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Grace McDonald Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5203

Scope and Contents

Papers include: Issues of Railroad Unity News, California Farm Reporter, "Swing Shift : A Novel" by Grace McDonald.

Information on California Supreme Court, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company vs. Public Utilities Commission and City of Los Angeles. California Supreme Court, Southern Pacific Company vs. Public Utilities Commission of the State of California. Copy of "Working Together - Our Priority", Annual report of Executive Secretary Grace McDonald.

Dates

  • 1936-1969

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

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

Biographical / Historical

Mrs. McDonald worked closely with her husband on the railroad unity movement of the 1930's. She organized the California Farmer-Labor Association and issued a monthly bulletin, Farmer Consumer Reporter. She also was a successful lobbyist and organizer on issues of small farmer welfare and labor cooperation.

Extent

0.5 cubic feet

Abstract

Information on California Supreme Court, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company vs. Public Utilities Commission and City of Los Angeles. California Supreme Court, Southern Pacific Company vs. Public Utilities Commission of the State of California. Copy of "Working Together - Our Priority", Annual report of Executive Secretary Grace McDonald. Papers include: Issues of Railroad Unity News, California Farm Reporter, "Swing Shift : A Novel" by Grace

Quantity:

0.5 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Papers (documents).

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:
HF, July 18, 2011
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, February 21, 2017
Title
Grace McDonald Papers
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by HF
Date
February 21, 2017
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