Luther S. Thomas papers, 1951-1954.

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Luther S. Thomas papers, 1951-1954.

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The Luther S. Thomas Papers cotains 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.

.2 lin. ft.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6774586

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Asheville Division

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Pullman Company

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York County, Pa., plant, which produced automobiles, also known as Pullman Motor Car Company. From the description of Records, 1903-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974944 Manufacturer of railroad sleeping and passenger cars founded by George M. Pullman; incorporated in 1867 as Pullman's Palace Car Company; name changed to Pullman Company in 1899; Pullman Incorporated formed 1927 with Pullman Company and Pullman Car & Manufacturing Corp., becoming its principal sub...

Thomas, Luther S.

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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. From the description of Luther S. Thomas papers, 1951-1954. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122580045 ...