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Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America, Excelsior Lodge 184 collection, 1902-1937 (majority within 1902-1930)

0.25 linear feet

The Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America, Excelsior Lodge 184, Collection includes two minute books and approximately 50 loose letters, documents, and printed materials related to this Manchester/South Richmond, Virginia, branch of the trade union. The minute books cover the years 1902-1914, 1917-1918, and 1928-1930. The loose letters and documents include a series of 1920s letters, documents, and printed materials pertaining to strike, wage negotiation, and other Union matters. These later papers were apparently compiled by Lem Southworth of the B.R.C. of A. at Richmond respecting laborers on the Southern Railway System.

The Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America, Excelsior Lodge 184, Collection includes two minute books and approximately 50 loose letters, documents, and printed materials related to this Manchester/South Richmond, Virginia, branch of the trade union. The minute books cover the years 1902-1914, 1917-1918, and 1928-1930. The loose letters and documents include a series of 1920s letters, documents, and printed materials pertaining to strike, wage negotiation, and other Union matters. These later papers were apparently compiled by Lem Southworth of the B.R.C. of A. at Richmond respecting laborers on the Southern Railway System.

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Theodore R. Bohn Papers, 1942-1983 (majority within 1950s-1960s)

0.4 linear feet

Papers of Honorable Theodore R. Bohn, a Michigan Democratic politician and judge for the 3rd Circuit Court of Wayne County, including civil rights legislation and legal materials regarding immigration reform and labor union organizing from the 1950s-1960s.

The Theodore R. Bohn papers is comprised of fourteen folders. The first nine folders contain a variety of materials and formats. The final five folders all contain photographs. This collection contains political correspondence, campaign election materials, photographs, ballots and ephemera from the career of Judge Theodore R. Bohn. Re-election materials and correspondence from Bohn's colleagues are also included, especially material from G. Mennen Williams' various campaigns.

A small run of the Bulletin of the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights is also included, both the state chapter and the Detroit chapter, between the years 1950-1952. In addition, the collection contains pamphlets, speeches and mailings on the subjects of labor organizing, civil rights struggles and resulting anti-discrimination legislation, and immigration policy reform. Also included are newspaper clippings pertaining to the arrests and trials of union leader Jimmy Hoffa in 1967 and 1971.