Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs College of Urban , Labor and Metropolitan Affairs RECENT ADDITIONS AND NEW ACQUISITIONS From January 1986 through December 1990, the Archives Joseph Tomasi Papers (1970s-1980s): correspondence, made numerous additions to existing manuscript collections reports, and office files relating to Mr. Tomasi 's directorship and acquired or opened 129 new collections. As indicated by of UA W Region 2B in Toledo, Ohio. brief profiles of a representative sampling provided below, UAW Independents, Parts & Supplies Dept. Collection all of the recent acquisitions provide enlightening documen- (1985): program and addresses of UAWA W President Owen tary evidence of a wide array of Bieber and UAW Vice-President historical developments. Since Odessa Komer at the UAWA W-IPS many of these new and ex- Leadership Conference in Lou- panded collections have not as Kentucky. yet been fully processed, inter- UAWW Local 12 Collection ested researchers should con- (1950s-1980s): office files, tact the Reference Archivist re- scrapbooks, flyers, and clippings garding availability and access. relating to the Toledo, Ohio lo- cal. UAW Related Collections UAW President's Office, How- ard Young Collection (1960s- George Am rhein Papers ( 1935- 1980s): correspondence and 1955): clippings, correspon- general subject files bearing on dence, flyers, memoranda, and Mr. Young's activity as UAW a personal diary relating to Mr. Social Security Department Di- Amrhein's work and UAW or- rector and as a special assistant ganizing at the Chevrolet plant to Presidents Leonard Wood- in Norwood, Ohio. cock and Douglas Fraser. Louis Falstein Collection UAW Region 1 Collection: 278 (1934-1937): unpublished linear feet of records were added manuscript of a "thinly dis- to the collection, covering the guised autobiography" describ- full range of union activities and ing the author's experiences in community development in the Detroit automobile plants and metropolitan Detroit area from his involvement in the UA W's the 1930s through the 1970s. sit-down strike against the UAWW Region 28 Collection General Motors Corporation in (1940s-1980s): correspon- Flint. dence, reports, and office files Daniel Forchione Papers (late of the UAWW regional office in 1940s-1980s): subject files, Toledo, Ohio. contract materials, correspon- UAW Vice-President's Office, dence, and memoranda relat- Donald Ephlin Collection ing to Mr. Forchione's respon- (1980s): office files and corre- sibi ities as assistant director of spondence, primarily bearing on the UAWW Ford Department. activities of the UAWW General Roy Reuther Papers (1924- Motors Department. 1971): correspondence, reports, Ben Woodward Papers (1944- notes, pamphlets, and flyers depicting Mr. Reuther's wide- 1967): minutes, correspondence, by-laws and constitutions, ranging activities, from his association with the Brookwood memoranda, and union election materials relating to his Labor College and the founding of the UAWW to his service activities as president and vice-president of UAWW Loca1599 with the War Production Board and involvement in postwar at the Buick plant in Flint, Michigan. politics. Labor-Related Collections publications depicting the political, professional, and or- Association for Union Democracy Collection: 7.5 linear ganizational efforts of the union. feet of additional records relating to the United Steel- The Newspaper Guild, Local l3 Collection (1934-1986): workers of America elections in the 1970s. minutes, correspondence, contracts, and grievances of the Helen Berthelot Papers (1946-1988): convention Columbus, Ohio union local. materials, newsletters, meeting minutes, financial records, Office and Professional International Employees Union, and interview transcript bearing on her activities in the Local 10 Collection (1970s-1980s): office files, corre- National Federation of Telephone Workers and the spondence, contracts, and published materials relating to Communication Workers of America. the union's dealings with various Detroit-area companies. Raphael and Olga Brown Papers (1933-1935): clippings, Arnold Zander Papers (1930s-1960s): executive board correspondence, and committee minutes relating to their minutes for the American Federation of State, County, and organizing efforts for the American Federation of Silk Municipal Employees Union and the Wisconsin State Em- Workers in New Jersey. ployees Association; AFSCME office files, national and Valery Burati Papers (1948-1971): correspondence, local union charters and constitutions, convention materi- memoranda, minutes, reports, press releases, and a als relating to Mr. Zander's tenure as AFSCME President; scrapbook reflecting his career in international labor 1959 manuscript by Leo Kramer.