Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Photographs
Collection Number: 5149 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Photographs, 1924-1960
Collection Number:
5149 P
Creator:
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
(BRT)
Quantity:
0.4 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Photographs.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Photographs that come largely from Pennsylvania, with a
large portion from the Pennsylvania State Legislative Board, B.R.T.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
This is a collection of photographs that come largely from Pennsylvania, with a large
portion from the Pennsylvania State Legislative Board, B.R.T.
Names:
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Subjects:
Railroads -- United States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
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:
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Photographs #5149 P. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections:
5021: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Additional Records
5102: Emergency Board No. 129, Long Island Railroad and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Locals 517 and 1090, Records
5149: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Records
5149 MB: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Memorabilia
5348: W.P. Kennedy as President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen against the Long Island Railroad Company Court Documents
5446: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Ledger
5612: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Moosic Tunnel Lodge no.93 Meeting Minutes
5623: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Legislative Board of New York Files
5631: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad General Committee File
5647: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Joppa Lodge (Toledo, OH) Minute Books
5894: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Additional Railroad Booklets
6268 P: Joint Committee of Adjustment for the Rock Island System's Order of Railway Conductors and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Photograph
6312 P: Judith Sullivan Kowalczyk Collection of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Photographs
6312 PUBS: Judith Sullivan Kowalczyk Collection of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Publications
6312m: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Annual Report of the Legislative Board
6405 PUBS: William Sharp Collection of The Railroad Trainmen's Journal
6480 MB: Paul Berger Collection of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Memorabilia
5021: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Additional Records
5102: Emergency Board No. 129, Long Island Railroad and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Locals 517 and 1090, Records
5149: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Records
5149 MB: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Memorabilia
5348: W.P. Kennedy as President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen against the Long Island Railroad Company Court Documents
5446: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Ledger
5612: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Moosic Tunnel Lodge no.93 Meeting Minutes
5623: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Legislative Board of New York Files
5631: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad General Committee File
5647: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Joppa Lodge (Toledo, OH) Minute Books
5894: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Additional Railroad Booklets
6268 P: Joint Committee of Adjustment for the Rock Island System's Order of Railway Conductors and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Photograph
6312 P: Judith Sullivan Kowalczyk Collection of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Photographs
6312 PUBS: Judith Sullivan Kowalczyk Collection of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Publications
6312m: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Annual Report of the Legislative Board
6405 PUBS: William Sharp Collection of The Railroad Trainmen's Journal
6480 MB: Paul Berger Collection of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Memorabilia
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1960 | |
Caboose 91526, Jersey Central Lines, 1960. J. Lechner (Conductor) and C. K.
Jenkins (Flagman) are not pictured.
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Box 1 | Folder 2 | ||
Conductor Joe Lechner with Caboose 91526. His clothes are still clean and the
waybills are on inside pockets
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Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1924 | |
Historic caboose in which the B. of R. T. was founded on September 23, 1883;
dedicated on September 28, 1924 at Neahwa Park in Oneonta, NY.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 | ||
"Pennsylvania" on display at New York's World Fair
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Box 1 | Folder 5 | ||
removed from 5149 box 31, ff4
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | ||
removed from 5149, box 22, folder (Lodge #1, Part 2)
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | ||
no other info
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Box 1 | Folder 8 | ||
found in box 132 of 5149, unfoldered
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Box 1 | Folder 9 | ||
found in box 132 of 5149, unfoldered
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Box 1 | Folder 10 | ||
found in box 132 of 5149, unfoldered
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Box 2 | Folder 1 | ||
7 oversize photos sorted out of the 'misc. photos' box that has been stored
over the mapcase ; and B.R.T. National Legislative Conference Cleveland,
Ohio - August 21-23, 1943 ; Eleventh Biennial Convention, Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen ; Eleventh Bien
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Box 3 |