Philip P. Mason

Philip P. Mason is an American archivist and author, as well as the founding director of the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs on the campus of Wayne State University in Detroit. Mason is professor emeritus at Wayne State, where he taught American History and Archival Administration for many years.
Mason received his B.A. from Boston University and a masters and Ph.D from the University of Michigan.
He has written or co-authorered eleven books, and almost 100 articles.. He was awarded the 2009 Historical Society of Michigan Lifetime Achievement Award, and an Award of Merit from the AASLH Leadership in History Awards for his works on the history of Michigan. He was President of the Society of American Archivists from 1970-1971.
He appeared as himself in the TV documentary Rumrunners, Moonshiners, & Bootleggers.

• A History of American Roads
• Call the Next Witness
• Copper Country Journal
• Heiress to a Proud Heritage
• Jewish Archival Institutions
• Rum-Running and the Roaring Twenties
• The Ambassador Bridge: A Monument to Progress
• Tracy W. McGregor: Humanitarian, Philanthropist, and Detroit Civic Leader

Co-authored

• Harper of Detroit: the Origin and Growth of a Great Metropolitan Hospital
• Labor History Archives in the United States: A Guide for Researching and Teaching
• Prismatic of Detroit

• Labor History Archives in the United States: A Guide for Researching and Teaching. books.google.com. Retrieved 13 September 2012.