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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items) |
Abstract | Myron Howard Ross of Chapel Hill, N.C., was a United Mine Workers leader. The collection consists of papers collected by Ross relating to two predominantly black labor unions in Winston-Salem, N.C.: Local 22 of the Tobacco Workers Union, an affiliate of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers Union of America; and Local 420 of the International Fur and Leather Workers Union, which also included laundry workers. The papers consist principally of mimeographed letters, reports, broadsides, and clippings, and relate to the Tobacco Workers Union campaign to organize workers in Winston-Salem; relations with the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; and strikes in 1946 against local laundries, the Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Company, and the Winston Leaf Tobacco Company. |
Creator | Ross, Myron Howard, 1918-1987. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2010
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Myron Howard Ross of Chapel Hill, N.C., was a United Mine Workers leader.
Back to TopThe collection consists of papers collected by Ross relating to two predominantly black labor unions in Winston-Salem, N.C.: Local 22 of the Tobacco Workers Union, an affiliate of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers Union of America; and Local 420 of the International Fur and Leather Workers Union, which also included laundry workers. The papers consist principally of mimeographed letters, reports, broadsides, and clippings, and relate to the Tobacco Workers Union campaign to organize workers in Winston-Salem; relations with the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; and strikes in 1946 against local laundries, the Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Company, and the Winston Leaf Tobacco Company.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Tobacco Workers Union: Headquarters materials |
Folder 2 |
Tobacco Workers Union: Headquarters publications |
Folder 3 |
Tobacco Workers Union: Broadsides, 1944-1950 |
Folder 4 |
Tobacco Workers Union: Broadsides, undated |
Folder 5 |
Tobacco Workers Union: Clippings |
Folder 6 |
International Fur and Leather Workers Union: Materials and broadsides |
Folder 7 |
International Fur and Leather Workers Union: Clippings |
Folder 8 |
Miscellaneous broadsides and clippings |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder X-OPF-4079/1 |
Broadside, undated, and Tobacco Workers Union publication, 1948 |
Reel 1 |
Microfilm |