Showing Collections: 1926 - 1950 of 1991
Western Federation of Miners Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000539
Abstract
The Western Federation of Miners Records are copies of two collections held at the Idaho State Historical Library. These two collections, the W.E. Borah Collection and the James H. Hawley Collection contain information on the north Idaho Mine Labor cases of 1892 and 1899 and the Haywood trial.
Dates:
1892 - 1927
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Westray Henney Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000587
Abstract
Westray 'Weck' Henney was active in the United Auto Workers, particularly UAW Local 6. His papers reflect his active involvement with this local.
Dates:
1951 - 1970
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Westside Mothers Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002384
Abstract
Westside Mothers is a welfare rights organization located in Detroit, Michigan. It was founded by its coordinator, Selma Goode, in December 1965, and advocates for people who receive public assistance, such as food stamps, Medicaid, childcare, Supplemental Security Income, and disability. Westside Mothers works with various local, state, and national welfare rights organizations to aid welfare recipients in receiving sufficient benefits and in protecting their civil liberties. The organization...
Dates:
1967 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Wilbert Salmi Papers
Collection — Box: Small Processed Collections: S-T, Box 13, Folder: 1
Identifier: LP001490
Abstract
Clipping, pamphlets and a dues book related to the Workers Alliance of America and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) program; Small processed collection
Dates:
1936
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Wilbur and Mary Alice Baldinger Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000902
Abstract
Mary Alice Baldinger served as executive director of the National Civil Liberties Clearing House from 1949 to 1971. Wilbur Baldinger worked as a reporter, as editor of The Guild Reporter from 1941 to 1944, and as director of publications for the U.S. Conference of Mayors from 1961 to1971.
The papers of Wilbur and Mary Alice Baldinger document their careers and reflect their efforts to promote civil liberties and human rights.
The papers of Wilbur and Mary Alice Baldinger document their careers and reflect their efforts to promote civil liberties and human rights.
Dates:
1929 - 1976
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Will Poyfair Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000916
Abstract
Contains diaries of workers at Buick Motor Co. (Flint, Michigan).
Dates:
1903 - 1922
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Willard R. Lenz Papers
Collection — Box: WSU Small Processed Collections: Box 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: WSP000051
Abstract
Willard Lenz was a student of the College of the City of Detroit and Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery. The collection contains memorabilia from his days as a student.
Dates:
1927 - 1932
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William A. Ryan Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000578
Abstract
William Ryan served as a president of United Auto Workers Local 104 and in the Michigan House of Representatives for Wayne County’s 3rd District. Mr. Ryan’s papers relate to his tenure as the Democratic Speaker of the House for the Michigan State Legislature. Parochiaid and the State School Aid Act are among important issues documented in the collection.
Dates:
1968 - 1970
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William and Ann Kemsley Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000943
Abstract
An active member of United Auto Workers Local 174, William Kemsley held various offices as an organizer and advocate of union education. Mr. Kemsley served as education director of the Michigan Council of Industrial Organizations (CIO), as a staff member of the Economic Cooperation Administration in Paris, and as a representative of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) to the United Nations. Journalist Ann Kemsley was editor of the Wisconsin CIO News and wrote for...
Dates:
1943 - 1961
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William B. Gould IV Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001277
Abstract
William Gould IV served as lead counsel in the class-action racial discrimination lawsuit, Stamps v. Detroit Edison, filed on behalf of Edison employee Willie Stamps and the Association for the Betterment of Black Edison Employees. Mr. Gould’s papers document the proceedings of Stamps v. Detroit Edison.
Dates:
1971 - 1981
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William Beckham Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP001756
Abstract
William J. Beckham (1940-2000) was originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. He was educated at the Detroit Institute of Technology (1959-1960), Wayne State University (1960-1962), American University (1962-1964), and the University of Maryland (1965-1966). During these years he took courses in political science. Beckham went on to pursue a career in politics at both the local and national level. In 1964, Beckham worked on Senator Phillip Hart’s campaign and then joined his staff from 1965-1973. Later...
Dates:
1974-2000; Majority of material found within 1980-2000
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William Bledsoe Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP002783
Abstract
William F. Bledsoe held a long career in the field of law. Working under Attorney General Frank Kelley, as well as being elected to the 30th District Court in Highland Park, Judge Bledsoe is particularly noted for cases pertaining to civil rights issues.
Dates:
1947 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William Burrus Oral History
Item
Identifier: LOH002207
Abstract
In 2003, Reuther archivist Carrolyn Davis interviewed labor leader William "Bill" Burrus. Burrus served as vice president (1980-2001) and president (2001-2010) of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), and he was the first African American to be directly elected by member vote to the presidency of a national labor union. Collection consists of the interview recording. Over the nearly four-hour-long interview, Burrus ranges on a variety of topics covering his background, postal career, union...
Dates:
2003-01-27
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William C. Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000547
Abstract
These papers primarily consist of various meetings and special projects of ALPA. Most of it is related to the ALPA Board of Directors and Executive Board for the 1960s and early 1970s. The material was collected by Mr. Davis, but generated by ALPA.
