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Photograph of Carlotta Anderson and her uncle Laurance Labadie.
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  • Julie Herrada
New Discoveries of the Labadie Family
As the only grandchild of Jo and Sophie Labadie, Carlotta Anderson was fascinated by her family's history. She wrote an authoritative biography of her grandfather, researched anarchism, labor unions and Detroit history before the auto industry, and preserved original family documents dating back to the nineteenth century. Anderson was a dear friend of the Labadie Collection and, shortly before her death she donated important papers that are now open for research.
Altared States by Alison Bechdel. "Having quashed their last-minute reluctance, our starry-eyed brides now find themselves in the back yard surrounded by loving circle of their nearest and dearest!
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  • Karmen Hall Beecroft
From Victorian Sexology to the Sexual Revolution: The Joseph A. Labadie Collection Reveals the Roots of Same-Sex Marriage in America
Before the 21st century marriage equality campaign, how did LGBT individuals frame their own relationships against the backdrop of a hostile society? Delving into the Joseph A. Labadie Collection, a pioneering record of American social and political protest movements, uncovers some surprising answers.
An drawn illustration of a boy, eyes closed, eating a doughnut fresh from the machine.
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  • Kate Foster Hutchens
Happy National Doughnut Day!
The first Friday in June is National Doughnut Day! We have items across our collections that feature this delectable treat...
Joe Hill's Last Will, November 19, 1915. "Don't Mourn But Organize"
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  • Julie Herrada
"I never died," said he: the 100th Anniversary of the Execution of Joe Hill
A commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the execution of Joe Hill, the famous Wobbly bard.
Excerpt from trial transcript
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  • Julie Herrada
A New Collection Sheds Light on the Everett Massacre of 1916
On November 5th, 1916, the town of Everett, WA, witnessed a violent confrontation between a citizens’ militia hostile to labor unions and a group of Industrial Workers of the World members sailing into the town’s port to support local workers on strike. The Labadie Collection has secured a new set of archival documents about the Everett Massacre to be available to researchers.
Goldman's grave
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  • Julie Herrada
An Anarchist's Suitcase: In Honor of Federico Arcos (1920-2015)
The famous suitcase belonging to the anarchist Emma Goldman has found its final resting place in the Labadie Collection, 75 years after its last journey.
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  • Julie Herrada
Hidden Treasures Now Online!
A 5+ year digitization project resulting in over 2,000 social protest images is now accessible to the world.
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  • Julie Herrada
"Who is this Jack Carney?"
Take a peak at what a visiting Irish researcher is working on in the Labadie Collection!
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  • Julie Herrada
A Recon Project in the Labadie Collection
A long-desired recon project finally gets attention.
Poster for Screening Event: Food Chains documentary
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  • Athena Jackson
FOOD CHAIN$ Screening @ U-M Library: Joseph A. Labadie Collection Connection
Mark your calendars for a free screening of FOOD CHAIN$: The Revolution in America's Fields documentary.

March 3, 2015 | 4pm to 6pm | Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery