Walter P. Reuther Library
| Walter P. Reuther Library | |
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A view of the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs in Detroit, Michigan
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| General information | |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Library |
| Address | 5401 Cass Avenue |
| Town or city | Detroit, Michigan |
| Country | US |
| Coordinates | 42°21′32″N 83°04′08″W / 42.35885°N 83.06899°W |
| Completed | 1975 |
| Owner | Wayne State University |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Odell, Hewlett, and Luckenbach |
| Website | |
| reuther.wayne.edu | |
The Walter P. Reuther Library, located on the campus of Wayne State University in Detroit, contains millions of primary source documents related to the Labor history of the United States, urban affairs, and the Wayne State University Archives. The building is named for UAW President and Congress of Industrial Organizations President Walter Reuther.
The Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs was established at Wayne State University in 1960 to collect and preserve original documents related to the American labor movement. The library is named for early United Auto Workers organizer and president Walter Reuther. For over thirty years, the library's collections grew under the leadership of director Philip P. Mason. In 1975, a dedicated building was constructed for the library using funds donated by the UAW, and a grant from the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Architectural firm Odell, Hewlett, and Luckenbach designed the initial construction. In 1991 the library's Leonard Woodcock Wing was completed, which added over 26,000 square feet to the building.
The Reuther Library is the home of the largest labor archives in the United States, and contains over 75,000 linear feet of archival holdings, including paper and digital manuscript material, photographic prints and negatives, oral histories, audio recordings, and motion picture recordings. The library serves as the official archival repository for the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Graphic Communication Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), The Newspaper Guild, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), United Auto Workers (UAW), and the United Farm Workers (UFW). The archives also collects material related to the Coalition of Labor Union Women, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, the Workers Defense League and numerous labor-related organizations, especially those active in the Detroit area.
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