Arthur L. Woolfolk papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"21201", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 569", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b19754670", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1949-1967", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1949/1967"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Arthur L. Woolfolk papers"}

physdesc

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repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Arthur L. Woolfolk was a railroad labor union leader. He was the 1st Vice President of the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe System Local in 1956 and Local Chairman of Sante Fe System Local in 1967, both of Denver, Colorado. The Arthur L. Woolfolk papers contain original and mimeographed letters between local and national officers, special bulletins containing constitutional changes about membership dues and officer eligibility; report of Train and Chair Car Committee on reducing worker hours, increasing membership, job stability, and employee railroad pass rights; a call to the Fifth Triennial Convention in Chicago, Illinois in September 1965 from A. Philip Randolph, International President; and a copy of the proceedings of the Colorado State Legislature of March 31, 1949 regarding locomotive employee and passenger safety."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Woolfolk (Arthur L.), 1916-1996", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Arthur L. Woolfolk was a railroad labor union leader. He was the 1st Vice President of the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe System Local in 1956 and Local Chairman of Sante Fe System Local in 1967, both of Denver, Colorado.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Arthur L. Woolfolk papers contain original and mimeographed letters between local and national officers, special bulletins containing constitutional changes about membership dues and officer eligibility; report of Train and Chair Car Committee on reducing worker hours, increasing membership, job stability, and employee railroad pass rights; a call to the Fifth Triennial Convention in Chicago, Illinois in September 1965 from A. Philip Randolph, International President; and a copy of the proceedings of the Colorado State Legislature of March 31, 1949 regarding locomotive employee and passenger safety.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift, Joe Wilson and Renée Epstein, Dec. 18, 1989</p>"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2022 November 28"}

date_start

1949

keydate

1949

date_end

1967

date_inclusive_start

1949

date_inclusive_end

1967

extent_statement

0.01 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Arthur L. Woolfolk papers, Sc MG 569, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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