Urban Affairs

AAUW Detroit Records

drice — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:34:56 -0400

The American Association of University Women Detroit (AAUW Detroit) is a branch of the AAUW, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower women and improve their lives. Established in 1889, AAUW Detroit is the oldest branch of the AAUW of Michigan. It is also the oldest continuously active women’s organization in Detroit. They advocate for issues related to education, politics and economics, promoting their mission through education, and research. They also maintain leadership development and mentoring programs for local women and girls.

The AAUW Detroit Records are mostly comprised of scrapbooks containing organizational records, correspondence, press clippings, photographs of meetings, and other various items documenting the branch’s history. There are also info packets from conferences hosted by the AAUW Detroit or attended by its members. These packets contain schedules, draft AAUW bylaws, information on event speakers, and other documents. Also scattered throughout the collection are issues of Leader in Action: AAUW National Leadership Magazine, mailers, brochures, and bound organizational records.

ACLU of Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit Branch Records

drice — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:15:48 -0500

The Metropolitan Detroit Branch of the ACLU was chartered in 1952 and joined the Lansing and Ann Arbor area chapters in 1961 to form the ACLU of Michigan, coordinating civil liberties activities for these and several other chapters that formed over the next decades. Their records related primarily to the Detroit Branch and include subjects such as: academic freedom; censorship; church and state; civil liberties; police brutality; HUAC; and legal assistance to prisoners.

AFTRA Detroit President's Office: Mary Lou Zieve Records

drice — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:53:53 -0400

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) merged in 2012 with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and is now known as SAG-AFTRA. The union represents more than 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcasters, journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals. Mary Lou Zieve entered the broadcasting industry in the 1950s, becoming a member of AFTRA in 1956. She served as president of the Detroit local in the mid to late 1980s during a period in the union's history that saw several strikes and long-lasting efforts to accomplish a merger of AFTRA and SAG.

The Detroit President's Office records focuses on Zieve's tenure as president of the Detroit local, but does include material collected by Zieve both before and after this time period documenting her activity within the organization on a local and national level. It highlights the union's administration, activities, and event.

Al Barnes Photograph Collection

eclemens — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 17:33:48 -0500

The Al Barnes Photographs consist of 17 black and white negatives that document life in Northern Michigan during the late 19th-century. The negatives include scenes of local landmarks, both man-made and natural, agricultural labors at work in the farms of the Old Mission Peninsula, and portraits of children. Of particular note are negatives concerning the activities of local Native Americans.

All Unions Committee to Shorten the Work Week Records

abarker — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:15:48 -0400

Records of the proceedings of the First National All Unions Committee to Shorten the Work Week held in Dearborn, Michigan on April 11, 1978. Frank R. Runnels, president of United Auto Workers Local 22 served as president of the Committee.

All-Peoples Congress Records

drice — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:53:10 -0400

National organizations and grassroots neighborhood groups met at the All-Peoples Congress in Detroit in 1981 to protest Reagan administration programs and policies. The collection consists of flyers, pamphlets, newsletters, and newspapers distributed by various advocacy groups at the All Peoples Congress.

Carl Almblad Papers

abarker — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:56:15 -0400

An urban planner, Carl Almblad worked with the Chicago Plan Commission, the Detroit Plan Commission, the City of Detroit Community and Economic Development Department and the Detroit Historic District Commission. The papers of Mr. Almblad relate to urban planning, urban renewal, and historic district development in the cities of Chicago and Detroit.

Harriet Cooper Alpern Papers

abarker — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:10:08 -0400

Harriet Cooper Alpern served as Vice President of Public Relations for the Detroit chapter of NOW (National Organization of Women) from 1970 to 1973 and was a member of the Women's Advisory to TV station WXYZ from 1971 to 1975. In 1978 Ms. Alpern formed the company, Program Resources to produce media material for the women's movement and other educational purposes. The papers of Ms. Alpern reflect her work with NOW and the women's movement, and to a lesser extent, the use of mass media as an educational tool.

Chris and Marti Alston Papers

abarker — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:50:29 -0400

Chris Alston worked as an organizer for the the CIO during the 1930's, founding what became the Tobacco Stemmers' and Laborers' Industrial Union (CIO) in Richmond, Virginia. He served as president of United Auto Workers Local 429 from 1958 to 1962. Mr. Alston worked as a community organizer in Detroit, founding what became the Forest Park Citizens' District Council. Marti Alston served as an officer of the Forest Park Citizens' District Council and founded with her husband Chris the Michigan Committee for a Democratic Haiti. The bulk of the Chris and Marti Alston Collection documents their experiences as community activists in the redevelopment of the Forest Park urban renewal area. To a lesser extent, the collection documents the Alstons' involvement in various social justice and human right causes.

