UAW Public Relations Department Photographs and Sound and Video Recordings 111 linear feet

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UAW Public Relations Department Records, Part II

UAW Public Relations Department Photographs and Sound and Video Recordings
111 linear feet (111 SB)
1929-2008, bulk 1985-1995

Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Finding aid written and edited by Bart Bealmear on November 12, 2013.

Accession Number: LR001193

Creator: UAW Public Relations Department

Acquisition: The UAW Public Relations Department Photographs and Sound and
Video Recordings were first deposited at the Reuther Library in December
1994. Additional materials arrived in April and November 1996,
September 2009, and April 2011.

Language: Material entirely in English.

Access: Collection is open for research.

Use: Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library Rules for Use of Archival
Materials. Restrictions: All boxes require appointment with A/V
personnel. Researchers may encounter records of a sensitive nature –
personnel files, case records and those involving investigations, legal
and other private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by
the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information
which might identify an individual, except with written permission
from the Director and/or the donor.

Notes: Citation style: “UAW Public Relations Department Photographs and
Sound and Video Recordings, Box [#], Folder [#], Walter P. Reuther
Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University”

Related Material: UAW Records Collections at the Walter P. Reuther Library.

PLEASE NOTE: Material in this collection has been arranged by series ONLY. Folders
are not arranged within each series – we have provided an inventory based on their
original order. Subjects may be dispersed throughout several boxes within any given series.
Abstract
Since the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) was established as an affiliate of the
American Federation of Labor (AFL) in August 1935, the union has maintained an office to deal
with public relations. At that time, a "Committee on Publication" was formed, which became the
"Publication Committee" in April 1936. The Committee subsequently became the "Publicity
Department" in August 1936, when the UAW became an independent union affiliated with the
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). This became the UAW's Public Relations
Department some years later. The primary purpose of the original Committees and Department
was the production of the union's national newspaper, the United Automobile Worker, which
became Solidarity in 1957. Over the years, as the UAW grew into a large, powerful union, the
P.R. department played an increasingly important role in writing speeches and producing various
publications. It also generated large numbers of photographic images, created television
advertisements, and issued press releases, delivering the union’s official stance on nearly all
issues. In recent years, the P.R. Department has also been responsible for maintaining the union’s
social media presence. The collection consists of Audio-Visual material, including photographic
prints and contact sheets, videotapes, and audio recordings.

Important Subjects:
Boycotts--United States.
Child labor.
Civil rights.
Collective bargaining.
Community activities*
Conventions*
Demonstrations.
Health and Safety*
Labor unions.
Labor.
Locals (Labor unions)
Marches.
Meetings.
Organizing, Labor
Picketing--United States.
Plant Closings*
Rallies*
Riots--United States.
Solidarity magazine*
Social issues and interventions
Strikes and lockouts.
Unions, Labor
Workers – working*

Important Names:
Bieber, Owen
Bluestone, Irving
Bonior, David
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Bunn, Elizabeth
Casstevens, Bill
Chavez, Cesar
Clinton, Hilary Rodham
Clinton, Bill
Ford, Henry
Fraser, Doug
Gettelfinger, Ron
Greathouse, Pat
Kennedy, Robert
King, Bob
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Komer, Odessa
Lofton, Ernie
Madar, Olga
Mandela, Nelson
Reuther, Victor
Reuther, Walter P.
Shoemaker, Richard
Tucker, Jerry
Woodcock, Leonard
Yokich, Steve

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Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series. Boxes in Series III have been arranged by subject.

Series I: Photographic Prints, 1929-2010 (Boxes 1-52)
Series II: Photographic Contact Sheets, 1960-1981 (Boxes 53-59)
Series III: Video and Audio Tapes, 1947-2008 (Boxes 60-111)

