Richard Parrish papers
- Title
- Richard Parrish papers, 1950-1975.
- Author
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Containerr. 3 | FormatMixed material | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc Micro R-6688 r. 3 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Containerr. 2 | FormatMixed material | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc Micro R-6688 r. 2 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Containerr. 1 | FormatMixed material | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc Micro R-6688 r. 1 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Containerser. 3 | FormatMixed material | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc F 95-444 ser. 3 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference - Desk |
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 1.4 lin ft.
- Summary
- The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, minutes, convention proceedings, articles, printed material, and newspapers clippings describing activities of the labor and civil rights organizations to which Parrish belonged, together with information on his teaching career in public schools. The predominant organization represented in these papers is the National Afro-American Labor Council at the chapter and national levels but there are some papers for the American Federation of Teachers. Correspondents include Cleveland Robinson, president of the NALC. Also included are records of the National Afro-American Labor Council's National Executive Board including minutes, correspondence, reports, membership records, financial records, subject files, press releases, and convention materials, 1960-1975. Some material of A. Philip Randolph and L. Joseph Overton, National Secretary of the NALC, is also included.
- Subject
- Working class > United States
- Teachers' unions > United States
- Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
- Robinson, Cleveland L (Cleveland Lowellyn), 1914-1995
- National Afro-American Labor Council > National Executive Board
- Labor movement > United States
- American Federation of Teachers
- African American labor union members
- Parrish, Richard F (Richard Franklin), 1914-1983
- African Americans > Civil rights
- Overton, L. Joseph
- Labor > United States
- African American teachers
- Call number
- Sc Micro R-6688
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Sc MG 31
- Access (note)
- Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.
- Additional formats (note)
- Collection available on microfilm;
- Reproduction (note)
- Microfilm.
- Source (note)
- Parrish, Richard
- Biography (note)
- Richard Franklin Parrish was a teacher and a labor leader in New York City. He was a founding member and president of the National Afro-American Labor Council, formerly the Negro American Labor Council, which strove to end discrimination in the labor movement.
- Indexes/finding aids (note)
- "Manuscript Collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition." Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1995. Shelved as: Desk Sc F 95-444 ser. 3.
- Processing action (note)
- Surveyed
- Processed
- Cataloging updated
- Author
- Parrish, Richard F. (Richard Franklin), 1914-1983.
- Title
- Richard Parrish papers, 1950-1975.
- Additional formats
- Collection available on microfilm; Scholarly Resources, Inc.; call number Sc Micro R-6688 (Reels 1-3)
- Access
- Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.
- Reproduction
- Microfilm. New York : New York Public Library. [19--]. 3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (MN *ZZ-16039)
- Biography
- Richard Franklin Parrish was a teacher and a labor leader in New York City. He was a founding member and president of the National Afro-American Labor Council, formerly the Negro American Labor Council, which strove to end discrimination in the labor movement.
- Parrish held offices in the United Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers, the national teachers union affiliated with the AFL-CIO. During the New York City teachers' strike of 1968, Parrish formed the UFT Black Caucus. Parrish was most active with teacher and Black labor organizations from the early 1960s until 1974. He died in 1983.
- Indexes
- "Manuscript Collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition." Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1995. Shelved as: Desk Sc F 95-444 ser. 3.
- Processing action
- Surveyed 198704
- Processed 19780403
- Cataloging updated 19940329
- Source
- SCM 77-22
- 1.1 Parrish, Richard Gift
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
- Robinson, Cleveland L. (Cleveland Lowellyn), 1914-1995.
- Overton, L. Joseph.
- Related to
- Reels 4-10 Richard Parrish papers (Additions 1), 1959-1976 bulk(1966-1973). NYPW02-A338
- LCCN
- ms 79001888
- Research call number
- Sc Micro R-6688 Reels 1-3