National Railway Labor Conference Additional Records, 1915-1936
Collection Number: 5205

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
National Railway Labor Conference Additional Records, 1915-1936
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5205
Abstract:
Records accumulated by the Western, Eastern and Southeastern Carriers Conference Committees, which served as the collective bargaining units for the member railroads in their jurisdictions prior to the establishment of the National Railway Labor Conference.
Creator:
National Railway Labor Conference
McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941.
Hines, Walker D. (Walker Downer), 1870-1934.
Quanitities:
0.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Biographical / Historical

The National Railway Labor Conference [NRLC] was formed in October 1962 to represent the carriers in negotiations with railroad unions. Until 1962, the carriers negotiated through regional committees. They were the Western, Eastern, and Southeastern Carriers Conference Committees, which coordinated their positions in reaching industry-wide settlement. As the successor organization to these committees, the NRLC is in possession of numerous records of historic importance. As part of an initiative by Cornell University's ILR School to document the history of Railroad Industrial Labor history, the NRLC provided copies of some of their historic records from these committees. The majority of the copies were provided on microfilm, and may be found in collection 5205mf; thirteen bound, photocopied volumes are found in this collection.
Inclusive date range: 1915-1936
Bulk dates: 1915-1936
This collection consists of thirteen bound, photocopied volumes produced by the National Railway Labor Conference.
Two volumes contain minutes of meetings from the Board of Arbitration between the Western Railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
Nine volumes consist of reports to and from two Director General of Railroads of United States Railroad Administration, W. G. McAdoo and Walker G. Hines. Of interest in these reports are the sections dealing with home front mobilization for World War I, the need to employe women in the railroad industry, and the explicit statement that African-Americans and women receive the same wages as their white male couterparts in W. G. McAdoo's 1918 report to the president. In the reports of Walker G. Hines, there are more in depth statistics regarding the women employed by the railroads during their nationalization during World War I.
Two volumes are indexes of decisions affecting engine and train employees, created by the Bureau of Information of the Eastern Railways.
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Preferred Citation

National Railway Labor Conference Additional Records #5205. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Materials

Related Collections: 5205 mf: National Railway Labor Conference Records on Microfilm
SUBJECTS

Names:
National Railway Labor Conference (U.S.)
Subjects:
Railroads--United States.
Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States
Collective bargaining -- Railroads -- United States
United States Railroad Administration.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Transportation
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Minutes of Meeting of Board of Arbitration
 1915
Scope and Contents
Reconvened At Chicago Illinois, August 17, 1915.
Box 1 Folder 2
Minutes of Meeting of Board of Arbitration
 1916
Scope and Contents
Reconvened at Chicago Illinois, January 4th 1916.
Box 1 Folder 3
Reports
 1918
Box 1 Folder 3
Item 1: Report to the President by W. G. McAdoo, Director General of Railroads
 1918
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Report of the Work of the United States Railroad Administration for the first seven months of its existence, ending July 31, 1918
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 3
Item 2: Annual Report of W. G. McAdoo, Director of Railroads, 1918
 1918
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Division of Labor of the Railroad Administration
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 3
Item 3: Annual Report of the Regional Director for the Northwestern Region to the Director General of Railroads
 1918
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 4
Reports
 1919
Format: Pamphlet
Box 1 Folder 4
Item 1: Annual Report of Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads
 1919
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Division of Law
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 4
Item 2: Annual Report of Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads
 1919
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Division of Labor
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 4
Item 3: Annual Report of Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads
 1919
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Northwestern Region
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 4
Item 4: Annual Report of Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads
 1919
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Division of Public Service
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 5
Reports
 1920
Format: Pamphlet
Box 1 Folder 5
Item 1: Report to the President by Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads
 1920
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
For fourteen months ended March 1, 1920
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 5
Item 2: To The Editors of the Newspapers of the United States by Walker. D. Hines
 1920
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 6
Index to decisions affecting employees in engine and train service
 1936
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Index and Supplement to Index