National Railway Labor Conference. Records,
1907-1955

Collection Number: 5205mf

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

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Martin P. Catherwood Library
227 Ives Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3183
kheel_center@cornell.edu
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel
Compiled by:
Miriam S. Freilicher
Date completed:
July 1973
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, 2005

© 2004 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
National Railway Labor Conference. Records, 1907-1955.
Collection Number:
5205mf
Creator:
National Railway Labor Conference (U.S.)
Quantity:
61 microfilm reels
Forms of Material:
Microfilm.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
Selected microfilmed 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.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

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, the Western, Eastern, and Southeastern Carriers Conference Committees, which coordinated their positions in reaching industry-wide settlement. The 63 reels represent files which the NRLC considered to be of historical value for the period from 1907 to 1955.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Selected microfilmed 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.
Filmed records include correspondence, minutes, reports, transcripts, exhibits, and arbitration awards relating to the carrier conference committees, the operating and non-operating craft unions with whom they negotiated and the various government agencies which regulate the railroad industry.
PROVENANCE

Donated by National Railway Labor Conference.
SUBJECTS

Names:
National Railway Labor Conference (U.S.)

Subjects:
Railroads -- United States.
Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States.
Collective bargaining -- Railroads -- United States.

Form and Genre Terms:
Microfilm.

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Cite As:
National Railway Labor Conference. Records, 1907-1955. 5205mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Materials are arranged by trade or agency of origin.