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Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express, and Station Employees: Series XIX: [1915-1985]

Collection Number: 5488 B

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

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Container		Description	Date
		Series XIX. SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS
		Sub-Series 225-0. Special Dispensations
Box 69	Folder 16	General (Waiving of initiation fee for former members or employees who served in the armed forces.)	1933-1949
Box 69	Folder 17	General	1923-1924
Box 69	Folder 18	General	1922
		Sub-Series 225-1. Special Dispensation
Box 70	Folder 1	Authority to lower initiation and reinstatement fees	1940-1959
Box 70	Folder 2	Authority to lower initiation and reinstatement fees	1933-1939
Box 70	Folder 3	Authority to lower initiation and reinstatement fees	1930-1932
Box 70	Folder 4	Authority to lower initiation and reinstatement fees	1926-1929
Box 70	Folder 5	Authority to lower initiation and reinstatement fees	1923-1925
Box 70	Folder 6	Authority to lower initiation and reinstatement fees	1922
Box 70	Folder 7	Authority to lower initiation and reinstatement fees	1922
Box 70	Folder 8	Authority to lower initiation and reinstatement fees	1922
Box 70	Folder 9	Authority to lower initiation and reinstatement fees	1922
Box 70	Folder 10	Authority to lower initiation and reinstatement fees	1922
Box 70	Folder 11	Authority to lower initiation and reinstatement fees	1921
		Sub-Series 225-2. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 1	Authority to accept transfer cards from an affiliated organization	1924-1929
		Sub-Series 225-3. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 2	Authority to administer obligation outside of lodge room	1930-1937
Box 71	Folder 3	Authority to administer obligation outside of lodge room	1920-1929
		Sub-Series 225-4. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 4	Cancellation	1920-1921
		Sub-Series 225-6. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 5	Waiving Grand Lodge Per Capita Tax	1921-1953
		Sub-Series 225-7. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 6	Lodge No. 1317 (Chicago, Illinois), fourth quarter per capita tax	1921
		Sub-Series 225-8. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 7	Authority to take into membership members of dual organizations	1921-1923
		Sub-Series 225-9. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 8	Authority to administer obligation outside of lodge room	1921
		Sub-Series 225-10. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 9	Authority to accept former members of the International Longshoremen's Association (I.L.A.) to membership at Vancouver, British Columbia's Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R)	1921-1922
		Sub-Series 225-11. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 10	Authority to take into membership members or former members of the International Longshoremen's Association (I.L.A.), West St. John, New Brunswick (N.B.), Canada	1921-1933
		Sub-Series 225-12. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 11	Authority to grant withdrawal cards to former members of lodges whose charters have been surrendered	1921-1927
		Sub-Series 225-13. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 12	Authority to take into membership employees of the American Railway Express Company who are now members of dual organization	1921-1922
		Sub-Series 225-14. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 13	Authority to take into membership members of the Railway Shop Laborers Union	1921-1922
		Sub-Series 225-15. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 14	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Manchester Lodge No. 902 (Manchester, Georgia)	1921-1922
		Sub-Series 225-16. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 15	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Abanda Lodge No. 1242 (Atlanta, Georgia)	1921-1922
		Sub-Series 225-17. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 16	Authority to take into membership employees affiliated with the Order of Railway Expressmen (O.R.E.)	1921-1926
		Sub-Series 225-18. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 17	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Lodge No. 902 (Manchester, Georgia) and Missouri and North Arkansas (M. & N.A.) Railway Lodge No. 1319 (Harrison, Arkansas)	1921-1922
		Sub-Series 225-20. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 18	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Queen City of the Lakes Lodge No. 1249 (Buffalo, New York)	1921-1924
		Sub-Series 225-21. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 19	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Colonial Lodge No. 394 (New York City, New York)	1921-1922
		Sub-Series 225-22. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 20	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Fitzgerald Lodge No. 853 (Fitzgerald, Georgia)	1921-1922
		Sub-Series 255-23. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 21	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Transfer Clerk and Freight Handlers Lodge No. 1437 (St. Louis, Missouri)	1921
		Sub-Series 225-24. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 22	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Steel City Lodge No. 591 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)	1921-1922
		Sub-Series 225-25. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 23	Authority to waive three year provision of the Grand Lodge Laws-Cancellation of	1922
		Sub-Series 225-26. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 24	Authority to authorize others than constituted officers to preside at regular meeting	1922-1924
		Sub-Series 225-27. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 25	Authority to prorate Grand Lodge revenue on new members and reinstatements, under special dispensation lowering such fees	1922
		Sub-Series 225-28. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 26	Authority to charge expense accounts relative to 1922 Convention to the Grand Lodge Convention Fund	1922
		Sub-Series 225-29. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 27	Compensation reduction-Contracting	1922
		Feb. 7, 1922.
