Flint Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937
Subject
Subject Source: Reuther Taxonomy
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
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 Elder Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000075
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, reports, and a scrapbook relating to the AFL and education from 1941 to 1949, as well as correspondence, reports, resolutions, studies, hearings, and clippings pertaining to the American Federation of Teachers from 1934 to 1950, the Michigan Federation of Teachers from 1937 to 1949, and the Detroit Federation of Teachers from 1921 to 1951. It also contains correspondence relating to the organizing efforts of the MFT from 1939 to 1953, and to the dismissal...
Dates:
1921 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1949
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Arthur Elder Papers
Genora and Sol Dollinger Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000633
Abstract
A highly active union advocate, Genora Dollinger was a charter member of the Flint Socialist Party and organized Flint Women's Auxiliary #10 and the Women's Emergency Brigade, which played a crucial role in the success of the Flint Sit-down Strike of 1937. Her husband, Sole Dollinger was an organizer for the Socialist Workers Party. The papers of Genora and Sol Dollinger relate largely to Ms. Dollinger's involvement in the Flint Sit-down Strike, and to a lesser extent, the Dollinger's...
Dates:
1914 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1989
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
Hy Fish Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001156
Abstract
Hy Fish was born June 11, 1913. He lived in Chicago and earned his MBA from the University
of Chicago in 1960. Hy was a Socialist who was active in the Young Peoples Socialist League
where he was the business manager of their monthly newspaper, “The Challenge.” After the Flint sit-down strike began in 1936, Hy was sent to Flint to act as an organizer for the Socialist Party. Awhile later he became a labor education teacher at Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL., and traveled to India and...
Dates:
1909 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1959
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Hy Fish Papers
Joe Walton Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001382
Abstract
A recipient of the Walter P. Reuther Distinguished Service Award, Joe Walton was a participant in the General Motors Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937 and held various posts in United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 581, including Sergeant-at-Arms and Financial Secretary. Mr. Walton’s papers document his involvement in the labor movement, particularly concerning the activities of Local 581.
Dates:
1936 - 1984
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Joe Walton Papers
Robert W. Dunn Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000096
Abstract
Research notes and other material gathered for Dunn's Labor and Automobiles (New York: 1929). The collection also includes a few clippings pertaining to subsequent events in the labor movement in the auto industry, such as the Battle of the Overpass, sit-down strikes of 1937, and earlier 1930's auto strikes.
Dates:
1920 - 1938
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Robert W. Dunn Papers
Roy Reuther Oral History
Item — Box Individual Oral Histories Box 3: O-Si, Item: 7
Identifier: LOH002303
Abstract
In 1966, University of Michigan professor of history Sidney Fine interviewed union leader and political activist Roy Reuther. Collection consists of the interview transcript about the 1936-1937 Flint Sit-down Strike.
Dates:
1966-07-12
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Roy Reuther Oral History
Victor G. Reuther Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000002_VGR
Abstract
Victor Reuther began his UAW career as an organizer for Local 174 in 1937, the same year he participated in the Flint Sit-Down Strike. In the 1940s he moved up to the UAW national organization, serving in several leadership positions culminating in the directorship of the International Affairs Office from which he retired in 1972. His papers reflect his work with the UAW, especially relating to international community organizations. The material in the collections was originally used by Reuther...
Dates:
1890 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1980
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Victor G. Reuther Papers
Wesley Myers Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001466
Abstract
Wesley Myers joined the Michigan National Guard as a teenager and reported to Flint during the sit-down strike in 1937. In this collection he includes a written statement about his memory of the event.
Dates:
1970 - 1991
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Wesley Myers Papers
Wyndham Mortimer Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001171
Abstract
As United Auto Workers (UAW) Vice-President, Wyndham Mortimer worked to organize the employees of General Motors Fisher Body Plant, which led to the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937, and later participated in the negotiations that achieved the first UAW-GM contract. Mr. Mortimer was active in factional struggles within the UAW as a leader of the Unity Caucus and was ultimately expelled from the UAW with charges of Communist allegiance. Mr. Mortimer’s papers document his work in the UAW,...
Dates:
1943 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1962
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Wyndham Mortimer Papers