Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company Selected Personnel Files
Collection Number: 5295
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
This collection was processed with the help of generous funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).Title:
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company
Selected Personnel Files, 1886-1973
Collection Number:
5295
Creator:
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company
(ICG)
Quantity:
22 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Personnel records, records (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library
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 Also found are historical
documents about the ICRR, maps, correspondence files, minutes of meetings, transcripts of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.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
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.
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
Form and Genre Terms:
Personnel records.
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:
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company Selected Personnel Files #5295. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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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.
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Box 1 | Folder 1b | 1941 | |
Box 1 | Folder 1a | 1924 | |
Box 1 | Folder 1c | 1941 | |
Box 1 | Folder 2a | 1908-1934 | |
Box 1 | Folder 2b | 1915 | |
Includes entire roster of engines and rolling stock and map of system
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Box 1 | Folder 3a | 1886-1973 | |
Box 1 | Folder 3b | 1951 | |
Box 1 | Folder 4a | 1937 | |
Box 1 | Folder 4b | 1920 | |
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Box 1 | Folder 5a | 1930 | |
In addition to inter-office correspondence and financial forms, there are blueprints for
proposed office and store house spaces
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Box 1 | Folder 5b | 1930 | |
In addition to inter-office correspondence and financial forms, there are blueprints for
proposed office and store house spaces
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1941-1962 | |
A run of the ICRR bulletin "Things to Talk About"
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1936 | |
Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1950 | |
List of films about ICRR and economy available
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Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1920-1941 | |
Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1953 | |
Red Scare Era speech, but file contains complete list of ICRR employees to whom copy of the
speech was mailed by the personnel department
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Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1948-1951 | |
Correspondence with the Railway Education Bureau re apprenticeship programs at ICRR
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1952-1953 | |
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
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1952-1955 | |
Invoices for training to Railway Education Bureau and progress reports on apprentices
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1952-1954 | |
rosters of ICRR apprentices enrolled in various crafts
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Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1950-1955 | |
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
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Box 1 | Folder 16 | 1955 | |
Box 1 | Folder 17a | 1933-1953 | |
Box 1 | Folder 17b | 1936-1937 | |
Arbitration between Western Pacific Railway, Tidewater Southern Railway, Sacramento
Northern Railway and BLF&E, ORC
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Box 1 | Folder 18 | 1921-1943 | |
Box 1 | Folder 19 | 1924-1942 | |
Box 1 | Folder 20 | 1934-1938 | |
Box 1 | Folder 21 | 1941-1945 | |
Ordering of and list of ICRR personnel who have the manual
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Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1924-1935 | |
Box 2 | Folder 2 | 1938 | |
Contain system canvas of classes of employees handling baggage and/or express
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Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1932 | |
Box 2 | Folder 4a | 1935 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 2 | Folder 4b | 1935 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 2 | Folder 5a | 1936 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 2 | Folder 5b | 1936 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 2 | Folder 5c | 1936 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 2 | Folder 5d | 1936 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 2 | Folder 5e | 1936 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 2 | Folder 6a | 1937 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 2 | Folder 6b | 1937 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 2 | Folder 6c | 1937 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 2 | Folder 6d | 1937 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 2 | Folder 6e | 1937 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 2 | Folder 6f | 1937 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 2 | Folder 6g | 1937 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 1a | 1938-1939 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 1b | 1938-1939 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 1c | 1938-1939 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 1d | 1938-1939 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 1e | 1938-1939 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 1f | 1938-1939 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 2a | 1939 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 2b | 1939 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 3a | 1940 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 3b | 1940 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 3c | 1940 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 4a | 1941 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 4b | 1941 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 4c | 1941 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 3 | Folder 5 | 1942 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 1a | 1943 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 1b | 1943 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 1c | 1943 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 1d | 1943 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 2a | 1944 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 2b | 1944 