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 Louis Falstein Collection UAW Region 1 Collection: 278 (1934-1937): unpublished linear feet of records were added manuscript of a "thinly dis- to the collection, covering the guised autobiography" describ- full range of union activities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 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 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, . politics. Labor-Related Collections publications depicting the political, professional, and or- Association for 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 , 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 Hospital of Michigan Collection (1886-1980): correspondence, ledgers, Board of Trustees meeting Another significant group of records acquired by the minutes, photographs, and surgical instruments. Archives are the inactive records of Detroit's Merrill- Kenneth Cockrel/Sheila Murphy (DARE) Papers (late Palmer Institute. Established as a result of a 1916 bequest 1960s-1980s): correspondence, flyers and reports by Lizzie (Pitts) Merrill Palmer, the Institute originally documenting the community activist endeavors of the functioned as a school for motherhood and home training. former Detroit city councilmember and his wife; corre- Over the years the organization dramatically broadened its spondence and office files of the Detroit Alliance for a programs and services to become one of 's fore- Rational Economy; published materials, research papers, most educational and research institutions in the areas of and convention materials on black issues. developmental psychology, parent-child relations, and Andrew T. Court Papers ( 1930-1966): analyses, letters, child rearing. Six processed collections bearing on the press releases, and circulars relating to his career as an evolution of the Merrill-Palmer Institute and its personnel economist for the General Motors Corporation and the are open to researchers: Automobile Manufacturers Association. Grace Hospital Collection (1890-1980): extensive photo- • The Merrill-Palmer Institute: Merrill-Palmer graphic material, Board meeting minutes, newsletters, Corporate Collection (1916-1981): correspondence, financial reports, records of Nurses Training School, and board minutes, notes, reports, newsclippings, and bio- published materials on Michigan medical history. graphical materials relating to the operation of the Insti- Harper Hospital Collection (1865-1980): departmental tute. reports, photos, nurses ' uniforms, School of Nursing • The Merrill-Palmer Institute: Merrill-Palmer records. Famities Collection ( 1848-1926): correspondence, jour- New Detroit Collection (1970s-1980s): meeting minutes, nals, business records, and legal documents dealing with printed materials of the urban coalition formed after the the families' personal activities and involvement in the 1967 riot to seek solutions to racial and social problems. Michigan business community. Saul Padover Collection (1930s-1980s): manuscript • The Merrill-Palmer Institute: Kresge Histori- drafts, correspondence, and course materials related to his cal Library Collection (1911-1980) correspondence, distinguished career as an educator and political scientist. newspaper clippings, pamphlets, publications, reports, and Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) press releases relating to the Institute and the establish- Collection (1947-1970): meeting minutes, reports, charts, ment and operation of the Kresge Historical Library in maps, surveys, contracts, and correspondence regarding Child Development and Family Life. state and federal legislation for urban planning and aid programs.+ LIBRARY COLLECTIONS current titles. Hard copy original runs of International UA W publication, The The Library component of the Ar- titles such as Journeyman Barber (1918- United Automobile Worker (1928- chives of Labor and Urban Affairs has 1944); Cigar Makers' Official Journal 1956)-the name changed in 1956 to grown to over 12,765 volumes. Recent (1888-1951); American Photo-Engraver UAW Solidarity (1957- )- most of the significant additions to this ~ pecialized (1915-1952); Carpenter ( 1902-1917); regional and local union publications are collection of books include donations Commercial Telegraphers Journal, well represented. One significant aspect from UA W Region 9A (Connecticut); (1904-1941 ); Leather Workers · of the UA W publications collection is Detroit ACLU attorney, Rolland Journal (1915-1918, 1920-1926) can be the availability of local editions of the O'Hare; labor journalist, Harvey used by researchers who prefer to work United Automobile Worker. Between O'Connor; former UAW international with original material in lieu of micro- the years 1927 and 1958, it was pub- representative and Michigan state legis- film. Since the Archives is the official lished under the banner of various cor- lator, Joseph Snyder; former UA W depository for IWW records, a majority porate-based organizational units, such Education Department Director Carroll of their original publications are also as GM Automobile Worker, The United Hutton; the UAW Aerospace Depart- available in the Library, such as IWW Automobile Worker/Chrysler Edition, ment; and the American Civil Liberties Solidarity (1909-1916) and One Big etc. Furthermore, the UA W published Union South Texas Project. Union Monthly (1919-1921, 1937-1938), special editions for states, regions, A section of the Library that has both of which are also available on cities, local unions, elections, and spe- great research value is thelabor journal microfilm. cial union conventions. Consisting pri- and newspaper collection which com- Many other publications from various marily of irregular and scattered runs, prises approximately 1550 titles. In other unions are al so available, the most these papers have been organized addition to 570 current serials received, prominent of which are a wide variety of chronologically according to company, the Library also houses over 1000 non- UA W newspapers. In addition to the state, region, etc.+

