evolution of Detroit Adventure, a coalition of cultural organizations founded in 1958 to promote cultural conversations and experiences in metropolitan Detroit. In 1973 the organization debuted No ...

Podcasts - teller - 03/20/2019 - 14:03 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Detroit Newspaper Strike Collection

‹ previous 385 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR002748 Extent:  8 Linear Feet (4 SB, 1 OS) Date:  1995-2001 The Detroit Newspaper Strike started on July 13, 1995 ...

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Collection Spotlight: The Detroit Latino Records

... community has remained cohesive and thriving throughout Detroit’s tumultuous political and economic climate. According to the 2010 census, Detroit’s Latino population grew by approximately 70 percent between 1990 and ...

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How Mary Ellen Riordan Lead the Detroit Federation of Teachers' Fight for Collective Bargaining

The Detroit Federation of Teachers has seen a number of challenges and triumphs since its founding in 1931 – a significant number of which occurred during the 21-year tenure of president Mary Ellen Riordan. Riordan guided the union through ...

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(27833) Prohibition, Smuggling, Detroit River, Detroit, 1929

A rum-runner lies in wait on a dock in Sandwich, Ontario for the signal that it is clear to bring alcohol across the Detroit River to a landing plot on 17th Street. Diagram courtesy of a Detroit News Photographer. Date:  1929 ...

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Detroit Typographical Union No. 18 Records

‹ previous 401 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR000986 Extent:  64 Linear Feet (53 SB, 1.5 MB, 8 OS) Date:  1854 - 1996, bulk 1930-1990 Detroit Typographical Un ...

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(27826) Prohibition, Smuggling, Detroit River, Detroit, 1920s

A Detroit News photographer diagrams the process of landing alcohol from Canada in Detroit at the foot of Riopelle Street during Prohibition. Date:  1929-04-01 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:&nbs ...

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LGBT Detroit Records

... Their mission was to increase awareness and to support Detroit’s dynamic LGBT culture through education and advocacy. They organized ...

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(27829) Prohibition, Smuggling, Detroit River, Detroit, 1929

A police officer inspects a cable that funneled alcohol underneath the Detroit River from Canada. Date:  1929-9-14 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit River ...

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Subject Focus: Poverty and Charity in Turn-of-the-Century Detroit

In the late 19th century Detroit’s industrial base and burgeoning prosperity quickly attracted ... in a set of ledgers, which document the difficult lives of Detroit’s poverty-stricken and the social network created to help them in the ... a broad view of the organizations dedicated to serving Detroit’s needy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition to ...

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