Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Samuel H Clark papers, 1912-1979
Personal name
Main title
- Samuel H. Clark papers, 1912-1979 (bulk 1939-1979).
More Information
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Description
- 250 items.
- 1 container.
- 0.2 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Local shelving no.
- MMC-3537
Biography/History note
- Labor leader and railroadman.
Summary
- Chiefly documentation kept by Clark as head of the Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen, including files (1945-1949) from the union's Norfolk and Western Railway Company Lodge No. 35 Grievance Committee. Materials include correspondence, speech, court opinion for Clark v. Norfolk and Western Railway Company, railroad rosters, clipping, and printed matter. Includes correspondence with Genna Rae McNeil and a portion of McNeil's dissertation concerning Charles Hamilton Houston and the right to work.
LC Subjects
- Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950.
- McNeil, Genna Rae.
- McNeil, Genna Rae--Correspondence.
- Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen.
- Norfolk and Western Railway Company.
- African Americans--Employment.
- Labor unions, Black--United States.
- Railroads--Employees--Labor unions.
- Railroads--United States.
- Right to labor--United States.
- Labor leaders.
- Railroadmen.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Samuel L. Gravely, 1983.
LCCN
- mm 83061275
Other standard no.
- MSS61275
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)