AUDIO-VISUAL COLLECTIONS

The audio-visual holdings of the Archives of Labor and Urban career as a UA Wand CIO official. Of recent interest to documen- Affairs consist ofhundreds-of-thousands of still-photographs, thou- tary film makers has been the photo album assembled by Victor sands of audio tapes, approximately 500 catalogued and and , consisting of scenes of the Great 2,500 uncatalogued but inventoried films, and many Depression in Detroit in 1932. The audio-visual other non-textual items. Videotape holdings Department also recently processed an addi- number in the hundreds and are constantly tion to the Mary Heaton Vorse Photo- growing. Much of the material parallels f?raph Collection, which includes fam- our manuscript collections and dates ily photos, Cape Cod scenes, and the from the tum of the century to the Provincetown Players and which early 1980s. Each year the Ar- depicts her journalistic coverage chives' audio-visual material is re- of labor strikes, women's con- produced in numerous books, ferences, and other historical films, television programs, and events. The Bogdan Baynert exhibits. Collection consists of original Recent openings and addi- drawings of labor, union, and tions to the Archives' audio- political cartoons. Photo- visual holdings include the graphs in the National Share- William C ahn Collection which croppers Fund Collection contains illustrations and pho- document the organization's tographs from the nineteenth work among poor farmers and century to the 1960s on a variety migrant workers from the 1940s of topics, including labor and so- through the 1960s. Similarly, the cial history. An outstanding set of Workers Defense League Photo- union posters illustrating women's graph Collection reflects that rights issues in the workplace is found in organization's history. The UnitedAuto- the Susan Ellen Holleran\AFSCME Col- mobile Workers Public Relations Depart- lection. The audio-visual department also has ment Collection covers a wide variety ofUAW recently expanded its holdings of IWW graphics. activities, mostly from the 1950s and 1960s. The The Metro-Detroit AFL-C/0 Collection consists of photo- Works Progress Administration, Estelle Wolf Collection details gr!lphs of union activities and meetings in Detroit from the 1930s the occupations ofWPA workers in Detroit in 1934-35. Finally, to the 1960s. The Victor G. Reuther Collection contains over two the Douglas Fraser Collection highlights aspects of Mr. Fraser's thousand photographs relating to Mr. Reuther's personal life and career from the 1930s to the 1980s. + Oral Histories A Social and Political History of First-Line Supervision;" The Archives recently opened various Oral History Inter- Prof. Margaret Rose (UCLA Center for the Study of views; access to which is restricted to qu~ified research- Women), "Community, Class, and Cross-Cultural Coopera- ers. Interviews with Homer Martin, Nat Weinberg, tion: The Farm Workers Boycotts in Texas, 1966-1975;" Monroe Lake, Charles Gentile and Lloyd Jones deal with and Prof. Warren Whatley (University of Michigan), the evolution of the UA W from the 1930s through the "Race and Unionization of the Ford Motor Company" 1960s. The Socialist Workers Party, Brookwood Labor College, and union activities are examined in the Genora 1990-91: Prof. John Barnard (Oakland University), and Sol Dollinger Interviews. Katherine Ellickson "American Autoworkers and the UAW in a Time of Chal- discusses Brookwood Labor College, the labor move- lenge;" Prof. Kevin Boyle (University of Toledo), "The ment, and women's issues in two interviews. The Fred U AW and Black Detroit, 1946-1970;" and Prof. Marjorie Thompson Oral History Interview deals with the Work Murphy (Swarthmore College), "The History of People's College.+ AFSCME."+ RECENT STAFF ACTI VITIES ROCKEFELLER ROUNDATION RESIDENCY IN Dr. Philip Mason was appointed Distinguished Profes- FELLOWSHIPS sor of History in July, 1990. He continues to serve as Editor of the Great Lakes Series of the WSU Press and on Since the 1985-86 academic year, the Rockefeller the Editorial Board of Labor History. He edited the Foundation has provided funding to the Walter P. Reuther Winter/Spring issue of Labor History which was devoted to Library for Residents in Humanities Fellowships. This labor archives in the . His recent publications Rockefeller Residency Program is designed to enable vis- include Ambassador Bridge: Monument to Progress iting scholars to conduct extens_ive research in the archival (1987) and Copper Country Journal (1991), both published resources of the Reuther Library, to promote the publica- by the WSU Press. tion of scholarly humanistic studies based upon these Warner Pflug served as co-advisor for "Roses, Too: sources, and to contribute to the intellectual life of the Sixty Years of Labor Art Programs," a symposium organ- community. In addition to research in their areas of inter- ized by the Midwest Regional Center of the Archives of est, therefore, the Rockefeller Fellows presented their American Art/Smithsonian Institution and held at the findings in various seminars, colloquia, and community Detroit Institute of Arts on February 24, 1990. Mr. Pflug events during the terms of their residencies. also