International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Organization
Found in 404 Collections and/or Records:
A.G. Shultz Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000322
Abstract
Correspondence, articles, election handbills, resolutions, proceedings, and newspaper clippings collected by Mr. Shultz, who served as financial secretary of GM Local 222, Oshawa, Ontario, and participated in the General Motors Strike of 1937. From his position as financial secretary of Local 222, he became one of the original organizers of the credit union movement in Canada. In the 1940s, he was a member of the Reuther Caucus, and president of the Canadian Labour Congress. He is presently a...
Dates:
1937 - 1967
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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A.G. Shultz Papers
Alan Reuther Oral History
Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 3: O-Si, Folder: 6
Identifier: LOH002257
Abstract
In 2010, Mike Smith interviewed Alan Reuther, nephew of Walter Reuther and former Legislative Director of the United Auto Workers, who served in the UAW's Washington Office from 1982 to 2010. Collection consists of a recording and transcript. Reuther discusses his personal history; the Reuther family, in particular his uncles, Walter and Victor, and his father, Roy; details of his long career with the UAW; general impressions of the labor movement; reminiscences on past UAW presidents,...
Dates:
2010-05-07 - 2010-06-04
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Alan Reuther Oral History
Albert Verri Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000538
Abstract
Albert Verri served as a staff member of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 4 Agricultural Implement Department. Mr. Verri’s papers relate his work as a UAW Region 4 officer and provide insight into the agricultural implement industry in the Midwestern U.S.
Dates:
1945 - 1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Albert Verri Papers
Alex Baskin Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000091
Abstract
Dr. Alex Baskin was a professor at State University of New York at Stony Brook; among his mainresearch interests were 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...
Dates:
1965 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1984
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Alex Baskin Papers
Alex Kovacs Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001652
Abstract
Alex Kovacs was employed at Dana Corporation, Detroit, Michigan and was an active member of the UAW Local during his employment at Dana Corporation. He attended many UAW Leadership Training Institutes and was actively involved in the local labor movement. After retirement, Kovacs remained involved with UAW Local 2 and served as President of the UAW Union Local 2 Retirees Chapter from 1987-1996. His papers reflect his work with Local 2, including the Retirees Chapter meeting minutes from 1972 to...
Dates:
1941 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1987 - 1996
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Alex Kovacs Papers
Alexander Cook Papers
Collection — Box: Small Processed Collections: Com-Cr, Box 3, Folder: 5
Identifier: LP001511
Abstract
Contains: minute book of UAW Federal Labor Union No. 18331 (Flint, Mich.); Small Processed Collection (SPC)
Dates:
1933 - 1934
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Alexander Cook Papers
American Auto Worker Project Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH002363
Abstract
While a graduate history student at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Edward Savela conducted oral history interviews with retired Detroit-area auto workers on changes in the automobile industry as part of research for his master’s thesis. Collection consists of five interviews with retired UAW members chronicling their lengthy careers in the automobile industry in the Detroit metropolitan area. Transcripts and audio recordings available for each. Interviewees discuss apprenticeship...
Dates:
2012-05 - 2012-06
Andres J. Ignasiak Papers
Collection — Box: Small Processed Collections: I-K, Box 8, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: LP000196
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, leaflets, and flyers collected by Mr. Ignasiak, who served as president of the Gear and Axle Division of UAW Ford Local 600 (1943-47), and International representative with the Auditing Department of the UAW (1949-66). The Local 600 election of 1946 is discussed.
Dates:
1946 - 1966
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Andres J. Ignasiak Papers
Andy Hawley Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001331
Abstract
In 1928 Andy David Hawley was born in Michigan. During Hawley's early career he worked as a pipefitter at Michigan Sugar Company in 1945, a set-up man at Clark Canning Company in 1946, a maintenance man in 1947 at Moore Telephone COmpany and Grey Iron Foundry. It was at Grey Iron Foundry that Hawley joined UAW Local 668. Hawley served in the U.S. Navy from 1948-1952 and upon the completion of his service, he was hired at the Central Foundry Division, GM plant in Saginaw (Local 455). He was...
Dates:
1959 - 1984
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Andy Hawley Papers
Angelo Deitos Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000653
Abstract
Angelo Deitos became president of the United Auto Workers Local 78 in the 1970s. His papers document the affairs of the local and the activities of labor union militants in the auto and other industries during that time.
Dates:
1961 - 1981
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Angelo Deitos Papers
Ann Francis Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001817
Abstract
Ann Francis, a journeyman pipefitter and member of UAW Local 652, worked at the General Motors Oldsmobile plant in the early 1980's. In 1985 she became a technical instructor in the UAW-GM apprentice program and developed programs to recruit and train women and minorities for the skilled trades. From 1989 until her retirement in 1998, she managed a number of different joint union-management programs for the skilled trades at GM's Lansing plant, the most important of which was the Skilled Trades...
Dates:
1970 - 2003
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Ann Francis Papers
Archie W. Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001355
Abstract
Journalist Archie Robinson served as the labor editor of the Detroit News, as a press officer for the National War Labor Board, as labor editor of the U.S. News and World Report, and authored George Meany and His Times, a history of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and its president. Mr. Robinson’s papers document his career in journalism and his coverage of major labor issues.
Dates:
1927 - 1980
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Archie W. Robinson Papers
Arthur Hughes Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000233
Abstract
Mr. Hughes served as the assistant director of the UAW Chrysler Department beginning in 1948, and was actively involved in Chrysler negotiations until he retired in 1978. He previously served in several elected positions, including president, of UAW Local 140 in Warren, Michigan. Part I of Mr. Hughes' papers consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, and clippings which cover principally the Chrysler negotiations from 1945 to 1960. Part II primarily covers his years in the UAW Chrysler Dept.,...
