Tales from the Reuther Library

Recent Episodes

Poorly Described Folders and Human Hair: Processing Report with ALUA Archivist Shae Rafferty

Posted April 16, 2020 • 00:14:41

Shae Rafferty, the Reuther Library’s Labor and Urban Affairs Archivist, explains what happens behind the scenes to get donated collections ready for...

A Double Agent, A Conservative Affirmative Action Advocate, and A Black Nationalist Walk Into an Archive…: Field Report with Archivist Louis Jones

Posted March 24, 2020 • 00:23:54

After a brief hiatus we’re back! Reuther Library Field Archivist Louis Jones discusses fascinating collections recently opened at the Reuther Library....

Uncovering Detroit Sound: Sippie Wallace and Son House in the Folklore Archives

Posted January 2, 2020 • 00:22:44

Archivist Bart Bealmear explains how he rediscovered recordings of famed African American blues musicians Sippie Wallace and Son House buried in the...

Hidden in the Fields: Invisible Agricultural Child Labor in the American Southwest and the Limits of Citizenship

Posted December 6, 2019 • 00:31:31

Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez explains how labor laws helped define the modern boundaries of childhood and citizenship for both internationally and domestically...

Punishing Promise: School Discipline in the Era of Desegregation

Posted October 17, 2019 • 00:23:51

Matt Kautz explains how his observations while teaching in Detroit and Chicago led him to study the rise of suspensions and other disciplinary tactics...