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
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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
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853