Mel Ravitz Papers

cwesterman — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:22:23 -0500

Professor and Detroit community advocate Mel Ravitz held various posts in Detroit politics, including positions such as the Detroit City Plan Commission Director of Community Organization, on the Detroit City Council and as staff director of the Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health Services Board. As a professor at Wayne State University, Mr. Ravitz assisted in the formation of the University’s Department of Urban Planning.

Mr. Ravitz’s papers reflect his interests in community organizing and neighborhood revitalization, and serve to document the history of Detroit politics and the social and economic changes that the city faced during the later half of the twentieth century. In addition there are files relating to his activities to 2005.

The collection is in three parts.

Peter H. Amann Papers

abarker — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:48:36 -0400

The papers of Peter H. Amann reflect his research efforts on the Black Legion, a vigilante organization which operated principally in Michigan and Ohio from 1925 through 1936.

American Association of University Women of Michigan Records

kschmeling — Thu, 19 May 2016 11:40:12 -0400

Advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) formed as the Association of Collegiate Alumnae in 1881, becoming the AAUW in 1921.

Parts 1 through 4 of this collection primarily contains state and national organizational proceeding records and organizational publications.

Ted Andras Papers

abarker — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:14:05 -0400

Ted Andras was a staff member of radio station WDET-FM, the pioneer radio station of the United Auto Workers established in the early 1940's. The collection is largely composed of records related to the construction of WDET-FM.

Andrew Agelink Papers

kschmeling — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:37:23 -0500

Andrew Agelink, born in 1970, was an undergraduate student at Wayne State University in the 1990s. He became Vice President of the WSU Gay/Lesbian Union in 1992 and then went on to be President and again Vice President of the organization from 1992-1994. As President, he initiated a proposal for the formation of a Gay and Lesbian Programs Office staffed with a paid full-time employee. Under his persistence the position was created a year and a half later. Agelink was also actively involved in a number of local gay and political organizations including: Affirmations, The Triangle Foundation, the gay softball league MDSL, and an AIDS activist organization ACT-UP! Detroit. This collection documents his personal story as a young gay man in Detroit and how it fits into the larger gay rights movement.

ARISE Detroit! Records

kschmeling — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:24:51 -0400

ARISE Detroit! is a non-profit coalition of twenty-two community groups with the mission of encouraging volunteerism in order to tackle major issues troubling the Detroit community. This collection includes administrative materials, news clippings, and advertising materials for the organizations’ special events.

Association of Municipal Professional Women Records

drice — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:25:45 -0400

Association of Municipal Professional Women (AMPW), organized in 1975, was an
organization open to women who were employed in the city of Detroit and held professional
titles. The organization’s primary purpose was to provide professional women in all departments to meet and network on a citywide basis, as well as to create a forum for common interests and discuss common problems. The organization disbanded in the late 1980s, early 1990s. Records of the AMPW reflect the organization’s administration including by-laws, committees, correspondence and meetings; membership rosters; annual reports; and visual materials documenting outreach practices.

Richard H. Austin Papers

drice — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:42:24 -0400

Mr. Austin, who in 1941 became Michigan's first black certified public accountant, has been active in Detroit, Wayne County, and Michigan Democratic politics and civic clubs for many years. During the period 1961-63, he was a delegate to the Michigan Constitutional Convention; 1963-65, co-chairman of the Michigan Commission on Legislative Apportionment; 1962, elected to the Wayne County Board of Supervisors; 1964, lost the Congressional race against John Conyers, Jr.; 1966, won a seat on the Wayne County Board of Auditors; 1969, defeated by Roman Gribbs in the Detroit mayoralty race; 1970, elected Michigan's Secretary of State. The material in the collection relates to these topics and to numerous civic and professional organizations to which he belonged. Among the correspondents are Jerome P. Cavanagh, John Conyers, Jr., Charles Diggs, Fred Harris, Hubert Humphrey, Mildred Jeffrey, James McNeely, Walter Reuther, and G. Mennen Williams.

Part 2 of the Richard H. Austin Papers contains newspaper clippings about Austin and Roman Gribb’s mayoral campaign, Austin’s professional accomplishments, and Detroit’s political climate in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Additionally, this collection holds documents, speeches, and correspondence about Austin’s bid for mayor, as well as his Secretary of State campaign. This collection also consists of correspondence and meeting minutes from the Wayne County Board of Auditors, United Way of Southeastern Michigan, Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan, and the Luella Hannah Memorial Foundation.

