Tom Downs papers, 1947-1965 and 1995.

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Tom Downs papers, 1947-1965 and 1995.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34422897

Correspondence, minutes, reports and newspaper clippings concerning the administrations of Michigan governors G. Mennen Williams and John B. Swainson, the problems of employment and unemployment, and the recount of the 1962 gubernatorial election in Minnesota won by Karl Rolvaag. Visual materials series includes photographs, 1961-62, and three videotapes (VHS) interviews, 1995, with UAW president Douglas Fraser and vice president Irving Bluestone regarding their activities within the UAW, and interview with state Democratic party official Adelaide Hart regarding her career. The series also includes audiotape cassettes and transcripts of the three interviews.

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Swainson, John B. (John Burley), 1925-1994

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John Burley Swainson was born on July 31, 1925 in Windsor, Ontario. His family moved to Port Huron, Mich. when he was nine months old. He entered the Army Specialized Training Program immediately after high school and was sent overseas with the 95th Infantry Division under the command of General George C. Patton. In 1944, Swainson was seriously wounded during the assault on Metz, in Alsace Lorraine, France, and had to have both legs amputated. After rehabilitation, he entered Olivet College (194...

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Bluestone, Irving

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Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988

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Governor of Michigan (1949-1960), and Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan (1970- ). From the description of Gerhard M. Williams papers, 1949-1960 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 495705218 Michigan Democratic Governor, 1949-1960; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, 1961-1966; U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, 1967-1969; Michigan Supreme Court justice, 1970-1987. From the description of G. Mennen Williams papers, 1883-1988. (Unive...

Hart, Adelaide, 1900-

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Vice chairman of the Democratic Party State Central Committee, primarily during the gubernatorial administration of G. Mennen Williams. From the description of Adelaide Hart papers, 1948-1971. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419325 Adelaide Hart was a devoted and tireless worker for the Michigan Democratic party throughout the Williams's era and into the 1960s. Along with Democratic state chairman Neil Staebler, Hart, as vice chairman, was a tale...

Fraser, Douglas A. (Douglas Andrew), 1916-2008

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Rolvaag, Karl F., 1913-1990

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Downs, Tom, 1916-

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Lawyer, of Lansing, Mich. From the description of Papers, 1976-1979. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28413995 Legal advisor to the Michigan A.F.L.-C.I.O. and the Democratic State Central Committee; vice chairman of the Michigan Constitutional Convention, 1961-1962; and member of the Michigan Employment Security Commission, 1949-1965. From the description of Tom Downs papers, 1947-1965 and 1995. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422897 ...