John Collins Collection of Railway Labor Records
Collection Number: 5173
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
John Collins Collection of Railway
Labor Records, 1970-1971
Collection Number:
5173
Creator:
Collins, John
Quantity:
0.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Posters, questionnaires .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor- Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Consists of a manuscript notebook containing a poll of union
members and union officials employed on the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. The poll
concerned the merger which created the United Transportation Union. Also included
are miscellaneous materials from railroad companies.
Language:
Collection material in English
John Collins is a lawyer and government employee. At the time he accumulated these
documents he was a fireman employed on the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad out of Buffalo,
N.Y. and a law student. These materials were gathered for a research paper for a
University of of Buffalo seminar.
Consists of a manuscript notebook containing a poll of union members and union
officials employed on the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. The poll concerned the merger
which created the United Transportation Union.
Questions were raised concerning the necessity of the merger and its effects,
especially at the local level. Also included are notes of interviews with brakemen,
engineers, firemen, trainmen, conductors and carmen and notes on the organizing
efforts of the new union. This collection also contains routine railroad forms and
documents.
Names:
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Company
United Transportation Union
Collins, John F.
Subjects:
Railroads--Employees--Labor unions--United States
Railroads -- Officials and employees--Interviews.
Railroad--Employees.
Trade-union leadership. Interviews.
Trade-union merger. United States.
Trade-unions. Railroads. United States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Posters.
Questionnaires.
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:
John Collins Collection of Railway Labor Records #5173. 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 | 1970 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1971 | |