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Collections Spotlight: Max M. Fisher Papers

The Reuther Library is pleased to announce that the Max M. Fisher Papers are now open ... In addition to the materials at the Reuther Library, information and photographs from Fisher’s life are available at the ... Collections Archivist for Jewish Detroit at the Reuther Library. (Allied Jewish Campaign, Detroit Renaissance (firm), Ford, ...

Blog entry - aergas - 06/24/2015 - 15:41 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Fishman Grantees: 2017

The Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University is pleased to ... provide up to $1,000 to support travel to the Reuther Library to access archival records related to the American labor movement. The ... speak about their work at an informal event at the Reuther Library or as part of the North American Labor History Conference (NALHC) held ...

Blog entry - mcourtney - 03/07/2017 - 15:11 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

HistoryPin: Tour Detroit during the Second World War

The Reuther Library is pleased to announce the launch of a new HistoryPin tour: Detroit ... the visual materials available for research at the Reuther Library. To further explore our collections, please visit our image gallery ... is an Audiovisual Archivist at the Walter P. Reuther Library (Detroit (Mich.), Urban Affairs, World War, 1939-1945) ...

Blog entry - eclemens - 03/14/2017 - 14:28 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Event Announcement: Archival Practice Brown Bag Talk "Free Money: Basic Skills of Grant Writing for Archives"

... archival practice continues on May 15 with Reuther Library director Erik Nordberg’s presentation "Free Money: Basic Skills of ... in the Woodcock Conference Room at the Walter P. Reuther Library. Nordberg has experience both awarding and managing grant-funded ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 05/18/2015 - 12:39 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Year in Review: Collection Archivists

2016 was an active year at the Walter P. Reuther Library, especially for its collection archivists. Unique among archival repositories, the Reuther Library has six archivist positions directly supported by labor and cultural ... "25 Years, 25 Treasures," which was on view in the Reuther Library Atrium from June to August. It celebrated the 25th anniversary of the ...

Blog entry - gstrassel - 02/09/2017 - 13:09 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Gallery Announcement: Stills from the World at War - The Home Front (1939-1945)

... In honor of Veteran's Day, the Walter P. Reuther Library is pleased to share a new image gallery: Stills from the World at ... the visual materials available for research at the Reuther Library. To further explore our collections, please contact a member of our ...

Blog entry - eclemens - 12/06/2015 - 13:05 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

NHPRC Oral History Project: An Update from the (Wave) Field

... and Records Commission awarded the Walter P. Reuther Library its two-year Documenting Democracy grant to enhance access to the library's oral history collections, thus enabling my hiring. As Oral History ...

Blog entry - rbizonet - 01/19/2016 - 15:44 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Announcing the Recipients of the 2014 Sam Fishman Travel Grants

The Walter P. Reuther Library is very pleased to announce the Sam Fishman Travel Grant Awardees for ... Grants provide up to $1000 for travel to the Reuther Library for research into its vast collection of archival records related to ... Travel Grant Awardees. (Labor, Walter P. Reuther Library) ...

Blog entry - mosmith - 03/13/2015 - 17:25 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Subject Focus: Women in Labor Unions

... in the archives on these remarkable women. The Reuther Library also holds personal accounts of many union women’s stories in its ... the Technical Services Archivist for the Walter P. Reuther Library. (Affirmative action, AFSCME, American Federation of Teachers, ...

Blog entry - drice - 02/21/2017 - 17:56 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

In Memoriam: Pete Seeger, 1919-2014

... In 1939, when Seeger was 20 years old, he worked in the Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song as an assistant to the ... represented in the archives and manuscripts of the Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs. No fewer than twelve collections in the ...

Blog entry - cwesterman - 02/21/2014 - 13:50 - 0 comments - 0 attachments