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 3a | 1945 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 3b | 1945 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 3c | 1945 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 4a | 1946 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 4b | 1946 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 5a | 1947 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 5b | 1947 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 6a | 1948 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 6b | 1948 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 7a | 1949 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 4 | Folder 7b | 1949 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 1a | 1950 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 2a | 1951 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 2b | 1951 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 3a | 1952 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 3b | 1952 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 4a | 1953 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 4b | 1953 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 5a | 1954 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 5b | 1954 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 5c | 1954 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 5d | 1954 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 5e | 1954 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 5f | 1954 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 5 | Folder 5g | 1954 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 1a | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 1b | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 1c | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 1d | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 1e | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 1f | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 1g | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 1h | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 1i | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 1j | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 2a | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 2b | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 2c | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 2d | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 2e | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 2f | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 2g | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 2h | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 6 | Folder 2i | 1955-1956 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 7 | Folder 1a | 1957 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 7 | Folder 1b | 1957 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 7 | Folder 1c | 1957 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 7 | Folder 2a | 1958 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 7 | Folder 2b | 1958 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 7 | Folder 2c | 1958 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 7 | Folder 3 | 1959 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 7 | Folder 4 | 1960 | |
Correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding employee grievances and claims
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Box 7 | Folder 5 | 1920 | |
Box 7 | Folder 6a | 1942-1949 | |
Box 7 | Folder 6b | 1938-1949 | |
Box 7 | Folder 6c | 1945-1950 | |
Box 7 | Folder 7 | 1925-1939 | |
Box 7 | Folder 8 | 1941-1946 | |
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
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Box 7 | Folder 9 | 1939-1940 | |
Box 7 | Folder 10 | 1921-1933 | |
Box 8 | Folder 1 | 1925-1937 | |
Box 8 | Folder 2 | 1942-1943 | |
Box 8 | Folder 3 | 1902-1920 | |
August 1902 to February 1920
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Box 8 | Folder 4 | 1922-1942 | |
Box 8 | Folder 5 | 1929 | |
Box 8 | Folder 6 | 1920-1938 | |
Box 8 | Folder 7 | 1929-1944 | |
Box 8 | Folder 8 | 1940-1945 | |
Box 8 | Folder 9 | 1931-1939 | |
Box 8 | Folder 10 | 1935-1936 | |
Box 8 | Folder 11 | 1920-1937 | |
Box 8 | Folder 12 | 1919-1934 | |
Box 8 | Folder 13a | 1923 | |
Box 8 | Folder 13b | 1927-1937 | |
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
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Box 8 | Folder 14 | 1934 | |
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).
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Box 8 | Folder 15 | 1931 | |
Box 8 | Folder 16 | 1924-1939 | |
Box 8 | Folder 17 | 1929-1930 | |
Box 8 | Folder 18 | 1929 | |
Box 8 | Folder 19 | 1931 | |
Box 8 | Folder 20 | 1932-1939 | |
to compel the NRAB to hear complaint of Louisville Lodge #10, Association of Colored
Railway Trainmen vs. Illinois Central Railroad Company
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Box 8 | Folder 21a | 1924-1941 | |
Box 8 | Folder 21b | 1935-1939 | |
Correspondence to and from George E. Washington, Mr. Clayborne's representative. (see box
18, folder 5 for additional materials on this case).
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Box 8 | Folder 22a | 1925-1941 | |
Box 8 | Folder 22b | 1925-1941 | |
Box 8 | Folder 23a | 1934 | |
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.
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Box 8 | Folder 23b | 1932-1933 | |
Partial correspondence file of Chief Special Agent T. T. Keliher
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Box 8 | Folder 24 | 1933-1939 | |
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.
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Box 8 | Folder 25 | 1934-1937 | |
Correspondence, legal proceedings, court filings, and memoranda
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Box 8 | Folder 26 | 1938 | |
Correspondence, legal proceedings, court filings, and memoranda
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Box 8 | Folder 27 | 1938 | |
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.
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Box 8 | Folder 28 | 1939-1942 | |
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.
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Box 8 | Folder 29 | 1936-1940 | |
Account ledger sheets documenting monetary award to Smith from ICRR
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Box 8 | Folder 30 | 1935 | |
Box 9 | Folder 1 | 1910-1930 | |
Box 9 | Folder 2 | 1916 | |
"Train and Enginemen: Eight hour movement, year 1916. Printed matter and miscellaneous
circulars."
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Box 9 | Folder 3 | 1935-1936 | |
"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."
