Student movements--Michigan--Detroit

Helen Bowers Papers

dgolodner — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:56:31 -0400

Helen Marie Newman Bowers was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin on May 16, 1908. After graduating from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, she began teaching art in Detroit, Michigan in 1933 and quickly got involved with the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT), Local 231. She left the teaching profession in 1958 to become the executive secretary of the DFT. Together with DFT President Mary Ellen Riordan, Detroit teachers won collective bargaining in 1964. Helen Bowers won duty-free lunch hours for elementary teachers, and conceived of “demonstration picketing” before schools opened in the morning to raise awareness to the community about why teachers were demanding collective bargaining. Ms. Bowers served on the Executive Board and became editor of the DFT newspaper, The Detroit Teacher.

The papers of Helen Bowers reflect her work with the DFT and education reform initiatives. This involves pre-collective bargaining rights in dealing with academic freedom, civil liberties as well as a living wage for teachers. Communism files contain a thorough documentation of the Maki Case trial from clippings from the three Detroit newspapers. The collection also contains very useful information about how the union gained power after collective bargaining was won. Their influence in education issues is seen in issues about accountability, decentralization and student rights.

Monteith College Student Newsletters

cwesterman — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:48:17 -0400

Monteith College was endowed by a Ford Foundation Grant. Its purpose was to provide general education in an innovative way. Monteith was an experimental college developed by the College of Liberal Arts to study whether a small college on a large university for commuters could provide a first-rate education for average undergraduates. Monteith College was founded in 1959 and closed in 1979. This collection consists of newspapers produced by students of Monteith College.

Wayne State University Dean of Students Office, Student Organization Records

thenning — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:50:17 -0500

The Dean of Students Office oversees the activation, establishment, membership eligibility, and activities of registered student organizations at Wayne State University. This collection documents the activities of academic, cultural, governmental, leadership, political, professional, recreational, religious, service, and social organizations on campus. These records contain correspondence; constitutions and by-laws; rosters and membership lists; budget requests including statements of activities; newspaper clippings; publications; contracts for events and services; and narrative histories of organizations. Evidence of student activities and campus life is found throughout the collection as it documents programs and events on campus hosted by or in collaboration with student organizations.

Preservation Wayne Records

drice — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:36:22 -0500

Preservation Wayne (PW), originally known as the Wayne State University Historical Preservation Association, emerged in 1975 as a student movement to protest the destruction of historic structures on the Wayne State University (WSU) campus and in the Cultural Center district. They were successful in saving a number of structures from demolition and securing historical designations for buildings and areas around campus. In 1988, with its membership diversifying outside the university community, PW became an independent non-profit organization, continuing its preservation efforts in Detroit, conducting workshops on historic rehabilitation and offering guided walking tours of historic neighborhoods.

PW Records documents the origins, activities, preservation efforts, and operations of PW.