Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters records, 1920-1968
Corporate name
Main title
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters records, 1920-1968 (bulk 1950-1968).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000016
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000016.3
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Description
- 41,000 items.
- 144 containers.
- 70 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000016
Local shelving no.
- 0328A
Related names
Organized/Arranged
- Part 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.
- Part 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.
Summary
- Part 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 (U.S.), 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.
- Part 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.
LC Subjects
- Blanchette, A. R. (Arthur Robinson), 1910---Correspondence.
- Bond, Julian, 1940-2015--Correspondence.
- Dellums, C. L. (Cotrell Lawrence)--Correspondence.
- Dubinsky, David, 1892-1982--Correspondence.
- Farmer, James, 1920-1999--Correspondence.
- Green, William, 1870-1952--Correspondence.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Correspondence.
- McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991--Correspondence.
- McNeal, T. D.--Correspondence.
- Mboya, Tom--Correspondence.
- Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993--Correspondence.
- Meany, George, 1894-1980--Correspondence.
- Murray, Philip, 1886-1952--Correspondence.
- Powell, Adam Clayton, 1908-1972--Correspondence.
- Quill, Mike--Correspondence.
- Randolph, Woodruff, 1892-1966--Correspondence.
- Rauh, Joseph L., Jr., 1911-1992--Correspondence.
- Reuther, Roy, 1909-1968--Correspondence.
- Reuther, Victor G. (Victor George), 1912---Correspondence.
- Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970--Correspondence.
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987--Correspondence.
- Smith, Bennie, 1884---Correspondence.
- Spingarn, Arthur B. (Arthur Barnett), 1878-1971--Correspondence.
- Stone, Chuck--Correspondence.
- Webster, Milton P., 1887-1965--Correspondence.
- White, Walter, 1893-1955--Correspondence.
- Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981--Correspondence.
- Young, Whitney M.--Correspondence.
- American Federation of Labor.
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
- Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
- National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor (U.S.)
- National Sharecroppers' Fund (U.S.)
- New York (N.Y.). City Council.
- African American labor leaders.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans--Societies, etc.
- Civil rights.
- Labor movement--Africa.
- Labor movement--Canada.
- Labor movement--Kenya.
- Labor movement--United States.
- Local elections--New York (State)--New York.
- Railroad companies.
- Railroads--Employees.
- Pullman porters--Labor unions--Canada.
- Pullman porters--Labor unions--United States.
- Railroads--Employees--Labor unions--United States.
- Women in the labor movement--United States.
Notes
- Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- Sheet music transferred to Library of Congress Music Division.
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, A. Philip Randolph and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 1971.
- Gift, Chicago Historical Society, 1981.
Constituent unit
LCCN
- mm 73048439
Other standard no.
- MSS48439
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
