Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Custodial History
- Scope and Content
- Related Material
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Chicago Division, photographic archives
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Chicago Division, photographic archives
- Dates
- ca 1940-1969
- Identifier
- 1988.0081
- Creator
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Chicago Division
- Size
-
177 photographic prints :
b&w ;16 x 20 in. or smaller.
- Size
- 1 folder of non-graphic material.
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Credit photographer(s).
Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Acquisition Information
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Chicago Division.Chicago, Ill. Gift 1980/03/12 1988.0081 photoprints 1 8 x 10 in. box; 1 16 x 20 in. box. 1988.0081 non-graphic 1 folder.Custodial History
Gift of the Chicago Division of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (1988.0081).
Scope and Content
Primarily group portraits taken at conferences and meetings of the BSCP labor union. Scenes from the Chicago Division offices show an Afro-American staff at work. Includes small formal identified portraits of key Chicago members, a few unidentified portraits, and informal photographs of unidentified convention speakers. Several photographs depict a testimonial dinner for founder A. Philip Randolph. Also includes a few group portraits at events sponsored by BSCP's International Ladies Auxiliary, informal scenes at an unidentified election (for BSCP officers?) and snapshots of an unidentified church. A single image shows men before a billboard advertising BSCP war bond support in St. Louis during World War II.
Unpublished container list available (1988-081).
Indexed Terms
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Portraits
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Portraits
- Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 -- Portraits
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- Photographs
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- Chicago Division -- Photographs
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- International Ladies Auxiliary -- Photographs
- Banquets -- United States -- 1940-1969
- Churches -- United States -- 1940-1969
- Labor unions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1940-1969
- Labor unions -- United States -- 1940-1969
- Meetings -- United States -- 1940-1969
- Offices -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1940-1969
- Pullman porters -- 1940-1969
- Railroad employees -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1940-1969
- Railroad employees -- United States -- 1940-1969
- War bonds & funds -- Missouri -- St. Louis -- 1940-1949 -- 1940-1969
- African Americans -- Clothing & dress -- 1940-1969
- African American train attendants -- Societies, etc. -- 1940-1969
- African American women -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1940-1969
- African American women -- 1940-1969
- African Americans -- Employment -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1940-1969
- African Americans -- Employment -- 1940-1969
- Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- 1940-1969
- Occupations -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1940-1969
- Group portraits
- Portrait photographs
- Gelatin silver prints