Avern L. Cohn Papers

aergas — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 11:21:05 -0400

The materials in this collection represent the scope of Judge Avern Cohn's professional life and his wide-ranging interests and activities, from family matters to philanthropy to leisure travel. The collection includes correspondence, opinions and orders, speeches and writings, scrapbooks, files on a large array of subjects and some audio-visual materials. In his several decades on the federal bench, Cohn was involved in cases involving a variety of issues including tax law, civil rights, school desegregation, and patents and trademarks. Among his most notable decisions are John Doe v. University of Michigan, which held unconstitutional the university's speech code; the Kearns patent infringement suit against Ford Motor Company regarding intermittent windshield wipers; the "Jake Baker case," which involved a student dismissed from the University of Michigan for allegedly putting a pornographic story on the internet; and Bradley v. Milliken, regarding school desegregation. Cohn was a prolific writer of professional articles, as well as of opinion pieces and letters to the editor; his research materials and writings are included here. He was a frequent participant in and speaker at meetings for the legal profession and many other professional groups. His interest in legal education is evidenced from materials reflecting his participation in moot courts, new lawyer seminars and student forums at various law schools including the University of Michigan, Wayne State University and Detroit College of Law. The collection includes Cohn's wide-ranging correspondence on the local, national and international level with lawyers and judges; politicians and government officials; journalists and publishers; business leaders; religious leaders; and academics. Active participation and leadership in the Jewish community is reflected in the papers. He served in numerous organizations, notably as president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, wrote extensively on Jewish historical subjects and was awarded some of the highest honors for service to the community. Materials relevant to Cohn's research into family history and genealogy, including correspondence with relatives in France and Israel are included here. Scrapbooks included in this collection were collected and arranged by Judge Cohn and
his staff. They provide an overview of his public life from the 1960s through approximately 2014.

J. Edward Bailey III Papers

abarker — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:17:38 -0400

The work of Detroit African-American photojournalist, J. Edward Bailey III, appeared in over thirty major publications and was exhibited widely in projects such as "The City Within," about Detroit's 1967 riot, and representation in a portfolio of 200 prominent African Americans commissioned for the nation's Bicentennial. The collection consists primarily of clippings and memorabilia chronicling his career.

J. Edward Bailey III Photographs

eclemens — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:05:28 -0400

Photography by the renowned Black photojournalist, J. Edward Bailey III. The collection contains standard and oversized (OS) black and white photo prints, OS proof sheets, b/w photo negatives, and color transparencies. Examples of both his personal and commercial work are present, including select imagery used in Bailey's exhibits "The City Within" (Detroit Institute of Arts, 1969), and "Patient Care" (Detroit Bank and Trust Co., 1972). Subjects represented include civil rights, industry, organized labor, poverty, and Detroit's 1967 Rebellion.

Edward L. Baker Papers

drice — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:32:09 -0500

Edward Baker was the second longest serving Detroit Postmaster (1953-1976) and an active member of the National Association of Postmasters in the United States. His papers reflect his work as Postmaster and his involvement with the NAPUS, especially his term as its president.

Alex Baskin Papers

drice — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:45:39 -0500

Dr. Alex Baskin is a professor at State University of New York at Stony Brook; among his main
research interests is social history of the late 20th century, especially with regard to the 1960s and 1980s. Dr. Baskin also attended Wayne State University during the 1960s where he studied various left-wing social movements. Among his published works include The Woman Rebel and The Masses.

The materials in this collection reflect a wide variety of subjects that Dr. Baskin researched and mostly pertain to various social movements of the late 20th century. Included are posters and flyers related to Marxism, the anti-war movement, the women’s movement, Jewish issues, the labor movement, foreign policy under the Reagan Administration, and much more. The collection also contains various essays, some written by Dr. Baskin, as well as newspaper clippings and newsletters related to his interests.

Estar Baur Papers

drice — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:18:16 -0400

Anti-Communist legislation in Michigan

Olive R. Beasley Papers

jruss — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:49:00 -0400

Olive R. Beasley led a career devoted to improving human and civil rights for minority groups. She served as secretary and later as executive director of the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights and was a member of the Fair Employment Practices Commission. She continued to serve its successor, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission as executive director of the Flint office. She also held numerous posts in labor and community organizations in Detroit and Flint including president of AFSCME Local 52, Detroit area; vice-president of AFSCME Council 7, Michigan; executive board member, Michigan AFL-CIO; and secretary of the Detroit League of Women Voters. In 1972 she received the Governor's Award for Distinguished Public Service Employees.

