Walter P. Reuther Library

 

The Reuther is home to the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs and the Wayne State University Archives. It collects, preserves and provides access to the heritage of the American labor movement and related reform movements of the twentieth century. The collection also includes urban affairs, with particular focus on the history of metropolitan Detroit.

View of the Reuther Library from the north

 

No Greater Calling

A dedicated web site celebrating the life of Walter P. Reuther on the 100th anniversary of his birth

Walter P. Reuther in the newsWayne State’s Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs has been awarded the 2008 John Sessions Memorial Award for its online resource: “No Greater Calling: The Life of Walter P. Reuther, 1907-1970.” The American Library Association (ALA) offers the John Sessions Memorial Award to libraries or library systems that have recognized the history and contributions of the labor movement toward the development of the United States. (News release: 88kb - PDF)

Virtual Motor City

Detroit News Photonegative Collection.

The Albert Shanker Fellowship for Research in Education

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Reading Room
Mon & Tues. 11:00 am -6:45 pm
Wed. - Fri. 9:00 am - 4:45 pm
CLOSED Sat. & Sun.

Please Direct Reference Questions to: William LeFevre reutherreference@wayne.edu

The staff at the Walter P. Reuther Library strives to make content available electronically when ever possible. Currently, electronic content represents only a small fraction of the overall collection and thus the Reading Room remains the very best point of access to the vast holdings of the Walter P. Reuther Library.

 

Please Direct Audiovisual Inquiries to: reutherav@wayne.edu
AV collections by appointment only

The Walter P. Reuther Library offers the usage of certain equipment necessary to listen, view and otherwise access the various media holdings in a multitude of formats.


Walter P. Reuther Library
5401 Cass Ave
Detroit MI 48202
313-577-4024

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revised: April 2008
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