Did you know the Reuther Library holds the last known portraits of Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 50 years ago today? Learn more about the story in our latest blog post!
Read it here: reuther.wayne.edu/node/15419

Stop by and check out our latest case exhibit highlighting historic Michigan Labor Actions! The display will be on view outside of the Reading Room through July 3, 2025.
For more information: reuther.wayne.edu/node/15398

Today is the 50th anniversary of the Walter P. Reuther Library’s building! Learn more about the celebrations surrounding our opening in our latest blog post: reuther.wayne.edu/node/15395

Learn about the origins of our building in our latest blog post! reuther.wayne.edu/node/15392

More Than Just a Building: Celebrating 50 Years of Archives, Architecture, and Community
Join us for a special event celebrating both the Reuther Library and Preservation Detroit, w/ a behind-the-scenes look at the archives.
May 22, 6-8 at the Reuther Library, RSVP: preservationdetroit.org/lectures

@reutherlibrary.bsky.social has the largest collection of labor union documents in the US. It is a unique resource for @waynestateclas.bsky.social students and I am glad to give my Econ 101 students the chance to thumb through them! Thank you, Marcia Black for your awesome outreach!

Today is Worker's Memorial Day, when we remember and mourn for the dead, and fight like hell for the living.... Buttons from the Susan Holleran collection at @reutherlibrary.bsky.social @afscme.bsky.social #WorkersMemorialDay #LaborUnions #LaborHistory

Sticker for 1932 Detroit #MayDay parade. Printed 5 years before the @uaw.org formed and in the aftermath of the Ford Hunger March massacre, it speaks to the violence autoworkers endured to unionize their industry. From the Joe Brown Papers at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

The @reutherlibrary.bsky.social's entire DRUM archival collection is digitized and available online! Look up the records here: archives.wayne.edu/repositories...

Thank you to everyone who came out to the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social on Thursday to celebrate Alan Reuther's new book: "Roy Reuther and the UAW: Fighting for Workers and Civil Rights." Alan is the son of Roy, one of the truly great leaders in our union's proud history.

@uawarchivist.bsky.social

Great evening last night @reutherlibrary.bsky.social. Alan Reuther shared the story of his father, Roy, in anticipation of his new book. UAW President Shawn Fain made introductory remarks.

"Organized by the Detroit Council on Human Rights (DCHR), the June 23, 1963, Detroit Walk to Freedom was the largest civil rights demonstration in the nation’s history."

reuther.wayne.edu/node/7858

📸Walter P. Reuther Library

When the archives hit a little too close to home....

@afscme.bsky.social Retirees Department records opening soon at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social!

Today, my coworker Mary Wallace retires after decades of service at the archives, where she's been a wealth of knowledge about audiovisual materials and media formats. You'll recognize her from the @uaw.org's video about the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social's film freezer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jh4...

Hi! I'm the archivist for @afscme.bsky.social at @reutherlibrary.bsky.social and I'm new here. Follow me for public worker labor history trivia and fun organizing literature of years past.

Your future has wings!
Brochure, @asealocal52.bsky.social circa 1988.

Pic of a beaming Detroit Fed of Teachers prez Mary Ellen Riordan and Prez LBJ, Oct 16, 1964. From front page of the Nov 1964 Detroit Teacher in AFT Publications collection at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social

Heads up for the Detroit Thanksgiving Day parade🦃: Did you know that in storage at Detroit Parade Company is a giant fiberglass Walter P. Reuther, iconic President of the UAW and namesake of the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social? Keep an eye out for him when the Big Head Corps go by at this year’s parade!

Scale model of an early design for the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social, plus of a photo of how the archives turned out. From the UAW President's Office: Walter P. Reuther Records here at the Reuther Library at Wayne State University.