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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

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

Guest Post: Detroit Incinerator

... of environmental and social justice. The Reuther Library has many collections related to the community response surrounding the ... its opposition, check out the collections of the Reuther Library. One such collection is the Thomas W. Stephens Papers . Stephens was ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 07/06/2023 - 14:36 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(46505) Portrait, Roberta McBride, 1960s

... a desk in the Leonard M. Simons Room of the Purdy-Kresge Library. Note: The Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs were housed in the ... prior to the construction of the Walter P. Reuther Library building in 1975. Date:  1960s-1970s ...

Image - eclemens - 07/23/2020 - 14:13 - 0 comments - 3 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

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

Heard It On the News: Preserving 20th Century Detroit History Through Local Newscasts

Reuther Library audiovisual archivist Mary Wallace discusses the Library’s WWJ / WDIV Film, Video, and Teleprompter Scripts collection, which ...

Podcasts - teller - 07/30/2024 - 07:16 - 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

Oral History Heroes: William V. Banks

... my term as Oral History Project Archivist at the Reuther Library. One of the collections I was describing was the Briggs Strike Oral ... and Records Commission (NHPRC) awarded the Reuther Library a two-year “Documenting Democracy” grant to provide and enhance ...

Blog entry - rbizonet - 03/27/2017 - 14:08 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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

... few months I had the opportunity to work at the Reuther Library processing oral history collections. This was an incredible experience ... looking for more information on the Strikes, the Reuther Library maintains multiple related collections including the Detroit ...

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