Black Workers in the Era of the Great Migration on Microfilm, 1916-1925
Collection Number: 5750 mf

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Black Workers in the Era of the Great Migration on Microfilm, 1916-1925
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5750 mf
Abstract:
"Records relate to agricultural labor, industrial work, unionism, housing, race relations, returning veterans and their search for employment and the process of migration from the South to the North." (from Introduction by James R. Gross, editor). Reels 10-11 contain the records of the U.S. Railroad Administration's Women's Service Section. Reels 16-19 of this collection include records from the U.S. Women's Bureau concerning black women.
Creator:
University Publications of America
Quanitities:
2.78 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

"Records relate to agricultural labor, industrial work, unionism, housing, race relations, returning veterans and their search for employment and the process of migration from the South to the North." (from Introduction by James R. Gross, editor). Reels 10-11 contain the records of the U.S. Railroad Administration's Women's Service Section. Reels 16-19 of this collection include records from the U.S. Women's Bureau concerning black women.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

Black Workers in the Era of the Great Migration on Microfilm #5750 mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

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SUBJECTS

Names:
Grossman, James R.
University Publications of America
Subjects:
African Americans--Employment--History--20th century.
African Americans--Economic conditions--History--20th century.
Discrimination in employment- -History--20th century.
Afro-Americans. Southern States. Migrations.
Trade-unions. United States. Afro-American membership.
United States. Race relations.

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