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040 _aDLC
_edacs
_cDLC
_dDLC
072 7 _aB
_2lcmd
110 2 _aBrotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
245 0 0 _aBrotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters records,
_f1920-1968
_g(bulk 1950-1968).
300 _a41,000
_fitems.
300 _a144
_fcontainers.
300 _a70
_flinear feet.
351 _aPart I arranged in 3 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1940-1968; Series 2: Subject File, 1940-1968; and Series 3: A. Philip Randolph Papers, 1937-1968.
351 _aPart II arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Benjamin F. McLaurin Papers, 1944-1957; Series 2: A. Philip Randolph Papers, 1935-1968; Series 3: Ashley L. Totten Papers, 1937-1951; Series 4: Subject File, 1920-1968; Series 5: Financial Papers, 1936-1968; and Series 6: Miscellany, 1947-1963.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aPart I (1937-1968, bulk 1950-1968) consists of general correspondence, subject files, and personal papers of the brotherhood's founder, A. Philip Randolph, documenting the growth and functions of the union chiefly after 1940. Includes agreements with railroad lines; exchanges with the American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations, local unions, and labor organizations representing dining car employees, locomotive firemen, and railway clerks; and files relating to conventions, financial matters, and the organization's women's auxiliary. Correspondents include Randolph's principal aides A.R. Blanchette, C.L. Dellums, Benjamin F. McLaurin, T.D. McNeal, Bennie Smith, and Milton P. Webster; labor leaders Dave Beck, David Dubinsky, William Green, George Meany, Philip Murray, Mike Quill, Woodruff Randolph, and Roy, Victor, and Walter Reuther; and political and civil rights leaders Julian Bond, James Farmer, Martin Luther King, Jr., Floyd B. McKissick, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, Joseph L. Rauh, Bayard Rustin, Arthur B. Spingarn, Chuck Stone, Walter Francis White, Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young. Also includes letters from African labor organizer Tom Mboya concerning his activities in Kenya.
520 8 _aPart II (1920-1968, bulk 1950-1968) consists of correspondence and subject files of brotherhood officials Benjamin F. McLaurin (international field organizer), A. Philip Randolph (founder and president), and Ashley L. Totten (secretary-treasurer); and other subject files, financial records, and miscellaneous records. Includes material relating to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor, and National Sharecroppers' Fund; organizing activity of the brotherhood in Canada; and McLaurin's campaign for New York City Council in 1945.
544 _3Photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
544 _3Sheet music
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Music Division.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000016
600 1 0 _aBlanchette, A. R.
_q(Arthur Robinson),
_d1910-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBond, Julian,
_d1940-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDellums, C. L.
_q(Cotrell Lawrence)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDubinsky, David,
_d1892-1982
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFarmer, James,
_d1920-1999
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGreen, William,
_d1870-1952
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKing, Martin Luther,
_cJr.,
_d1929-1968
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMcKissick, Floyd B.
_q(Floyd Bixler),
_d1922-1991
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMcNeal, T. D.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMboya, Tom
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMarshall, Thurgood,
_d1908-1993
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMeany, George,
_d1894-1980
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMurray, Philip,
_d1886-1952
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPowell, Adam Clayton,
_d1908-1972
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aQuill, Mike
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRandolph, Woodruff,
_d1892-1966
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRauh, Joseph L.,
_d1911-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aReuther, Roy,
_d1909-1968
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aReuther, Victor G.
_q(Victor George),
_d1912-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aReuther, Walter,
_d1907-1970
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRustin, Bayard,
_d1912-1987
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSmith, Bennie,
_d1884-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSpingarn, Arthur B.
_q(Arthur Barnett),
_d1878-1971
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aStone, Chuck
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWebster, Milton P.,
_d1887-1965
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWhite, Walter Francis,
_d1893-1955
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWilkins, Roy,
_d1901-1981
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aYoung, Whitney M.
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aAmerican Federation of Labor.
610 2 0 _aBrotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
610 2 0 _aCongress of Industrial Organizations.
610 2 0 _aNational Advisory Committee on Farm Labor (U.S.)
610 2 0 _aNational Sharecroppers' Fund (U.S.)
610 1 0 _aNew York (N.Y.).
_bCity Council.
650 0 _aAfrican American labor leaders.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xCivil rights.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSocieties, etc.
650 0 _aCivil rights.
650 0 _aLabor movement
_zAfrica.
650 0 _aLabor movement
_zCanada.
650 0 _aLabor movement
_zKenya.
650 0 _aLabor movement
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aLocal elections
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 0 _aRailroad companies.
650 0 _aRailroads
_xEmployees.
650 0 _aPullman porters
_xLabor unions
_zCanada.
650 0 _aPullman porters
_xLabor unions
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aRailroads
_xEmployees
_xLabor unions
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWomen in the labor movement
_zUnited States.
700 1 _aRandolph, A. Philip
_q(Asa Philip),
_d1889-1979.
_tA. Philip Randolph papers.
700 1 _aMcLaurin, Benjamin F.,
_d1905-
_tBenjamin F. McLaurin papers.
700 1 _aTotten, Ashley,
_d1884-1963.
_tAshley Totten papers.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000016
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000016.3
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