Wayne County (Mich.)--History

Wade H. McCree, Jr. Papers

drice — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:55:18 -0500

Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. began his career as a lawyer in the Detroit law firm of Harold E. Bledsoe and Hobart Taylor. He later served on the state’s Workmen’s Compensation Commission and as a judge in the county and U.S. court system. During his tenure on the bench, McCree took part in a number of school desegregation cases iand as the government’s lawyer, he argued a number of significant cases before the Supreme Court. He resigned in 1977 to accept appointment as U.S. Solicitor General in the Carter administration. In the last few years of his life, McCree taught law at the University of Michigan, and consulted on various cases and served as Special Master for the U.S. Supreme Court in cases in which it exercised original jurisdiction. Judge McCree’s professional, educational, civic and charitable activities were many and he was the recipient of numerous honors and awards.

His papers contain his personal and professional correspondence, speeches and writings, voluminous case files, including his notes and opinions, meeting minutes, publications and other material relating to his service on the bench and as the federal government’s chief lawyer as well as his work on professional committees and his involvement with a wide range of civic, fraternal and charitable organizations.

Wayne Regional Educational Services Agency Records

srafferty — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:31:44 -0400

Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA), an organization originally known as Wayne Intermediate School District, provides services to the 33 school districts within Wayne County with the aims of improving student achievement, staff development, purchasing, and administrative services.

The Wayne RESA Records collection contains mostly historic material on Wayne County public schools including manuals, school directories, and financial and statistical information. Some early 1900s letters and meeting notes, and monthly reports are also present. The material in this collection created in the second half of the 20th century pertains primarily to Wayne Intermediate School District, its reorganization in the 1960s, work on a Dearborn Heights study, and a 25th anniversary scrapbook from the 1986.

WDIV Transcripts

drice — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:59:56 -0500

WDIV began as WWDT in March of 1947. It was the first television station in Michigan and the sixth in the United States. The call letters were changed to WWJ-TV in May of 1947. Less than a month later, the station’s first newscast was televised. By June of 1947, WWJ-TV began with daily programming of just six and half hours a day, Tuesday through Sunday. Tiger baseball, Lion Football, Red Wing Hockey, college football, and the Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade were some of the events of local interest that were broadcast on WWJ-TV that first year. In March of 1948, WWJ-TV joined the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). A new studio was added onto the radio building on Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit in 1952. In May of 1978, Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc. took over, changing the station’s call letters to the current WDIV.

The WDIV Transcripts contain the scripts of news broadcasts from NBC’s Detroit affiliate, WDIV-Channel 4. They consist of the actual drafts from the morning, noon, evening, and 11:00 PM newscasts, on the dates covered and document local, national, and international news events from the 1970s. Sporting events, weather, and human-interest stories are covered, as well.

Marion Fairbairn Harriet M. Scott Memorial Window Papers

cwesterman — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:46:18 -0500

Harriet Marie Scott was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1854. In 1873, Scott enrolled in the Indiana State Normal School (now Indiana State University). She joined the Indiana State Normal School faculty in 1880 after teaching in Terre Haute public schools. At the urging of Amanda Parker Funnelle, she joined the faculty of the Detroit Normal School in 1883 and became its second principal in 1886 after Funnelle’s resignation. Harriet M. Scott resigned her position in 1899 and moved to California where she died at the age of 52 in 1906.

In 1907 the Detroit Normal School Alumni Association planned a memorial for Scott. The memorial would be in the form of a stained glass window portraying the components of “teaching, knowledge, and education” and donations were raised starting in 1908. 283 individuals donated for a total of $863 including $200 from the Alumni Association. In 1910 it was decided the Church Glass and Decorating Company of New York would create the window, with a design from artist Charles Caryl Coleman. The design depicts Harriet M. Scott as Teta instructing Lioba at Winburnia, an 8th century school for women in England. The window was initially installed in the Martindale Normal Training School library, and then stored at Wayne State University after the Martindale building was razed. In 1981 the window was rediscovered, restored, and placed in the east foyer of the College of Education building.

Materials in this collection include a ledger kept by Marion Fairbairn listing all the donations made towards the stained glass window, correspondence largely relating to donations and the creation of the window, statements, receipts, and purchase orders, and a 1917 Harriet M. Scott memorial booklet. The collection also contains William P. Sosnowsky’s research into Scott and the window, and a copy of The Educator with Sosnowsky’s original article on Harriet M. Scott and the memorial stained glass window.

Wayne State University Foreign Student Advising Office: Director's Records

cwesterman — Mon, 19 May 2014 13:51:19 -0400

By 1965, 413 foreign students from over 45 countries were enrolled at Wayne State University; the university established the Foreign Student Advising Office for the benefit of these students. Virgil R. Lougheed directed this office from 1952 until his retirement in 1973. In addition to advising foreign students he also coordinated religious activities for foreign students. He was a member of the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs.

Materials in the Foreign Student Advisor Records consist of correspondence, proposals, reports, and memoranda.

Collection Spotlight: Wade McCree's contribution to Detroit and the nation

ljones — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:37:16 -0500

The Walter P. Reuther Library continues to celebrate Black History Month by highlighting the life of Wade McCree and his papers.

In his work as a judge, appointed official, and educator coupled with his sense of civic responsibility, Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. made a unique contribution to the Detroit metropolitan area and beyond. His success in these areas are noteworthy by themselves, but even more so given the barriers to success experienced by African Americans read more »

Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Public Relations Team — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:10:03 -0400

In the Winter 2012 semester, the Reuther Library worked with students in the Graduate Certificate in Archival Administration program at the Wayne State School of Library and Information Science to produce a series of student-written, guest blog posts.

Amy Seipke is a student in Wayne State's School of Library and Information Science. read more »

Subject Focus: African American History at the Reuther Library

wlefevre — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:19:12 -0500

The Reuther Library celebrates African American History Month with a look at some of the significant collections housed in the library that deal with African American history.

A gem from Rosa Parks’s collection is a set of her hand written notes from her time at the Highlander Folk School in 1955, shortly before the Montgomery Bus Boycott. These notes showcase her read more »

Subject focus: Jewish Detroit Experience

wlefevre — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:52:44 -0400

The Reuther Library celebrates the Jewish holiday of Passover with a look at some of the significant collections housed in the library that deal with the Jewish experience in Metropolitan Detroit.

As the repository for the Jewish Community Archives (JCA), the Reuther Library has a wealth of information on the Jewish community in Detroit and surrounding environs. The JCA holdings include, but are not limited to, the papers of: read more »

Subject Focus: Women's History at the Reuther Library

wlefevre — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:40:00 -0500

The Reuther Library celebrates Women’s History Month with a look at some of the significant collections housed in the library that deal with the role of women in the urban landscape in Southeast Michigan.

Edith L. 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. Of particular interest is a scrapbook documenting her travels around the world in 1925. read more »