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Elijah Shoemaker papers
- Title
- Elijah Shoemaker papers, 1950-1979.
- Author
- Shoemaker, Elijah
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | folder 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 571 folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | folder 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 571 folder 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 2 folders
- Summary
- The papers contain original and mimeographed correspondence to and from the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters including a letter from L. B. Thompson, legislative representative and W.T. Nickleberry, past president relating to a memorial service for A. Philip Randolph, financial statements, reports of convention proceedings, and miscellaneous handbooks on health benefits, payroll deductions, workers compensation and copies of the "General Rules for the Guidance of Employees of the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railway System" (1950-1966).
- Subjects
- Labor unions > United States
- Black author
- Working class > United States
- Shoemaker, Elijah
- Railroads > Labor unions > United States
- African Americans > Employment
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters > Santa Fe System Local
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
- Labor unions > United States > African Americans
- Porters > Labor unions > United States
- Source (note)
- Renee Epstein and Joe Wilson
- Biography (note)
- Elijah Shoemaker was the local chairman of the Sante Fe System Local of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and assistant district chairman (Los Angeles).
- Call Number
- Sc MG 571
- OCLC
- 871725363
- Author
- Shoemaker, Elijah, collector.
- Title
- Elijah Shoemaker papers, 1950-1979.
- Biography
- Elijah Shoemaker was the local chairman of the Sante Fe System Local of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and assistant district chairman (Los Angeles).
- Source
- Renee Epstein and Joe Wilson Gift 1989 SCM 95-19
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- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 571