		Sub-Series 225-30. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 28	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Birmingham Lodge No. 291 (Birmingham, Alabama)	1922
		Sub-Series 225-31. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 29	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Waycross Lodge No. 5 (Waycross, Georgia)	1922
		Sub-Series 225-32. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 30	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Brunswick Lodge No. 555 (Brunswick, Georgia)	1922
		Sub-Series 225-33. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 31	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Cordele Lodge No. 509 (Cordele, Georgia)	1922
		Sub-Series 225-34. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 32	Authority to authorize a second election to select a delegate and an alternate to the 1922 Convention	1922
		Sub-Series 225-35. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 33	Authority to take into membership employees of system boards of adjustment	1922-1931
		Sub-Series 225-36. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 34	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Scranton Lodge No. 410 (Scranton, Pennsylvania)	1922
		Sub-Series 225-37. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 35	Authority to lower reinstatement fees to $5.00	1922-1949
		Sub-Series 225-39. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 36	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike-Stone Mountain Lodge No. 326 (Atlanta, Georgia)	1921-1922
		Sub-Series 225-40. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 37	Authority to take into membership employees of system boards of adjustment	1922
		Sub-Series 225-41. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 38	Authority to affiliate members of dual organizations without the collection of the lawful initiation fee	1923-1925
		Sub-Series 225-42. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 39	Authority to take into membership striking eligible non-members	1922
		Sub-Series 225-43. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 40	Authority to waive per capita tax for members of strike	1922
		Sub-Series 225-44. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 41	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike	1922
		Sub-Series 225-45. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 42	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike	1922
		Sub-Series 225-45. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 43	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike	1922
		Sub-Series 225-47. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 44	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike	1922
		Sub-Series 225-48. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 45	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike	1922
		Sub-Series 225-49. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 46	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike	1922
		Sub-Series 225-50. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 47	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike	1922
		Sub-Series 225-51. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 48	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike	1922
		Sub-Series 225-52. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 49	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike	1922
		Sub-Series 225-53. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 50	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike	1922
		Sub-Series 225-54 to 225-75. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 51	Authority to waive per capita tax for members on strike	1922
		Sub-Series 225-76. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 52	Authority to accept suspended members as new members	1922-1923
		Sub-Series 225-77. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 53	Authority to lower initiation fee account International Longshoremen's Association	1923-1937
		Sub-Series 225-78. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 54	Authority to take into membership members of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers	1923-1948
		Sub-Series 225-79. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 55	Authority to transfer members-Maintenance of Way Employees	1936-1954
Box 71	Folder 56	Authority to transfer members-Maintenance of Way Employees	1923-1927
		Sub-Series 225-80. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 57	Authority to hold a local lodge charter with less than the constitutional number of members in good standing	1923
		Sub-Series 225-81. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 58	Authority to issue withdrawal card to members remaining in the service	1923-1938
		1923, 1934-38.
