Chrysler Corporation

Joyce Hennessee Papers

drice — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:30:28 -0500

Joyce Hennessee worked for Chrysler Corporation Management Information Systems. Her papers reflect her membership in various organizations concerned with working womens' issues.

Ken Morris Papers

abarker — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:47:53 -0400

Ken Morris served as president of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 212 and as director of UAW Region 1B. Mr. Morris was active in community affairs and served in various committees such as the Oakland University Board of Trustees, the Oakland County Mental Health Board, and the National Commission on Unemployment and Compensation. Mr. Morris’ papers relate primarily to his activities as Director of UAW Region 1B, and to a lesser degree, his trusteeship at Oakland University, and reflect his interest in matters of health care, unemployment, and labor.

Oscar Paskal Collection

drice — Wed, 14 May 2014 11:48:33 -0400

Mr. Paskal served on the editorial board of the UAW Local 227 newspaper.

Part 1 documents Local 227, which services the Chrysler-Imperial Plant in Detroit. Records consist of minutes, grievances, Chrysler Corporation notices, agreements, and by-laws collected by Paskal. Part 2 is unprocessed material consisting of publications by the Socialists Workers Party, a Trotskyite political party. These include weekly bulletins published by the party, conference proceedings, and Marxist educational materials which span the years 1932-1952. Also included are a series of cassette tapes entitled “Voices of Labor” which feature excerpts of speeches by various labor leaders.

Sam Sweet Papers

drice — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:19:26 -0400

An activist in the early labor movement, Sam Sweet aided in the organization of the Flint General Motors workers and the Briggs workers in Detroit, and served as Education Director for United Auto Workers (UAW) Locals 155, 51, and 742. Granted citizenship in 1946, Mr. Sweet faced repeated government attempts to revoke his citizenship due to alleged Communist affiliation.

Part I of Mr. Sweet’s papers primarily relate to his activities as Education Director of various UAW locals and as co-editor of Local newspapers. Materials from the 1940s in Part II of the Sam Sweet Papers supplement those in Part I, with additional documents from the 1950s to 1980s representing his involvement with union retiree committees and other senior citizens’ issues, such as housing and substance abuse.

UAW Local 444 Records

drice — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:36:48 -0400

United Auto Workers Local 444 services the Windsor, Ontario plant of Chrysler Corporation. Its records reflect routine operations and programs.

UAW Local 7 Records

drice — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:58:25 -0500

Subjects include: Chrysler Jefferson Avenue assembly plant (Detroit); absenteeism; civil rights; 1950 Chrysler strike; factionalism; fair employment practices; skilled trades; Taft-Hartley Act

UAW Local 889 Records

drice — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:29:10 -0400

United Auto Workers Local 889 was chartered in 1940 to service white collar workers at Chrysler plants and suppliers in southeastern Michigan. The records of the local reflect the activities of its many units including Amplex, Auto Equipment Co., Hudson Sales, Kaiser-Frazer, King-Seeley, Tank Plant, Jefferson-Kerchival, Dodge Main, Marysville Parts, Mopar, Dodge Truck, and John R-Highland Park.

UAW President's Office: Howard Young Records

drice — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:34:00 -0400

Howard Young began working for the UAW in 1960, as an Actuarial Consultant and later became the Director of the Social Security Department. Later in his UAW career, his main function was as Special Consultant to the President, but he also worked as a member of the Pension Research Council, Director of Social Security, Director of the Research, and Director of Information Systems. He worked for the UAW from 1960-1971 and again from 1974-1987. During that time he worked under four UAW presidents: Reuther, Woodcock, Fraser and Bieber. His work included collective bargaining, public policy on economic and social programs (job and income security, pensions, and benefits), international trade, the impact of technological change on workers, and federal policy regarding energy and automobile standards.

The UAW President’s Office: Howard Young Records consist of the chronological, subject and meeting files of Howard Young during his tenure in various positions at the UAW. The Chronological files combine the correspondence and research from his position as Special Consultant with those from his positions as Director of Social Security, Director of the Research, and Director of Information Systems. The subject files cover a range of topics with emphasis on pensions, auto emissions, international trade, technology, and Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors. The meeting files consist of the correspondence, presentations, speeches, and testimony of Howard Young to a wide range of organizations, college classes, conferences and government committees and subcommittees. A gap in the records exists from mid 1971 through late 1974, a period when he was not employed with the UAW.

UAW President's Office: Owen Bieber Records

drice — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:30:58 -0400

Owen Bieber began his career with the United Auto Workers in Michigan and went on to hold numerous regional and national positions before he was elected the UAW's sixth president in 1983, serving four terms. During his presidency, Canadian auto workers pulled out of the union, American auto companies downsized, and competition from foreign auto companies increased. He is credited with diversifying the UAW by inviting new members from areas outside industrial sectors. As president, Bieber also served on many state, local, and national committees, including presidential committees.

His records provide extensive documentation of UAW policies, programs, and activities largely during his tenure in office. Part 2, in particular, provides documentation of his work on various committees, as well as his role as second UAW President to serve on the Chrysler Board of Directors. These records also reflect Bieber’s role in the UAW re-alliance with the AFL-CIO, and include minutes of the International Executive Board, and UAW and AFL-CIO conventions.

UAW Unemployment Compensation Department Records

drice — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:17:17 -0400

The records of the United Auto Workers Unemployment Compensation Department document individual worker's cases.

