Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Joppa Lodge (Toledo, OH) Minute Books, 1910-1951
Collection Number: 5647

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Joppa Lodge (Toledo, OH) Minute Books, 1910-1951
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5647
Abstract:
Minute books, attendance register, BRT minutes
Creator:
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT)
BRT Joppa Lodge
Quanitities:
4.67 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen was founded in 1883 in Oneonta, N.Y. as a protective and insurance organization. By the time of its merger with three other railroad labor unions to form the United Transportation Union in 1969, it had the greatest membership of any of the operating railroad brotherhoods.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT) was established to represent members' interests in obtaining a satisfactory contract with management. The first Canadian lodge was established in Moncton, New Brunswick in 1885, and the first Ladies' Auxiliary was organized in Fort Gratiot, Mich. in 1889. These records reflect the union's political and fraternal activities as well as its actions in the areas of collective bargaining, grievances, and railroad and labor legislation. As the largest of the unions which merged to form the United Transportation Union in 1969, the bulk of its then current files formed the basis for the files now held in the merged union's headquarters.
The rail service members of the BRT included conductors and their assistants, dining car stewards, ticket collectors, train baggagemen, brakemen, and train flagmen. The yard service members of the BRT included yardmasters, yard conductors, switchtenders, foremen, flagmen, brakemen, switchmen, car tenders, operators, hump riders, and car operators. In 1933, the BRT organized interstate bus operators, and included them under BRT contracts held with U.S. bus companies.
BRT officers were elected at the Grand Lodge Convention of the Brotherhood, held every 4 years. The principal officers included a president, an assistant to the president, a general secretary-treasurer, Canadian and national legislative representatives, a senior vice-president, BRT representative, and National Railroad Board of Adjustment representative. The BRT had four governing boards: the Board of Directors, Board of Trustees and Insurance, Board of Appeals, and Executive Board.
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Preferred Citation

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Joppa Lodge (Toledo, OH) Minute Books #5647. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

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SUBJECTS

Names:
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Lodge 327 (Toledo, OH)

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Keifer's Minute Book Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
1893-1898
Box 1 Folder 2
Keifer's Minute Book Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
1906-1909
Box 1 Folder 3
Attendance Register
1905-1912
Box 1 Folder 4
Keifer's Minute Book
1901-1904
Box 1 Folder 5
Keifer's Minute Book Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
1898-1901
Box 1 Folder 6
Keifer's Minute Book Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
1904-1906
Box 1 Folder 7
Attendance Register B. of R. T.
Box 1 Folder 8
Railroad Unions (Misc.)
1937-1946
Box 2A Folder 1
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Minutes
1941-1945
Box 2B Folder 1
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Minutes
1932-1939
Box 3A Folder 1
1-1-1910 To 12-31-1912 [1910 Sigs in old Sig book]
1910-1912
Box 3B Folder 1
1-1-1913 To 12-31-1915
1913-1915
Box 3C Folder 1
1-1-1916 To 12-3-1918
1916-1918
Box 4A Folder 1
1-1-1919 To 4-6-1923
1919-1923
Box 4B Folder 1
4-1923 To 12-13-1927
1923-1927
Box 5A Folder 1
1-1-1928 To 10-20-1932
1928-1932
Box 5B Folder 1
1-1-1933 To 11-14-1939
1933-1939
Box 6A Folder 1
Roll Call Ledger: Feb. 5, 1940-Aug. 15, 1946
1940-1946
Box 6B Folder 1
Roll Call Ledger: Sept. 2, 1946 - Dec. 20, 1951
1946-1951