Images from UAW archival collections as well as personal collections from the Reuther family. These photos illuminate works by the UAW, as well as personal snapshots from the life of Walter Reuther, notably his earlier years.
First meeting of Labor Management Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission. Seated L-R: Fowler Harper, Deputy Chairman of WMC; R.Conrad Cooper, of Wheeling Steel Corp; Arthur S. Fleming, of Civil Service Commission, Chairman; Clinton S. Golden, United Steel Workers of America, C.I.O.; John P. Frey, A.F.L., President, Metal Trades. Standing, L-R; R.E. Gillmor, President, Sperry Gyroscope Co.; R.Randall Irin, Director of Industrial Relations, Lockheed Aircraft Corp; H.A. Enochs, Cheif of Personal, Pa. R.R. Co.; Brig. Gen. Frank G. McSherry, Dir. of Operations, War Manpower Commission; Walter P. Reuther, Member of U.A.W., C.I.O.; George Masteron, Steam Fitters and Plumbers, A.F.L.; Joseph S. McDonnagh, Sec. Treas., Building Trades, A.F.L." June 1942
This photograph of Reuther was taken from the files of Local 685 of the Walter P. Reuther Collection. Reuther spoke at the dedication of the new union hall on Sunday, Oct. 23, 1966.
Local Union 12 - Children's Camp (Walter P. Reuther speaking). -Left to Right: Cyrus Marine, Charles Ballard, Rev. Harvey Keller, Rev. Wm. McGoldrick, Allie Perard, Richard Gosser. 1947
Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at a UAW 25th anniversary dinner in Detroit, 1961.
Left to Right: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Arthur Goldberg, Walter P. Reuther