A. Randall Vinitsky Papers

drice — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:47:10 -0400

A. Randall Vinitsky was an advertising artist active from the 1920s to 1950s. He began his career in Detroit at the Franklin Press, but moved on to Oklahoma City in 1920 to work for the Southwestern Advertising Company. He also owned his own company, Vinitsky Art Studio, and was known for creating movie displays at the Criterion and Capitol Theaters. In Oklahoma he belonged to the Oklahoma City Advertising Club, where he headed The Problem Pirates and the Gridiron Committee. In 1925 he moved back to Detroit, first working at Meinzinger Studios and then for Chrysler Corporation where he produced artwork for promotions from the 1930s to 1950s.

The A. Randall Vinitsky collection includes correspondence, newsletters, flyers and articles from Vinitsky’s membership in the Oklahoma City Advertising Club, and samples of his work in advertising and also movie posters and promotions in Oklahoma City from the 1920s. It also includes sales promotions, pamphlets, and ads for Chrysler from the 1930s to 1950s. Of particular note are the war production and war bond propaganda posters he created in the 1940s for use in Chrysler factories. Produced for the Labor-Management Committee and directed at war plant workers, the collection contains black-and-white reproductions and preliminary sketches of the original silk-screened color posters.

William Gernaey Papers

kschmeling — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:13:34 -0400

William Gernaey served as an investigator for Chrysler Corporation and Ford Motor Company. He also worked in the same capacity with the, FBI, the State of Michigan and City of Detroit police departments, as well as Army and Navy intelligence.

His records include correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, undercover field notes, background subject files, an autobiography and personal records.

(45977) Chrysler Sit-Down Strike, Women's Auxiliary, 1937

eclemens — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:24:05 -0500

Members of the Chrysler Ladies Auxiliary No. 5 parade outside of the Chrysler executive offices in celebration of the end of the Chrysler DeSoto sit-down strike.

(45978) Chrysler Sit-Down Strike, Dodge Main, Women's Auxiliary, 1937

eclemens — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:28:25 -0500

Members of the Women’s Auxiliary bring food to the Dodge Hamtramck Plant in support of sit-down strikers inside.

(45979) Chrysler Sit-Down Strike, Dodge Main, Women's Auxiliary, 1937

eclemens — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:31:38 -0500

Members of the Women’s Auxiliary demonstrate outside of Dodge Main in support of sit-down strikers inside.

(WSAV002727_069) Dodge Main, Demolition, Detroit, 1981

eclemens — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 14:22:22 -0400

A view of Dodge Main taken from Dunn Street, partially demolished.

(3033) Portraits, Chrysler, Lester Lum Colbert, Highland Park, 1959

eclemens — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:32:06 -0400

Tex” Colbert, Former CEO of Chrysler, stands in front of Chrysler’s General Highland Park Headquarters with line up of new car models.

(11514) Chrysler Strike, Heath Insurance, Detroit, Michigan, 1950

eclemens — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:39:04 -0400

Emil Mazey, UAW Secretary-Treasurer, presents a check to representatives from Blue Cross, Detroit, Michigan. The check, cut by the union, paid for the health insurance premiums of the workers while they were out on the 100-day Chrysler Strike.

Left to right: Mr. Lutz, Blue Cross representative; Mr. Burke, Blue Cross representative; Art Hughes, Assistant Chrysler UAW Director; John Sigler, UAW Blue Cross representative.

(11515) Chrysler Strike, Telvesion Broadcast, WJBK-TV, Detroit, Michigan, 1950

eclemens — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:15:10 -0400

Emil Mazey, Secretary-Treasurer of the UAW, and Art Hughes, Assistant Director of Chrysler Department, prepare for a television newscast on WJBK-TV, a Detroit based CBS affiliate station, Detroit, Michigan. This was the first time the union used a television broadcast to explain the union’s point of view to a wider audience. On this occasion, the topic at hand was the 1950 Chrysler Strike.

(28520) Lee Iacocca, Chrysler Corporation, 1993

eclemens — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:26:56 -0400

Portrait of Lee Iacocca, Chairman of Chrysler, taken in his Highland Park office.

(28655) Chrysler Corporation, Lynn Townsend, 1960s

eclemens — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:51:57 -0400

Portrait of Lynn Townsend, CEO of Chrysler COrporation.1960s

(28812) Presidents, Eisenhower, Colbert, Auto Industry, 1960

eclemens — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:15:23 -0400

President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Tex Colbert, Chairman of Chrysler Corporation, tour the floor at the 43rd Auto Industry Dinner. The event was the first to be held at the newly constructed Cobo Center. President Eisenhower was the keynote speaker.

(31859) Fraser, Press, Dodge Main, Highland Park, Michigan, 1979

eclemens — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:16:59 -0400

Doug Fraser speaks to reporters and auto workers regarding the closing of Chrysler’s Dodge Main Plant in Hamtramck.

(33667) Defense Work, Women, Second World War, Detroit, 1942

eclemens — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:59:26 -0400

Defense worker Mona Morawski carefully solders wires at Detroit's Chrysler DeSoto Plant.

Mechanical Engineer To Booth Babe and Back Again: The Tragicomic Career of Wayne State Engineering Alum Lucille Pieti

teller — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 23:39:55 -0400

Society of Women Engineers archivist Troy Eller English shares the tragicomic story of Lucille Pieti, 1950 mechanical engineering alum and Miss Wayne University. read more »

[Podcast] A Double Agent, a Conservative Affirmative Action Advocate, and a Black Nationalist Walk Into an Archive...: Field Report with Archivist Louis Jones

teller — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 13:05:22 -0400

After a brief hiatus we’re back! Reuther Library Field Archivist Louis Jones discusses fascinating collections recently opened at the Reuther Library. read more »