BRAC Records
Collection Number: 5488
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
BRAC Records, 1857-1979
Collection Number:
5488
Creator:
Brotherhood of Railway, Airline,
and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees
(BRAC)
Quantity:
967.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, reports, convention proceedings, office
files, grievances, legislation, and memorabilia.
Language:
Collection material in English
The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express, and
Station Employees was organized in 1899, and it was the largest single railroad
organization for employees who devoted a majority of their time to clerical work of
any description including chief clerks, foremen, train announcers, gatemen,
checkers; parcel, baggage, and storeroom employees; dock and pier workers; train and
engine crew callers; timekeepers; paymasters; freight inspectors; rate and tariff
compilers; weigh masters; ticket clerks and sellers; operators of all office and
station equipment devices; telephone and switchboard operators; and all employees
occupying or performing duties similar to those mentioned. After three months of
experience in clerical work employees of both genders, with good moral character,
became eligible for membership. The union secured increases in wages and better
working conditions for its members.
Names:
Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship
Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees
Subjects:
Railroad employees.
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a
reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet
and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
BRAC Records #5488. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1957 | |
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0.5 linear feet. Records of the United States National Mediation Board,
consisting of the transcript of hearings before Referee Harold M. Gilden,
concerning cases deadlocked by committee established by Section 13 of the
Agreement of May 1936, Washington, D.C.
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1956 | |
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0.5 linear feet. Transcript of proceedings of the National Mediation Board
regarding a dispute between the New York Central Railroad Company and
certain of its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Railway and
Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1857-1972 | |
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103 linear feet. Minutes, board proceedings, constitutions, correspondence,
reports, employee agreements, and state laws.
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 | ||
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1 microfilm reel. Finding aid for collections 5488 A and 5488 B
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1915-1940 | |
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672 linear feet. Grand Lodge Statutes, constitutions, reinstatements,
withdrawals, transfers, initiation fee, dues, circulars and publications,
bylaws, appeals and grievances.
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1921-1979 | |
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127 linear feet. Proposals, resolutions, convention proceedings, and meeting
minutes.
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1920-1950 | |
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10 linear feet. Meeting minutes, correspondence, grievances, treasurer
reports, and pamphlets.
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 | ||
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1 linear foot. Constitutions, correspondence, membership cards, and a
handkerchief.
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1975-1979 | |
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53 linear feet. Grand Lodge convention materials, information on labor
organizations, by-laws, State Federations of Labor by state, information on
charitable organizations, educational programs, international affairs and
foreign organizations, AFL-CIO reports, Interstate Commerce Commission
reports, Railroad Retirement Act, Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, US
Congress and state legislation, activities of Grand Lodge officers,
Department of Labor reports, strike information.
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1956-1968 | |
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0.5 linear feet. This collection consists of the papers of Robert E. Curran,
chairman and president of Local 390, BRAC for the employees of the Reading
Company, Philadelphia Division.
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