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Milton P. Webster collection
- Title
- Milton P. Webster collection, 1956-1969.
- Author
- Webster, Milton P., 1887-1965.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 570 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- .2 lin. ft. (1 archival box)
- Summary
- The Milton P. Webster Collection includes a variety of material related to labor negotiations between the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and several national railroad companies. Items concern pay rates and increases, health and welfare benefits, and other labor issues involving porter-brakemen and chair car attendants. Materials include correspondence, memoranda of agreement, rosters of attendants and porters, bulletins, and membership lists.
- Subjects
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
- African American labor leaders
- African Americans > Employment
- Labor unions, Black > United States > History
- Webster, Milton P., 1887-1965
- United States > Race relations
- Railroads > Employees > Labor unions > United States
- Labor unions > United States
- Labor movement > United States > History
- Porters > United States
- Source (note)
- Rebecca Webster Kingslow
- Biography (note)
- Milton Price Webster joined the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) in 1925, and soon became A. Philip Randolph's major ally. He was the first vice-president of the BSCP and chief negotiator of contracts. Together with Randolph, Webster led the BSCP to victory in 1935, following a protracted campaign to make the union the bargaining representative for Black porters and maids. The BSCP was the first African American union to win a national contract as well as the first to have a bargaining agreement with the Pullman Company. Among the main issues Webster addressed as the chief negotiator was the Pullman Company's long standing practice of low pay, long working hours, and harsh treatment of its porters, most of whom were African American.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 570
- OCLC
- 743084483
- Author
- Webster, Milton P., 1887-1965.
- Title
- Milton P. Webster collection, 1956-1969.
- Biography
- Milton Price Webster joined the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) in 1925, and soon became A. Philip Randolph's major ally. He was the first vice-president of the BSCP and chief negotiator of contracts. Together with Randolph, Webster led the BSCP to victory in 1935, following a protracted campaign to make the union the bargaining representative for Black porters and maids. The BSCP was the first African American union to win a national contract as well as the first to have a bargaining agreement with the Pullman Company. Among the main issues Webster addressed as the chief negotiator was the Pullman Company's long standing practice of low pay, long working hours, and harsh treatment of its porters, most of whom were African American.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 570