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Guest Post: Julia Teran, Recipient of the Winter 2014 Raven Award

... and internship three times each year to History and Library students with an interest in university archives and records ... and a pleasure to be able to work at the Walter P. Reuther Library this semester. I am deeply grateful to Mr. Raven for providing this ...

Blog entry - cwesterman - 05/30/2014 - 14:59 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Exhibit Announcement: "Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman"

The Walter P. Reuther Library is proud to announce a new installation by artist Robbin Henderson. ... documents and photographs from her research at the Reuther Library and other archives, Henderson’s original scratchboard drawings tell ... a writer throughout her life. The Walter P. Reuther Library holds Matilda Robbins’ personal papers and these related collections: ...

Blog entry - drice - 09/20/2019 - 08:10 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Guest Post: A 40-Year-Old Mystery - The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa

... Kniffen, a student in the Wayne State University School of Library and Information Science, in early 2015. Jimmy Hoffa was a ... in October of 1975 (just one small fragment of the Reuther Library’s Jimmy Hoffa FBI Files collection ), a number of reliable ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 09/18/2015 - 08:59 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Event: "Larry Itliong: The Farm Labor Organizer Who Changed the World."

... part of the United Farm Workers collection at the Reuther Library. Mabalon intends to publish a scholarly biography of Itliong, but is ... records of the American labor movement in the Reuther Library. The award is named in honor of Sam Fishman, a former UAW and Michigan ...

Blog entry - mcourtney - 12/06/2017 - 14:54 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Hidden Gem: A.G. and Marie Mezerik Papers

... and varied the archival holdings of the Reuther Library are. When someone asks, we first respond with the “Big Ones, ” ... Papers complement several other collections at the Reuther library, including the UAW Public Relations Department: Ford Motor Company ...

Blog entry - aergas - 10/09/2015 - 14:52 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Event: “Assembly Line Housing: Walter P. Reuther, George Romney and Operation Breakthrough”

... records pertaining to fair housing held at the Reuther Library. Szylvian’s research visit is supported through a Sam Fishman ... records of the American labor movement in the Reuther Library. The award is named in honor of Sam Fishman, a former UAW and Michigan ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 11/09/2017 - 09:34 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Call for Applications: 2016 Sam Fishman Travel Grant Program

The Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs invites applications for travel ... food, and other costs to conduct research in the Reuther Library’s extensive labor collections. The award is named in honor of Sam ... speak about their work at an informal event at the Reuther Library, or to submit a proposal for the North American Labor History ...

Blog entry - enordberg - 12/18/2015 - 15:51 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

New UAW Archivist, Gavin Strassel

The Reuther Library is proud to have Gavin Strassel as the new UAW Archivist. Strassel has long been an important part of the Reuther Library team. He came to the Reuther in December 2013 as an Archives ... and the UAW enabled the construction of the Reuther Library, hence its name. “I especially admire the accomplishments of ...

Blog entry - scaloia - 06/27/2018 - 15:24 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

2010 North American Labor History Conference

... Wayne State's History Department, the Walter P. Reuther Library, and other parts of the University formed to address the growth of ... papers will open for research this month at the Reuther Library. Johanna Russ was the Archivist for the American Federation of ...

Blog entry - jruss - 10/01/2013 - 10:28 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Exhibit — Bricks, Mortar and More

The Reuther Library is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit: Bricks, Mortar and ... in the Woodcock Gallery on the first floor of the Reuther Library. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am until 5:00 pm. ...

Blog entry - pneirink - 11/07/2019 - 09:39 - 0 comments - 0 attachments