Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
Person
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
AFSCME Office of the Secretary-Treasurer: Gordon Chapman Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001990
Abstract
Gordon W. Chapman was elected secretary-treasurer of AFSCME in 1937. He served until 1944 when he became executive assistant to AFSCME president Arnold Zander. In 1948, he was reelected to the office of secretary-treasurer. Chapman resigned from AFSCME in 1961 to accept a State Department appointment as special assistant for the coordination of international labor affairs. In 1962, he was once again elected as secretary-treasurer of AFSMCE where he served until his retirement in 1966 due to...
Dates:
1926 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1961
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
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
Bill Goode Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001165
Abstract
Bill Goode served as the United Auto Workers' Director of Education and as Director of the UAW’s Black Lake Family Education Center. His papers include declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files relating the alleged Communist affiliations of Nat Ganley, Walter Reuther, and the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists (ACTU).
Dates:
1941 - 1947
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Bill Goode Papers
Cecil W. Halbert Papers
Collection — Box: Small Processed Collections: H, Box 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: LP000963
Abstract
Cecil W. Halbert was the college roommate of Walter Reuther when they attended the City College of Detroit together from 1927 to 1931 and a close friend of Reuther and his family in the early 1930s. His papers consist of a letter written to him from Walter Reuther.
Dates:
circa 1931
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Cecil W. Halbert Papers
Charles J. Simone Papers
Collection — Box: Small Processed Collections: S-T, Box 13, Folder: 7
Identifier: LP000992
Abstract
Charles Simone was a member of United Auto Workers Local 731, Eastern Aircraft. His papers consist of newspaper clippings about a banquet given by his local, honoring Walter Reuther, then International Vice-President of the UAW-CIO.
Dates:
1943
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Charles J. Simone Papers
Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty Records
Collection
Identifier: UR000516
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1964 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1968
Eleanor Wolf Papers
Collection — Box: Small Processed Collections: W-Z, Box 15, Folder: 10-12
Identifier: LP000908
Abstract
Eleanor Wolf taught in the Sociology Department at Wayne State University until she retired as Professor Emerita in the mid 1980s. Her papers reflect her wide interests in community and student affairs.
Dates:
1961 - 1965
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Eleanor Wolf Papers
Ernest J. Moran Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000641
Abstract
Ernest Moran was a negotiator for the United Auto Workers (UAW) and Administrative Assistant to UAW President Leonard Woodcock. Mr. Moran’s papers reflect his work for the UAW, particularly as a chief negotiator with auto and aerospace corporations.
Dates:
1942 - 1973
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Ernest J. Moran Papers
George C. Edwards, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000010
Abstract
George Edwards, Jr., son of George Clifton Edwards, attended Harvard University where he became involved with the Student League for Industrial Democracy. After coming to Detroit in 1936, he became a UAW organizer with Walter Reuther, was appointed director of the Detroit Housing Commission, and served on the Detroit Common Council. After serving in WWII, he went into private practice, followed by judgeships in the Wayne County court system. In 1956, Edwards was appointed to the Michigan State...
Dates:
1921 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1996
Henry Kraus Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000112
Abstract
Mr. Kraus was the first editor of the UAW's newspaper The United Auto Worker (later changed to Solidarity). He was active in the early attempts by the UAW (first under the AFL and later under the CIO) to organize the auto industry. Files for the late 1920s and early 1930s cover the attempts by groups, including the Auto Workers Union of the Trade Union Unity League, to organize auto workers, and discuss such events as the Murray Body Strike (1929); the Ford Hunger March (1932); and the Briggs...
Dates:
1926 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1944
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Henry Kraus Papers
Irving Bluestone Oral History
Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 1: A-E, Folder: 5
Identifier: LOH002267
Abstract
Sidney Kelman interviewed labor lawyer Irving Bluestone in 1975. Collection consists of interview recording and transcript covering his association with Walter Reuther, the Reuther Caucus, and issues confronting the UAW from the late 1930s through the 1940s.
Dates:
1975-05-01
Irving Bluestone Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000213
Abstract
Irving Bluestone (January 5, 1917-November 17, 2007) was born and raised in New York City. He received his B.A. at City College of New York in 1937 and attended the University of Bern, Switzerland for one year of postgraduate studies. In 1942, he joined the UAW in New Jersy and showing promise, was moved to Detroit in 1947 by Walter Reuther to join the General Motors Department. He became Leonard Woodcock's administrative assistant in 1955 and Walter Reuther's in 1961. In 1972 he was elected...
Dates:
1955 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1992
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Irving Bluestone Papers
Jack Conway Photographs
Collection
Identifier: LAV002914
Abstract
The Jack Conway photographs consist of visual materials showing Jack Conway at union activities, political events, and personal activities. This includes events when he was the personal assistant of Walter P. Reuther and when he worked as a part of the Kennedy administration.
