Samuel H. Clark papers, 1912-1979 (bulk 1939-1979).

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Samuel H. Clark papers, 1912-1979 (bulk 1939-1979).

Chiefly documentation kept by Clark as head of the Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen, including files (1945-1949) from the union's Norfolk and Western Railway Company Lodge No. 35 Grievance Committee. Materials include correspondence, speech, court opinion for Clark v. Norfolk and Western Railway Company, railroad rosters, clipping, and printed matter. Includes correspondence with Genna Rae McNeil and a portion of McNeil's dissertation concerning Charles Hamilton Houston and the right to work.

250 items.1 container.0.2 linear feet.

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Norfolk and Western Railway Company

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Reorganized in 1896 from Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. From the description of Records, 1896-1969. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28420979 The Norfolk and Western Railroad was created and organized in 1881 when Clarence H. Clark and his associates purchased property and franchises belonging to the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company. As a result of the purchase, the combined track length owned by Clark and associates was just over 400 miles. By 1900...

Clark, Samuel H., 1885-1979

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Labor leader and railroadman. From the description of Samuel H. Clark papers, 1912-1979 (bulk 1939-1979). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83985643 ...

McNeil, Genna Rae

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Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen

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Founded in 1912 as the Colored Trainmen of America, the union reorganized in 1918 as the Associated Colored Trainmen of America and again in 1936 as the Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen. From the description of Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen records, 1918-1936. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477515 ...

Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950

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African American attorney, educator, and advocate of civil rights and educational desegregation; vice-dean, Howard University School of Law (1929-1935). From the description of Papers, 1857-1950 ; (bulk 1922-1950). (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941394 Biographical Note William LePre Houston 1870, May 14 ...