Collection search - Interviews of Harold James Fowler, Elsworth Edward Buster Rouse, and James Laverne Robbins by Stanley Grizzle.
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Interviews of Harold James Fowler, Elsworth Edward Buster Rouse, and James Laverne Robbins by Stanley Grizzle.
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1987-12 ?Item number (ISN):417393Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Accession:2007-00431-3Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1987-12 ?Description:Harold James Fowler speaks to the effectiveness of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and generally, to the working conditions he experienced as a sleeping car porter. Elsworth Edward Buster Rouse [begins at 00:44:27] provides a general overview of the working conditions of sleeping car porters on the Canadian Pacific Railway. James Laverne Robbins [Second sound file, begins at 00:11:05] details the history of unionization within the Canadian Pacific Railway, and what his experience as a porter was like after the establishment of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. He also discusses how portering allowed for upward mobility within Canada’s Black community.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information:Transcription: -
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