I am a longtime reporter at the Boston Globe, off now writing books. My current project, for Henry Holt Publishers, is a book on the Pullman porters and the role they played in everything from black trade unions to the Civil Rights Movement.

I am traveling the country, talking to porters who still are alive and scouring library collections for any material on the Pullman sleeper cars and the men who worked on them.

Do you know of any porters living anywhere in the country, or have any suggestions of individuals or groups who might help me look?

Any notion of any library collections that might have material relating to the porters?

Thanks very much

Larry Tye
larrytye@aol.com

larrytye@aol.com

The link below might be a good place to start if you haven't already been there.

Pullman Porter Museum
hkading@rypn.org

Larry was at the Museum of Transportation late last year and spent most of a day in our library working on his project. He is a serious researcher and we should make every effort to support his work.

Museum of Transportation
rdgoldfede@aol.com

Wasn't there an exhibit about Pullman porters that travelled around a bit last year?

Dave

irondave@bellsouth.net

Mr. Tye,

You might try speaking with the railroad artist Robert West. His grandfather was a Pullman porter for the Atlantic Coast Line. He visited with his grandfather during the time he worked as a porter and riding the trains he worked on. Mr. West is a very nice man and I'm sure he would welcome a call or an e-mail from you. He has a website and there should be some contact info for him on there, if not, contact me and I will find you the info if you are interested.

Just Train Crazy,

-Angie

Ladypardus@cs.com

Contact the B&O Railroad Museum. They have a program every year featuring retired Pullman Porters during Black History month. This year's program will be held this coming Saturday (2/16). They would be able to get you in touch with the individuals. Good luck.

B&O Railroad Museum
kevingillespie@usa.net

I believe the A. Phillip Randolph Archives sponsors the travelling exhibit for a fee. It has a fairly long waiting list. We hosted the exhibition in 1999 at Strasburg and it consists ofa few free-standing panels with a video presentation.

K.R. Bell
Railroad Museum of PA

> Wasn't there an exhibit about Pullman
> porters that travelled around a bit last
> year?

> Dave

I think a fellow out in California wrote a book in the last 10 years called "The Pullman Porter Blues."
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> I am a longtime reporter at the Boston
> Globe, off now writing books. My current
> project, for Henry Holt Publishers, is a
> book on the Pullman porters and the role
> they played in everything from black trade
> unions to the Civil Rights Movement.

> I am traveling the country, talking to
> porters who still are alive and scouring
> library collections for any material on the
> Pullman sleeper cars and the men who worked
> on them.

> Do you know of any porters living anywhere
> in the country, or have any suggestions of
> individuals or groups who might help me
> look?

> Any notion of any library collections that
> might have material relating to the porters?

> Thanks very much

> Larry Tye
> larrytye@aol.com


denmeg_hogan@msn.com

> I think a fellow out in California wrote a
> book in the last 10 years called "The
> Pullman Porter Blues."
> ***

You might also want to talk to Byron Scott.He is also writing a book about black railroaders. Contact me off-list at my e-mail addy and I'll give you his number.......

kbcotton@flash.net