+ affairs, particularly in post- World War II Japan, Asia, and Africa. James B. Carey Papers (1940s-1970s): correspondence, Collections Related to Urban and Metropolitan Affairs meeting minutes, reports, speeches, photographs, and publications dealing primarily with Carey's career as CIO Among the many notable research collections housed in Secretary-Treasurer. the Archives, are the records of the United Community Coalition of Labor Union Women Collection (1970s- Services of Metropolitan Detroit (UCS), comprised of 1980s): local and national organizational files, corre- approximately 575 linear feet of documentation on spondence, minutes, by-laws, financial documents, and Detroit's social welfare history from the late nineteenth publications documenting the organization's involvement century to the present. The papers contain minutes in such issues as pay equity, sex discrimination, child (including a comprehensive collection of board minutes care, affirmative action, and occupational health and from 1906 on); correspondence; studies and reports (many safety. generated by UCS's own research division); financial Congress of Industrial Organizations, Office of the records; service statistics; publicity; promotional materials Secretary Treasurer Collection (1930s-1970s): two used in fund-raising campaigns; brochures; photographs; sizeable additions of executive board meeting minutes, and twenty-six volumes of case records from 1878-1897, field reports, correspondence, and publications. a period during which UCS (then called the Associated Monseigneur Clement Kern Collection ( 1950s-l960s): Charities of Detroit) served as a clearinghouse for the in- · correspondence and reports related to farm labor in vestigation and referral of social service cases. They Michigan. provide rare and enlightening glimpses into the social Miners for Democracy Collection: 15.5 linear feet of ad- history of metropolitan Detroit during the late nineteenth ditional materials dating from 1969 to 1974. and twentieth centuries; its cultural and racial diversity Rhode Island Federation of Teachers Collection (1946- and tension; as well as the dislocation brought on by eco- 1982): convention minutes, correspondence, reports, and nomic instability, population shifts, and war. The records also offer insights into the motives and activities of social • The Merrill-Palmer Institute: A. Grams Papers workers, health care professionals, and civic and religious ( 1962-1977): correspondence, papers, and printed materi- leaders who strove to understand and alleviate the causes als related to his work as head of the Institutes' Human and symptoms of poverty. Development Department, communications coordinator, Four processed UCS collections are open to researchers: and editor of various publications. • United Community Services (1878-1945) • The Merrill-Palmer Institute: Lawrence Kelso • UCS Central Files (1891-1972) Frank Papers (1922-1968): correspondence, minutes, • UCS Suburban Councils (1921-1959, 1966) reports, clippings, conference proceedings, manuscripts, • UCS School Program on Community speeches and publications relating to Mr. Frank's activi- Services Department ( 1927 -1969) ties in the fields of education, psychology, and child They incorporate much of the early record of UCS and its development. predecessor organizations, both the welfare/planning • The Merrill-Palmer Institute: Ethel B. Waring 'federations and the fund-raising arms, and offer informa- Collection ( 1920-1971 ): manuscripts, journals, bulletins, tion about the operations of many of their member agen- reports, instructional materials, correspondence, and pro- cies. Subjects of research significance include social posals relating to Dr. Waring's research in child develop- welfare, social work, philanthropy, juvenile delinquency, ment and activities as a faculty member at Cornell race relations and discrimination in the delivery of social University. services, immigrant history, aging, family history, volunteerism, public health, veterans' issues, community Additional collections recently deposited for research at organizations, recreation, war relief, and women's issues. the Archives include: Labor-related topics of interest would include unemploy- ment, industrial health and safety (e.g. the UA W-CIO Russ Bel/ant Papers (1970-1981): correspondence, Health Institute), wartime industry and social dislocation memoranda, newsletters, press releases, and reports issued (e.g. housing and recreation in the Willow Run area), by various organizations which opposed the federal community service programs, and labor participation in government's efforts to revive the Selective Service fund-raising campaigns. Unprocessed material is open to System. researchers only at the discretion of the archivist. Children's