Martin and Jessie Glaberman Papers
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Martin and Jessie Glaberman Collection Papers, 1939-2001 30.5 linear feet 2 oversize boxes Accession #621 OCLC # The papers of Martin and Jessie Glaberman were placed in the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs by Martin Glaberman between 1973 and 1980 and opened for research in August of 1983. Additional papers were placed in the Archives by Mr. Glaberman and his son, Peter, between 1989 and 2002 and opened for research in 2007. Martin Glaberman was born in New York City on December 13, 1918. He graduated from the City College of New York with a degree in political science in 1939. His graduate education included work at American University and an M.A. in sociology from the University of Detroit in 1971. He has taught sociology and political science at the University of Detroit, Wayne County Community College and Wayne State University. He has lectured on a variety of subjects, including American history, labor movements, social problems and black history. From 1942 to 1965 Mr. Glaberman was active in the labor movement, primarily in the United Auto Workers. In addition to being employed as a machine worker, he served as editor of several local union newspapers, a steward, a committeeman and an instructor in various union educational programs. Mr. Glaberman was managing editor of Correspondence, a national labor newspaper, from 1953 to 1955. He has since been a freelance writer, with articles appearing in Labor History, Radical America and New Politics among others. His book, Wartime Strikes, deals with the no-strike pledge issue in the UAW during World War II. He died in December of 2001. Jessie Glaberman (nee Jane Cohn) was born in New York in 1922. Just prior to World War II she married Martin Glaberman. After receiving her education in New York City, they came to Michigan, where she worked in the war plants building truck and aircraft motors. As a result of her experience in the plants, she became actively involved in the labor and civil rights movements. Up until her death in July of 1981, she played an important role in the women's rights movement in the Detroit area, particularly at Wayne State University. Glaberman Collection 2 The papers of Martin and Jessie Glaberman reflect their many years of involvement in the labor, civil rights and women's movements. RESEARCHERS USING THIS COLLECTION MUST SIGN A RESTRICTED USE FORM. NO NAMES APPEARING IN THE FBI FILE OTHER THAN THOSE OF MARTIN AND JESSIE GLABERMAN MAY BE CITED WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL NAMED. NO UNPUBLISHED MATERIAL IN RESTRICTED FILES MAY BE COPIED. Important subjects covered in the collection are: African American automobile industry workers Automobile industry workers Black power -- Michigan -- Detroit Black Workers Congress Coal strike, U.S., 1977-1978 Collective bargaining -- Automobile industry -- United States Correspondence Publishing Committee/Company Facing Reality Publishing Committee James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989 Johnson-Forest Tendency Marxist humanism Negri, Antonio NSZZ "Solidarnosc" (Labor organization) Radicalism Socialist Workers Party Strikes and lockouts -- Automobile industry West Indies -- Political parties Women's rights Workers & Farmers Party (Trinidad and Tobago) World War, 1939-1945 -- Labor -- United States Glaberman Collection 3 Among the important correspondents are: Grace Lee Boggs James Boggs Paul Buhle Filomena Daddario Raya Dunayevskaya Robert A. Hill Noel Ignatiev C. L. R. James Selma James Nettie Kravitz Ken Lawrence Staughton Lynd Frank Marquart Ernest Mazey Frances D. Paine G. Lyman Paine George Rawick Constance Webb Pearlstein Aliases found in correspondence: Blackman, Saul: Ike, Rorty Boggs, Grace Lee: G, Kaufman, Hauser, Ria Stone Boggs, James: Heinz Castoriadis, Cornelius: Chaulieu, Cardan Daddario, Filomena: Fil, Finch Dunayevskaya, Raya: FF, Freddy Forest, Weaver, W, Rae, R, Siegal Glaberman, Jessie: Alice Glaberman, Marty: Pound, Harvey, Sherman, M, Dean, Harris, Mr. Toad James, C. L. R.: J. R. Johnson, J, Jimmy, Nello, N James, Selma: S, Cartwright Kravitz, Nettie: Chapin Paine, Freddy: F, Frederick, Ott, Freddy Duke Paine, Lyman: L, Neff Pearlstein, Constance Webb: Parish Zupan, Johnny: Nelson Glaberman Collection 4 Contents 37 manuscript boxes 12 storage boxes 2 oversize boxes Part 1 Series I, Subject and Correspondence Files, 1938-1977, Boxes 1-21: Correspondence, articles, clippings and other items concerning Glaberman's involvement in American labor and radical movements. Much of the material relates to Glaberman's association with the West Indian radical, C. L. R. James. Series II, C. L. R. James, 1947-1973, Boxes 21-22: Publications, drafts, speeches,and notes written by or about,James. Includes materials on Pan-Africanism, social history, blacks, literature and the Johnson-Forest Tendency. Series III, North American Radical Publications, 1923-1981, Boxes 23-27, Oversize Box 1: Periodicals, pamphlets, books and other printed material relating to radical movements in North America. Series IV, World Wide Radical Publications, 1936-1975, Boxes 27-37, Oversize Box 2: Periodicals, pamphlets, books and other printed material relating to radical movements outside North America. Part 2 Series V, Martin Glaberman Files, 1947-2001, Boxes 38-43: Personal and professional correspondence, biographical information, interviews, publications, including book reviews and letters to the editor, conference papers and programs, financial and other files related to his involvement with Correspondence and Facing Reality Publishing Committees and material documenting his graduate education and teaching career. Series VI, C. L. R. James, 1939-2001, Boxes 43-45: Publications by and about C.L.R. James, interviews, speeches, conferences celebrating his life and ideas, obituaries, remembrances and memorial tributes. Included are files related to the Trinidad and Tobago Workers & Farmers Party he helped found in the 1960's. Glaberman Collection 5 Series VII, Subject Files, 1940's-2001, Boxes 45-49: Publications — pamphlets, newspaper clippings, magazines, newsletters, theses, conference papers — dealing primarily with workers, especially autoworkers, their unions and radical politics. Included are voluminous clippings files on UAW contract negotiations and the rise of the Polish trade union movement, Solidarity. Series VIII, Jessie Glaberman Files, 1960's-1992, Box 49: Correspondence, an oral history interview, pamphlets, flyers and other publications related to her feminist and radical political activities. Non-manuscript material: Some audio tapes of conference presentations, speeches, interviews and events featuring Martin Glaberman, C. L. R. James, George Rawick, Ken Cockrel and the Detroit branches of the Black Panthers and the Republic of New Africa have been placed in the Archives Audiovisual Collection along with a few photographs, especially of retail workers' strikes, meetings and social events. A number of books as well as issues of Outlet, an Antiguan opposition newspaper edited by James follower, Tim Hector, and The Fourth International have been transferred to the Archives Library. Inventory at the end of the guide. Glaberman Collection 6 Part 1 Series I Subject and Correspondence Files, 1938-1977 Boxes 1- 21 Correspondence, articles, clippings and other items concerning Glaberman's involvement in American labor and radical movements. Most of the material relates to his association with the West Indian radical, C. L. R. James. Glaberman was a member of the Johnson-Forest Tendency (i.e., C. L. R. James - Raya Dunayevskaya), a part of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). Johnson-Forest (J-F) and other minority groups within the SWP split from the majority in 1940 to form the Workers Party (WP). In 1947, after an unsuccessful attempt at reunifying the two socialist groups, J-F left the WP. For three months they remained independent before rejoining the SWP. J-F dissociated itself from the SWP in 1951. After this, they formed the Committee of Correspondence or Correspondence Publishing Co. They issued many labor and political pamphlets along with the newspaper, Correspondence. In 1955, James broke with Dunayevskaya, who formed News and Letters Committees. The Committee of Correspondence split again in 1962. Those who remained with James renamed themselves Facing Reality Publishing Co., distributing pamphlets and their organ, Speak Out. Glaberman was involved with this group until its dissolution in 1970. The files in this series are arranged alphabetically by topic, author or type of material. Minutes and rough drafts of articles may be found in the correspondence files. Background material and a draft of Glaberman's book, Wartime Strikes, are located in the subject files. Box 1 1. American labor movement; history, notes, 1950 2. American radical history; articles, 1966 3. American social and political thought; history, notes, 1939 4. American social and political thought; clippings, 1946-72 5. American youth; articles 6. Anderson, Andy; Hungary 56, 1968 7. Black movement; articles 8-9. Black movement; clippings, 1962-67 10. Black movement; statements, articles, flyers 11. Boggs, James; State of the Nation: America - 1962 12. Classen, J.; Racism in the United States, 1974-75 (in German) 13. Correspondence, 1945-46 Glaberman Collection 7 Box 2 1-10. Correspondence, 1947-53 Box 3 1-11. Correspondence, 1954-Jun 1955 Box 4 1-12. Correspondence, Jul 1955-May 1956 Box 5 1-16. Correspondence, Jun 1956-1957 Box 6 1-15. Correspondence, 1958-Oct 1962 Box 7 1-12. Correspondence, Nov 1962-Sep 1965