African Americans -- Employment

Bulletins, correspondence, convention proceedings, arbitration, grievance, and subject files, meeting minutes, union publications, and ephemera relating to the BLFE, labor relations in the railroad industry in the United States, and railroad labor issues from the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries.

Collection of railroad memorabilia collected by Dan Ballard and Dan Alber Ballard, Jr. from their time working on the Illinois Central Railroad, Louisiana Division

Primarily correspondence, reports, minutes, newspaper clippings, and broadsides dealing with his activities as a leader in Local 22 (in Series I), as well as his other union and political activities (in Series II). Among the most significant material in the collection is correspondence documenting Zimmerman's activities with the Communist Party in the U.S. and its various factions and splinter groups, as well as other political organizations and figures.

The Charles Zimmerman papers consist primarily of correspondence, reports, minutes, newspaper clippings, and broadsides dealing with his activities as a leader in Local 22 (in Series I), as well as his other union and political activities (in Series II).

Include materials of the National Committee on Employer- Employee Relationships in the Home, and the National Council on Household Employment (1928-1941); correspondence (carbons and originals) (1928-1941); and publications regarding household employment (1908-1941).

Correspondence, press releases, and clippings regarding employment opportunities and traning programs for blacks in national defense industries. Principal correspondents: Sidney Hillman and Robert C. Weaver.