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Series I: Photographic Prints
Box 1
1. Kohler (1 of 2) (32 black and white photographs)
2. Kohler Strike – Picketing – Solidarity (1 color photograph; 41 black and white
photographs; 2 black and white negatives; 1 newspaper clipping attached;
correspondence, 1 page; bank record, 1 page)
3. Kohler (2 of 2) (6 black and white photographs, 2 duplicates from folder 1; 2 black and
white photocopies of 2 photographs; 1 note detailing photograph that isn’t in the folder)
4. “Of no value for publications?” (32 black and white contact sheets of 63 negatives; 27
black and white photographs [including 1 photograph where one person has been
manually cut-out])
5. Harvester Strike – Chicago, Illinois – September 1955 (27 black and white photographs
[writing on 5], 7 duplicates; 16 black and white contact sheets of 32 negatives; 5
newspaper clippings, 1 clipping is attached)
6. UNLABELED FOLDER (7 black and white photographs [a grey substance applied to 1.
Includes other marks]; 5 black and white photocopies)
7. Michigan Governor Frank Murphy – Port Huron, Michigan (37 black and white
photographs; 1 magazine clipping)
8. Allis Chalmers Strike (13 black and white photographs [includes 2 photographs with two
corners cut off; writing on 1]; 3 newspaper clippings attached; 1 newspaper clipping,
partial)
9. Strike – kitchens (4 black and white photographs [writing on 1]; 1 newspaper clipping,
attached)
10. UNLABELED FOLDER (3 black and white photographs)
11. Local 600 – Ford strike and pickets (10 black and white photographs)
12. Kohler Strike – Investigation (27 black and white photographs)
13. Piasecki Aircraft Strike – Local 840 (10 black and white photographs, 5 duplicates)
14. UNLABELED FOLDER (1 black and white photograph)
15. Ex-Cell-O Strike – December, 1958 (6 black and white photographs)
16. Convention – CIO – 1952 (14 black and white negatives)
17. UNLABELED FOLDER (8 black and white photographs)
18. Convention and miscellaneous – 1936-1937 /Cartoon – Posters – Papers (14 black and
white photographs [includes 2 photographs with sections that are missing; writing on 4];
1 black and white contact sheet of 12 photographs [writing on 3]; 1 newspaper clipping
attached)
19. UNLABELED FOLDER (35 black and white photographs [writing on 3], 1 duplicate
from previous folder; note on description of 1 photograph that may not be in folder)
20. History (24 black and white photographs; 5 descriptions of photographs, 4 don’t appear
be in the folder; 3 issues of Springboard; 1 issue of Labour News From The U.S.)
21. UNLABELED FOLDER (11 black and white photographs; 1 magazine clipping;
Founding Conference program)
22. UNLABELED FOLDER (8 black and white photographs; 2 black and white photocopies;
1 issue of Solidarity)
23. Organizing (17 black and white photographs)
24. UAW (27 black and white photographs)
25. Hunger March (5 color contact sheets; 23 black and white photographs)
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26. Reuther, Walter P. – International (68 black and white photographs, 6 duplicates
[includes 1 photograph with an applied grey substance; writing on 1]; 1 newspaper
contact sheet, 1 page)
27. UNLABELED FOLDER (32 black and white photographs [writing on 2]; 1 black and
white photograph; description of 1 photograph that doesn’t appear in folder)
28. UAW History (11 black and white photographs)
29. UNLABELED FOLDER (45 black and white photographs [1 with an applied grey
substance; writing on 2]; 4 newspaper clippings, 3 attached)
30. UNLABELED FOLDER (32 black and white photographs; 6 black and white negatives)
31. UNLABELED FOLDER (8 black and white contact sheets of 227 negatives; 13 black
and white photographs)
32. Reuther, Walter P. – with Brass (77 black and white photographs [writing on 2]; 1
newspaper clipping attached)
33. Reuther, Walter P. – with noted personalities (15 black and white photographs)
34. Peace – 1960’s (18 black and white photographs [writing on 1]; 1 black and white
photocopy; 5 news paper clippings, 3 attached; 1 black and white contact sheet of 30
negatives)
35. UNLABELED FOLDER (1 black and white photograph)
36. Edsel Ford estate, 1962 (3 black and white photographs, 1 duplicate; 1 newspaper
clipping attached)
37. Farm Workers – Cesar Chavez (1 color photograph; 72 black and white photographs; 1
black and white negative; 2 newspaper clippings attached)
38. Washington, DC – March 1963 (1 color slide; 5 black and white photographs)
39. Employment, 1950-1962 (5 black and white photographs)
40. Healthcare & Safety (9 black and white photographs; 1 newspaper clipping attached)
41. Reuther, Walter P. – Death – miscellaneous (9 black and white photographs)
42. Reuther, Walter P. – Death – Board Members (14 black and white photographs)
43. UNLABELED FOLDER [appears to consist of photocopies related to exhibits] (32 black
and white photocopies; ‘Early Years’ exhibit timeline, 2 pages; 1 inter-office note, typed)