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Box 9 | Folder 4 | 1943-1945 | |
War Manpower Commission
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Box 9 | Folder 5a | 1943-1944 | |
War Manpower Commission
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Box 9 | Folder 5b | 1943-1944 | |
War Manpower Commission
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Box 9 | Folder 6 | 1940-1951 | |
Box 9 | Folder 7 | 1940-1941 | |
Box 9 | Folder 8 | 1927 | |
Box 9 | Folder 9 | 1950-1952 | |
Anti-communism, pro-America Red Scare era comic book with correspondence to all ICRR
employees who were given a copy by management
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Box 9 | Folder 10 | 1940 | |
magazine article from American Machinist
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Box 9 | Folder 11 | 1949-1953 | |
Box 9 | Folder 12 | 1949-1950 | |
Box 9 | Folder 13 | 1950-1955 | |
Box 9 | Folder 14 | 1948-1949 | |
Box 9 | Folder 15 | 1949-1951 | |
Box 9 | Folder 16a | 1940-1946 | |
contains list of each year's honorees, in addition to correspondence and programs from the
Gold Pass Luncheon celebrations
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Box 9 | Folder 16b | 1940-1946 | |
contains list of each year's honorees, in addition to correspondence and programs from the
Gold Pass Luncheon celebrations
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Box 10 | Folder 1a | 1902-1905 | |
Box 10 | Folder 1b | 1903 | |
Box 10 | Folder 2 | 1912 | |
Box 10 | Folder 3 | ||
Box 10 | Folder 4 | 1910-1913 | |
Box 10 | Folder 5 | 1914-1918 | |
Box 10 | Folder 6 | 1914-1915 | |
Box 10 | Folder 7 | 1915-1919 | |
Box 10 | Folder 8a | 1906-1911 | |
Box 10 | Folder 8b | 1907-1910 | |
Box 10 | Folder 9a | 1911-1913 | |
Box 10 | Folder 9b | 1911-1913 | |
Box 10 | Folder 10 | 1929-1932 | |
Delay in handling of, 1932 Manner in which they should be handled, 1929
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Box 10 | Folder 11a | 1917-1938 | |
given out by the American Museum of Safety
|
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Box 10 | Folder 11b | 1917-1938 | |
given out by the American Museum of Safety
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Box 10 | Folder 12 | 1942-1951 | |
Box 10 | Folder 13 | 1924-1925 | |
To provide for settlement of disputes between carriers and their employees
|
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Box 11 | Folder 1 | 1929 | |
Request for information on rates of pay of certain groups of employees.
|
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Box 11 | Folder 2 | 1942-1966 | |
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.
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Box 11 | Folder 3 | 1931 | |
Working conditions of employees; request for copies of our working agreements
|
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Box 11 | Folder 4 | 1949-1951 | |
between machinists and blacksmiths
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Box 11 | Folder 5 | 1948 | |
between machinists and boilermakers; between blacksmiths and carmen;
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Box 11 | Folder 6 | 1948-1949 | |
between machinists and electricians; between machinists and blacksmiths;
|
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Box 11 | Folder 7 | 1949 | |
between machinists and blacksmiths
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Box 11 | Folder 8 | 1948-1950 | |
between machinists and blacksmiths;
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Box 11 | Folder 9 | 1948-1954 | |
between machinists and boilermakers
|
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Box 11 | Folder 10a | 1946-1955 | |
Numerous clippings and articles from various labor publications and major newspapers.
|
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Box 11 | Folder 10b | 1946-1955 | |
Numerous clippings and articles from various labor publications and major newspapers.
|
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Box 11 | Folder 11a | 1940-1945 | |
Numerous clippings and articles from various labor publications and major newspapers.
|
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Box 11 | Folder 11b | 1940-1945 | |
Folder includes a copy of "Railroad Notes" from November 1941, which has an article of
intimidation, harassment, and disenfranchisement of African-American railroad firemen.
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Box 11 | Folder 12a | 1936 | |
"A Survey of the Rules Governing Wage Payments in Railroad Train and Engine Service" by the
Federal Coordinator of Transportation, Section of Labor Relations
|
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Box 11 | Folder 12b | 1933-1934 | |
(see also box 8, folder 12)
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Box 11 | Folder 13 | 1939 | |
Correspondence with W. H. Werner from Shreveport, Louisiana
|
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Box 11 | Folder 14 | 1942 | |
Correspondence with Pennsylvania Railroad's Personnel Manager re a piece of legislation in
new Jersey regarding crew consist.
