Eddie Watkins papers

Finding aid created by California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives staff using RecordEXPRESS
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
111 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814
(916) 323-8073
Library.CSRM@parks.ca.gov
http://csrmf.org/visit/library
2020


Descriptive Summary

Title: Eddie Watkins papers
Dates: 1935-1943
Collection Number: MS 466
Creator/Collector: Watkins, Eddie
Extent: 3 folders
Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Papers collected by Eddie Watkins as a waiter for Southern Pacific, Dining Car Department and a member of the Dining Car Cooks and Waiters Union, Local 456 (Oakland, California).
Language of Material: English

Access

This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives staff to arrange for access.

Preferred Citation

Eddie Watkins papers. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Scope and Content of Collection

Dining Car Cooks & Waiters Union, Local 456 (Oakland, California): membership cards, working card, dues book, business card, and Union bulletin, miscellaneous correspondence relating to Eddie Watkins' employment, including his timebook for 1935-1937, and announcements for various events and festivities in Oakland: Cooks & Waiters Ball, Oakland, August 22, 1937; A. Philip Randolph address, October 17, 1937; National Negro Congress meeting, December 5, 1937; 13th Anniversary dance, Oakland Division Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, August 22, 1938; Cooks and Waiters Christmas Gift.