Box 2
1. Plant Closings (1 of 2) (62 black and white photographs; includes descriptions of
photographs that aren’t in the folder)
2. Photo Archives (3 black and white photographs)
3. Plant Closings (2 of 2) (65 black and white photographs; 1 black and white photograph
that may have been cut out of a publication)
4. Retirees (1 of 2) (3 black and white photographs)
5. Randolph, A. Philip – founder – Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (2 black and white
photographs; biography from pbs.org, 4 pages)
6. Unemployment (9 black and white photographs)
7. Women Workers (9 black and white photographs)
8. Chavez, Cesar (2 black and white photographs)
9. Aerospace (NO PHOTOGRAHS; includes description of photograph that isn’t in the
folder)
10. Canada (1 black and white photograph)
11. Energy (1 black and white photograph)
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12. Fraser, Doug (FOLDER IS EMPTY)
13. Mazey, Emil (3 black and white photographs)
14. Murray, Philip (1 black and white photograph)
15. Organizing (1 black and white photograph; includes description of photograph that isn’t
in the folder)
16. People (6 black and white photographs)
17. Picketing (4 black and white photographs)
18. Retirees (2 of 2) (1 black and white photograph)
19. Reuther, Walter P. (4 black and white photographs)
20. Strikes (1 of 2) (14 black and white photographs; 1 newspaper clipping attached; includes
descriptions of photographs that aren’t included in the folder)
21. UAW Meetings (3 black and white photographs; includes description of photograph that
may not be in the folder)
22. Union Busting (3 black and white photographs)
23. Union Officials (1 black and white photograph)
24. Women’s Department (4 black and white photographs; includes description of
photograph that may not be in folder)
25. Woodcock, Leonard (1 black and white photograph)
26. Other Unions – Boycotts (8 black and white photographs)
27. Ford Negotiations, 1970 & 1967 (18 black and white photographs)
28. Strikes (2 of 2) (18 black and white photographs; 1 color photograph)
29. Retirement – Social Security (10 black and white photographs)
30. Not Using (10 color photographs; 1 color contact sheet of 8 negatives; 51 black and white
photographs; 3 newspaper clippings attached; 3 contact sheets of newspaper clippings; 1
black and white negative)
31. Women – Archives (14 black and white photographs)
32. UAW History – Early auto organizing (74 black and white photographs [includes
1contact sheet of newspaper clipping, torn; 1 photograph with applied black magic
marker]; 1 black and white magazine clipping, partial advertisement; 2 black and white
contact sheets of 55 negatives, 2 duplicates)
33. Reuther, Walter P. – General Material (500 Planes A Day by Walter P. Reuther,
photocopies; 59 black and white photographs; 2 black and white negatives; 1 color slide)
34. Reuther, Walter P. – Family (1 color photograph, 1 duplicate; 37 black and white
photographs [includes 1 torn photograph; substance was applied to 1], 1 duplicate; 2
black and white negatives; 2 newspaper clippings attached)
35. Reuther, Walter P. – Memorials (1 of 2) (1 color photograph; 49 black and white
photographs; newspaper clippings)
36. Reuther, Walter P. – Memorials (2 of 2) (1 color slide; 21 black and white photographs)
37. Reuther, Walter P. – Eulogy (copy of the eulogy)
38. Reuther, Walter P. – Death – Family Mourners (68 black and white photographs, 2
duplicates)
39. Reuther, Walter P. – Awards (28 black and white photographs; 1 newspaper clipping
attached)
40. NO FOLDER (1 black and white photograph)
41. Ford, Henry (1 of 2) (26 black and white photographs; 1 newspaper clipping, attached; 1
photocopy of 1 black and white photograph)
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42. Ford, Henry (2 of 2) (13 black and white photographs)
43. Reuther, Walter P. – with noted personalities – 20th Anniversary (5 black and white
photographs, 2 duplicates)
44. Reuther, Walter P. – California/Reuther, Walter P. – Convention, 1969 (41 black and
white photographs)
45. Reuther, Walter P. – Ford negotiations – 1964 (39 black and white photographs)
46. Negotiations (8 black and white photographs; 3 newspaper clippings attached)
47. Reuther, Walter P. – Strikes (1 color photograph; 31 black and white photographs, 1
duplicate)
48. Martin Aircraft Strike – Local 788 (3 black and white photographs, 3 duplicates; 3 black
and white negatives; 1 newspaper clipping attached)

Box 3
1. Reuther, Walter P. – Testifying (44 black and white photographs)
2. Watts Riot – California (38 black and white photographs, 2 duplicates)
3. Reuther, Walter P. – Historic (59 black and white photographs [substance applied to 1
photograph; 1 photograph is stained and a small piece has been torn off; 1 photograph has
been autographed by Tom Lewis]; 2 newspaper clippings attached; 6 black and white
photocopies with paper clipped descriptions)
4. Reuther, Walter P. – prior to 1950 (10 black and white photographs)
5. Reuther, Walter P. – full length (7 black and white photographs [substance applied to 1
photograph]
6. Reuther, Walter P. – testifying (18 black and white photographs)
7. Reuther, Walter P. – with children (5 black and white photographs)
8. Reuther, Walter P. – on television (5 black and white photographs)
9. Reuther, Walter P. – individual shots (6 black and white photographs [a grey substance
was applied to 1 photograph])
10. Reuther, Walter P. – Overseas (28 black and white photographs, 13 duplicates; 1
newspaper clipping attached)
11. Letter from Russia – Reuther, Walter P. – Reuther, Victor G. (NO PHOTOGRAPHS;
program and copy of eulogy from Mr. and Mrs. Walter Philip Reuther’s funeral;
government correspondence; photocopies of newspaper clippings; copy of “Documents
in a smear campaign that boomeranged”; copy of press release from Senator Theodore
Francis Green; copy of National Farmer’s Union’s newsletter; copy of telegram)
12. Solidarity – December 2003 (1 CD-R; 6 copies of the issue)
13. Solidarity – November 2003 (2 CD-R’s; 2 color photographs; 5 copies of the issue)
14. Solidarity – October 2003 (2 CD-R’s; 6 copies of the issue)
15. Solidarity – September 2003 (1 CD-R; 2 color photographs; 1 black and white
photocopy; 13 color contact sheets of 334 digital photographs; correspondence, 1 page; 3
copies of the issue)
16. Solidarity – July-August 2003 (1 CD-R; 37 color photographs, 1 duplicate; 1 color
negative of artwork; 2 black and white photographs; 1 black and white negative; 6 copies
of the issue)

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Box 4
1. Atlantic City, New Jersey – April 16th, 2008 (1 Digital Capture DVD+R; 1 contacts
spreadsheet)
2. Air Quality Hearing – House Sub Committee, March 14th, 2007 (1 CD-R; 5 color contact
sheets of 153 digital photographs)
3. Andros, George – Region #1D (5 color photographs, 12 duplicates; 2 black and white
photographs, 10 duplicates)
4. Agricultural Implements – Local 248 – Fisher, George (1 black and white photograph,
upper right-hand corner is cut)
5. Auto Show – Ford – General Motors – Washington DC – Rebecca Cook, 2002 (3 color
contact sheets of 102 photographs; 20 color photographs)
6. Douglas, McDonald – Aerospace – Vice President – Forrest, Carolyn (2 color
photographs)
7. Aerospace 2003 – Enstrom Helicopter (1 CD-R; 1 color photograph, folded)
8. Aerospace (3 color photographs; 11 black and white photographs)
9. Aerospace – Baggage Handlers - Metro Airport – Detroit, Michigan – Jim West, 1999-
2000 (1 black and white photograph)
10. Agricultural Implements – Case I.H., 1995 (14 color photographs, 3 duplicates; 1 black
and white photograph)
11. Agricultural Implements – Caterpillar – 1990-1994 (29 color photographs; 6 black and
white photographs [clear tape on 1 photograph]; 1 black and white contact sheet-out of 1
photograph)
12. CAT Team – Lab – Convention Center – October 21st, 1992 (34 color photographs; 9
black and white photographs; 60 negatives)
13. Asian-American Workers – Convention – PAI photographs – September 1993 (4 color
photographs; 1 black and white photograph)
14. APL-CIO Conventions – 1995 (10 color photographs)
15. Auto Alliance – Mazda – Russ Marshall – February 23rd, 1994 (3 photographs, 1 typed
note concerning removed photographs)
16. Contract Negotiations – Big Three – 2003 (5 color photographs; 2 CD-R’s; Solidarity
photocopies, 2 pages)
17. Bargaining – Big Three – 1996 (7 color photographs [clear tape residue on 1
photograph]; 3 color slides)
18. General Motors – Janesville, Florida – Plant – Yokich, Steve – Costerisan, R. – August
21st, 1989 (25 color photographs)
19. Bargaining/TOP – Graduate Students – Solidarity – October 2000 (10 color photographs)
20. Bargaining – 1995 (32 color photographs, 5 black and white photographs)
21. Bargaining – 1990-1994 (18 color photographs; 12 black and white photographs; contact
sheet-out of 1 black and white photograph)
22. Bantom, Gerald (1 color photograph, creased; 1 color contact sheet of 36 negatives; 1
black and white photograph; email correspondence, 1 page)
23. Bieber, Owen – International Visitors – Mars, Russ (38 color photographs; 2 color
slides; 37 black and white photographs; 1 black and white contact sheet of 36 negatives;
copies of News From The UAW)
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24. Bonior, David – Cook, Rebecca – and miscellaneous photography – 2002 (53 color
photographs; 1 contact sheet of 36 negatives; 17 contact sheets of 153 digital
photographs; 1 CD-R)
25. Bonior, David – Waldman, George – June 2001 (34 color photographs)
26. Bonior, David – Reinhard, Rick – June 2001 (5 color photographs)
27. Bonior, David – Cook, Rebecca – June 2001 (19 color photographs)
28. NO FOLDER (1 color photograph; 4 black and white contact sheets of 64 negatives)

