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Title: Michigan AFL-CIO:  William C. Marshall Collection

Type  : Papers

Date  : 1961-1983

Size   : 60 linear feet, 60 storage boxes

ID    #: 102-afl-a

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William C. Marshall was born in Tunica, Mississippi on May 25, 1921.  Mr. Marshall joined Amalgamated Transit Union Local #1127 while working as a bus driver for Trailways in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1942.  He served as a committeeman and board member for Local #1127.  In 1948 Mr. Marshall moved to Detroit, began working for Greyhound, and transferred to Motor Coach Employees Union Local #1303.  Between 1948 and 1958 he served as president and business manager for Local #1303.  He was also chairman of the national council of Greyhound Bus Drivers and an organizer for the Motor Coach Employees International Union. 

 

Mr. Marshall served as the Michigan AFL-CIO’s executive vice-president from 1959-69, secretary-treasurer from 1969-1971, and president from 1971 until his retirement in 1983.  He also held many positions in local and state labor federations.  He was a member of the executive board of the Detroit and Wayne County Federation of Labor from 1953-1958, the Michigan AFL-CIO from 1958-60, and the Wayne County AFL-CIO from 1958-60.

 

The papers of the Michigan AFL-CIO:  William C. Marshall Collection consist of materials relating to Mr. Marshall’s tenure as Michigan AFL-CIO president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer.  They include documents from Michigan AFL-CIO conventions, political action programs and elections, community activities, and the organization’s relationship with affiliated labor bodies.

 

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AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education  

Allied Industrial Workers                  

American Federation of State County, and Municipal Employees

CETA                                             

Civil Rights                            

Communication Workers of America          

Frank Kelly                                     

Governor Milliken

Histadrut                                        

Human Resource Development Institute     

Lane Kirkland                                           

Michigan AFL-CIO Conventions

Michigan AFL-CIO Exec. Board Meetings

Michigan Democratic Party

Michigan Elections

Michigan State University Labor Program

Northern Michigan Univ. Labor Program

Southeast Michigan Transit Authority

United Automobile Workers Union

United Way

Utility Workers Union

 

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A number of books, serials, convention proceedings, and pamphlets have been placed in the Archives Library and photographs, buttons, bumper stickers, and several audio tapes and films are available in the Archives Audiovisual Department.

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         PLEASE NOTE:  Folders are computer-arranged alphabetically in this finding aid, but may actually be dispersed throughout several boxes in the collection.  Note carefully the box number for each folder heading

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