Research Catalog
Elijah Shoemaker papers,
- Title
- Elijah Shoemaker papers, 1950-1979.
- Author
- Shoemaker, Elijah,
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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Vol/Date | Format | Access | Status | Call Number | Location |
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folder 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Available | Sc MG 571 folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
folder 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Available | Sc MG 571 folder 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- 2 folders
- 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
- Author
- Shoemaker, Elijah, collector.
- Title
- Elijah Shoemaker papers, 1950-1979.
- 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).
- 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
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 571