|
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Box 11 | Folder 15 | 1935-1940 | |
Lists of election results and list of committee members for shop crafts
|
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Box 11 | Folder 16 | 1934-1939 | |
Lists of election results and list of committee members for shop crafts
|
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Box 11 | Folder 17 | 1935-1937 | |
Correspondence re rail passes for elected committee members
|
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Box 11 | Folder 18 | 1921-1936 | |
Majority of records about 1923 strike in New Orleans
|
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Box 11 | Folder 19 | 1950 | |
Box 11 | Folder 20 | 1929-1931 | |
Box 11 | Folder 21 | 1930-1932 | |
Box 11 | Folder 22 | 1930 | |
copies of agreements with labor organizations furnished
|
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Box 12 | Folder 1 | 1933 | |
Information re wage matters
|
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Box 12 | Folder 2 | 1934-1947 | |
Box 12 | Folder 3 | 1940-1943 | |
Box 12 | Folder 4 | 1940-1943 | |
Box 12 | Folder 5a | 1934-1940 | |
Box 12 | Folder 5b | 1953-1963 | |
Box 12 | Folder 6a | 1934-1957 | |
Cases to be heard before the Board, etc.
|
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Box 12 | Folder 6b | 1934-1957 | |
Agreements covering Rates of Pay, Rules, and Working Conditions
|
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Box 12 | Folder 6c | 1939-1948 | |
Box 12 | Folder 7 | 1901-1917 | |
Box 12 | Folder 8 | 1942-1947 | |
Box 12 | Folder 9 | 1937 | |
Box 12 | Folder 10 | 1950 | |
Red scare era anti-communist pamphlet ordered for employees
|
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Box 12 | Folder 11 | 1923-1934 | |
Wage rates, petition for raises, correspondence regarding who is the direct superior of
these employee (warning: letters contain racial slurs).
|
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Box 12 | Folder 12 | 1942-1943 | |
For war effort.
|
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Box 12 | Folder 13 | 1941-1943 | |
Box 12 | Folder 14 | 1941-1956 | |
Contains org chart for filing grievances in 1941
|
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Box 12 | Folder 15 | 1941-1948 | |
Force of office of manager of personnel.
|
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Box 12 | Folder 16 | 1944-1955 | |
Employees -- indebtedness of
|
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Box 12 | Folder 17 | 1945-1950 | |
Leasing and purchase of Pullman Cars; uniform contract with Pullman Company; servicing of
Pullman Cars by railroad.
|
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Box 12 | Folder 18 | 1939-1946 | |
Separated by Groups: Clerks, 1939-1943; Maintenance of Way employees, 1940-1944; Engineers,
1941-1946; Conductors, suburban service, Chicago, 1941; Conductors, 1939-1945.
|
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Box 12 | Folder 19 | 1939-1945 | |
Separated by Groups: Shop crafts, skilled, 1939-1945; Firemen, 1938-1941; Vicksburg route
firemen, 1941; Trainmen, 1940-1944.
|
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Box 12 | Folder 20 | 1938-1941 | |
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.
|
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Box 12 | Folder 21 | 1938-1947 | |
Separated by Groups: Telegraphers, 1939- 1944; Train porters, 1940; general, 1938-1943;
Train dispatchers, 1938-1947; records of employees, 1941.
|
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Box 12 | Folder 22 | 1941-1942 | |
correspondence re "Railways and Organized Labor" by P. Harvey Middleton.
|
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Box 12 | Folder 23 | 1904-1912 | |
includes records re 1906 clerks' strike, including newspaper clippings.
|
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Box 12 | Folder 24a | 1926-1947 | |
Watson-Parker Railway Labor Act
|
|||
Box 12 | Folder 24b | 1926-1947 | |
Watson-Parker Railway Labor Act
|
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Box 12 | Folder 24c | 1944-1951 | |
Box 12 | Folder 24d | 1935-1948 | |
Box 13 | Folder 1 | 1943-1951 | |
Box 13 | Folder 2 | 1943-1954 | |
Box 13 | Folder 3 | 1934 | |
Box 13 | Folder 4 | 1935 | |
Box 13 | Folder 5 | 1950 | |
Box 13 | Folder 6 | 1937-1951 | |
Box 13 | Folder 7 | 1937-1951 | |
Box 13 | Folder 8 | 1951 | |
Box 13 | Folder 9a | 1921-1922 | |
(oversize charts are fragile)
|
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Box 13 | Folder 9b | 1934 | |
Box 13 | Folder 10a | 1947 | |
Box 13 | Folder 10b | 1921-1922 | |
Box 13 | Folder 11 | 1942 | |
in Mechanical Department as of March 1, 1942
|
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Box 13 | Folder 12 | 1943 | |
in Mechanical Department as of December 27, 1943
|
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Box 13 | Folder 13 | 1946 | |
in Mechanical Department as of May 27, 1946
|
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Box 13 | Folder 14 | 1947 | |
Box 13 | Folder 15 | 1938-1949 | |
Box 13 | Folder 16 | 1948-1952 | |
Box 13 | Folder 17 | 1920-1921 | |
Union selection ballots and vote tallies
|
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Box 13 | Folder 18 | 1921 | |
Union selection ballots and vote tallies
|
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Box 13 | Folder 19 | 1921 | |
Box 13 | Folder 20 | 1926 | |
Box 14 | Folder 1 | 1900 | |
Box 14 | Folder 2 | 1942-1947 | |
Box 14 | Folder 3 | 1905-1947 | |
Box 14 | Folder 4 | 1945-1948 | |
Box 14 | Folder 5 | 1930-1937 | |
Box 14 | Folder 6 | 1941-1943 | |
Box 14 | Folder 7a | 1941-1948 | |
Box 14 | Folder 7b | 1941-1948 | |
Box 14 | Folder 8 | 1934-1936 | |
Box 14 | Folder 9 | 1950 | |
Red Scare era pamphlets and publications from House Un-American Committee
|
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Box 14 | Folder 10a | 1964 | |
Wall Street Journal Chicago Tribune
|
|||
Box 14 | Folder 10b | 1964 | |
Chicago's American Chicago Daily News
|
|||
Box 14 | Folder 10c | 1964 | |
Chicago Daily News Chicago Sun-Times
|
|||
Box 14 | Folder 11 | 1964 | |
Box 14 | Folder 12 | 1967 | |
Correspondence, ICRR's request for an injunction, newspaper clippings
|
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Box 14 | Folder 13 | 1969 | |
Box 14 | Folder 14 | 1921 | |
Box 14 | Folder 15 | 1930 | |
among standard railway labor organizations
|
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Box 14 | Folder 16 | 1949-1952 | |
Red Scare Era anti-socialism/anti-communism presentation by ICRR management
|
|||
Box 14 | Folder 17 | 1950 | |
Box 14 | Folder 18 | 1928-1929 | |
Box 14 | Folder 19 | 1910-1917 | |
Box 14 | Folder 20a | 1901-1916 | |
Box 14 | Folder 20b | 1901-1916 | |
Box 14 | Folder 21 | 1935-1937 | |
Receipt and return of, by local committee members, etc.
|
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Box 14 | Folder 22 | 1950 | |
Box 15 | Folder 1 | 1942-1943 | |
Box 15 | Folder 2 | 1926-1929 | |
Box 15 | Folder 3 | 1921 | |
Box 15 | Folder 4 | 1940-1947 | |
for various classes of employees
|
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Box 15 | Folder 5 | 1921-1945 | |
for various classes of employees
|
|||
Box 15 | Folder 6 | 1940-1946 | |
for various classes of employees
|
|||
Box 15 | Folder 7 | 1941-1947 | |
for various classes of employees
|
|||
Box 15 | Folder 8a | 1946-1965 | |
Box 15 | Folder 8b | 1946-1965 | |
Box 15 | Folder 9 | 1918-1919 | |
Suppl. #7
|
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Box 15 | Folder 10a | 1918-1919 | |
Suppl. #7
|
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Box 15 | Folder 10b | 1918-1919 | |
Suppl. #7
|
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Box 15 | Folder 11 | 1918-1920 | |
Suppl. #7
|
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Box 15 | Folder 12a | 1918-1920 | |
Suppl. #7
|
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Box 15 | Folder 12b | 1918-1920 | |
Suppl. #7
|
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Box 15 | Folder 12c | 1918-1920 | |
Suppl. #7
|
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Box 15 | Folder 13a | 1918-1920 | |
Suppl. #7
|
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Box 15 | Folder 13b | 1918-1920 | |
Suppl. #7
|
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Box 15 | Folder 14 | 1918-1920 | |
Suppl. #7
|
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Box 15 | Folder 15a | 1918-1920 | |
Suppl. #7
|
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Box 15 | Folder 15b | 1918-1920 | |
Suppl. #7
|
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Box 16 | Folder 1 | 1918-1943 | |
Box 16 | Folder 2a | 1934-1936 | |
January 1934 - November 1936
|
|||
Box 16 | Folder 2b | 1934-1936 | |
January 1934 - November 1936
|
|||
Box 16 | Folder 3a | 1936-1940 | |
December 1936 - November 1940
|
|||
Box 16 | Folder 3b | 1936-1940 | |
December 1936 - November 1940
|
|||
Box 16 | Folder 3c | 1943-1944 | |
Box 16 | Folder 4 | 1946 | |
Brief reports on the service history of all ICRR employees who served in WW2
|
|||
Box 16 | Folder 5a | 1946-1947 | |
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 | 1946 | |
Brief reports on the service history of all ICRR employees who served in WW2
|
|||
Box 16 | Folder 5c | 1946 | |
Brief reports on the service history of all ICRR employees who served in WW2
|
|||
Box 16 | Folder 6a | 1944-1948 | |
Box 16 | Folder 6b | 1943-1946 | |
Box 16 | Folder 7a | 1946-1947 | |
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 | 1942-1947 | |
Rosters of ICRR employees in service, casualty reports, re-employment of veterans,
seniority rights of veterans
|
|||
Box 16 | Folder 7c | 1942-1947 | |
Rosters of ICRR employees in service, casualty reports, re-employment of veterans,
seniority rights of veterans
|
|||
Box 17 | Folder 1a | 1943-1944 | |
Selective Service Regulations
|
|||
Box 17 | Folder 1b | 1943-1944 | |
Selective Service Regulations
|
|||
Box 17 | Folder 2a | 1943-1944 | |
Selective Service Regulations
|
|||
Box 17 | Folder 2b | 1943-1944 | |
Selective Service Regulations
|
|||
Box 17 | Folder 3a | 1943-1945 | |
Selective Service Regulations
|
|||
Box 17 | Folder 3b | 1943-1945 | |
Selective Service Regulations
|
|||
Box 17 | Folder 4a | 1942-1943 | |
Railroads requesting deferments of certain classes of railroad employee
|
|||
Box 17 | Folder 4b | 1942-1943 | |
Railroads requesting deferments of certain classes of railroad employee
|
|||
Box 17 | Folder 5 | 1942-1952 | |
Obtaining release of men from the armed services
|
|||
Box 17 | Folder 6a | 1945 | |
List submitted to Office of Defense Transportation and subsequent correspondence
|
|||
Box 17 | Folder 6b | 1945 | |
List submitted to Office of Defense Transportation and subsequent correspondence
|
|||
Box 17 | Folder 6c | 1945 | |
List submitted to Office of Defense Transportation and subsequent correspondence
|
|||
Box 17 | Folder 7 | 1943 | |
Box 17 | Folder 8a | 1942 | |
Box 17 | Folder 8b | 1941-1943 | |
Box 17 | Folder 9 | 1940 | |
Letter to operating department employees covering better understanding re working
conditions and the disagreements resulting therefrom
|
|||
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."
|
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Box 17A | Folder 1 | 1935 | |
Subsequent to April 1, 1935 (sections A through I, Inc. )
|
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Box 17A | Folder 2a | 1923-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 2b | 1925-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 3a | 1927-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 3b | 1927-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 4a | 1926-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 4b | 1926-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 5 | 1923-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 6a | 1920-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 6b | 1920-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 7a | 1924-1935 | |
Machinists - 50 to 64 Inc. "Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 7b | 1928-1935 | |
Boilermakers - 50 to 78 Inc. "Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 7c | 1928-1935 | |
Blacksmiths - 50 to 64 Inc. "Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 8a | 1920-1935 | |
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 | 1924-1935 | |
Carmen, 50 to 73 Inc. "Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 9a | 1911-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 9b | 1911-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 10 | 1923-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 11 | 1923-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 12 | 1922-1935 | |
"Letters in each section of this book are in date order."
|
|||
Box 17A | Folder 13 | 1932-1935 | |
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 | 1956 | |
Box 18 | Folder 2 | 1957-1958 | |
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 | 1954-1958 | |
with supporting documentation from the Clerks and the carrier
|
|||
Box 18 | Folder 4a | 1971 | |
Box 18 | Folder 4b | 1971 | |
Box 18 | Folder 4c | 1971 | |
Box 18 | Folder 4d | 1971 | |
Box 18 | Folder 5a | 1934-1943 | |
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 | 1934-1943 | |
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 | 1934-1943 | |
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 | 1934-1943 | |
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 | 1934-1943 | |
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 | 1934-1943 | |
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 | 1933 | |
Transcript of Proceedings of the Arbitration Board, volumes 1 to 6 and Award (missing
volume 2).
|
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Box 18 | Folder 6b | 1933 | |
Transcript of Proceedings of the Arbitration Board, volumes 1 to 6 and Award (missing
volume 2).
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Box 18 | Folder 6c | 1933 | |
Transcript of Proceedings of the Arbitration Board, volumes 1 to 6 and Award (missing
volume 2).
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Box 18 | Folder 6d | 1933 | |
Transcript of Proceedings of the Arbitration Board, volumes 1 to 6 and Award (missing
volume 2).
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Box 18 | Folder 6e | 1933 | |
Transcript of Proceedings of the Arbitration Board, volumes 1 to 6 and Award (missing
volume 2).
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Box 18 | Folder 6f | 1933 | |
Transcript of Proceedings of the Arbitration Board, volumes 1 to 6 and Award (missing
volume 2).
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Box 18 | Folder 7a | 1930-1938 | |
Box 18 | Folder 7b | 1930-1938 | |
Box 19 | Folder 1 | 1969 | |
In the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, Civil
Action No. 5378
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Box 19 | Folder 2a | 1968 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2b | 1968 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2c | 1967-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2d | 1967-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2e | 1967-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2f | 1967-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2g | 1968-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2h | 1967-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2i | 1967-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2j | 1967-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2k | 1968-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2l | 1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2m | 1967-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2n | 1967-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2o | 1967-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2p | 1967-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2q | 1967-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2r | 1967-1969 | |
Box 19 | Folder 2s | 1967-1969 | |
Box 20 | Folder 1a | 1949-1957 | |
Engineers and Firemen: manning of electric and diesel engines, request for second engineer.
Volume I, closed December 1957.
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Box 20 | Folder 1b | 1949-1957 | |
Engineers and Firemen: manning of electric and diesel engines, request for second engineer.
Volume I, closed December 1957.
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Box 20 | Folder 1c | 1949-1957 | |
Engineers and Firemen: manning of electric and diesel engines, request for second engineer.
Volume I, closed December 1957.
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Box 20 | Folder 2a | 1965 | |
Box 20 | Folder 2b | 1964- 1965 | |
Box 20 | Folder 2c | 1964-1965 | |
Box 20 | Folder 2d | 1964-1965 | |
Box 20 | Folder 2e | 1964-1965 | |
Box 20 | Folder 2f | 1964-1965 | |
Box 20 | Folder 2g | 1964-1965 | |
Box 20 | Folder 2h | 1964 | |
Box 20 | Folder 2i | 1964 | |
Box 20 | Folder 2j | 1964 | |
Box 20 | Folder 2k | 1964 | |
Box 20 | Folder 2l | 1964 | |
Box 21 | Folder 1a | 1969 | |
Box 21 | Folder 1b | 1969 | |
Box 21 | Folder 2 | 1967 | |
By Class and Location
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Box 21 | Folder 3a | 1966 | |
Box 21 | Folder 3b | 1966 | |
Miscellaneous pamphlets and correspondence
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Box 21 | Folder 4 | 1935-1949 | |
Miscellaneous pamphlets unattached to any files
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Box 21 | Folder 4 | 1949 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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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.
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 21 | Folder 4 | 1935 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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"Should unions be compelled to accept legal and financial responsibility?" Compliments of
Lexington Avenue Civic Assoc., Inc. by William D. Rawlins
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 21 | Folder 4 | 1935 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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An address by Frank Purnell, president, The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, at the
forty-fourth general meeting of the American Iron & Steel Institute
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 21 | Folder 4 | 1936 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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An address by Charles R. Hook, president, The American Rolling Mill Company, at the
forty-fifth meeting of the American Iron & Steel Institute.
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 21 | Folder 4 | 1937 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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by the Transportation Association of America
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 21 | Folder 4 | 1936 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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U.S. Department of Labor. Prepared by Retail Price Division and Cost od Living
Division.
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 21 | Folder 5 | 1935-1954 | |
Two unrelated letters that have become detached from their files (1935, 1954).
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