Ray Ginger Papers

pneirink — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:25:15 -0500

Raymond Ginger was a historian, author, and Wayne State University faculty member in the Department of History. Ginger authored The Bending Cross, an acclaimed biography of trade unionist Eugene V. Debs, Six Days or Forever? Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes about the "Scopes Monkey Trial," and Altgeld’s America: The Lincoln Ideal versus Changing Realities. He held faculty appointments at Harvard, Brandeis, Stanford, Calgary, and Wayne State Universities. The Ray Ginger Papers document a wide sampling of his research, academic, and publishing career. The collection contains personal correspondence; business correspondence related to university appointments, submissions for publication, and works-in-progress; drafts of published and unpublished works; and research notes and sources on business history and labor.

Wayne State University Centennial Symposia Records

kschmeling — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:17:23 -0500

During the academic year 1967-1968 Wayne State University celebrated the hundredth anniversary of its founding. As part of the commemoration, the University sponsored a series of symposia of national significance under the theme, "The University and Urban Society."
Broadly, the Symposia theme dealt with the urban university and its impact on, and responsibilities to, its urban community. More specifically, the focus of the Symposia was an examination of the problems and issues associated with an increasingly urban society.

The collection consists primarily of the records of Edward Lurie, Wayne State University professor of history, who served as director of the Centennial Symposia, and his assistant, Philip Borden.

Urban universities and colleges--United States

Ray Ginger Papers

Wayne State University Centennial Symposia Records