The papers reflect Mrs. Beasley's career with Michigan agencies and organizations concerned with civil rights and, to a lesser degree, her involvement with labor unions and Michigan politics.

Russ Bellant Papers

abarker — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:45:48 -0400

Russ Bellant served as the Co-Coordinator of the Greater Detroit Committee of the Committee Against Registration and the Draft (CARD). His papers relate primarily to the work of this and other anti-draft organizations, particularly concerning the federal government’s efforts in 1979 and 1980 to revive the Selective Service System.

Michigan Dance Archives: Leslie O'Day Benyo Papers

aergas — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:10:49 -0400

Leslie O'Day Benyo was the owner and artistic director of the O’Day School of Dance in Detroit from 1982 to 2010. A ballet student and performer from 1958 to 1998, O'Day Benyo has taught at various schools and special events in the Detroit area since 1973. She was also a member of the Cecchetti Council of America, an organization dedicated to teaching standards for ballet.

Benyo's papers include items such as dance programs, photos of ballerinas, newsletters, emails, souvenir booklets, clippings, certificates, and testimonials.

Julius Bernstein Papers

drice — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:25:00 -0400

In his teens, Julius Bernstein became active in the Young People's Socialist League and for many years served as State Secretary of the Socialist Party in Massachusetts. Along with his wife, they were lifelong members of the Workmen's Circle and parents to Eugene Debs and Stanley Bernstein. In 1948 Bernstein started working for the Jewish Labor Committee in Boston where human rights, civil rights, and labor matters were of tantamount importance.

The Julius Bernstein Collection consists of printed material—periodicals, pamphlets, flyers,
clippings and organizational publications—related to race relations, education, labor unions,
Jewish issues and socialism.

Helen W. Berthelot Papers

abarker — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:03:58 -0400

Helen Berthelot was active in the formation of the National Federation of Telephone Workers in Michigan and subsequently the Communication Workers of America. Ms. Berthelot was active in Michigan Democratic politics. Ms. Berth paper relate to her activities in the NFTW and the CWA and, to a lesser degree, her service to the Michigan Democratic Party.

Charles Biagi Papers

abarker — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:48:35 -0400

Charles Biagi served as president of the New Jersey Labor Press Council and as International Representative to the United Auto Workers Fair employment and Anti-Discrimination Department. He also acted as Business agent of United Auto Workers Local 669 (Paterson, NJ) and editor of their publication, The Cyclone. Active in civil liberties and civil rights movements, Mr. Biagi’s papers reflect his efforts concerning academic freedom and censorship.

Dorothy Hubbard Bishop Papers

drice — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:33:23 -0400

Correspondence, clippings, reports, and educational materials pertaining to Mrs. Bishop's work as supervisor of the WPA Workers Education Program in Michigan.

James and Grace Lee Boggs Papers

abarker — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:12:23 -0400

James and Grace Lee Boggs played a leading role in organizing radical groups in Detroit and nationally and contributed to the founding of the National Organization for an American Revolution (NOAR). Their papers relate largely to their publications and speaking engagements, reflecting their involvement with radical organizations and in updating radical political theory, as well as their community activism in Detroit.

Boys Republic Records

aergas — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 11:28:47 -0400

Boys Republic was originally incorporated in 1890 as the Home of Industry with the express purpose of providing food, clothing, shelter and employment to prisoners discharged from Michigan correctional institutions. Around 1909, the Home acquired the unofficial name, Ford Republic. This reflected both the generosity of Mrs. E. L. Ford and her daughters, who provided money for a dormitory, power plant and water and sewage systems at the Home's new 70-acre farm northwest of Detroit (now Farmington Hills), and the treatment theories of its new superintendent, Homer T. Lane, a proponent of self-government and character building in the institutionalized care of problem boys. It was officially renamed Boys Republic in 1944. The records of Boys Republic document the history of Lane's innovative approach to the institutional care of anti-social and emotionally disturbed children. They also provide insight into the social and moral issues raised by the debate, especially among members of the social welfare establishment, over the cause and treatment of juvenile delinquency.

Cordelia Brown Papers

drice — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:29:39 -0400

Cordelia Brown is an active member in the Lafayette Park high-rise residential neighborhood, which is part of the Mies van der Rohe Residential District in Detroit. She moved to Lafayette Park in 1961, and has since collected materials related to the neighborhood, some of which were included in an exhibit, Inside Lafayette Park, at Lafayette Park Retail in 2012.

