My Name's Not George: The Story of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in Canada

Archive

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

My Name's Not George: The Story of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in Canada

Entry/Object ID

2022.89.01

Tags

Canadian Pacific, Railway History, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Social History

Scope and Content

Book describing the experience of Stanley G. Grizzle an African Canadian sleeping car porter for the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Context

The book contains the personal reminiscences of Stanley G. Grizzle. Grizzle worked for 20 years as a sleeping car porter for the Canadian Pacific Railway. The story discusses the experiences of African Canadian porters and their mistreatment, long hours, and low wages. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was created in order to fight the injustices. Grizzle later became a Judge in the Court of Canadian Citizenship, he was the first African Canadian Judge in that court. The title comes from the tradition of uncaring and demeaning passengers referring to all porters as "George" which showcased how little people cared about or for porters.

Collection

Canadian Pacific History, Canadian History Collection (General)

Cataloged By

Kat Bezaire

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Memoir

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Umbrella Press

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1970

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

My Name's Not George: The Story of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in Canada

Description

Book describing the experience of Stanley G. Grizzle an African Canadian sleeping car porter for the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Creator

Stanley G. Grizzle

Date(s) of Creation

1998

Subjects

History, Porters, Railroad sleeping cars, Unions, Labor

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Photo Number

Other Number

P0013

Number Type

ISBN Number

Other Number

1-895642-23-X

Dimensions

Width

6 in

Length

9 in

Location

Location

Shelf

Canadian Pacific Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

January 25, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Jan 25, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, plastic, binding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Canadian Pacific

Owner/Agent

Canadian Pacific

Role

Owner/Subject/Donor

Place

City

Calgary, Alberta

State/Province

Alberta

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Acquisition Method

Gift

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

January 25, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

April 20, 2022