Highly recommend visiting the Musée des Archives Nationales. It's free, a portal to a different era of archival practices, and is in the coolest neighborhood in Paris (Le Marais). #BastilleDay Au revoir et bonne journée! 🇫🇷🐓🎆

Salles des Documents aka "document rooms"

Burlap sacks to stacks of servers: Different methods for storing archival documents at the French national archives over the centuries. 💿💾💻💰📦📜🇫🇷

Archival professionals, ever had a job as an archives page? Be thankful for that squeaky cart, because in France, pages used a wooden backpack to bring patrons their boxes of documents!

Speaking of archival boxes🗃️📦, beautiful types used over the years by France's National Archives to store historical documents. #AccidentalWesAnderson

This room in the Hôtel de Soubise served as France's first archivists' school (École des chartes). Can you say "respect des fonds?" The room was damaged by the massive weight of shelves housing archival boxes, eventually needing major repairs.

Today the Musée des Archives Nationales offers a history of France based on archival documents. - Book of fabrics worn by Marie Antoinette in 1782 - Duke of Wellington's case of documents stolen from Napoleon's brother - Knife used in duchess' murder, saved as trial evidence

Born out of revolution, France's national archives formed a year after the storming of the Bastille. The archives was created to preserve the records of the French Republic, and was housed in Paris' medieval Hôtel de Soubise until 2004.

Bonjour and happy #BastilleDay! France has a long and robust archives tradition, something I explored at the Musée des Archives Nationales, a museum run by the French National Archives.

“Build support for Congressional action on these issues” Pamphlet from the @aflcio.org Legislative Department, circa early 1960s. From the @uaw.org archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Didn’t know the Patriots logo used to look so unhinged?

“We Work at Ford” Booklet marking the 20th anniversary of the first UAW - Ford contract. 1961. Info graphic lays out worker’s newfound benefits, from pensions to pay guarantees, gained in just two decades of collective bargaining. From the @uaw.org archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Apollo 9 mission analyzer This tool had rotating wheels that let spectators follow the scheduled progress of the space mission. Several Apollo vehicles, including the pyramid shaped Command Service Module, were built by @uaw.org members for NASA. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Cover of @uaw.org Ammo magazine, 1987. The union publication often tackled issues beyond labor matters in its pages, in this instance the pipeline of government officials to foreign lobbying. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

A group of @uaw.org members told me they call the 🖕 the “UAW salute” and it’s a proud union tradition. Archival records like these at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social back up that claim. 📸 of International Harvester workers on strike, circa 1979.

This kitten I found in a Chevy is still looking for a forever home. She loves to play and is very sweet. If you live in SE Michigan and are interested adopting her, please contact me.

“Beer” and hot dogs for all! Huge news ahead of this Fourth of July weekend. Love the clip art on this sample flyer made by the @uaw.org Education Dept, 1963, as part of a course to teach union locals how to put on and publicize big events. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Bird alert in the UAW archives, @banditelli.org

Three dope @uaw.org logos on the cover for a pamphlet for the union’s education conference. Circa late 1940s. From the UAW archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social .

The State of Our Union Pamphlet from the @uaw.org Education Department about the UAW’s fair practices clause and how their local unions can fight against discrimination in the workplace. Circa 1948, from the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Michigan Labor History Society's annual meeting, with special guest Cindy Estrada. Tonight, at UAW Region 1!

Paperboy on the cover for the program to the 1949 UAW education conference, complete with the cutest edition of the union’s publication, Ammunition. Everyday surfaces new gems like these while processing the @uaw.org Education Department Records here at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social!

The @uaw.org Labor Bookshelf, a 1960s program that donated books about workers and unions to public school libraries across the country. Photo from the UAW archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Found this kitten hiding in the engine of my neighbor’s union-made Chevy pickup. If you have a need in your life for an adorable BFF, this cat could really use a good home. Please reach out if you are interested in adopting and live near-ish to southeast Michigan.

It was an honor to attend the @uaw.org’s Constitutional Convention this week. Lots of great needle drops and musical performances, but my personal fave was hearing The Clash as the convention adjourned. That’s my jam.

Union drip from @uaw.org Region 2B delegates out of Local 12 at the union's 1957 constitutional convention. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

A happy coincidence after visiting @thelondonarchives.bsky.social was just around the corner walking past a bar named after Marian Anderson. Really hit home that this friend to the @uaw.org was an icon on a global scale.

♦️🔷🔶 Scenes from the @uaw.org constitutional convention. Atlantic City, 1957. Scores of delegates, speeches, and even a performance from world-famous opera star Mirian Anderson! Photos from the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Enjoying the spirited debate at the @uaw.org Constitutional Convention this week, but I have one question. What happened to the geometric, modern ceiling at Detroit's convention center? That was a sharp look. 📸 @reutherlibrary.bsky.social,

@uaw.org Social Justice Award bestowed to labor and civil rights icon A. Philip Randolph at the union's constitutional convention. 1964. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.