Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Biographical/Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Processing Information note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
9525 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60628
Victoria Starr papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Victoria Starr papers
- Identifier
- BMRC.HARSH.STARR
- Repository
- Chicago Public Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, Woodson Regional library
- Language
- English
- Size
- 1.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1979-1992
- Creator
- Starr, Victoria
Biographical/Historical note
A social worker and union organizer beginning in the 1930s, Victoria Kramer Starr was one of the three women present at the 1937 founding of the Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee.
Scope and Contents note
Starr's papers include United Packinghouse Workers Union of America (UPWA) materials, oral history interviews and newspaper clippings.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2011 November 16 by Andrew Steadham.