		Sub-Series 225-82. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 59	Authority to take into membership at less than the lawful rate members of the International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers	1923-1953
		Sub-Series 225-83. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 60	Non-precedent authority to affiliate a member suspended by another lodge	1924
		Sub-Series 225-84. Special Dispensation
Box 71	Folder 61	Lowering initiation fees account dual organization	1940-1952
Box 71	Folder 62	Lowering initiation fees account dual organization	1940-1956
Box 71	Folder 63	225-84(2). Lowering initiation fees account dual organization	1940-1959
Box 71	Folder 64	225-84(2). Lowering initiation fees account dual organization	1940-1955
Box 71	Folder 65	Lowering initiation fees account dual organization	1937-1939
Box 71	Folder 66	Lowering initiation fees account dual organization (in alphabetical order)	1935-1939
Box 72	Folder 1	Lowering initiation fees account dual organization	1932-1934
Box 72	Folder 2	Lowering initiation and reinstatement fees account dual organization	1930-1931
Box 72	Folder 3	Lowering initiation and reinstatement fees account dual organization	1924-1929
		Sub-Series 225-85. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 4	Qualification of delegates to Grand Lodge Convention	1924-1925
		Sub-Series 225-86. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 5	Authority to extend final date payment of per capita tax	1925-1928
		Sub-Series 225-87. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 6	Authority to elect a Vice General Chairman by referendum	1925
		Aug. 1, 1925.
		Sub-Series 225-88. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 7	Authority to waive per capita tax certain express lodges account outlaw movement	1925
		Sept. 30, 1925.
		Sub-Series 225-89. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 8	Authority to transfer membership account express outlaw movement	1925
		Oct. 9, 1925.
		Sub-Series 225-90. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 9	Authority to postpone election of local lodge officers	1925-1935
		1925, 1934-35.
		Sub-Series 225-91. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 10	Authority to affiliate members of outlaw organization. American Federation of Express Workers	1925-1928
		Sub-Series 225-92. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 11	Authority to reinstate death benefit certificates	1926-1928
		Sub-Series 225-93. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 12	Authority to affiliate Chesapeake & Ohio strikers at lower rate	1927-1930
		Sub-Series 225-94. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 13	Authority to install local lodge officers and initiate new members	1928-1936
		Sub-Series 225-95 to 225-99. Special Dispensations
Box 72	Folder 14	Varied, includes: Transfers, Installation of Local Lodge Officers, and Dues	1932-1935
		Sub-Series 225-100 to 225-109. Special Dispensations
Box 72	Folder 15	Miscellaneous	1934-1959
		Sub-Series 225-110. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 16	Authorizing Brother Frank Pearce Smith, Lodge No. 2140, Hamlet, North Carolina to hold the office of Chairmen of the Board of Trustees	1937
		Jan. 1937.
		Sub-Series 225-111. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 17	Authorizing Brothers John Sullivan and J.R. Ledgerwood, Lodge No. 2017, St. Louis, Missouri, to hold office of chaplain and chairmen of the Board of Trustees	1938
		Jan. 1938.
		Sub-Series 225-112. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 18	Authorizing members to hold non-salaried offices in lodges when on pension	1938
		Sub-Series 225-113. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 19	Authority to take into membership Mrs. Angela Perazzo, Stenographer, Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers (B. of F. & O.), Cincinnati	1938
		1938 May 2
		Sub-Series 225-114. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 20	Authority to transfer members, International Association of Machinists	1944-1953
		Sub-Series 225-115. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 21	Authority to take into membership Miss Dorothy C. Tate, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen	1940
		1940 May
		Sub-Series 225-116. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 22	Order of Railway Conductors	1942-1943
		Sub-Series 225-117. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 23	Harold D. Ulrich, Boston and Maine (B. & M.) System Board of Adjustment	1947-1954
		Sub-Series 225-118. Special Dispensation
Box 72	Folder 24	Accepting into membership employees, International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers	1958
		Jan. 1958.