The Cordelia Brown Papers contains material related to Lafayette Park from 1961 to 2012. The materials, including newspaper clippings, magazine articles, flyers, and newsletters, document residential activities, anniversary celebrations, exhibits, and press related to the residential neighborhood.

Louise (Sally) Langdon Brown Papers

abarker — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:11:30 -0400

An inductee into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame, Louise (Sally) Langdon Brown served in various professional positions at the Merrill-Palmer Institute throughout her career as an early childhood educator and social worker. Ms. Brown’s papers reflect her interest in childcare issues and her work as an advocate for nursery and pre-school education in the metropolitan Detroit area.

Chester Cable Papers

abarker — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:04:34 -0400

A Professor of English at Wayne State University, Chester Cable was an active member of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Mr. Cable’s papers reflect his work on behalf of academic freedom and civil liberties advocacy.

Clarice T. Campbell Papers

drice — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:55:30 -0400

Correspondence with historian, Arthur W. Calhoun; social history of the American family; the South

Tom and Janet Canterbury Papers

abarker — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:17:27 -0400

Tom and Janet Canterbury were active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Lowndes County, Alabama. Their papers reflect the Canterbury’s involvement in the civil right movement, and the activities of the SNCC in registering African-American voters in Southern states.

Carolyn DesJardins Papers

aorchard — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:22:25 -0500

In June 1982 Carolyn DesJardins (formerly Carolyn Larry) began working as a security officer at Detroit Edison’s Fermi 2 nuclear power plant located in Newport, Michigan. DesJardins later moved into a staff position where she was responsible for safeguarding security information about the plant’s operation, construction, and equipment. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission enforces rules about the accessibility of the information that DesJardins was protecting. During DesJardin’s tenure, the Fermi 2 Director of Security sent information through the computer system outside of the plant, which was in opposition to the Commission’s rules. Desjardins informed the director of this error, and after continued infringements, DesJardins alerted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, thus becoming a whistleblower. This resulted in her demotion to her previous position of security officer. In response, DesJardins sued to return to her former position. While she won her lawsuit, DesJardins never returned to her position. Instead DesJardins worked as a nuclear security investigator, conducting background checks and investigations.

The Carolyn DesJardins Papers document DesJardin’s whistleblower lawsuit and include correspondence, primarily from Detroit Edison and DesJardin’s lawyer, and materials related to the lawsuit, including a transcript of the trial.

Carol Haddad Papers

kschmeling — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:36:08 -0500

Dr. Carol Haddad is a long-time labor and technology researcher with a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. From 1978-1990 she served as a tenured faculty member at Michigan State University’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations, later holding senior positions with the American Society for Training and Development, the Industrial Technology Institute (at which she was the founding director of the Labor and Technology Program), and the Wayne State University College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs. She presently teaches at Eastern Michigan University in the School of Technology Studies and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, while also serving as the North American Associate Editor for the New Technology, Work and Employment Journal and as a member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee for AUTO21, a Canadian research project. Throughout her long career she has collaborated with colleagues in the UK, Canada, Germany, Italy and Japan, and has done extensive work relating to labor technology, labor education, and women in labor.

This collection consists of materials relating to Dr. Haddad’s numerous labor and research related endeavors, mainly from between 1978 and the mid 1990s. Materials include copies of research articles, class outlines and lecture materials, conference speeches and materials, labor song books, union ephemera, and labor history materials. Of particular note are materials from the annual Michigan Women Workers Schools and relating to women in the workforce, the Labor Technology Program, and materials relating to international labor.

Jerome P. Cavanagh Photographs and Other Material

drice — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 11:06:29 -0400

The Jerome P. Cavanagh Photographs and Other Material consists of numerous photographs, the majority of which were taken during his time in office. These photographs cover events such as the 1968 Olympic Bid, visits from Lyndon B. Johnson, aftermath of the 1967 unrest, and Mayor Cavanagh with various prominent Detroit business people, union members, and politicians. Also included in the collection is memorabilia from his 1966 Senate campaign, 1968 Olympic information, and other various memorabilia during his time in office.

