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Guest Post: Ciera Casteel on the Wayne State University Oral History Course Oral Histories

... The 2014 collection also contains oral documentation of Detroit’s economic development and policing histories. In the midst of the ... Researchers looking for more information on the history of Detroit’s economic development should review to the Detroit Economic ...

Blog entry - aorchard - 07/06/2023 - 14:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(2851) Boats, "Detroit- Windsor Railroad Ferry", Detroit River, Michigan, 1980

A tugboat helps move the "Detroit - Windsor Railroad Ferry" through the ice on the Detroit River, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1980 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Tony Spina - ...

Image - eclemens - 07/08/2009 - 11:16 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Society of Women Engineers Detroit Section Records

‹ previous 1148 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR001467 Extent:  8.5 linear feet (6 SB, 5 MB) Date:  1930-2012 The Society of Women Engineers was founded in 1950 ...

Abstracts - teller - 02/25/2019 - 14:00 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(2888) Sports, Football, University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan

Jerry Gross, a football player with the University of Detroit, spreads his arms across a “gross” of footballs at the U of D stadium, Detroit, Michigan. Used as a feature shot. Date:  Mid 1950s Physdesc:  Photog ...

Image - eclemens - 07/20/2009 - 14:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2851) Boats, "Detroit- Windsor Railroad Ferry", Detroit River, Michigan, 1980

A tugboat helps move the "Detroit - Windsor Railroad Ferry" through the ice on the Detroit River., Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1980 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Tony Spina ...

Image - eclemens - 07/08/2009 - 11:15 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(34032) Mary Ellen Riordan, Antonia Kolar, Detroit Federation of Teachers, Detroit, Michigan, 1960

Detroit, Michigan, circa 1960. Antonia Kolar presents Mary Ellen Riordan with a briefcase, the tag on which reads “Mary Ellen ‘The people’s choice’ from ‘The gang’” most likely in celebration of Riordan’s election to the presidency of th ...

Image - scaloia - 02/10/2016 - 17:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Detroit's Olympic Bid

... passed the baton to the city of Detroit. The story of Detroit’s persuasive and nearly successful endeavor to bring the 1968 Olympic ... bid. For researchers interested in the trajectory of Detroit’s odds in the early sixties, rising from underdog to favorite only to ...

Blog entry - gstrassel - 02/27/2018 - 15:50 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

AFL-CIO Metropolitan Detroit Records

‹ previous 12 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR000053_MD Use restriction:  Box 73 is closed. Extent:  78 linear feet (156 MB) Date:  1918-1967 ...

Abstracts - drice - 10/11/2019 - 10:28 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Detroit Revolutionary Movements Records now available online

The Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs is proud to announce that the Detroit Revolutionary Movements (DRM) Records are now freely available online . These materials offer firsthand information about the dema ...

Blog entry - mcourtney - 02/26/2025 - 13:12 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(28575) Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Masonic Temple, Detroit, 1953

Paul Paray, conductor for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, examines an ivory baton which was used by Rachmaninoff in London in 1898. The carved baton was presented to Paray by the Detroit Round Table of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, at ...

Image - eclemens - 07/31/2012 - 10:58 - 0 comments - 3 attachments