Tales from the Reuther Library

Recent Episodes

(Re)Introducing the Michigan Black History Bibliography

Posted July 9, 2020 • 00:26:09

Reuther Library field archivist Dr. Louis Jones and former archives students and staff members Mattie Dugan and Allie Penn discuss the Reuther’s Michigan...

This Union Cause: The Queer History of the United Automobile Workers

Posted June 18, 2020 • 01:01:06

Wayne State history PhD candidate James McQuaid discusses his research on the gradual cognizance and acceptance of queer autoworkers in the twentieth...

Race and Rebellion: Reexamining the Unlearned Lessons of the Kerner Report a Half Century Later

Posted June 9, 2020 • 00:21:07

Reuther Library outreach archivist Meghan Courtney discusses the conclusions of the 1968 Kerner Commission report in the context of today’s protests...

Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work: Black-Owned Businesses and the Housewives League of Detroit

Posted May 21, 2020 • 00:23:38

Allie Penn explains how her work on a grant-funded digitization project introduced her to the Housewives League of Detroit and led to a digital humanities...

Creating that “A-Ha!” Moment: Using Archives and Primary Sources to Inspire Active Learning in the Classroom

Posted April 30, 2020 • 00:28:42

Outreach archivist Meghan Courtney discusses the Reuther Library’s efforts to extend primary source instruction beyond history classes to inspire...