Luther S. Thomas papers
- Title
- Luther S. Thomas papers, 1951-1954.
- Author
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Containerbox 1 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc MG 370 box 1 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- .2 lin. ft.
- Summary
- The Luther S. Thomas Papers contains correspondence, including a few letters to staff of the Pullman Company, membership records and printed matter documenting Luther S. Thomas's career as president of the Asheville, North Carolina Division of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union. Collection also contains miscellaneous correspondence and documents relating to the Triennal Convention of the Brotherhood in 1953, including a handwritten report by Thomas to the Asheville division. The bulk of the collection pertains to labor grievances filed by Thomas and several Asheville porters, particularly on issues of discrimination and adequate health safeguards in the transportation of patients with communicable diseases. Also includes Division membership lists and printed material about tourist sites published by various railroad lines.
- Subject
- African Americans > Employment
- Labor unions > United States > Officials and employees
- Asheville (N.C.) > African Americans
- Pullman Company
- Discrimination in employment > United States
- Railroads > Employees > Labor unions > United States
- Communicable diseases > Prevention
- Labor disputes > United States
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters > Asheville Division
- Railroads > United States > Employees
- Thomas, Luther S
- Porters > Labor unions > United States
- African American labor union members
- Pullman porters
- Call number
- Sc MG 370
- Note
- Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.
- Artifacts transferred to Art and Artifact Division.
- Biography (note)
- African American railroad porter employed by the Pullman Company in the 1940s and 1950s, and president of the Asheville North Carolina Division of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
- Author
- Thomas, Luther S.
- Title
- Luther S. Thomas papers, 1951-1954.
- Biography
- African American railroad porter employed by the Pullman Company in the 1940s and 1950s, and president of the Asheville North Carolina Division of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
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- Research call number
- Sc MG 370