published '"The Strategy Is All Reuther's, Damn Recipients of the Rockefeller Foundation awards have Him': Two Letters From the Reuther Library" in the July pursued research on a wide array of topics: 1990 issue of Labor's Heritage. Patricia Bartkowski conducted a workshop, "Processing 1985-86: Prof. Nancy Gabin (Purdue University), "The Historical Materials," at the Midwest Archives Conference Role of Women In the UA W, 1936-1970" and Prof. Fall Meeting in Lansing on September 27-30, 1989. Stephen Meyer (Illinois Institute of Technology), "The Raymond Boryczka joined the staff as reference archi- Reaction of Workers to Technological Change In the vist in February 1990. Automobile Industry From the 1930s Through the 1960s" Carrolyn Davis was appointed co-chair of the Labor Li- brarians Caucus of the Special Libraries Association, or- 1986-87: Prof. Anthony Carew (University of Manch- ganized at the SLA annual convention in June, 1989. Ms. ester, England), "The International Role of the UA Wand Davis also represented the Reuther Library at the annual CIO in Postwar American Economic Aid Programs" and convention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists in Prof. Jeffrey Mire! (Northern Illinois University), "The New Orleans in 1990. Detroit Federation of Teachers, 1939-1954: The Role of Thomas Featherstone chaired a panel session entitled the Union in Shaping Educational Policies" "Evaluating Performance and Awarding Merit to Archi- vists" at the MAC Spring Meeting in Chicago in May, 1987-88: Prof. Albert Bacdayan (University of Ken- 1990. tucky), "Unheralded Partners: Filipino Unionism and the William R. Gulley, Jr. in 1990 became editor of Open of America;" Prof. Dennis Valdes Entry, the biannual newsletter of the 250-member Michi- (University of Minnesota), "Farm Worker Organizing in gan Archival Association. Mr. Gulley also presented a California, 1959-1972;" and Prof. JoAnn Argersinger paper entitled "Riot, Race and Mobocracy in Nineteenth- (University of , County), "Workers Century Detroit" at the Thirty-Second Annual Conference and Unionism in the Great Depression" on Local History which was co-sponsored by the Reuther Library and held at Wayne State University on April6-7, 1989-90: Prof. Brian Gratton (Arizona State University), 1990. "Age, Work, and Welfare: The Older Worker in the William LeFevre was appointed to an Archivist I posi- United States, 1850-1960;" Prof. Nelson Lichtenstein tion in December 1990. His duties will include collection (University of Virginia), "At the Fulcrum of Managment: processing and accessioning. Margery Long presented a paper on "The Preservation larly to the UA W where he spent most of his illustrious of Sound Recordings" at the MAC Spring Meeting in · career, the award is granted to distinguished individuals Chicago on May 12-15, 1990. whose actions reflect his philosophy. Previous recipients Ellen Miller joined the staff as an Archival Assistant have been UA W local president, Michael Kearney (1987); in the Audio-Visual Department in 1990 and organized Teamsters for a Democratic Union organizer, Ken Paff and chaired a session at the recent Local History Confer- (I 988); and Director of the Center on Budget and Policy ence. Priorities, Robert Greenstein (1990). Margaret Raucher was hired in 1987 as the processing • On November 26, 1990 the Reuther Library co- archivist for the United Community Services and the sponsored an appearance at Wayne State University by United Way for Southeastern Michigan Collections. United Farmworkers of America President , Kathleen Schmeling published '"Every Child ts who delivered an address on the dangers of pesticides Worthy of Kindness and Care': The Founding and Early utilized in the California grape fields and the UFW's call Development of the Children's Hospital of Michigan, for a boycott by American consumers. 1886-1922" in Michigan History (January/February • The Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Local 1990). Ms. Schmeling also was promoted in 1990 to History, "Michigan In Perspective," was held Aprill2-13, archivist in charge of processing and graduate student 1991 at Wayne State University. Co-sponsored by the training. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs and chaired by Dr. Taronda Spencer joined the staff as an Archivist II in PhilipP. Mason, conference sessions explored topics January 1991. She previously was employed as an archi- relating to the history and culture of Michigan and south- vist at the Historic New Orleans Collection.+ western Ontario from a variety of perspectives including oral hi story, genealogy, folklore, archives, historical pres- ervation and museum work, as well as current research in RECENT EVENTS the field of local history.+ • More than one hundred invited guests attended a press conference and luncheon at Wayne State Univer- sity on October 12, 1989 to celebrate the presentation of architectural plans for the Walter P. Reuther Library's new Leonard Woodcock Wing to be built as a result of a $3.4 million donation from the UA W. University President David Adamany, UA W President Owen Bieber, and retired UA W President Leonard Woodcock, spoke at the occasion. Groundbreaking for the new wing occurred during the summer of 1990 and formal dedication cere- monies are scheduled for October 8, 1991. • The Nat Weinberg Award will be presented at the Thirteenth Annual North American Labor History Conference to be held at Wayne State University on Oc- tober 17-19, 1991. Established to honor the memory of Mr. Weinberg's many contributions to the American labor movement, the cause of , and particu-

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