Dates:
1945 - 1970
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Jack Conway Photographs
Jack Golodner Oral History
Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 2: G-M, Folder: 4
Identifier: LOH002216
Abstract
In 2004, Mike Smith interviewed Jack Golodner, President Emeritus of the Department for Professional Employees, a semi-autonomous trades department of the AFL-CIO representing white-collar workers. Collection consists of audio recordings and a transcript. Golodner talks about his childhood and early life; education; entry into the labor movement; early work in law, politics, and labor organizing; involvement with the AFL-CIO, particularly with his work in advancing the organization of...
Dates:
2004-03-25 - 2004-03-26
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Jack Golodner Oral History
Jean Gould Papers
Collection — Box: Small Processed Collections: G, Box 6, Folder: 2-5
Identifier: LP000426
Abstract
Author Jean Gould published various biographies, including, Walter Reuther: Labor’s Rugged Individualist, co-authored with Lorena Hickok. The papers of Ms. Gould relate to her work on the Reuther biography and on Charles Ervin’s autobiography, Homegrown Liberal. Important correspondents include Eugene Debs and Victor Reuther.
Dates:
1907 - 1973
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Jean Gould Papers
Jerome P. Cavanagh Photographs and Other Material
Collection
Identifier: UAV000379
Abstract
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...
Dates:
1960 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1969
John Herling Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001259
Abstract
John Herling was a prolific journalist, working for several publications and serving as White House correspondent and syndicated columnist specializing in labor affairs throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He owned "John Herling's Labor Letter," which he edited and published from 1947 to 1990, as well as authoring several books, including Strikes Under the New Deal, The Great Price Conspiracy, and ...
Dates:
1911 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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John Herling Papers
Kathy Groehn Cosseboom El-Messidi Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000686
Abstract
Kathy Groehn was born in 1946 and grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She graduated from Grosse Pointe High School in 1963, then from the University of Michigan (B.A. 1967) and Southern Oregon College (M.A.). During the 1960s she was a reporter for the Grosse Pointe News and used her experiences as a basis for research on her book, Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Race Against Race, by Kathy Cosseboom (Michigan State University Press, 1972). The book deals with racial and social attitudes in the...
Dates:
1960 - 1979
MATRIX Walter and May Reuther Senior Services Center Records
Collection
Identifier: UR001999
Abstract
Now known as MATRIX Senior Wellness Services, the Walter and May Reuther Senior Services Center began as a UAW-affiliated organization, creating post-retirement services for the area's elderly. Founded by the UAW in 1953, the Reuther Senior Services Center formally merged with MATRIX on July 1, 1994. Today it continues operations with a number of human service efforts, including maintaining its initial operations in senior service care.
Dates:
1953 - 2008
Michael Hrabar Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001281
Abstract
Michael Hrabar was a member of UAW Local 600's Tool and Die Unit. An active member of the local (at one time the largest UAW local in the country), Hrabar held various offices within the organization. He served as a delegate to the Local 600 General Council, ran for vice-president of the local in 1944, and also ran to become a member of the local's Bargaining Committee in 1966. He completed UAW leadership training in civil rights, civil liberties, and human relations in 1960. In 1952 and 1954...
Dates:
1944 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Michael Hrabar Papers
Norbert Wiener Papers
Collection — Box: Small Processed Collections: W-Z, Box 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: LP001168
Abstract
The author of "Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine," mathematician Norbert Wiener pioneered the science of communication and control theory known as cybernetics. Mr. Wiener’s papers consist of copies of correspondence with Walter Reuther regarding issues of labor and automated manufacturing.
Dates:
1949 - 1952
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Norbert Wiener Papers
Paul Silver Oral History
Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 3: O-Si, Folder: 10
Identifier: LOH002308
Abstract
Around or before 1977, Sidney Kelman interviewed labor organizer Paul Silver. Silver was active in the UAW, including serving as president of UAW Local 351 from 1946 to 1964 and an assignment to the International UAW staff. Collection consists of interview recording and transcript. Silver talks about his family background including his socialist upbringing and its importance to his later beliefs and actions, his organizing at Detroit Steel Products and elsewhere, founding and leadership of UAW...
Dates:
circa 1977
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Paul Silver Oral History
Peter and Tom Wolf Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002708
Abstract
The Peter and Tom Wolf Papers is a small collection that contains materials that encompass both the private and public life of the Reuther and Wolf family from the 1930s to 2007. May and Walter Reuther were Peter and Tom's aunt and uncle. Most of the collection materials are photographs which came from their mother, Eleanor Wolf.
Dates:
circa 1930s - 2007
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Peter and Tom Wolf Papers
Peter and Tom Wolf Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002707
Abstract
Peter and Tom Wolff are nephews of Walter Reuther's wife, May Reuther. The collection consists of photographs of Reuther family events as well as some articles relating to Walter and May Reuther.
Dates:
1930 - 1995
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Peter and Tom Wolf Papers