{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"emph\">LABOR AND POLITICS, 1922-1974 (1 lin. ft.)</span>The material about labor unions includes two scrapbooks which relate to his involvement with the Harlem Labor Committee and its Harlem Labor Center. This material includes by-laws, anniversary journals and related correspondence, press releases, and minutes of meetings. There is also a program for the First Negro Labor Conference which established the Negro Labor Committee, as well as articles written by Crosswaith and printed matter about the unionization of specific trades. The scrapbooks have been disbound but the original order has been maintained.</p> <p>Organizations with which Crosswaith was involved as a labor organizer which are represented in the collection include the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (one folder contains minutes of executive meetings and Crosswaith's 1928 letters of resignation addressed to members of the Brotherhood explaining the reasons for his departure). The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union is documented by three folders which appear in three different sections of the Labor and Politics series, including in the two scrapbooks. This material consists primarily of news clippings and other printed matter, in addition to articles he wrote. Material in the scrapbooks include speeches and articles Crosswaith wrote, news clippings and other printed matter as well as typed versions of his editorials.</p> <p>Subject files include barbers, laundry workers and other unions.</p> <p>Crosswaith's political campaigns as a Socialist candidate are represented by news clippings, flyers and correspondence. There is additional correspondence about Eugene V. Debs, the socialist candidate for whom Crosswaith campaigned in 1923. Crosswaith's tenure with the New York City Housing Authority is represented by only two bulletins from 1957. Because he was appointed by mayors, the NYCHA material has been placed in this series.</p> <p>There are a large number of news clippings about labor, including the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and A. Philip Randolph, and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Many of these articles discuss Crosswaith. Additional clippings focus on several of his New York City political campaigns. Oversize news clippings had been photocopied prior to the Schomburg Center's acquisition of the collection. Some of these photocopies contain articles about several related subjects which appear on the front and reverse sides.</p>"}