Dates:
1936 - 1978
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Arthur Hughes Papers
Ashby C. McGraw Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000335
Abstract
Mr. McGraw was active in the unionization of the California aircraft industry from the early 1930s to the 1960s. Correspondence, press releases, handbills, notes, proceedings, and other materials document his career as an International Association of Machinists Local Lodge president, district secretary-treasurer, business representative, and Grand Lodge representative. He also served on advisory committees to the Institutes of Industrial Relations at the University of California and UCLA. Among...
Dates:
1935 - 1965
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Ashby C. McGraw Papers
Association of Catholic Trade Unionists of Detroit Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000291
Abstract
Correspondence, speeches, newspapers and clippings, pamphlets, and handbills. The Association of Catholic Trade Unionists of Detroit was a liberal Roman Catholic group organized in 1938 to strengthen the trade union movement along Christian lines. The main project of the Detroit chapter was the publication of the Michigan Labor Leader, which eventually became the Wage Earner. The paper took a leading role in the campaign against communism. In addition to publishing the newspaper, the ACTU...
Dates:
1938 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1956
Ben Edelbrock Papers
Collection — Box: Small Processed Collections: E-F, Box 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: LP001157
Abstract
The papers of Edelbrock consist of a contract agreement, minutes of meetings of Joint Council of West Side Local 174, the UAW Detroit District Council and several pieces of miscellaneous correspondence. Subjects include UAW Local 174.
Dates:
1937 - 1939
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Ben Edelbrock Papers
Bernard G. Hoffman Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000445
Abstract
Bernard G. Hoffman served as union steward at the Briggs Manufacturing Company and Chrysler Corporation in the 1940s and 1950s. He also served as secretary of the Briggs Joint Apprenticeship Committee and secretary-treasurer of the National Skilled Trades Council, UAW-CIO. The bulk of the papers are minutes, pamphlets, newsletters, agreements and personal notes relating to Hoffman's union activities. Of particular value are his daily notes on plant activities written during his years at Briggs...
Dates:
1940 - 1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Bernard G. Hoffman Papers
Bernard Schuck Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000989
Abstract
Bernard Schuck worked for many years for the Guide Lamp Division of General Motors
at its Anderson, Indiana, plant. He edited The Lampmaker, the plant’s union paper,
published by UAW Local 663. After he retired from Guide Lamp, Schuck went on to edit the
newsletter for the Midwest Labor Press Association. He was an active member of the
labor press throughout his life.Schuck's papers reflect his years as a news edictor and his participation in various labor press association...
Dates:
1952 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Bernard Schuck Papers
Bette Murphy Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001357
Abstract
An active member of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 148 (Douglas Aircraft-Long Beach), Bette Murphy was the first woman at Douglas to hold positions of supervisor and manufacturing engineer. Murphy's papers document the affairs of Local 148 throughout her career from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Dates:
1942 - 1981
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Bette Murphy Papers
Black Workers in the Labor Movement Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH002210
Abstract
In late 1967, Herbert Hill, labor director for the NAACP, visited Wayne State University in Detroit to conduct oral histories with African American men and women on their experiences in the labor movement. Between 1967 and 1970, Hill, with local interviewers Roberta McBride, Jim Keeney, and Norman McRae, completed numerous interviews in Detroit. Hill also visited New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Berkeley for several additional interviews to round out what would become known as the Blacks in...
Dates:
1967-1970
Blaine Marrin Oral History
Item
Identifier: LOH002330
Abstract
In 1985, an oral history was conducted with Blaine Marrin by an unidentified interviewer. Blaine Marrin was a former president of UAW Local 157 and an active UAW member since 1937. Collection consists of an audio recording of reminiscences by Marrin about his time with the UAW, as well as his prior experiences with the Mechanics Educational Society of America (MESA).
Dates:
1985-04-26
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Blaine Marrin Oral History
Blaine Marrin Papers
Collection — Box: Small Processed Collections: Li-Ma, Box 10, Folder: 10
Identifier: LP000204
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, reports and other items collected by Blaine Marrin, former president of UAW Local 157 (the UAW's tool and die local for western Detroit) and a trustee of the International Union.
Dates:
1947 - 1955
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Blaine Marrin Papers
Boaz Siegel Oral History
Item
Identifier: LOH000994
Abstract
In May 1985, Philip Mason interviewed labor lawyer and Wayne State University law faculty member Boaz Siegel. This collection consists of the interview recording. Siegel talks about his background, including his socialist upbringing, experiences as a labor educator and school teacher, his long career as a labor lawyer including his contributions to the UAW, especially the development of its benefits program, and his time in private practice and on the faculty of the Wayne State University Law...
Dates:
1985-05-01
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Boaz Siegel Oral History
Brendan Sexton Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001046
Abstract
Brendan Sexton held various offices in key labor organizations, including president of the New York Workers Alliance, national secretary of the Workers Defense League, regional director of United Steelworkers of America (USWA), and United Auto Workers (UAW) director of education. He served as a faculty member and advisor on labor education to numerous academic institutions, among them the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Harvard, Princeton and Cornell. Sexton’s papers document...
Dates:
1938 - 1988
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Brendan Sexton Papers
Bud and Hazel Simons Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000160
Abstract
Bud Simons was strike chairman of Fisher Body Plant 1 during the Flint sit-down strikes of 1937. The collection is particularly important in its documents of the strike and contains correspondence with John L. Lewis. It includes correspondence, notebooks, picket cards, songs, newspaper clippings, photographs and memorabilia collected by Simons. An oral history interview with Simons is available.
Dates:
1937 - 1962
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Bud and Hazel Simons Papers