Guide to the John F. Collins, collector, United Transportation Union files,
1969-1971

Collection Number: 5173

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

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Compiled by:
Kheel Center staff
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, December 2, 2002

© 2002 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
John F. Collins, collector, United Transportation Union files, 1969-1971.
Collection Number:
5173
Creator:
Collins, John F.
Quantity:
.4 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Manuscript notebook.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Consists of a manuscript notebook containing a poll of union members and union officials employed on the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. The poll concerned the merger which created the United Transportation Union.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

John Collins is a lawyer and government employee. At the time he accumulated these documents he was a fireman employed on the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad out of Buffalo, N.Y. and a law student. These materials were gathered for a research paper for a University of Buffalo seminar.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Consists of a manuscript notebook containing a poll of union members and union officials employed on the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. The poll concerned the merger which created the United Transportation Union.
Questions were raised concerning the necessity of the merger and its effects, especially at the local level. Also included are notes of interviews with brakemen, engineers, firemen, trainmen, conductors and carmen and notes on the organizing efforts of the new union. This collection also contains routine railroad forms and documents.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Collins, John F.,
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Company.
United Transportation Union.

Subjects:
Railroads--Employees--Labor unions--United States--Officials and employees--Interviews.
Railroad employees.

Form and Genre Terms:
Posters.
Questionnaires.

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Cite As:
John F. Collins, collector, United Transportation Union files, 1969-1971. #5173. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.