Automobile industry and trade
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:
A. Randall Vinitsky Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000400
Abstract
A. Randall Vinitsky was an advertising artist active from the 1920s to 1950s. He began his career in Detroit at the Franklin Press, but moved on to Oklahoma City in 1920 to work for the Southwestern Advertising Company. He also owned his own company, Vinitsky Art Studio, and was known for creating movie displays at the Criterion and Capitol Theaters. In Oklahoma he belonged to the Oklahoma City Advertising Club, where he headed The Problem Pirates and the Gridiron Committee. In 1925 he moved...
Dates:
1921 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1924 - 1939
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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A. Randall Vinitsky 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
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
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
Auto-Lite Strike Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH000687
Abstract
In 1973, Philip A. Korth led a project in which he and others at Michigan State University conducted interviews with individuals involved in the 1934 Auto-Lite strike in Toledo, Ohio, as part of his research on the subject. The collection consists of 30 interviews. Recordings exist for all of the interviews, and transcripts exist for 25 of them.
Dates:
1973
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
Carl Salo Oral History
Item
Identifier: LOH002334
Abstract
In 1985, Professor Betty Chmaj conducted an interview with Carl Salo, a Finnish immigrant who came to Detroit to work in the auto industry. This collection consists of the interview recording. Salo discusses Finnish participation in the labor movement, his early life in pre-World War I Finland, his experiences as an immigrant in the United States and his work in the automotive and tool-and-die industries.
Dates:
1975-08-11
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Carl Salo Oral History
Charles White Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000879
Abstract
An active union member, Charles White served as treasurer, president, and administrative head of the Lordstown Credit Union, in various positions in United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 1112 (Lordstown, OH), and as a UAW Community Action Program representative. Mr. White’s papers reflect his work with Local 1112, particularly as the local’s Insurance and Workmen’s Compensation Representative.
Dates:
1968 - 1974
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Charles White Papers
Dorothy Kraus Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001221
Abstract
Dorothy Kraus, wife of Henry Kraus, had a Jewish working class socialist family background. When married to Henry, she helped assist in local Detroit UAW strikes by organizing strike kitchens and leading the Emergency Brigade. Her efforts led to the formation of the UAW Women's Auxiliary.Material in Part I of the Dorothy Kraus Collection relates mainly to the early activities of the UAW Women's Auxiliary, attempts to control the cost of living during the Depression, and to...
Dates:
1920 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Dorothy Kraus Papers
"Empty Spaces": Plant Shutdown and Displacement in the Industrial Heartland Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH001744
Abstract
As part of the research for his disseration on industrial plant shutdowns in the 1970s and 1980s, Steven High interviewed numerous displaced workers across the United States and Canada. Some of the interviewees were located in Detroit. The collection consists of nine interviews on VHS tape with displaced Detroit-area auto industry workers conducted by Steven High as part of the research for his dissertation,
Dates:
1997 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1998-02-23 - 1998-02-25
Francis Palmer Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000861
Abstract
Francis "Jack" Palmer worked for General Motors, Flint, MI where he became a member of the United Auto Workers. He was active in the local union, eventually serving as president. His papers relate primarily to his efforts to promote the escalator clause in labor negotiations, foster the founding of an independent labor political party, and repeal of the "no-strike" pledge of the union during WWII.
Dates:
1933 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1947
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Francis Palmer Papers
Fred C. Pieper Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000165
Abstract
Fred Pieper was an early leader in the unionization of the auto industry. His papers reflect his work for the United Auto Workers and the Congress of Industrial Organizations in the South.
Dates:
1936 - 1940
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Fred C. Pieper Papers
Harold Cranefield Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000595
Abstract
A labor attorney, Mr. Cranefield served with the National Labor Relations Board in Chicago and Detroit, as an investigator for the La Follette Committee, and as an associate counsel with the UAW. Correspondence, briefs, clippings, and speeches cover such topics as unionizing the J.I. Case Company in Racine, Wisconsin (1934-35); work of the NLRB in the auto industry; industrial espionage; and the shootings of Victor and Walter Reuther. Correspondents are Heber Blankenhorn, J. Edgar Hoover, Wayne...