Center for Community Change Records

drice — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:09:03 -0400

In 1968, the Citizens' Crusade Against Poverty merged with several other organizations to form the non-profit Center for Community Change. It began operations by working with six community groups across the United States. The Center provides a wide range of assistance in program and organizational development for local community development groups in low-income communities, both urban and rural. In addition to its drive to promote self-sufficient community organizations in impoverished African-American, Latino, Native American and white communities, the Center also focuses national attention on issues dealing with human poverty and works to make government more responsive to the needs of the poor. The papers of the Center for Community Change consist of correspondence, memorandums, minutes, reports, clippings, press releases, and publications documenting the activities and concerns of the Center, the Citizens' Crusade Against Poverty, and the community groups with which it has been associated.

Cherboneau Place Cooperative Records

drice — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:17:34 -0400

Subjects include: Detroit Teachers Housing Corporation; Lafayette Park urban renewal project

Edith L. Christenson Papers

abarker — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:36:50 -0400

Edith Christenson held positions in the Women’s Trade Union League, the Chorus Equity Association, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Public Affairs. The papers of Ms. Christenson document her work as a YMCA canteen worker during World War I and her involvement in the labor and cooperative movements and as an advocate for adult education.

Walker Cisler Papers

pneirink — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 08:45:35 -0500

Walker Lee Cisler was a mechanical engineer who served as Chief Engineer of Power Plants, Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board at the Detroit Edison Company (later DTE Energy) between 1943 and 1975. The Walker Cisler Papers contain documentation of Cisler’s board membership and service to numerous national and Detroit area organizations and causes during his post-war tenure at Detroit Edison and after his retirement. Minutes, reports, membership rosters, and correspondence for organizations and causes including United Service Organization (USO), International Union of Producers and Distributors of Electrical Energy (UNIPEDE), Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), and Urban Detroit Area Research Foundation are included.

Citizen Action Records

drice — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:24:20 -0500

Citizen Action (CA) was founded in 1979 by former members of Students for a Democratic Society and the Indochina Peace Campaign as a coalition of state and national liberal consumer and activist groups. It organized door-to-door canvassers to work on the state level promoting CA membership and educating the public on issues such as health care, energy, environmental concerns, and auto insurance. Citizen Action was also active in election campaigns on the local, state and national level to recruit and support candidates who espoused the same ideas on various issues. Citizen Action affiliates, such as Ohio Citizen Action and Connecticut Citizen Action Group, played a key role in get-out-the-vote campaigns and issue-specific canvassing and lobbying, especially regarding health care. On the national level, Citizen Action lobbied Congress and the federal government, often testifying before committees, working to introduce bills and interacting with federal departments and commissions. Citizen Action was shut down in 1997 after a scandal emerged involving illegal funds from the Teamsters.

The records in this collection are primarily from the national office of Citizen Action, though there are documents dealing with issues and activities in specific states. Also among these records are documents from affiliate organizations: Citizens/Labor Energy Coalition (C/LEC) and Energy Action.

Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty Records

drice — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:14:38 -0500

The UAW provided the most continuing support for the CCAP, a coalition of persons and organizations concerned with poverty problems. Walter Reuther was chairman. In 1969, CCAP merged with the Center for Community Change. The CCAP established a national training program, a Citizens Advocate Center, published poverty information, and was involved in other activities focused on poverty.

Citizens for a United Detroit Records

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:00:11 -0400

Subjects include: Detroit open housing

Citizens for Michigan Records

srafferty — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:49:56 -0500

Articles of incorporation, constitution, and by-laws; correspondence; minutes; press releases and newsletters; mailing lists; speeches; and newspaper clippings of this independent, non-profit organization, established in 1959 to study the current and anticipated needs of the state of Michigan and to seek ways to implement programs. George Romney was chairman of this organization from its inception until it ceased operations in 1962. Subjects include Executive Committee and Board of Directors, Michigan Constitutional Convention (1960-62), and study reports of members of Citizens for Michigan. Correspondents include Eugene Black, Philip Hart, Clare Hoffman, John Lesinski, Robert McNamara, and Charles Potter.

Citizens for Michigan Records

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:01:04 -0400

Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:03:46 -0400

The Civil Rights Congress was organized in 1935, and, until 1937, aided the cause of labor; protected academic freedom; and attacked police brutality, censorship, the Black Legion, the Ku Klux Klan, fascism, and discrimination. In 1938, its name was changed to the Civil Rights Federation and the group then turned to problems concerning discrimination against blacks and political minorities. The group dissolved in 1955. CRC records cover their early activities; their focus from 1938-1941 on the "defense of civil rights on the part of widely divergent group throughout Michigan....labor, farm, church, fraternal, language, racial, political, civic, professional, women, and youth groups.;" and their subsequent emphasis on cases of discrimination and those holding unpopular political positions.