Dates:
1931 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1964 - 1972
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William C. Gausmann Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000901
Abstract
William Gausmann held positions in Europe, the United States and Vietnam as a labor advisor, news analyst and policymaker with various European and United States government agencies. Mr. Gausmann’s papers relate his work concerning labor issues, Communism, and the Vietnam War and to a lesser degree, his associations with the Socialist Party and the Lutheran Church of America.
Dates:
1942 - 1977
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William C. Stark Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000970
Abstract
William Stark was a teacher in the Cleveland public schools and his papers consist primarily of newspaper clippings and a few newsletters dealing with problems in the Cleveland public schools, including student violence, busing and teacher morale in the years 1975 to 1992.
Dates:
1975 - 1992
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William Cahn Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000808
Abstract
The first Connecticut member of the Newspaper Guild and a founding officer of the Connecticut State Industrial Union Council, William Cahn worked as a writer and graphic artist. His work includes the award-winning labor history campaign sponsored by the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU), and extensive journalistic coverage of the rise of industrial unionism during the Depression. Mr. Cahn’s papers document his interest in labor issues, including the ILGWU advertising...
Dates:
1940 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William Cook Papers
Collection — Box: Small Processed Collections: Com-Cr, Box 3, Folder: 6-7
Identifier: LP001138
Abstract
William Cook served as a representative for the Wayne County Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) at two Joint Merger meetings held between the Wayne County Federation of Labor and the Wayne County CIO. Mr. Cook's papers pertain to the problems encountered in effecting the merger of the AFL and the CIO in the Metro-Detroit area.
Dates:
1957
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William Copeland Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000273
Abstract
Mr. Copeland has represented the Twenty-seventh District (the Downriver area of Wayne County) in the Michigan House of Representatives since 1952. He serves as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and is also a member of the Capital Outlay, Administrative Rules, Air Pollution, and Water Pollution committees. His papers cover tuition grants, Michigan Osteopathic College, pollution problems, water resources planning, mental health, state budgets, and Democratic politics. Correspondents...
Dates:
1965 - 1970
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William Dufty Papers
Collection — Box: Small Processed Collections: D, Box 4, Folder: 5-8
Identifier: LP000388
Abstract
During the late 1930s and early 1940s, Mr. Dufty served in various public relations positions with the UAW. He was public relations director for the UAW's drive to organize the aircraft industry; most of the correspondence and clippings in the collection concern this phase of his career.
Dates:
1940 - 1947
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William E. Trautmann Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001660
Abstract
A founding member and organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), William Trautmann served as secretary-treasurer and on the first IWW executive board. As an IWW organizer, Mr. Trautmann led the 1909 McKees Rocks, Pa. Pressed Steel Car Company Strike and the Lawrence, Mass. textile workers strike of 1912. Mr. Trautmann’s papers include a portion of an unpublished autobiography manuscript describing his experiences with the IWW and his involvement in various factional disputes.
Dates:
1905 - 1920
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William F. Brabenec Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001866
Abstract
William F. Brabenec was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1933. A third-generation newspaper worker, Brabenec began working for The Detroit News in 1960 as a printer. Brabenec was a member of Detroit Typographical Union #18. Brabenec died in August 2015, at the age of 83.
The Detroit Newspaper Strike began on July 13, 1995. Over 2,000 newspaper workers, concerned with the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News plans to switch from employee distribution to independent contractors, walked out of work....
Dates:
1995 - 1997
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William Fredrick Papers
Collection
Identifier: WSP000390
Abstract
William Fredrick, former Chairman of the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Director of the Detroit Department of Health, enjoyed a career which spanned forty years. Highlights of his career include participation on a team which helped solve the lead poisoning problem in the auto industry during the 1930s and being appointed by Michigan Governor William Milliken to chair the state's Occupational Health Standards Commission in 1975....
Dates:
1932 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1976
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William Genske Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000024
Abstract
Correspondence, minutes, reports, pamphlets, and miscellaneous printed materials collected by Mr. Genske, who served as financial secretary and chairman of the Shop Committee, UAW Local 581 at the Fisher Body plant, Flint, Michigan. He was also a participant in the 1937 Flint sit-downs. Material covers UAW factionalism ( 1940-60). Correspondents are David Dubinsky, Richard Gosser, John L. Lewis, Ralph Marlatt, Blair Moody, Philip Murray, Jacob Potofsky, Victor Reuther, and G. Mennen Williams.
Dates:
1940 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
William Gernaey Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002782
Abstract
William Gernaey was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 27, 1903. He attended the University of Michigan from 1920-1923 and majored in political economics. From there he studied one year each of business administration and accounting at Detroit Business University.
From 1923 to 1927 Gernaey was employed by the Chrysler Corporation Detroit, as an industrial efficiency expert. From there he transitioned to investigating communist activities as an operative from 1927 to 1936. As...
Dates:
1938 - 1951
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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