Henry Ford and the History of American Industry, Labor, and Culture

National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop for Community College Faculty  

 Session I:          June 8-13, 2008                                     Session II:       June 15-20, 2008

Henry Ford Community College
Dearborn, Michigan 

Project Director

Michael Daher
mdaher@hfcc.edu

WORKSHOP FORMAT AND SCHEDULE

Day   
    

Session or Tour

 

Speakers and Guides

 

Location

 


Sunday 

7:00-9:00

 

Session I:  Orientation

 

Landmarks Faculty/Staff

 

Henry Ford Community College

Monday

 

 

 

8:00-8:30

Welcome: M-Tec Auditorium         

Reginald Gerlica, 
VP/Dean of Academic Education,
Henry Ford Community College,

Linda West,
Director HFCC M-TEC

Michael Daher,
Project Director

Michigan Technical Education Center, Dearborn

8:3010:00

Workshop I: Henry Ford and Manufacturing History

Stephen Meyer III
University of Wisconsin


Lindsey Biggs
Auburn University

Kristin Dziczek
Center for Automotive Research

M-TEC

Break

 

 

 

10:15-11:45

Workshop I:
(Panel Presentations)

 

M-TEC

Lunch

 

 

1:00-2:45

Tour:  Henry Ford Museum (“The Automobile in American Life”)

Museum Guide/Core Faculty

The Henry Ford, Dearborn

3:00-4:45

Benson Ford Archives

John Bowen, Archive Director

Linda Skolarus,
Access Services Manager

The Henry Ford

5:00-6:00

Ford and the Military     

Hal Friedman
Henry Ford Community Colleg

M-TEC

 Tuesday

 

 

 

8:30-10:00

Workshop II:  Henry Ford  and Labor History           

Professor Steve Babson, Wayne State University

M-TEC

Break

 

 

 

10:15-11:45

Workshop II

 

Michael Smith, Director, Walter Reuther Library

M-TEC

Lunch

 

 

 

 

1:00-2:30

Tour:  Three Labor Sites

--Ford Hunger March

--Battle of Overpass

--Labor Legacy Landmark

Linda West, Henry Ford Community College

David Elsila, UAW

 

Dearborn  (Rouge Plant)

Detroit (Hart Plaza)

 

3:00-5:00

Reuther Archives

(Photographic and Print)

Archive Director (Michael Smith)

 

Walter Reuther Library

5:30-6:30

Participant Seminar

Core Faculty

Reuther Library 

6:30-8:30

Optional Tour:
The Detroit Architecture of Albert Kahn
[Stop for Dinner Included]

Francis Grunow,
Director
Preservation Wayne

Detroit’s New Center
Detroit’s City Center

Wednesday

 

 

 

8:30-10:00

Workshop III:  Henry Ford as Icon                                 

William Springs
Howard University

M-TEC 

Break

 

 

 

10:15-11:45

Workshop III

Professor Michael Daher, Henry Ford Community College

 

M-TEC

Lunch

 

 

Fair Lane Estate

12:15-1:30

 

 

2:00-4:45

Fair Lane Estate (Lunch,  Stroll of Grounds Presentation)


-------------------------

Greenfield Village Tour
(“Working in America”)

Benson Ford Archives            

Michael Skinner
Henry Ford Heritage Association

Fair Lane Estate

The Henry Ford


Greenfield Village


The Henry Ford

5:00-6:00

Participant Seminar

Core Faculty

M-TEC

Thursday

 

 

 

8:30-10:00

Workshop IV:  The Detroit
Industry Murals of Diego Rivera 

Nancy Jones,
Director of Education,
Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit Institute of Arts

Break

 

 

 

10:15-11:45

Workshop IV

Professor Dora Apel, 
Wayne
State
University

Detroit Institute of Arts

Lunch

 

 

Detroit Institute of Arts

(Thursday)

1:30-3:30

Tour:  The Ford Piquette Plant

Jerry Mitchell,
Piquette
Plant Director

Detroit Cultural Center

 (Milwaukee Junction) 

3:30-3:45


4:30-6:00

Break
Participant Seminar

Focused Workshop: Manufacturing Processes

 

 

Detroit Cultural Center (Milwaukee Junction)

7:00-8:30

Banquet Dinner
[Optional]

 

Detroit’s “Greek Town

Friday

 

 

 

8:30-10:00

Workshop V: The Contemporary Rouge Factory    

Jerry Sullivan, President UAW Local 600

Ted Stawikowski, Manager, Human Resources, Ford Rouge Plant

Linda West, HFCC

Ted Stawikowski

[Panel Discussion]

UAW Local 600

Break

 

 

 

10:15-11:45

Workshop V


[Panel Continuation]

UAW Local 600

Lunch

 

 

 Box-Lawn / The Henry Ford

1:00-300

Tour:  The Rouge Plant

Factory Guide

Ford Motor Company

3:30-4:00

NEH Evaluations

 

 

4:00-5:00

Participant Seminar

 

M-TEC



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