Box 5
1. Black Lake Gym (4 color photographs, 2007 and u.d.)
2. Black Lake and Golf Course – Jordan, Bill – 2000 – Solidarity (7 color photographs)
3. Black Lake – unknown photographer – Kelly, T. - 2002-2003 (1 black and white
photograph; 37 color photographs; 5 color negatives; 11 color slides)
4. Mural at Black Lake – Floeter, D. – September 12th, 2002 (23 color photographs; 1 CD-
R)
5. Black Lake, Exterior & Grounds, Schroder, 10/95 (56 color photographs; 2 color
photocopies; “SCAB ALERT” note regarding the photographer taped to folder; “DO
NOT USE” written on folder under heading)
6. Black Lake - Women’s Conference – Madar, Olga (1 black and white photograph)
7. Bluestone, Irving (44 black and white photographs)
8. Bunn, Elizabeth (24 color photographs; 4 black and white photographs, 3 duplicates; 1
color slide; Inter Office Communication, 3 pages, 200110)
9. CAP Book – 2004 (21 color photographs; 3 black and white photographs; 1 political
cartoon, possible original artwork, appeared in Solidarity, January and February1996)
10. CAP Workshops – Washington DC – Rick Reinhard, February 2001 (21 color
photographs)
11. CAP Political Issues – Medicare-Drugs – Rebecca Cook, 2000 (2 color photographs)
12. Casino Workers – December 2003 (31 color photographs; 25 color negatives; 1 CD-R)
13. Greektown Casino Bargaining - Rebecca Cook, September 2001 (20 color photographs)
14. Casinos – Atlantic City, New Jersey – June 21st (2 Digital Capture DVD+R’s)
15. Classroom – Labor Studies – Local 1097 (4 color photographs)
16. Comerica Park – Detroit, Michigan – UAW Night – Ron Gettelfinger – Elizabeth Bunn,
August 7th, 2004 (1 CD-R)
17. UAW – Solidarity – Constitutional Convention – Bob King – President – Oath of Office
– Acceptance Speech (FOLDER IS EMPTY)
18. Buildings – Capital Building, 1999 (4 photographs; 1 color slide)
19. Consumer Products, 2000 (13 color photographs; 1 color negative)
20. Solidarity – before and after Woodlane Construction, 2002 (18 color photographs; 15
black and white photographs [includes photocopy]; 1 black and white contact sheet of 12
negatives; 1 black and white drawing with orange transparency; 3-ring binder of
presentation with 1 color and 13 black and white photocopies; correspondence, 2 pages).
21. Solidarity House (48 black and white photographs; 1 color postcard, 1 duplicate; 1 color
photocopy; 1 black and white photocopy; 1 book; 2 pamphlets)
22. UAW Construction – dedicated – 1950 (3 color photographs; 19 black and white
photographs; 1 color negative; 1 negative; 1 CD-R; 3 coasters)
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