Blacks in the Railroad Industry on Microfilm, 1946-1954
Collection Number: 5989 mf
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Blacks in the Railroad Industry on Microfilm, 1946-1954
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5989 mf
Abstract:
Materials documenting the struggle of black railroad employees.
Creator:
Scholarly Resources Inc.
Quanitities:
0.11 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
This is a compilation of a variety of materials documenting the struggle of black
railroad employees against ouster from the industry by the collusive actions of the
companies and the unions. The papers have been divided into six sections: 1) Correspondence
2) Unions and Union-related organizations 3) Writings 4) Legal documents 5) Memoranda,
and 6) Printed Material.
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
archivist for access to these materials.
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Blacks in the Railroad Industry on Microfilm #5989 mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Scholarly Resources Inc.
Subjects:
Railroads -- Employees -- History
African Americans -- Employment -- History
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Reel 1 | 1 |
Correspondence
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1949-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
Also includes undated correspondence
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Series Unions and Union-Related Organizations
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| Reel 1 | 2 |
Negro Railway Labor Executives Committee
|
1948-1949 |
| Reel 1 | 3 |
Railway Employees Association against Discrimination
|
1953-1954 |
|
Scope and Contents
Also includes undated correspondence
|
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| Reel 1 | 4 |
United Transport Service Employees-CIO
|
1949 |
|
Scope and Contents
Also includes undated correspondence
|
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| Reel 1 | 5 |
Membership Rosters
|
1949 |
|
Scope and Contents
Also includes undated correspondence
|
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| Reel 1 | 6 |
Writings: Untitled Typescript
|
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| Reel 1 | 7 |
Legal Documents
|
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| Reel 1 | 8 |
Memoranda: Hearings on U.S. House of Representatives Special Subcommittee on Education
and Labor
|
1949 |
|
Series Printed Material
|
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| Reel 1 | 9 |
National Negro Labor Council
|
1954 |
| Reel 1 | 10 |
Negro Railway Labor News
|
1948-1950 |
| Reel 1 | 11 |
Fact Sheets
|
1946-1953 |
|
Scope and Contents
1946-1947, 1953. Also includes undated correspondence
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| Reel 1 | 12 |
Press Releases and Newspaper Clippings
|
1948-1953 |
|
Scope and Contents
Also includes undated correspondence
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