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Blacks in the Railroad Industry on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5989 mf

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates

  • 1946-1954

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.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Extent

0.11 cubic feet

Abstract

Materials documenting the struggle of black railroad employees.

Quantity:

1 microfilm reel

Forms of Material:

Records, microfilm.

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183> kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, September 26, 2012
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, February 10, 2016
Title
Blacks in the Railroad Industry on Microfilm
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
February 10, 2016
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853