0347. Undated Items, 1940-1947. 275 pages., 1940-1947
Scope and Contents
Major Topics: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters convention; Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters efforts to organize colored locomotive firemen; discrimination against Negroes by the railroads; Pullman activities to aid the war effort; union representation election for Pullman yard and shop employees; Pullman Company records donated to Newberry Library in Chicago; American Federation of Labor support for Negro workers; Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters propaganda; report on Negro pioneers in the Chicago labor movement; proceedings of the First National Convention of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Ladies Auxiliary.
Dates
- 1940-1947
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Extent
3.33 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository