Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company Selected Personnel Files, 1886-1973
Collection Number: 5295

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company Selected Personnel Files, 1886-1973
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5295
Abstract:
Select records of the Personnel Department of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad [ICRR]. The collection includes select personnel department files dealing with a wide range of subjects including railroad legislation, grievances, arbitration, wage and hour disputes, vacations, unionization efforts on the road, disciplinary issue, and discrimination against, harassment of, and racialized violence against black workers. Also found are historical documents about the ICRR, maps, correspondence files, minutes of meetings, transcripts of hearings before arbitration boards, interpretation of work rules, claims made by employees, and transcripts of legal proceedings.
Creator:
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company (ICG)
Quanitities:
22 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

The Illinois Central Railroad [ICRR] was a Class I railroad in the central United States, connecting Chicago with both New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama on its main line.
The ICRR was formed in 1851 when the original investors succeeded in obtaining a large land grant from the federal government for the purpose of building a railroad under provisions granted by the Douglas Land Grant Bill. The grant was particularly generous, and the railroad expanded rapidly. The expansion was so rapid that the Illinois Central was one of the world's largest railroads by the time of the Civil War, branching out from Chicago westward to Sioux City, Iowa and southward to Cairo, Illinois. During the latter part of the nineteenth century and first two decades of the twentieth, the ICRR continued to add mileage to its holdings. This was especially the case in the south where the company succeeded in connecting Cairo with New Orleans. By the onset of the Great Depression, the Illinois Central controlled almost 5000 miles of track and was one of America's largest railroads.
As the twentieth century progressed, the ICRR, like the railroad industry in general, came under increasing pressure from new forms of transportation, especially the automobile. As a result, it began to experience shrinking profit margins and depressed markets for its services. The ICRR responded by implementing technologically advanced operating equipment, such as the diesel engine, cutting back on certain service, such as passenger service, and eliminating what it viewed as antiquated work practices among its employees.
This last aspect of the ICRR's response to its new operating environment produced acute struggles between the railroad unions and the railroad itself, culminating in the Presidential Emergency Board mandated elimination through attrition of virtually all firemen's positions in 1963. The ICRR's final response to its depressed situation was to merge with the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio railroad in 1972 to form the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. In 1998, the ICRR was purchased by the Canadian National Railway and integrated into its operations.

Inclusive date range: 1886-1973
Bulk dates: 1916-1968
Series 1: Historic Documents
Series 2: Subject Files
Series 3: Interpretation of Rules
Series 4: Railroad Case Files, Arbitrations, and supporting materials
Series 5: Miscellaneous
This collection contains select files from the Personnel Department of the Illinois Central Railroad [ICRR]. The records are arranged into five series which reflect the original file order the documents were housed in when still in use by their creators.
Processing Information

Papers are brittle and require delicate handling.
The folder titles in Series 2 regarding discrimination have been retitled by the processing archivist to reflect modern usage, except in the cases of organization names. As such, the Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and the National Association of Colored Locomotive Firemen remain unchanged, but in all other instances, the use of "colored" has been updated to African American in all folder titles.
The files in Series 4 have been reconstructed by the processing archivist after disruption to the original order during records transfer. All efforts were made to reconstruct the original order.
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company Selected Personnel Files #5295. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 5197: Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Miscellany 5188m: Association of American Railroads Agreement of May 1936 5943: Dan A. Ballard Collection of Railroad Memorabilia & Wage Information

SUBJECTS

Names:
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company
United States Railroad Administration.
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company
Alabama and Vicksburg Railway
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
Paducah and Illinois Railroad Company
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Mississippi Central Railroad Company
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company
Subjects:
Personnel management--United States--Sources.
Railroads -- Illinois -- History
Railroads -- Buildings and structures -- Illinois
Railroads--Employees
Wages -- Railroads -- United States
Industrial relations -- United States
Collective bargaining -- Railroads -- United States

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series 1: Historic Documents, 1886-1973
Scope and Contents
This series includes documents historically significant to the ICRR. There are records documenting a change in ICRR accounting practices and a booklet describing the development of the employee wage structure on railroads. An ICRR booklet from 1915 lists all employees of the ICRR at that time as well as including a complete roster of the company's engines and rolling stock and a map of the system. There are two pages of a Time Book from 1886 and a ticket from a train trip in 1891. There are also tickets from the last run of the Hawkeye train. Finally, this series contains the centenary address by ICRR president W.A. Johnston in a specially printed booklet that contains reproductions of photographs of the ICRR.
Box 1 Folder 1b
Historic development of the railroad wage structure
1941
Box 1 Folder 1a
Changes in wages and working conditions of railway employees 1917-1924
1924
Box 1 Folder 1c
Development of rates of pay of employees in seven major non-operating groups
1941
Box 1 Folder 2a
Minutes of Conferences between ICRR and BLF&E
1908-1934
Box 1 Folder 2b
ICRR Official list of officers, agents, attorneys, surgeons, stations, etc.
1915
Scope and Contents
Includes entire roster of engines and rolling stock and map of system
Box 1 Folder 3a
Historical documents: Tickets, Claim Checks, Cash deposit Slips
1886-1973
Box 1 Folder 3b
The Illinois Central Heritage, 1851-1951: A Centenary Address" by W. A. Johnston
1951
Box 1 Folder 4a
Historical rates of Pay: operating and Non-Operating
1937
Box 1 Folder 4b
U.S. Railroad Administration: Agreement between Director General of railroads and the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees
1920
Series 2: Subject Files, 1901-1969
Scope and Contents
This series is arranged alphabetically by subject (see folder list for all topics included). The records in this series consist of correspondence; transcripts of proceeding before arbitration and mediation boards; minutes of meetings; death records; documentation of disciplinary matters; employee claims forms; financial records, including extensive documentation of rates of pay, wage schedules, timekeeping, and vacation pay; newspaper and magazine clippings; government publications such as the Railway Labor Act and its subsequent amendments and other federal legislation impacting the ICRR; reproduced journal articles; pamphlets; decisions and circulars from the National Mediation Board; ICRR employee bulletins; results of union committee elections; railroad passes for employees; Red Scare Era propaganda publications; draft deferment forms; criminal trial proceedings; and records documenting the operations of the ICRR and its relations with the railroad labor organizations.
In this series, there are records documenting ICRR's apprenticeship programs, including financial records, courses of study, correspondence with other carriers regarding their apprenticeship programs, and rosters of the names of the apprentices. There is also a sample apprenticeship certificate from 1955.
This series includes extensive claims filings by ICRR employees. The claims, dating from 1935-1960, are arranged chronologically. They include the initial claim, correspondence, awards, decisions, transcripts, memoranda, and minutes of meetings regarding claims and grievances filed against the ICRR by its employees. The most prevalent issues include: seniority; safety; job description; facilities for training; lunch break; leaves of absence; overtime pay; assignments asking employees to work seven day in a row; work assignments; travelling expenses; starting time; pensions; physical examinations; theft of company property; wage discrepancies; and vacation time.
The records of employee deaths, injuries, and illnesses from 1941-1946 are found in this series. In addition to the reports on the actual events, this file also includes correspondence regarding the nature of the incident as well as correspondence expressing well wishes from the ICRR to the injured employees and condolences to the surviving families of those employees who died. Disciplinary records, including investigations of alleged infractions, employee violations of the rules, and correspondence regarding the ways in which the infractions were documented in the employees' files are found in this series. Also of note is the extensive correspondence between the ICRR and other carriers regarding various disciplinary systems and the adoption of the Brown System, which uses a discipline by record approach.
Of particular note are the discrimination files. They document the discrimination faced by the African-American employees of the ICRR. The discrimination files record the various efforts made by African-American employees to preserve their job security and seniority rights, particularly in the aftermath of the closed shop amendment to the Railway Labor Act. While the closed shop amendment was in theory designed to protect workers' rights, it had a staggeringly negative effect on African-American railroad men. The major railroad unions and brotherhoods only allowed white members, and once the closed shop amendment came into force, African-American employees were left unrepresented in all labor negotiations. In practice, this created a situation where the unions would use a form of "sharp practice," in which they would manipulate seniority rosters and local rules to keep African-Americans off the crew rosters so that initially they would lose jobs to white employees, and after six months they would lose their seniority and their jobs. The ICRR management was aware of the practice, and in internal communications recognized it as targeted discrimination, but declined to put a halt to it because the "sharp practice" was technically a legal application of the seniority rules. (See also Series 4 for lawsuits regarding seniority rules.) In response to these pressures, African-American railroad men attempted to organize themselves so that their interests would be protected. The correspondence between these early organizers and ICRR management are found in these files. Of note is the file dedicated to Thomas D. Redd, one of the co-founders of the Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen (ACRT). The ACRT was founded in 1918, although the ICRR never recognized it and would only meet with Redd and the other representatives "as individuals." In 1934, the ACRT with other local chapters of African-American railroad men formed the International Association of Railway Employees (IARE). The ACRT/IARE and other local unions representing African-American employees also filed petitions before the Railroad Adjustment Board and when the Board refused, filed a Writ of Mandamus in an attempt to compel the Board to hear their grievances. The IARE joined the UTU in 1970. During its years of operation, the IARE fought to protect its members' seniority rights, protest discriminatory contracts, and protest the racialized violence that its members suffered at the hands of their white co-workers and the general public.
Extensive documentation of the racialized violence African-American ICRR employees were subjected to are also found in these files. There were three periods of especially heightened racial violence in 1916, 1921-1922, and 1932-1933 when African-American trainmen were targeted by white gunman while doing their jobs. The discrimination files contain both an internal report from the ICRR detailing these atrocities. For the attacks in 1921-1922 and 1932-1933, the ICRR documented the names of all the men who were attacked, although they did not do so for the men who were attacked in 1916. The attackers in 1921-1922 are identified as members of the Klu Klux Klan, although no arrests were ever made. The attacks in 1933-1934 were carried out by four white ICRR employees and one other man not affiliated with the ICRR. These men were tried for their crimes. Three were convicted, and served minimal jail time. Two others, who were the first two arrested, and who identified their co-conspirators in sworn testimony, were both found not guilty by a jury. These two men then sued the ICRR for back pay, wrongful termination, and slander. The case file regarding these suits contains their confessions and portions of their criminal trials. The discrimination files also contain the reports of an ICRR Special Agent who summarized the events and the trial for ICRR management. Also found in these files are an internal report by the ICRR gathering data on these events and the report and notes the ICRR created for a federal investigation into workplace discrimination in 1934.
The discrimination files are arranged alphabetically, however, due to outdated and offensive language, the folder titles have been updated to more suitable language (see processing note for further details).
Files on jurisdictional disputes between non-operating shop crafts on specific task and the determinations by labor boards are found in this series. For additional information on the rules and interpretations that governed the work of non-operating shop craft employees, see series 3.
Matters regarding wages, rates of pay, schedules, vacations and retirement funds determined by the Railroad Retirement Board are all located in this series. The files are organized by employee class and geographic division on the ICRR.
Newspaper clippings documenting various strikes and threatened strikes in the 1960s during the crew consist disagreements between the carriers and unions are found in this file. For more information on this dispute, see Series 4 and the files containing the records regarding the lawsuits and arbitrations that arose from this issue. There are also clippings documenting strikes from other time periods, including the Freight Handlers' strike in 1902, the Clerks' strike of 1912, and the Longshoremen's strike in 1923. In addition to the clippings, there are many records documenting the ICRR management's attempts at union busting through the hiring of day laborers during the strikes of the Freight Handlers and the Clerks.
The ICRR extensively documented the activities of its employees during World War 2. In additional to documenting their manpower concerns and their attempts to obtain draft deferrals for their skilled employees, the ICRR management also documented the service histories of all their employees who joined the armed forces. At the instigation of management, supervisors conducted brief interviews with all returning veterans, compiling brief accounts of each individuals experience in the war. These files contain a rich history of the service of thousands of railroad employees on the ICRR. The World War 2 files also contain information about how the company worked to find employment for returning veterans, to allow for leaves of absence so that veterans could take advantage of the G.I. Bill's various provisions, and what use the skills gained during service might be put to use in employment with the ICRR.
Finally, in the post war period, the ICRR hosted numerous visitors in its various departments. The majority of these visitors were foreign nationals who were studying American railroad practices in order to apply them in their own countries. Representatives from places as diverse as Ghana, Japan, Italy, South Africa, Great Britain, France Australia, and India all spent time with various departments on the ICRR. Their visits are documented both through U.S. State Department records, but also through correspondence between ICRR management and the foreign representatives.
Box 1 Folder 5a
Accounting: Consolidation of Division, Shop and Storehouses [folder 1 of 2]
1930
Scope and Contents
In addition to inter-office correspondence and financial forms, there are blueprints for proposed office and store house spaces
Box 1 Folder 5b
Accounting: Consolidation of Division, Shop and Storehouses [folder 2 of 2]
1930
Scope and Contents
In addition to inter-office correspondence and financial forms, there are blueprints for proposed office and store house spaces
Box 1 Folder 6
Advertising, Institutional
1941-1962
Scope and Contents
A run of the ICRR bulletin "Things to Talk About"
Box 1 Folder 7
Agreements, General
1936
Box 1 Folder 8
American Economic System, Films regarding
1950
Scope and Contents
List of films about ICRR and economy available
Box 1 Folder 9
American Railway Supervisor's Association, Supervisory Employees
1920-1941
Box 1 Folder 10
America's Unknown War by John T. Flynn
1953
Scope and Contents
Red Scare Era speech, but file contains complete list of ICRR employees to whom copy of the speech was mailed by the personnel department
Box 1 Folder 11
Apprenticeship
1948-1951
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Railway Education Bureau re apprenticeship programs at ICRR
Box 1 Folder 12
Apprenticeship
1952-1953
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Association of American Railroads to certify apprenticeship programs, with other railroads to arrange joint training programs, and with other railroads for examples of how to set up certain training programs
Box 1 Folder 13
Apprenticeship
1952-1955
Scope and Contents
Invoices for training to Railway Education Bureau and progress reports on apprentices
Box 1 Folder 14
Apprenticeship
1952-1954
Scope and Contents
rosters of ICRR apprentices enrolled in various crafts
Box 1 Folder 15
Apprenticeship
1950-1955
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Railway Education Bureau, report from Texas and Pacific Railroad's apprenticeship program, a roster of ICRR apprentices, syllabi for apprenticeships, copy of Railway Age magazine with article on apprenticeships
Box 1 Folder 16
ICRR Apprenticeship Certificate
1955
Box 1 Folder 17a
Arbitration of disputes between employees and carriers, general file
1933-1953
Box 1 Folder 17b
Arbitration: National Mediation Board Circular No. 155 to 155-3
1936-1937
Scope and Contents
Arbitration between Western Pacific Railway, Tidewater Southern Railway, Sacramento Northern Railway and BLF&E, ORC
Box 1 Folder 18
Assignment of Crews, operating department
1921-1943
Box 1 Folder 19
Assignment of Crews
1924-1942
Box 1 Folder 20
Association of Western Railways, National Mediation Board circulars
1934-1938
Box 1 Folder 21
Association of American Railroads, Speakers' Manual
1941-1945
Scope and Contents
Ordering of and list of ICRR personnel who have the manual
Box 2 Folder 1
Baggage and Express Work
1924-1935
Box 2 Folder 2
Baggage and Express Work - Runs
1938
Scope and Contents
Contain system canvas of classes of employees handling baggage and/or express
Box 2 Folder 3
Chicago - Salaries paid for clerical occupations in
1932
Box 2 Folder 4a
Claims [folder 1 of 2]
1935
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 2 Folder 4b
Claims [folder 2 of 2]
1935
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 2 Folder 5a
Claims [folder 1 of 5]
1936
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 2 Folder 5b
Claims [folder 2 of 5]
1936
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 2 Folder 5c
Claims [folder 3 of 5]
1936
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 2 Folder 5d
Claims [folder 3 of 5]
1936
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 2 Folder 5e
Claims [folder 3 of 5]
1936
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 2 Folder 6a
Claims [folder 1 of 7]
1937
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 2 Folder 6b
Claims [folder 2 of 7]
1937
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 2 Folder 6c
Claims [folder 3 of 7]
1937
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 2 Folder 6d
Claims [folder 4 of 7]
1937
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 2 Folder 6e
Claims [folder 5 of 7]
1937
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 2 Folder 6f
Claims [folder 6 of 7]
1937
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 2 Folder 6g
Claims [folder 7 of 7]
1937
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 1a
Claims [folder 1 of 6]
1938-1939
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 1b
Claims [folder 2 of 6]
1938-1939
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 1c
Claims [folder 3 of 6]
1938-1939
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 1d
Claims [folder 4 of 6]
1938-1939
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 1e
Claims [folder 5 of 6]
1938-1939
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 1f
Claims [folder 6 of 6]
1938-1939
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 2a
Claims [folder 1 of 2]
1939
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 2b
Claims [folder 2 of 2]
1939
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 3a
Claims [folder 1 of 3]
1940
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 3b
Claims [folder 2 of 3]
1940
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 3c
Claims [folder 3 of 3]
1940
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 4a
Claims [folder 1 of 3]
1941
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 4b
Claims [folder 2 of 3]
1941
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 4c
Claims [folder 3 of 3]
1941
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 3 Folder 5
Claims
1942
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 1a
Claims [folder 1 of 4]
1943
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 1b
Claims [folder 2 of 4]
1943
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 1c
Claims [folder 3 of 4]
1943
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 1d
Claims [folder 4 of 4]
1943
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 2a
Claims [folder 1 of 2]
1944
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 2b
Claims [folder 2 of 2]
1944
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 3a
Claims [folder 1 of 3]
1945
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 3b
Claims [folder 2 of 3]
1945
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 3c
Claims [folder 3 of 3]
1945
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 4a
Claims [folder 1 of 2]
1946
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 4b
Claims [folder 2 of 2]
1946
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 5a
Claims [folder 1 of 2]
1947
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 5b
Claims [folder 2 of 2]
1947
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 6a
Claims [folder 1 of 2]
1948
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 6b
Claims [folder 2 of 2]
1948
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 7a
Claims [folder 1 of 2]
1949
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 4 Folder 7b
Claims [folder 2 of 2]
1949
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 1a
Claims [folder 1 of 2]
1950
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 2a
Claims [folder 1 of 2]
1951
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 2b
Claims [folder 2 of 2]
1951
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 3a
Claims [folder 1 of 2]
1952
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 3b
Claims [folder 2 of 2]
1952
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 4a
Claims [folder 1 of 2]
1953
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 4b
Claims [folder 2 of 2]
1953
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 5a
Claims [folder 1 of 7]
1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 5b
Claims [folder 2 of 7]
1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 5c
Claims [folder 3 of 7]
1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 5d
Claims [folder 4 of 7]
1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 5e
Claims [folder 5 of 7]
1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 5f
Claims [folder 6 of 7]
1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 5 Folder 5g
Claims [folder 7 of 7]
1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 1a
Claims [folder 1 of 10]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 1b
Claims [folder 2 of 10]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 1c
Claims [folder 3 of 10]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 1d
Claims [folder 4 of 10]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 1e
Claims [folder 5 of 10]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 1f
Claims [folder 6 of 10]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 1g
Claims [folder 7 of 10]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 1h
Claims [folder 8 of 10]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 1i
Claims [folder 9 of 10]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 1j
Claims [folder 10 of 10]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 2a
Claims [folder 1 of 9]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 2b
Claims [folder 2 of 9]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 2c
Claims [folder 3 of 9]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 2d
Claims [folder 4 of 9]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 2e
Claims [folder 5 of 9]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 2f
Claims [folder 6 of 9]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 2g
Claims [folder 7 of 9]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 2h
Claims [folder 8 of 9]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 6 Folder 2i
Claims [folder 9 of 9]
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 7 Folder 1a
Claims [folder 1 of 3]
1957
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 7 Folder 1b
Claims [folder 2 of 3]
1957
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 7 Folder 1c
Claims [folder 3 of 3]
1957
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 7 Folder 2a
Claims [folder 1 of 3]
1958
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 7 Folder 2b
Claims [folder 2 of 3]
1958
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 7 Folder 2c
Claims [folder 3 of 3]
1958
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 7 Folder 3
Claims
1959
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 7 Folder 4
Claims
1960
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
Box 7 Folder 5
Conference between Committees Representing Railroads and Labor Organization
1920
Box 7 Folder 6a
Costs - Operating, repairs, equipment, etc. [folder 1 of 3]
1942-1949
Box 7 Folder 6b
Costs - Operating, repairs, equipment, etc. [folder 2 of 3]
1938-1949
Box 7 Folder 6c
Costs - Operating, repairs, equipment, etc. [folder 3 of 3]
1945-1950
Box 7 Folder 7
Court Pay - for Employees Attending Court
1925-1939
Box 7 Folder 8
Death and Illness of Employees
1941-1946
Scope and Contents
Death records of ICRR employees, reports on accidents that caused death or injury, condolences sent by ICRR, and get well soon letters sent by ICRR
Box 7 Folder 9
Diesel Engines
1939-1940
Box 7 Folder 10
Dining Car Service - Rates of Pay
1921-1933
Box 8 Folder 1
Discipline - Applying Records System to employees Covered by Clerks' Agreement
1925-1937
Box 8 Folder 2
Discipline - Assessment of
1942-1943
Box 8 Folder 3
Discipline - General (Closed)
1902-1920
Scope and Contents
August 1902 to February 1920
Box 8 Folder 4
Discipline - General (Closed)
1922-1942
Box 8 Folder 5
Discipline - General, Requests from local chairman
1929
Box 8 Folder 6
Discipline - Information to and from other roads
1920-1938
Box 8 Folder 7
Discipline - Investigations
1929-1944
Box 8 Folder 8
Discipline - Investigations
1940-1945
Box 8 Folder 9
Discipline - Safety Rules
1931-1939
Box 8 Folder 10
Discipline - Violations by firemen
1935-1936
Box 8 Folder 11
Discrimination - Association of Colored Railway Trainmen
1920-1937
Box 8 Folder 12
Discrimination - African-American Employees, Train and Engine Service, Kentucky Div., Thomas D. Redd
1919-1934
Box 8 Folder 13a
Discrimination - African-American Firemen, Louisville and Evansville Districts
1923
Box 8 Folder 13b
Discrimination - African-American Switchmen, Memphis, TN
1927-1937
Scope and Contents
1927: date of a conference, but all notes missing from file 1937: correspondence re African-American switchman Albert Pryor's attempt to organize fellow African-American switchmen
Box 8 Folder 14
Discrimination - Mistreatment of African-American Employees, Investigation by Federal Coordinator
1934
Scope and Contents
Federal investigation of transportation prompted ICRR to document the number of African-Americans they employed and what workplace discrimination they faced. Also found in this folder is a memorandum, attached to a letter dated May 9, 1934, recording a narrative of the shootings of African-American employees (see also box 8, folders 23A-29 for additional documentation of these events).
Box 8 Folder 15
Discrimination - National Association of Colored Locomotive Firemen
1931
Box 8 Folder 16
Discrimination - African-American Brakeman, use of, Owensboro District
1924-1939
Box 8 Folder 17
Discrimination - Number of African-American trainmen on IC System
1929-1930
Box 8 Folder 18
Discrimination - Fireman Maddox in re increase in Rate of Pay for African-American firemen
1929
Box 8 Folder 19
Discrimination - African-American firemen, Vicksburg Route Division
1931
Box 8 Folder 20
Discrimination - African-American trainmen on Kentucky Div., filing petition for Writ of Mandamus
1932-1939
Scope and Contents
to compel the NRAB to hear complaint of Louisville Lodge #10, Association of Colored Railway Trainmen vs. Illinois Central Railroad Company
Box 8 Folder 21a
Discrimination - Seniority rule as between white and African-American firemen
1924-1941
Box 8 Folder 21b
Discrimination - Seniority rights of Gilbert Clayborne, switchman, Memphis TN
1935-1939
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to and from George E. Washington, Mr. Clayborne's representative. (see box 18, folder 5 for additional materials on this case).
Box 8 Folder 22a
Discrimination - Seniority rights of African-American switchmen and brakemen; suits of various employees [folder 1 of 2]
1925-1941
Box 8 Folder 22b
Discrimination - Seniority rights of African-American switchmen and brakemen; suits of various employees [folder 2 of 2]
1925-1941
Box 8 Folder 23a
Discrimination - Internal report on intimidation of, violence against, and murder of African-American employees [folder 1 of 2]
1934
Scope and Contents
Includes different drafts of report and memoranda describing conditions faced by African-American employees. The names of the victims are included in lists made during the three waves of violence in 1916, 1921-1922, and 1932-1933.
Box 8 Folder 23b
Discrimination - Shootings of African-American employees, Louisiana division
1932-1933
Scope and Contents
Partial correspondence file of Chief Special Agent T. T. Keliher
Box 8 Folder 24
Discrimination - Reatie Lee and Emmett Smith
1933-1939
Scope and Contents
These two white ICRR trainmen were arrested for, confessed to, and tried for the murders and attempted murders of African-American ICRR trainmen in Jackson, Mississippi. They were found not guilty in a jury trial, and then sued the ICRR for back-pay, slander, and wrongful termination. Folder contains a memorandum, dated July 22, 1937, that contains the entire narrative of the shootings.
Box 8 Folder 25
Discrimination - Reinstatement of Reatie Lee and Emmett Smith [1 of 5]
1934-1937
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, legal proceedings, court filings, and memoranda
Box 8 Folder 26
Discrimination - Reinstatement of Reatie Lee and Emmett Smith [2 of 5]
1938
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, legal proceedings, court filings, and memoranda
Box 8 Folder 27
Discrimination - Reinstatement of Reatie Lee and Emmett Smith [3 of 5]
1938
Scope and Contents
Complete case file presented to National Railroad Adjustment Board; carrier exhibits include the confessions of Lee and Smith as well as portions of their criminal cases.
Box 8 Folder 28
Discrimination - Reinstatement of Reatie Lee and Emmett Smith [4 of 5]
1939-1942
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, legal proceedings, court filings, and memoranda. Includes decision of Arbitration Board, which reinstated Smith and awarded him back-pay but denied Lee's claims.
Box 8 Folder 29
Discrimination - Reinstatement of Reatie Lee and Emmett Smith [4 of 5]
1936-1940
Scope and Contents
Account ledger sheets documenting monetary award to Smith from ICRR
Box 8 Folder 30
Dues, non-payment of
1935
Box 9 Folder 1
Efficiency Record Cards, entries on
1910-1930
Box 9 Folder 2
Eight-Hour Movement
1916
Scope and Contents
"Train and Enginemen: Eight hour movement, year 1916. Printed matter and miscellaneous circulars."
Box 9 Folder 3
Employees - General
1935-1936
Scope and Contents
"Information re employees working conditions, etc. Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 1935." "List of employee representatives residing in various States, 1936."
Box 9 Folder 4
Employment Stabilization Program, Files 1 and 3
1943-1945
Scope and Contents
War Manpower Commission
Box 9 Folder 5a
Employment Stabilization Program, File 2 [folder 1 of 2]
1943-1944
Scope and Contents
War Manpower Commission
Box 9 Folder 5b
Employment Stabilization Program, File 2 [folder 2 of 2]
1943-1944
Scope and Contents
War Manpower Commission
Box 9 Folder 6
Employment of Student Brakemen, Firemen, etc.
1940-1951
Box 9 Folder 7
Equipment
1940-1941
Box 9 Folder 8
Federated Order of Railroad Employees
1927
Box 9 Folder 9
"Fight for Freedom" comic book
1950-1952
Scope and Contents
Anti-communism, pro-America Red Scare era comic book with correspondence to all ICRR employees who were given a copy by management
Box 9 Folder 10
"Foreman Talks to Foremen" by J. J. Phillips
1940
Scope and Contents
magazine article from American Machinist
Box 9 Folder 11
40-Hour Work Week - Clerks
1949-1953
Box 9 Folder 12
40-Hour Work Week - Firemen and Oilers
1949-1950
Box 9 Folder 13
40-Hour Work Week - General
1950-1955
Box 9 Folder 14
40-Hour Work Week - Raise in Pay
1948-1949
Box 9 Folder 15
40-Hour Work Week - Skilled Crafts
1949-1951
Box 9 Folder 16a
Fifty Year Veterans (of ICRR) - Dinners, Gold Passes, etc. [folder 1 of 2]
1940-1946
Scope and Contents
contains list of each year's honorees, in addition to correspondence and programs from the Gold Pass Luncheon celebrations
Box 9 Folder 16b
Fifty Year Veterans (of ICRR) - Dinners, Gold Passes, etc. [folder 2 of 2]
1940-1946
Scope and Contents
contains list of each year's honorees, in addition to correspondence and programs from the Gold Pass Luncheon celebrations
Box 10 Folder 1a
Freight Handlers - Chicago - Demands, Agreements, etc.
1902-1905
Box 10 Folder 1b
Freight House Clerks - Chicago - Demands
1903
Box 10 Folder 2
Freight Handlers - Strike, May-June, 1912 [folder 1 of 2]
1912
Box 10 Folder 3
Freight Handlers - Strike, May-June 1912 [folder 2 of 2]
Box 10 Folder 4
Freight Handlers - Strike, May-June, 1912 - Schedule Matters and Demands
1910-1913
Box 10 Folder 5
Freight Handlers - Various Points - Schedules and Demands
1914-1918
Box 10 Folder 6
Freight Handlers - Various Points - Schedules and Demands
1914-1915
Box 10 Folder 7
Freight Handlers - Various Points - Schedules and Demands
1915-1919
Box 10 Folder 8a
Freight Handlers - Schedule Demands - Various Points: Chicago, New Orleans, E. St. Louis, etc.
1906-1911
Box 10 Folder 8b
Freight Handlers - Rules - Chicago, Illinois
1907-1910
Box 10 Folder 9a
Freight Handlers - Schedule Matters and Demands [folder 1 of 2]
1911-1913
Box 10 Folder 9b
Freight Handlers - Schedule Matters and Demands [folder 2 of 2]
1911-1913
Box 10 Folder 10
Grievance(s)
1929-1932
Scope and Contents
Delay in handling of, 1932 Manner in which they should be handled, 1929
Box 10 Folder 11a
Harriman Memorial Medals - Safety Awards [folder 1 of 2]
1917-1938
Scope and Contents
given out by the American Museum of Safety
Box 10 Folder 11b
Harriman Memorial Medals - Safety Awards [folder 2 of 2]
1917-1938
Scope and Contents
given out by the American Museum of Safety
Box 10 Folder 12
Hours of Work - General
1942-1951
Box 10 Folder 13
Howell-Barkley Bill
1924-1925
Scope and Contents
To provide for settlement of disputes between carriers and their employees
Box 11 Folder 1
Illinois Bell Telephone Co.
1929
Scope and Contents
Request for information on rates of pay of certain groups of employees.
Box 11 Folder 2
Illinois Central Magazine
1942-1966
Scope and Contents
In addition to correspondence regarding the magazine, this folder includes a b&w photo of Corporal Genevieve Wade, WAAC, March 30, 1943, employee of the ICRR.
Box 11 Folder 3
Japanese Government Railways
1931
Scope and Contents
Working conditions of employees; request for copies of our working agreements
Box 11 Folder 4
Jurisdictional Dispute
1949-1951
Scope and Contents
between machinists and blacksmiths
Box 11 Folder 5
Jurisdictional Dispute(s)
1948
Scope and Contents
between machinists and boilermakers; between blacksmiths and carmen;
Box 11 Folder 6
Jurisdictional Dispute(s)
1948-1949
Scope and Contents
between machinists and electricians; between machinists and blacksmiths;
Box 11 Folder 7
Jurisdictional Dispute(s)
1949
Scope and Contents
between machinists and blacksmiths
Box 11 Folder 8
Jurisdictional Dispute(s)
1948-1950
Scope and Contents
between machinists and blacksmiths;
Box 11 Folder 9
Jurisdictional Dispute(s)
1948-1954
Scope and Contents
between machinists and boilermakers
Box 11 Folder 10a
Labor Matters - General [folder 1 of 2]
1946-1955
Scope and Contents
Numerous clippings and articles from various labor publications and major newspapers.
Box 11 Folder 10b
Labor Matters - General [folder 2 of 2]
1946-1955
Scope and Contents
Numerous clippings and articles from various labor publications and major newspapers.
Box 11 Folder 11a
Labor Matters - General [folder 1 of 2]
1940-1945
Scope and Contents
Numerous clippings and articles from various labor publications and major newspapers.
Box 11 Folder 11b
Labor Matters - General [folder 2 of 2]
1940-1945
Scope and Contents
Folder includes a copy of "Railroad Notes" from November 1941, which has an article of intimidation, harassment, and disenfranchisement of African-American railroad firemen.
Box 11 Folder 12a
Labor Problems, Study by the Federal Coordinator
1936
Scope and Contents
"A Survey of the Rules Governing Wage Payments in Railroad Train and Engine Service" by the Federal Coordinator of Transportation, Section of Labor Relations
Box 11 Folder 12b
Labor Problems, Study of, by the Federal Coordinator
1933-1934
Scope and Contents
(see also box 8, folder 12)
Box 11 Folder 13
Labor Relations, information re
1939
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with W. H. Werner from Shreveport, Louisiana
Box 11 Folder 14
Legislation
1942
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Pennsylvania Railroad's Personnel Manager re a piece of legislation in new Jersey regarding crew consist.
Box 11 Folder 15
Local Officers - Committee Elections
1935-1940
Scope and Contents
Lists of election results and list of committee members for shop crafts
Box 11 Folder 16
Local Officers - Committee Elections
1934-1939
Scope and Contents
Lists of election results and list of committee members for shop crafts
Box 11 Folder 17
Local Officers - Committee Elections
1935-1937
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re rail passes for elected committee members
Box 11 Folder 18
Longshoremen - General
1921-1936
Scope and Contents
Majority of records about 1923 strike in New Orleans
Box 11 Folder 19
Lunch Periods
1950
Box 11 Folder 20
Maintenance of Way Time Rolls
1929-1931
Box 11 Folder 21
Marine Employees - rules, working conditions, wages in 1930
1930-1932
Box 11 Folder 22
Mexico - National Railways of
1930
Scope and Contents
copies of agreements with labor organizations furnished
Box 12 Folder 1
National League of Commission Merchants
1933
Scope and Contents
Information re wage matters
Box 12 Folder 2
National Mediation Board
1934-1947
Box 12 Folder 3
National Mediation Board
1940-1943
Box 12 Folder 4
National Mediation Board
1940-1943
Box 12 Folder 5a
National Mediation Board
1934-1940
Box 12 Folder 5b
National Mediation Board
1953-1963
Box 12 Folder 6a
National Railroad Adjustment Board [folder 1 of 2]
1934-1957
Scope and Contents
Cases to be heard before the Board, etc.
Box 12 Folder 6b
National Railroad Adjustment Board [folder 2 of 2]
1934-1957
Scope and Contents
Agreements covering Rates of Pay, Rules, and Working Conditions
Box 12 Folder 6c
National Railroad Adjustment Board
1939-1948
Box 12 Folder 7
National Union of Railway Trackmen
1901-1917
Box 12 Folder 8
National War Labor Board - Establishment of
1942-1947
Box 12 Folder 9
Negotiation Procedures
1937
Box 12 Folder 10
"Oh Say Does That Star Spangled Banner Yet Wave" pamphlet
1950
Scope and Contents
Red scare era anti-communist pamphlet ordered for employees
Box 12 Folder 11
Parlor Car Porters - Seniority, duties, etc.
1923-1934
Scope and Contents
Wage rates, petition for raises, correspondence regarding who is the direct superior of these employee (warning: letters contain racial slurs).
Box 12 Folder 12
Payroll Deductions - General
1942-1943
Scope and Contents
For war effort.
Box 12 Folder 13
Pension Matters - General
1941-1943
Box 12 Folder 14
Personnel - General
1941-1956
Scope and Contents
Contains org chart for filing grievances in 1941
Box 12 Folder 15
Personnel - General
1941-1948
Scope and Contents
Force of office of manager of personnel.
Box 12 Folder 16
Personnel - General
1944-1955
Scope and Contents
Employees -- indebtedness of
Box 12 Folder 17
Pullman Equipment - Purchase of
1945-1950
Scope and Contents
Leasing and purchase of Pullman Cars; uniform contract with Pullman Company; servicing of Pullman Cars by railroad.
Box 12 Folder 18
Railroad Retirement Board - Information re Seniority, Schedules etc.
1939-1946
Scope and Contents
Separated by Groups: Clerks, 1939-1943; Maintenance of Way employees, 1940-1944; Engineers, 1941-1946; Conductors, suburban service, Chicago, 1941; Conductors, 1939-1945.
Box 12 Folder 19
Railroad Retirement Board - Information re Seniority, Schedules etc.
1939-1945
Scope and Contents
Separated by Groups: Shop crafts, skilled, 1939-1945; Firemen, 1938-1941; Vicksburg route firemen, 1941; Trainmen, 1940-1944.
Box 12 Folder 20
Railroad Retirement Board - Information re Seniority, Schedules etc.
1938-1941
Scope and Contents
Separated by Groups: Shop crafts, unskilled, 1938-1941; Suburban trainmen, 1941; Switchmen and switchtenders, 1941; Yardmen and switchmen, 1938-1941; Signal department employees, 1941; System Federation No. 99, 1941.
Box 12 Folder 21
Railroad Retirement Board - Information re Seniority, Schedules etc.
1938-1947
Scope and Contents
Separated by Groups: Telegraphers, 1939- 1944; Train porters, 1940; general, 1938-1943; Train dispatchers, 1938-1947; records of employees, 1941.
Box 12 Folder 22
Railway Business Association
1941-1942
Scope and Contents
correspondence re "Railways and Organized Labor" by P. Harvey Middleton.
Box 12 Folder 23
Railway Clerks Union - requests and decisions
1904-1912
Scope and Contents
includes records re 1906 clerks' strike, including newspaper clippings.
Box 12 Folder 24a
Railway Labor Act [folder 1 of 2]
1926-1947
Scope and Contents
Watson-Parker Railway Labor Act
Box 12 Folder 24b
Railway Labor Act [folder 2 of 2]
1926-1947
Scope and Contents
Watson-Parker Railway Labor Act
Box 12 Folder 24c
Railway Labor Act - posting notices of RLA only
1944-1951
Box 12 Folder 24d
Railway Labor Act - litigation regarding
1935-1948
Box 13 Folder 1
Rates of Pay - Blacksmiths
1943-1951
Box 13 Folder 2
Rates of Pay - Carmen
1943-1954
Box 13 Folder 3
Rates of Pay - Clerical
1934
Box 13 Folder 4
Rates of Pay - African-American Firemen
1935
Box 13 Folder 5
Rates of Pay - Engineers
1950
Box 13 Folder 6
Rates of Pay - Firemen and Oilers
1937-1951
Box 13 Folder 7
Rates of Pay - Firemen and Oilers
1937-1951
Box 13 Folder 8
Rates of Pay - Firemen and Oilers, 1951
1951
Box 13 Folder 9a
Rates of Pay - General
1921-1922
Scope and Contents
(oversize charts are fragile)
Box 13 Folder 9b
Rates of Pay - General
1934
Box 13 Folder 10a
Rates of Pay - System Federation No. 99
1947
Box 13 Folder 10b
Rates of Pay - General
1921-1922
Box 13 Folder 11
Rates of Pay - Power Plant Employees and Shop Laborers
1942
Scope and Contents
in Mechanical Department as of March 1, 1942
Box 13 Folder 12
Rates of Pay - Power Plant Employees and Shop Laborers
1943
Scope and Contents
in Mechanical Department as of December 27, 1943
Box 13 Folder 13
Rates of Pay - Power Plant Employees and Shop Laborers
1946
Scope and Contents
in Mechanical Department as of May 27, 1946
Box 13 Folder 14
Rates of Pay - Power Plant Employees and Shop Laborers
1947
Box 13 Folder 15
Reduction of Forces
1938-1949
Box 13 Folder 16
Relief - implementation of 40 hour work week
1948-1952
Box 13 Folder 17
Representation - employee ballots and vote tallies
1920-1921
Scope and Contents
Union selection ballots and vote tallies
Box 13 Folder 18
Representation - employee ballots and vote tallies
1921
Scope and Contents
Union selection ballots and vote tallies
Box 13 Folder 19
Representation - ballots
1921
Box 13 Folder 20
Correspondence re article "President Ryan on New Railway Labor Act"
1926
Box 14 Folder 1
"Rules and rates of pay in train and yard service on the principle railroads of the United States, Canada, and Mexico"
1900
Box 14 Folder 2
Rules
1942-1947
Box 14 Folder 3
Rules
1905-1947
Box 14 Folder 4
Rules
1945-1948
Box 14 Folder 5
Rules
1930-1937
Box 14 Folder 6
Sabotage during wartime
1941-1943
Box 14 Folder 7a
Shiftwork [folder 1 of 2]
1941-1948
Box 14 Folder 7b
Shiftwork [folder 2 of 2]
1941-1948
Box 14 Folder 8
Signal Department
1934-1936
Box 14 Folder 9
Socialism - subversive activities
1950
Scope and Contents
Red Scare era pamphlets and publications from House Un-American Committee
Box 14 Folder 10a
Strike, April - May 1964 - Clippings [folder 1 of 3]
1964
Scope and Contents
Wall Street Journal Chicago Tribune
Box 14 Folder 10b
Strike, April - May 1964 - Clippings [folder 2 of 3]
1964
Scope and Contents
Chicago's American Chicago Daily News
Box 14 Folder 10c
Strike, April - May 1964 - Clippings [folder 3 of 3]
1964
Scope and Contents
Chicago Daily News Chicago Sun-Times
Box 14 Folder 11
Strike, April - May 1964 - Clippings, part 2
1964
Box 14 Folder 12
Strike, averted, April 1967 - BRT Dismissal of Flagmen on Passenger Trains
1967
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, ICRR's request for an injunction, newspaper clippings
Box 14 Folder 13
Strike, April 1969 - BRT
1969
Box 14 Folder 14
Strike
1921
Box 14 Folder 15
System Cooperative Agreement (proposed)
1930
Scope and Contents
among standard railway labor organizations
Box 14 Folder 16
"This Is Our Problem" Presentation
1949-1952
Scope and Contents
Red Scare Era anti-socialism/anti-communism presentation by ICRR management
Box 14 Folder 17
Time Clocks
1950
Box 14 Folder 18
Time Slips
1928-1929
Box 14 Folder 19
Train Dispatchers
1910-1917
Box 14 Folder 20a
Train Dispatchers' Association of America [folder 1 of 2]
1901-1916
Box 14 Folder 20b
Train Dispatchers' Association of America [folder 2 of 2]
1901-1916
Box 14 Folder 21
Transportation Passes
1935-1937
Scope and Contents
Receipt and return of, by local committee members, etc.
Box 14 Folder 22
Travel Time
1950
Box 15 Folder 1
Union Shop, Request of organizations for
1942-1943
Box 15 Folder 2
U.S. Board of Mediation
1926-1929
Box 15 Folder 3
U.S. Railroad Labor Board
1921
Box 15 Folder 4
Vacations - agreements
1940-1947
Scope and Contents
for various classes of employees
Box 15 Folder 5
Vacations - agreements
1921-1945
Scope and Contents
for various classes of employees
Box 15 Folder 6
Vacations - agreements
1940-1946
Scope and Contents
for various classes of employees
Box 15 Folder 7
Vacations - agreements
1941-1947
Scope and Contents
for various classes of employees
Box 15 Folder 8a
Visitors on railroad property [folder 1 of 2]
1946-1965
Box 15 Folder 8b
Visitors on railroad property [folder 2 of 2]
1946-1965
Box 15 Folder 9
Wage - Rule, General Order No. 27 re Wages - Rules - Working Conditions
1918-1919
Scope and Contents
Suppl. #7
Box 15 Folder 10a
Wage - Rule, General Order No. 27 re Wages - Rules - Working Conditions [folder 1 of 2]
1918-1919
Scope and Contents
Suppl. #7
Box 15 Folder 10b
Wage - Rule, General Order No. 27 re Wages - Rules - Working Conditions [folder 2 of 2]
1918-1919
Scope and Contents
Suppl. #7
Box 15 Folder 11
Wage - Rule, General Order No. 27 re Wages - Rules - Working Conditions
1918-1920
Scope and Contents
Suppl. #7
Box 15 Folder 12a
Wage - Rule, General Order No. 27 re Wages - Rules - Working Conditions [folder 1 of 3]
1918-1920
Scope and Contents
Suppl. #7
Box 15 Folder 12b
Wage - Rule, General Order No. 27 re Wages - Rules - Working Conditions [folder 2 of 3]
1918-1920
Scope and Contents
Suppl. #7
Box 15 Folder 12c
Wage - Rule, General Order No. 27 re Wages - Rules - Working Conditions [folder 3 of 3]
1918-1920
Scope and Contents
Suppl. #7
Box 15 Folder 13a
Wage - Rule, General Order No. 27 re Wages - Rules - Working Conditions [folder 1 of 2]
1918-1920
Scope and Contents
Suppl. #7
Box 15 Folder 13b
Wage - Rule, General Order No. 27 re Wages - Rules - Working Conditions [folder 2 of 2]
1918-1920
Scope and Contents
Suppl. #7
Box 15 Folder 14
Wage - Rule, General Order No. 27 re Wages - Rules - Working Conditions
1918-1920
Scope and Contents
Suppl. #7
Box 15 Folder 15a
Wage - Rule, General Order No. 27 re Wages - Rules - Working Conditions [folder 1 of 2]
1918-1920
Scope and Contents
Suppl. #7
Box 15 Folder 15b
Wage - Rule, General Order No. 27 re Wages - Rules - Working Conditions [folder 2 of 2]
1918-1920
Scope and Contents
Suppl. #7
Box 16 Folder 1
Wages - Miscellaneous
1918-1943
Box 16 Folder 2a
Wage matters - orders and unions of railway employees [folder 1 of 2]
1934-1936
Scope and Contents
January 1934 - November 1936
Box 16 Folder 2b
Wage matters - orders and unions of railway employees [folder 2 of 2]
1934-1936
Scope and Contents
January 1934 - November 1936
Box 16 Folder 3a
Wage matters - orders and unions of railway employees [folder 1 of 2]
1936-1940
Scope and Contents
December 1936 - November 1940
Box 16 Folder 3b
Wage matters - orders and unions of railway employees [folder 2 of 2]
1936-1940
Scope and Contents
December 1936 - November 1940
Box 16 Folder 3c
Wage matters - orders and unions of railway employees
1943-1944
Box 16 Folder 4
War Veterans - Interviews
1946
Scope and Contents
Brief reports on the service history of all ICRR employees who served in WW2
Box 16 Folder 5a
War Veterans - Interviews [folder 1 of 3]
1946-1947
Scope and Contents
Brief reports on the service history of all ICRR employees who served in WW2 (This folder includes a letter announcing a memorial to the 220 ICRR employees who died in the armed services during WW2.)
Box 16 Folder 5b
War Veterans - Interviews [folder 2 of 3]
1946
Scope and Contents
Brief reports on the service history of all ICRR employees who served in WW2
Box 16 Folder 5c
War Veterans - Interviews [folder 3 of 3]
1946
Scope and Contents
Brief reports on the service history of all ICRR employees who served in WW2
Box 16 Folder 6a
War Veterans - Re-enlistment, job security, seniority protections, G.I. Bill, etc.
1944-1948
Box 16 Folder 6b
War Veterans - Reclassification - Selective Service designations
1943-1946
Box 16 Folder 7a
War Veterans - Interviews and Correspondence
1946-1947
Scope and Contents
Brief reports on the service history of all ICRR employees who served in WW2 and correspondence re returning service members' employment
Box 16 Folder 7b
War Veterans - Files and Correspondence [folder 1 of 2]
1942-1947
Scope and Contents
Rosters of ICRR employees in service, casualty reports, re-employment of veterans, seniority rights of veterans
Box 16 Folder 7c
War Veterans - Files and Correspondence [folder 2 of 2]
1942-1947
Scope and Contents
Rosters of ICRR employees in service, casualty reports, re-employment of veterans, seniority rights of veterans
Box 17 Folder 1a
Wartime Manpower - Preparation of Replacement Schedules No. I [folder 1 of 2]
1943-1944
Scope and Contents
Selective Service Regulations
Box 17 Folder 1b
Wartime Manpower - Preparation of Replacement Schedules No. I [folder 2 of 2]
1943-1944
Scope and Contents
Selective Service Regulations
Box 17 Folder 2a
Wartime Manpower - Preparation of Replacement Schedules No. II [folder 1 of 2]
1943-1944
Scope and Contents
Selective Service Regulations
Box 17 Folder 2b
Wartime Manpower - Preparation of Replacement Schedules No. II [folder 2 of 2]
1943-1944
Scope and Contents
Selective Service Regulations
Box 17 Folder 3a
Wartime Manpower - Replacement Schedules [folder 1 of 2]
1943-1945
Scope and Contents
Selective Service Regulations
Box 17 Folder 3b
Wartime Manpower - Replacement Schedules [folder 2 of 2]
1943-1945
Scope and Contents
Selective Service Regulations
Box 17 Folder 4a
Wartime Manpower - Draft Act [folder 1 of 2]
1942-1943
Scope and Contents
Railroads requesting deferments of certain classes of railroad employee
Box 17 Folder 4b
Wartime Manpower - Draft Act [folder 2 of 2]
1942-1943
Scope and Contents
Railroads requesting deferments of certain classes of railroad employee
Box 17 Folder 5
Wartime Manpower - Deferments
1942-1952
Scope and Contents
Obtaining release of men from the armed services
Box 17 Folder 6a
Wartime Manpower - Deferments [folder 1 of 3]
1945
Scope and Contents
List submitted to Office of Defense Transportation and subsequent correspondence
Box 17 Folder 6b
Wartime Manpower - Deferments [folder 2 of 3]
1945
Scope and Contents
List submitted to Office of Defense Transportation and subsequent correspondence
Box 17 Folder 6c
Wartime Manpower - Deferments [folder 3 of 3]
1945
Scope and Contents
List submitted to Office of Defense Transportation and subsequent correspondence
Box 17 Folder 7
Wartime Manpower - Regulations
1943
Box 17 Folder 8a
Western Association of Railway Executives - docket
1942
Box 17 Folder 8b
Western Union and Postal Telegraph - curtailment of use
1941-1943
Box 17 Folder 9
Working Conditions
1940
Scope and Contents
Letter to operating department employees covering better understanding re working conditions and the disagreements resulting therefrom
Series 3: Interpretation of Rules, 1911-1935
Scope and Contents
This series consists of a general index and thirteen volumes of Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules, as were agreed on in 1935. In these volumes, the work rules and agreements between the ICRR and all non-operating shop-craft employees and their unions are filed along with correspondence, interpretations, rule applications, any minutes of meetings held regarding that rule, any subsequent interpretations, as well as charts and graphs containing quantitative data regarding the work rules. The unions involved in these agreements include: International Association of Machinists; International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths; International Brotherhood of Boilermakers; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; International Association of Railway Carmen; International Brotherhood of Sheetmetal Workers; and Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks. Many of the documents used in these volumes are duplicates of records found in the Subject Files, though these are marked "Reader Copy."
Box 17A Folder 1
General Index to Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules
1935
Scope and Contents
Subsequent to April 1, 1935 (sections A through I, Inc. )
Box 17A Folder 2a
Book #1 of Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules, 1 to 12 Inc.
1923-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 2b
Book #2 of Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules, 13 to 19 Inc.
1925-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 3a
Book #3 of Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules, 20-23 Inc. [folder 1 of 2]
1927-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 3b
Book #3 of Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules, 20-23 Inc. [folder 2 of 2]
1927-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 4a
Book #4 of Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules 24-27 Inc. [folder 1 of 2]
1926-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 4b
Book #4 of Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules 24-27 Inc. [folder 2 of 2]
1926-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 5
Book #5 of Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules 28-35 Inc.
1923-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 6a
Book #6 of Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules 36-49 Inc. [folder 1 of 2]
1920-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 6b
Book #6 of Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules 36-49 Inc. [folder 2 of 2]
1920-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 7a
Book #7 of Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules on Special Rules [folder 1 of 3]
1924-1935
Scope and Contents
Machinists - 50 to 64 Inc. "Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 7b
Book #7 of Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules on Special Rules [folder 2 of 3]
1928-1935
Scope and Contents
Boilermakers - 50 to 78 Inc. "Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 7c
Book #7 of Rulings and Interpretations on Shop Craft Rules on Special Rules [folder 3 of 3]
1928-1935
Scope and Contents
Blacksmiths - 50 to 64 Inc. "Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 8a
Book #8 of Rulings and Interpretations on Special Rules [folder 1 of 2]
1920-1935
Scope and Contents
Sheetmetal Workers, 50 to 61 Inc. Electricians, 50 to 64 Inc. "Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 8b
Book #8 of Rulings and Interpretations on Special Rules [folder 2 of 2]
1924-1935
Scope and Contents
Carmen, 50 to 73 Inc. "Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 9a
Book #9 of Rulings and Interpretations on General Shop Craft Cases, Sections A to H, Inc. [folder 1 of 2]
1911-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 9b
Book #9 of Rulings and Interpretations on General Shop Craft Cases, Sections A to H, Inc. [folder 2 of 2]
1911-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 10
Book #10 of Rulings and Interpretations on General Shop Craft Subjects, Sections I - L Inc.
1923-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 11
Book #11 of Rulings and Interpretations on General Shop Craft Cases, Sections M to N Inc.
1923-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 12
Book #12 Rulings and Interpretations on General Shop Craft Cases, Sections O to Z Inc.
1922-1935
Scope and Contents
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
Box 17A Folder 13
Book #13 Rulings and Interpretations on General Shop Craft Cases, Sections AA to KK
1932-1935
Series 4: Railroad Case Files, Arbitrations, and supporting materials, 1930-1971
Scope and Contents
This series contain the files documenting some of the legal disputes between the ICRR and the railroad unions. The files contain correspondence, transcripts, legal filings, biographies of various emergency board members, the results of studies conducted in attempts to support various claims by the carrier, awards, and documentation on the results the awards by various boards had on the ICRR.
Of note are the files documenting the hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1971 in which the ICC claimed jurisdiction over enforcing Equal Employment Opportunity in surface transportation, including the carriers.
The C. T. Earle vs. ICRR Co. files contain the records regarding a suit brought by a switchman, with the support of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, against the ICRR alleging that his seniority rights had been violated. This case became a test case for the ICRR, and twenty-three other similar suits are also documented in this file. One of the cases is also documented in the discrimination files in Series 2.
The remainder of cases are concerned with the issues of crew consist, i.e. how many men it takes to operate a railroad. The dispute between the unions, who did not want any positions to be eliminated, and the carriers, who argued that the crew consists were outdated and not reflective of modern railroad practices, eventually culminated in the need for Emergency Board 172's intervention. A brief summary of the labor disputes leading up to the creation of this board may be found in the Affidavit of James E. Wolfe. As part of preparing for the hearing in front of this board, the ICRR employed a University of Chicago professor , Dr. Benjamin King, to design a Crew Consist Time and Motion Study. The study was functionally executed by John Roberts and other ICRR employees. The results of this study, as well as charts, IBM printouts, and graphs containing all of the raw data gathered..
Box 18 Folder 1
Member of Emergency and Arbitration Boards - Biographical sketches of members only
1956
Box 18 Folder 2
Special Board of Adjustment No. 170, Awards 1 to 66
1957-1958
Scope and Contents
Clerks' cases withdrawn from the Third Division of the National Railroad Adjustment Boards for handling by Special Board of Adjustment No. 170.
Box 18 Folder 3
Special Board of Adjustment No. 170, Award No.s 2 and 51
1954-1958
Scope and Contents
with supporting documentation from the Clerks and the carrier
Box 18 Folder 4a
Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, Ex Parte No. 278, Equal Opportunity in Surface Transportation [folder 1 of 4]
1971
Box 18 Folder 4b
Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, Ex Parte No. 278, Equal Opportunity in Surface Transportation [folder 2 of 4]
1971
Box 18 Folder 4c
Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, Ex Parte No. 278, Equal Opportunity in Surface Transportation [folder 3 of 4]
1971
Box 18 Folder 4d
Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, Ex Parte No. 278, Equal Opportunity in Surface Transportation [folder 4 of 4]
1971
Box 18 Folder 5a
C.T. Earle vs. ICRR Co. [folder 1 of 6]
1934-1943
Scope and Contents
Lawsuit filed by switchman, C. T. Earle, member of the BRT, against the ICRR for wrongful termination. The case is primarily about seniority rights. 23 other cases similar to this one were also affected by the final ruling, which found in favor of the ICRR. (Includes case file of George Clayborne, see box 8, folder 21b).
Box 18 Folder 5b
C.T. Earle vs. ICRR Co. [folder 2 of 6]
1934-1943
Scope and Contents
Lawsuit filed by switchman, C. T. Earle, member of the BRT, against the ICRR for wrongful termination. The case is primarily about seniority rights. 23 other cases similar to this one were also affected by the final ruling, which found in favor of the ICRR. (Includes case file of George Clayborne, see box 8, folder 21b).
Box 18 Folder 5c
C.T. Earle vs. ICRR Co. [folder 3 of 6]
1934-1943
Scope and Contents
Lawsuit filed by switchman, C. T. Earle, member of the BRT, against the ICRR for wrongful termination. The case is primarily about seniority rights. 23 other cases similar to this one were also affected by the final ruling, which found in favor of the ICRR. (Includes case file of George Clayborne, see box 8, folder 21b).
Box 18 Folder 5d
C.T. Earle vs. ICRR Co. [folder 4 of 6]
1934-1943
Scope and Contents
Lawsuit filed by switchman, C. T. Earle, member of the BRT, against the ICRR for wrongful termination. The case is primarily about seniority rights. 23 other cases similar to this one were also affected by the final ruling, which found in favor of the ICRR. (Includes case file of George Clayborne, see box 8, folder 21b).
Box 18 Folder 5e
C.T. Earle vs. ICRR Co. [folder 5 of 6]
1934-1943
Scope and Contents
Lawsuit filed by switchman, C. T. Earle, member of the BRT, against the ICRR for wrongful termination. The case is primarily about seniority rights. 23 other cases similar to this one were also affected by the final ruling, which found in favor of the ICRR. (Includes case file of George Clayborne, see box 8, folder 21b).
Box 18 Folder 5f
C.T. Earle vs. ICRR Co. [folder 6 of 6]
1934-1943
Scope and Contents
Lawsuit filed by switchman, C. T. Earle, member of the BRT, against the ICRR for wrongful termination. The case is primarily about seniority rights. 23 other cases similar to this one were also affected by the final ruling, which found in favor of the ICRR. (Includes case file of George Clayborne, see box 8, folder 21b).
Box 18 Folder 6a
ORC, BRT vs. ICRR [folder 1 of 6]
1933
Scope and Contents
Transcript of Proceedings of the Arbitration Board, volumes 1 to 6 and Award (missing volume 2).
Box 18 Folder 6b
ORC, BRT vs. ICRR [folder 2 of 6]
1933
Scope and Contents
Transcript of Proceedings of the Arbitration Board, volumes 1 to 6 and Award (missing volume 2).
Box 18 Folder 6c
ORC, BRT vs. ICRR [folder 3 of 6]
1933
Scope and Contents
Transcript of Proceedings of the Arbitration Board, volumes 1 to 6 and Award (missing volume 2).
Box 18 Folder 6d
ORC, BRT vs. ICRR [folder 4 of 6]
1933
Scope and Contents
Transcript of Proceedings of the Arbitration Board, volumes 1 to 6 and Award (missing volume 2).
Box 18 Folder 6e
ORC, BRT vs. ICRR [folder 5 of 6]
1933
Scope and Contents
Transcript of Proceedings of the Arbitration Board, volumes 1 to 6 and Award (missing volume 2).
Box 18 Folder 6f
ORC, BRT vs. ICRR [folder 6 of 6]
1933
Scope and Contents
Transcript of Proceedings of the Arbitration Board, volumes 1 to 6 and Award (missing volume 2).
Box 18 Folder 7a
Correspondence file re ORC, BRT vs. ICRR [folder 1 of 2]
1930-1938
Box 18 Folder 7b
Correspondence file re ORC, BRT vs. ICRR [folder 2 of 2]
1930-1938
Box 19 Folder 1
Affidavit of James E. Wolfe, On behalf of Illinois Central Railroad Co.
1969
Scope and Contents
In the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, Civil Action No. 5378
Box 19 Folder 2a
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Report to President
1968
Box 19 Folder 2b
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Guideline Evidence on Crew Size
1968
Box 19 Folder 2c
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Crew Dispute Work Burden Evidence
1967-1969
Box 19 Folder 2d
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, IC Crew Size Dispute
1967-1969
Box 19 Folder 2e
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, IC Crew Size Dispute
1967-1969
Box 19 Folder 2f
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Financial Data
1967-1969
Box 19 Folder 2g
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, NORC Poll in Crew Size Dispute
1968-1969
Box 19 Folder 2h
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Results of Time and Motion Study and Additional Information
1967-1969
Box 19 Folder 2i
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Time and Motion Study (Procedures)
1967-1969
Box 19 Folder 2j
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Time and Motion Study (Procedures)
1967-1969
Box 19 Folder 2k
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, December 1968 Conference and Negotiations Following Report of EB 172
1968-1969
Box 19 Folder 2l
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Negotiations Following Report of EB 172
1969
Box 19 Folder 2m
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Negotiations Following Report of EB 172
1967-1969
Box 19 Folder 2n
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist. Efficiency Study and Statistics
1967-1969
Box 19 Folder 2o
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Time and Motion Study (Back-Up Material)
1967-1969
Box 19 Folder 2p
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Time and Motion Study (Back-Up Material)
1967-1969
Box 19 Folder 2q
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Time and Motion Study (Back-Up Material)
1967-1969
Box 19 Folder 2r
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Miscellaneous Data Sheets
1967-1969
Box 19 Folder 2s
Emergency Board No. 172, BRT vs. ICRR in re Crew Consist, Miscellaneous Data Sheets
1967-1969
Box 20 Folder 1a
Correspondence regarding BLE request for second engineer on diesel engines [folder 1 of 3]
1949-1957
Scope and Contents
Engineers and Firemen: manning of electric and diesel engines, request for second engineer. Volume I, closed December 1957.
Box 20 Folder 1b
Correspondence regarding BLE request for second engineer on diesel engines [folder 2 of 3]
1949-1957
Scope and Contents
Engineers and Firemen: manning of electric and diesel engines, request for second engineer. Volume I, closed December 1957.
Box 20 Folder 1c
Correspondence regarding BLE request for second engineer on diesel engines [folder 3 of 3]
1949-1957
Scope and Contents
Engineers and Firemen: manning of electric and diesel engines, request for second engineer. Volume I, closed December 1957.
Box 20 Folder 2a
Arbitration Re: Illinois Central and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Special Board of Adjustment Number 3, Chicago, St. Louis, Mississippi Divisions, and Mayfield and Louisville Districts of Kentucky Division
1965
Box 20 Folder 2b
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Summary, Miss., St. Louis, Illinois and Chicago Divisions, and Mayfield and Louisville Districts of Kentucky Division
1964- 1965
Box 20 Folder 2c
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Reply to Volume 1, General
1964-1965
Box 20 Folder 2d
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Reply to Volume 2, Iowa Division
1964-1965
Box 20 Folder 2e
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Reply to Volume 3 - Part I and Part II, Chicago Division
1964-1965
Box 20 Folder 2f
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Reply to Volume 4, Kentucky Division
1964-1965
Box 20 Folder 2g
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Reply to Volume 5, Illinois Division
1964-1965
Box 20 Folder 2h
Arbitration Re: Illinois Central and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Special Board of Adjustment Number 1, Iowa and Kentucky Divisions
1964
Box 20 Folder 2i
Arbitration Re: Illinois Central Railroad and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Special Board of Adjustment Number 2, Memphis and Tennessee Divisions
1964
Box 20 Folder 2j
Arbitration Re: Illinois Central Railroad and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Louisiana Division (Volume 1)
1964
Box 20 Folder 2k
Arbitration Re: Illinois Central Railroad and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Louisiana Division (Volume 2)
1964
Box 20 Folder 2l
Arbitration Re: Illinois Central Railroad and Brotherhood of Railroad Division, Louisiana Division (Volume 3)
1964
Box 21 Folder 1a
Pay Structure Study for Railroad Operating Employees, National Railway Labor Conference [folder 1 of 2]
1969
Box 21 Folder 1b
Pay Structure Study for Railroad Operating Employees, Supplemental Appendix Material, National Railway Labor Conference [folder 2 of 2]
1969
Box 21 Folder 2
Excessive proportion - Aged employees, single class of employees
1967
Scope and Contents
By Class and Location
Box 21 Folder 3a
Deletions from Active Service by Employees Class Number
1966
Box 21 Folder 3b
Report on Quits: Attrition reports
1966
Series Series 5: Miscellaneous, 1934-1954
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous pamphlets and correspondence
Box 21 Folder 4
Miscellaneous pamphlets
1935-1949
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous pamphlets unattached to any files
Box 21 Folder 4
Item 1: Settlements Made by Vice President W. M. Dolan Whiles Assigned to Illinois Central Committee, 1944-1947
1949
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, General Grievance Committee, Illinois Central System, Chicago 37, Illinois. Accomplishments of the General Grievance Committee with the assistance of Vice Presidents since the re-organization of 1944.
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 21 Folder 4
Item 2: Wanted - Improved Labor Leadership
1935
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
"Should unions be compelled to accept legal and financial responsibility?" Compliments of Lexington Avenue Civic Assoc., Inc. by William D. Rawlins
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 21 Folder 4
Item 3: Progress in Labor Relations
1935
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
An address by Frank Purnell, president, The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, at the forty-fourth general meeting of the American Iron & Steel Institute
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 21 Folder 4
Item 4: Labor Relations in the Steel Industry
1936
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
An address by Charles R. Hook, president, The American Rolling Mill Company, at the forty-fifth meeting of the American Iron & Steel Institute.
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 21 Folder 4
Item 5: The Long and Short of It: On train length laws
1937
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
by the Transportation Association of America
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 21 Folder 4
Item 6: Retail Prices, June 1937
1936
Format: Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
U.S. Department of Labor. Prepared by Retail Price Division and Cost od Living Division.
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 21 Folder 5
Miscellaneous
1935-1954
Scope and Contents
Two unrelated letters that have become detached from their files (1935, 1954).