MICHIGAN STATE LIBRARY - Vol.8 No.1 - Labor Unions Use the Library

Sep 21, 2026

September 1948 Vol. 8 No. 1 presents the Michigan State Library’s role in supporting union education through a camp library organized for labor center institutes. It describes a small, well-kept structure offering loan collections, pocket books, radio and record materials, and lounge seating, along with discussions covering classes, politics, children’s care, and women’s auxiliary activities. Attendance grows through targeted outreach by instructors and library staff, while weekly courses and visiting librarians expand services.

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SEP 29 1948 MARYGbE COLuc.L.|3RARYDETkO!T,MCHIPLEASD0NTRE Sept.1948Vol.8 No.1 # MICHIGAN STATE LIBRARY LANSING 13 我 # MICHIGAN STATE BoARD FoRLIBRARIES Mrs.George G.Hunter,St.Johns,ChairmanMrs.Dorothy T.Hagerman,Grand Rapids 7,Vice-Chairman Mrs.Florence B.Dearing,HartlandMr.Joseph W.Planck,LansingMiss Helen Warner,Battle Creek Mrs.Loleta D.Fyan,Lansing 13,Secretary Michigan State Library State Ofce Building,Lansing 13Telephone Lansing 5-8144 Ext.501 Mrs.Loleta D.Fyan,State Librarian General Library Division Mr.John G.Lorenz, Assistant State Librarian Miss Gail Curtis,Adult ReferenceMiss Cora Lindow,Art and MusicMiss Marjorie Hazard,Documents Mrs.Esther Loughin,Michigan Local and Family History Mrs.Althea Hogan,Circulation Miss Dorothy Hansen, Juvenile Reference and Traveling LibrariesMiss Gertrude Schwab,CatalogMrs.Doris Shimkus,Order and BindingMiss Harriet Nelson,Business OfficeMrs.Mildred Gascho,Secretarial OfficeMr.Joseph Cherwinski,Shipping Extension Division Miss Eudocia Stratton,Head,ExtensionMrs.Grace Burgett, Public Library Consultant Mrs.Fannie S.Noonan, Director,State Aid to Public Libraries Miss Evelyn L.Parks,Trustee,Consultant Miss Louise F.Rees, School Library Consultant Miss Jeannette Johnson,Library Consultantfor the Northern Part of Lower Peninsula State Highway Building,Cadillac,Telephone Cadillac 872 Miss Helen Kremer,Library Consultantfor the Upper PeninsulaCity Hall,MurquetteTelephone Marquette 2237 Law Library Division Capitol Building,LansingTelephone Lansing 5-8144 Ext.503 Miss Charlotte Dunnebacke,Law Librarian Page Labor Unions Use the Library.............3The M.L.A.Conference................5Michigan Material ......................6To Buy or Borrow.......................7Reinforced Bindings on Children's Books....8Turned Around-A Brighter Look..........9The Bookmobile is Back on the Air.........10Films Available from State Library.........11Great Issues Reading'and Film Lists Availableto Libraries.......................12A challenge:70,000,000 Americans with pooror no library service.................13The Best in Documents..................14Have You Seen.........................151000 Books at 1948 Workshops...........17Michigan Education Directory............17Adventures in Music...................17Tri-State Meeting at Green Bay...........18Freedom Train Visits Michigan............18Pre-Conference Institute for Trustees.......19Needle in a Haystack...................19About Libraries and Librarians............20Detroit Editorial on Library Salaries........23Citizens Help Libraries..................23Dates to Remember.....................23The Freedom Pledge....................24 # Labor Unions Use the Library -a small,neat structure on the campgrounds including:the loan collection,pocket-books and books in bright,color-ful jackets for sale from the UAWbookstore,a radio phonograph and rec-ord collection and soft lounge chairs.The warm atmosphere stimulated agroup of bull sessions rehashing theday's classes or probing into subjectslike the place of minority parties inAmerican politics,the care of childrenand the role of the women's auxiliaryin local unions.One group discussedcliches and newspaper writing andsang songs until the wee hours of themorning. By Melvin Painter Brooklyn College,Brooklyn,New York.Student Staff,5th Annual CIO Leader-ship Training Institute. "This is one of the most excitingexperiments in adult education I haveever witnessed,"is the comment of oneof a group of Michigan librarians whohelped to demonstrate library servicesat a series of union institutes held atthe FDR-CIO Labor Center at Lake-port,Michigan,just ten miles northof Port Huron this summer. No eager crowd collected to fighttheir way into the library,but inter-ested individuals or small groups came,due to their instructor's suggestion,hearing an announcement,reading apublicity leaflet or seeing the arrow-shaped sign on a tree pointing to

FAQs

What facilities did the camp library provide for union attendees?

It offered a loan collection, pocket books and books for sale, a radio and phonograph record collection, and soft lounge chairs.

How did attendees find and decide to visit the library?

Individuals and small groups came through instructor suggestions, announcements, publicity leaflets, and an arrow-shaped sign pointing to the library.

What kinds of courses were offered during the institutes?

Weekly courses ranged from collective bargaining and steward training to human relations, economics, radio, and public relations.

Sep 21, 2026

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