Dates:
1932 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1963
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Harold Cranefield Papers
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
Joe Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000047
Abstract
A one-time reporter for the Federated Press, Mr. Brown gathered a variety of items for a proposed book on unionism in the auto industry. Clippings, correspondence, handbills, and miscellaneous publications relate to the rise of auto unions during the 1930s and 1940s. Nearly every topic of importance for that time and subject is covered, including sit-downs, drives to organize various plants, and strikes. The scrapbooks contain mostly Detroit newspaper clippings about auto unions.Box...
Dates:
1933 - 1942
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Joe Brown Papers
Ken Morris Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000331
Abstract
Ken Morris served as president of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 212 and as director of UAW Region 1B. Mr. Morris was active in community affairs and served in various committees such as the Oakland University Board of Trustees, the Oakland County Mental Health Board, and the National Commission on Unemployment and Compensation. Mr. Morris’ papers relate primarily to his activities as Director of UAW Region 1B, and to a lesser degree, his trusteeship at Oakland University, and reflect his...
Dates:
1937 - 1983
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Ken Morris Papers
M.A. Williams Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000435
Abstract
'Bill' Williams was a prominent figure in CIO Local 76 (later UAW Local 560), Ford Motor Co. assembly plant in Richmond, CA., helping to organize workers and serve as an officer. His papers reflect events at the plant surrounding the jurisdictional rivalry between the AFL and the CIO and eventual designation as a UAW shop.
Dates:
1936 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1958
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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M.A. Williams Papers
Mary Van Kleeck Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000573
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, clippings, and published material of Mary Van Kleeck, director of the Commission on Women's Work and Industrial Studies, and associate director of International Industrial Relations Institute of the Russell Sage Foundation. In addition to Miss Van Kleeck's files concerning her work with the Sage Foundation and the Inter-Professional Association are the papers of Knickerbocker Boyd, an architect interested in the relationship of architects with the...
Dates:
1910 - 1950
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Mary Van Kleeck Papers
Mike Westfall Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001354
Abstract
Mike Westfall was a member of the United Auto Workers Local 598 in Flint, MI. His papers reflect his leadership in the Flint-based grassroots movement to bring attention to the effects of corporate restructuring and job loss in the automotive industry.
Dates:
1981 - 1987
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Mike Westfall Papers
Mildred Jeffrey Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000300
Abstract
Mildred Jeffrey worked as an organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, as Educational Director of the Pennsylvania Joint Board of Shirt Workers, as a consultant to the War Labor Board, as Director of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Women’s Bureau, and as Director for UAW Community Relations and Consumer Affairs Departments. Ms. Jeffrey was also active in the Democratic Party and was a founding member and chair of the National Organization of Women’s (NOW) political arm, the...
Dates:
1920 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Mildred Jeffrey Papers
Norman Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000574
Abstract
Norman Smith was an organizer for the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 - 1964 in St. Louis, Detroit, Memphis, and California while working in the auto and steel industries. His papers mainly reflect both his work in the Mid West as well as immediately following WWII in California.
Dates:
1935 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1946
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Norman Smith Papers
Paul Parker Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000423
Abstract
Paul Parker worked for the Flint, MI Chevrolet Division of General Motors for forty-one years. During that time he served the United Auto Workers in several capacities and was active in local and state Democratic politics. His papers primarily reflect his activities in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Dates:
1939 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Paul Parker Papers
Percy Llewellyn Oral History
Item — Box Individual Oral Histories Box 2: G-M, Folder: 6
Identifier: LOH002292
Abstract
Percy Llewellyn, first president of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 600, for the Ford Rouge River Plant, was interviewed by Reuther archivist Dennis East in 1971. Collection consists of the interview transcript. Llewellyn covers unionizing Ford Motor Company and the history of UAW Local 600 during the 1940s and 1950s. Appended is also an earlier interview by George Heliker on unionizing and union development at Ford.
Dates:
1971-01-19
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