Myron Howard Ross Papers, 1944-1950

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Myron Howard Ross Papers, 1944-1950

Myron Howard Ross Papers, 1944-1950

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Myron Howard Ross of Chapel Hill, N.C.,was a United Mine Workers leader. The collection consists of papers collected by Rossrelating to two predominantly black labor unions in Winston-Salem, N.C.: Local 22 ofthe Tobacco Workers Union, an affiliate of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural andAllied Workers Union of America; and Local 420 of the International Fur and LeatherWorkers Union, which also included laundry workers. The papers consist principallyof mimeographed letters, reports, broadsides, and clippings, and relate to theTobacco Workers Union campaign to organize workers in Winston-Salem; relations withthe R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; and strikes in 1946 against local laundries, thePiedmont Leaf Tobacco Company, and the Winston Leaf Tobacco Company.

200; 0.5

eng,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection