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Congratulations to the Recipients of the 2024 Sam Fishman Travel Grant!

... the emerging Black nationalist movement in the 1960s and what role it played in the Socialist Workers Party's (SWP) political trajectory ...

Blog entry - ageraci - 09/09/2024 - 08:53 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Guest Post: Alexandrea Penn on Raven Award Experience

What do Casey Kasem, Lily Tomlin, and Jeffrey Tambor all have in common? They ... subgroups than expected, and there was no clear record of what they were. Some groups of individuals shared some common link, but we were unsure what that link was. Following best practices of archival processing, it was ...

Blog entry - mcourtney - 10/09/2017 - 13:39 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

In Memoriam Philip Parker Mason

... erected in 1991. It was under his tenure as director of what would become the Reuther Library that Mason collected some of its most ... of the Society of American Archivists, remarked that, “What I did not realize when I started in the archives program was how fortunate ...

Blog entry - ljones - 06/03/2021 - 16:34 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Philip P. Mason Oral History Now Available Online

What we now know as the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs ... president of the Society of American Archivists, and build what would be considered the premier labor archives in the United States. Now ... discusses his extensive publication record in addition to what drew him to topics and how he pursued them. And then, finally, he outlines ...

Blog entry - ljones - 08/09/2021 - 09:53 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Meet Beth Myers, New Reuther Director

... staff in inclusive and open strategic planning. “We know what the Reuther is and what it’s done,” Myers notes. The strategic planning process will allow the ...

Blog entry - teller - 10/01/2013 - 11:21 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Employee Spotlight: Alberta Asmar

... Dores McCree, and Sharon Woodcock. When asked what she found most interesting about her 24 years at the Reuther, her response ... and will retain an office at the Reuther. When asked what she will miss most about the Library, her answer is the staff; many of ...

Blog entry - eclemens - 10/01/2013 - 11:10 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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

... affair did put forth the concept of collective bargaining, what it is, how it works and what you can expect from it in just plain question and answer form that made ...

Blog entry - scaloia - 07/03/2017 - 14:24 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Subject Focus: Women in Labor Unions

... one these aims on its own as their interconnectivity is what makes women’s position in American unions a unique story. The 1960s ... Wall Street, women continue to increase their profile in what still largely remains a male-dominated culture. However noteworthy ...

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

Tech Talk — Reuther Library's Facebook Page

... of our mission . From meager beginnings What really impresses me the most is just how successful this page has become, ... knew how this bright young student did in the class or what grade she was awarded on this project, the Reuther's Facebook page has ...

Blog entry - pneirink - 10/01/2013 - 11:40 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Folklore Fridays: Halloween Edition

Halloween is nearly upon us and what better way to celebrate the long, dark nights to come than through an ... it drew everyone’s attention to it. Curiosity being what it is, the guests immediately inspected the large boulder. Yes, they were ... my grandma not to let anybody touch the skin or she knew what would happen. Every night she went to the store, got everything (food) out ...

Blog entry - eclemens - 11/20/2017 - 13:46 - 0 comments - 0 attachments