Title: FRANK CORMIER AND WILLIAM EATON COLLECTION Genre: Papers Date: 1966-1972 Size: 3.75 linear feet ID#: 1099 OCLC: ©Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs HEFA.01c.update |
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Scope & Contents
The papers of Frank Cormier and William Eaton were placed in the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs in January of 1983 by William Eaton and were opened for research in March of 1987.
Frank Cormier, a native of Massachusetts, was educated at Northwestern University. He began his newspaper career in Chicago in 1951 and in 1954 he was assigned to Washington to cover economic and financial affairs. In 1962 Mr. Cormier began covering the White House and by 1970 had become Senior Wire Service Correspondent. Mr. Cormier has also written, Wall Street Shady Side, and Presidents are People Too.
William Eaton was born in Chicago, Illinois in December of 1930. After earning his B.S. in 1951 and his M.S. in 1952 from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, he began his newspaper career at the City News Bureau of Chicago. In 1857 he began covering labor news for United Press International. From 1966-1976 Mr. Eaton served as Washington Correspondent for the Chicago Daily News after which time he began his current employment at the Los Angeles Times.
In addition, in 1970 Mr. Eaton was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting and received the Sidney Hillman Award for his stories concerning the financial interests of Supreme Court nominee Clement F. Haynsworth. William Eaton has also been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University where he studied labor problems, economics, and history.
The papers of Frank Cormier and William Eaton reflect their research and writing of the book Reuther.
Politics
Reuther
Walter Reuther
UAW
Prentice Hall Publishers
Victor Reuther
Frank Winn
Three photographs which were used as captions for Reuther, and a number of taped
Oral Histories relating to Walter Reuther and the UAW, have been placed in the Archives Audio-Visual Collection. Some of these tapes correspond to the transcripts in Series II. A list of these tapes can be found on page 9. A small number of UAW newspapers and other labor related literature received with this collection are available in the Archives Library.
5.5 manuscript boxes
2 index card boxes
Series I. Boxes 1-2 Series I Box List
Correspondence, clippings, transcripts, and other materials relating to Walter Reuther and the UAW. This material was compiled as a resource for writing the book Reuther. 1966-1970.
Series II. Box 2 Series II Box List
Oral history transcripts relating to Frank Cormier and William Eaton’s interviews with various persons including Walter Reuther. 1967-1970.
Series III. Boxes 4-7 Series III Box List
Correspondence, clippings, and drafts of chapters relating to Frank Cormier and William Eaton’s Reuther. 1968-1972.
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Boxes 1-2
Correspondence, clippings, note cards, transcripts, and other material concerning Walter Reuther and the UAW. This material was gathered for the writing of the book Reuther. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each file.
Box 1, Research
Box 1A, Research
Note Cards; Research
Box 2, Research
Box 2
Transcripts from interviews conducted in conjunction with the authors’ research. Files are arranged alphabetically by interviewee.
Box 2, Oral Histories
6. Oral History; Bannon, Ken, Jun 1968
7. Oral History; Barbash, Jack, n.d.
8. Oral History; Bishop, Merlin D., 1967-68
9. Oral History; Bluestone, Irving and Winn, Frank, Jun 1968
10. Oral History; Carey, James B., Dec 1967
11. Oral History; Conway, Jack, 1967-68
12. Oral History; Dubinsky, David, Feb 1968
13. Oral History; DuBrow, Evelyn, Feb 1968
14. Oral History; Farnum, Billie S., Oct 1967
15. Oral History; Frankensteen, Richard T., Jun 1968
16. Oral History; Fraser, Douglas, Jul 1968
17. Oral History; Goldberg, Arthur J., Feb 1970
18. Oral History; Harris, Thomas E., Dec 1967
19. Oral History; Harrison, George, Feb 1968
20. Oral History; Jones, David R., Feb 1968
21. Oral History; Kirkland, Lane, Feb 1968
22. Oral History; Lawrence, William H., n.d.
23. Oral History; Leonard, Richard, Dec 1967
24. Oral History; Livingston, John M., Feb 1969
25. Oral History; Lombardo, Frank, May 1968
26. Oral History; Lovestone, Jay, Feb 1968
27. Oral History; Meany, George, Mar 1969
28. Oral History; Miller, Saul, Goldfinger, Nat and Grime, John, Feb 1968
29. Oral History; O’Brien, William M., Jan 1968
30. Oral History; Owens, Patrick J., Jun 1968
31. Oral History; Potofsky, Jacob, Feb 1968
32. Oral History; Rauh, Joseph L., Dec 1967
33. Oral History; Reedy, George, Jan 1968
34. Oral History; Reuther, Victor, 1967-68
35. Oral History; Reuther, Walter, Feb 1968-Aug 1969
36. Oral History; Robinson, Archie, Feb 1968
37. Oral History; Scholossberg, Stephen, May 1968
38. Oral History; Schrade, Paul, May 1968
39. Oral History; Seaton, Louis G., Jun 1968
40. Oral History; Sullivan, David, Feb 1968
41. Oral History; Walsh, Joe, Feb 1968
42. Oral History; Weinberg, Nat, Jul 1968
43. Oral History; Widman, Michael F., Dec 1967
44. Oral History; Winn, Frank, Oct-Nov 1967
45. Oral History; Woodcock, Leonard, May-Jun 1968
46. Oral History; Zack, Al, Feb 1968
Box 3, Oral Histories
Note Cards; regarding Oral History transcripts
Boxes 4-7
Correspondence, clippings and drafts of chapters related to the writing and publishing of Reuther. Much of the material is actual drafts or commentary regarding the book, but there is also material on the process of publishing. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each file.
Box 4, Reuther
Box 5, Reuther
Box 6, Reuther
Box 7, Reuther
Index Cards
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2:33-24, 2:44
Americans for Democratic
Action, 2:32
Battle of the Overpass,
1:11, 2:6, 2:43-44
Blacks: Racism and Chrysler
Walkout, 1:8; Ford
Strike 1941, 2:6, 2:43
Brookwood Labor College, 2:44
Chrysler Corporation, 1:8,
2:11, 2:29; Strike 1950,
2:16
Communism and UAW, 2:6, 2:11-12,
2:15, 2:25-26, 2:32, 2:34,
2:43-45
Contract Negotiations 1945-67, 1:4
Flint Sit-Down 1937, 1:11, 2:8, 2:14,
2:25, 2:44
Ford Hunger March, 2:8
Ford Motor Company, 1:11, 2:11,
2:35, 2:43; Strike 1941, 2:6,
Strike 1967, 1:1, 1:11
Frankensteen, Richard, 2:8, 2:11,
2:23, 2:26, 2:44
General Motors Corporation, 1:7,
1:11, 2:1, 2:11, 2:45
Guaranteed Annual Wage, 1:5-6
Kelsey-Hayes Strike 1936, 2:8,
2:15, 2:44
Martin, Homer, 1:2, 2:8, 2:12,
2:14-15, 2:23, 2:26, 2:36,
2:44
Meany, George, 1:1-2, 1:7, 2:6-7,
2:11, 2:17-18, 2:21, 2:32
Murray, Philip, 2:10, 2:15, 2:17-18
Reuther (book), Box 4-7
Reuther, Roy, 1:1, 2:8, 2:33, 2:41
Reuther, Walter, Box 1-7; Anti-
Communism, 2:7, 2:17;
Death, 1:3, 1:8, 2:48;
Europe, 2:8, 2:34-35;
Haywood Fight 1952, 2:10,
2:17-18; Politics, 1:2, 1:11,
2:11, 2:13, 2:16-17, 2:21,
2:32-34, 2:38; Roosevelt,
Eleanor, 2:10, 2:35; Social
Issues, 1:2-3, 1:5-7, 1:11,
2:4-5, 2:11, 2:42; Socialism,
2:8; UAW-CIO Break, 1:1-2,
1:11, 2:3, 2:6-8, 2:11-13,
2:16-17, 2:19, 2:21, 2:27,
2:31; Vietnam War, 1:10-11,
2:11, 2:38
Reuther, Victor, 4:2*
Reuther, Victor, 1:1, 2:8, 2:11, 2:21,
2:26, 2:33, 2:41
Thomas, R.J., 2:11-12, 2:23-24,
2:26
UAW and Democratic Party, 1:2-3,
1:6, 2:11, 2:14, 2:45
Truman, Harry, 2:11, 2:45