Switchmen's Union of North America Additional Unification Minutes and Convention Proceedings

Collection Number: 5447

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Switchmen's Union of North America Additional Unification Minutes and Convention Proceedings, 1908-1971
Collection Number:
5447
Creator:
Switchmen's Union of North America (SUNA)
Quantity:
7 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents), minutes (administrative records).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Unification minutes, convention proceedings, and other files of the Switchmen's Union of North America.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Switchmen's Union of North America is among the older of the railway brotherhoods. Beginning in 1877 with the formation of a local Switchmen's organization in Chicago, the movement became national when the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association of North America held its first meeting nine years later.
This association was destroyed, as a result of a disastrous lockout by the Chicago Northwestern and the 1888 strike against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy which had equally unfortunate results. Building on what was left of the S.M.A.A., several lodges met in Kansas City in October of 1854 and formed the Switchmen's Union of North America.
By the time of its merger into the United Transportation Union in 1969, the single Chicago labor organization of 1877 had grown to international status with 275 lodges in the United States and Canada having a combined membership of 12,000.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Unification minutes, convention proceedings, and other files of the Switchmen's Union of North America.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Switchmen's Union of North America

Subjects:
Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States.
Railroads -- United States.

Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)
Minutes (administrative records)

INFORMATION FOR USERS

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:
Switchmen's Union of North America Additional Unification Minutes and Convention Proceedings #5447. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

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5034 P: Switchmen's Union of North America Photographs
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5405 mf: Switchmen's Union of North America Constitutions on Microfilm
5406 mf: Switchmen's Union of North America Arbitration on Microfilm
5556: Switchmen's Union of North America Additional Records
5556 AV: Switchmen's Union of North America Audio-Visual Materials
5590: Switchmen's Union of North America Lake Shore Lodge 55 Membership Registers
5613: Switchmen's Union of North America Oakland Lodge 158 Meeting Minutes
5630: W.B. Meyers Papers
CONTAINER LIST

Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1 1935
4 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 2 1944
Box 1 Folder 3 1963
2 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 4 1930-1941
4 booklets
Box 1 Folder 5 1947-1951
4 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 6 1963-1967
2 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 7 1947
Box 1 Folder 8 1952
Box 1 Folder 9 1952
Box 1 Folder 10 1953
2 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 11 1954
6 booklets
Box 1 Folder 12 1955
3 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 13 1956
6 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 14 1957
5 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 15 1958
2 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 16 1959
3 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 17 1960
1 booklet.
Box 1 Folder 18 1961
2 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 19 1962
2 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 20 1963
3 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 21 1964
3 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 22 1965
3 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 23 1966
3 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 24 1967
2 booklets.
Box 1 Folder 25 1968
1 booklet.
Box 1 Folder 26 1909
Box 1 Folder 27 1916
Box 1 Folder 28 1920
August 13 1920
Box 1 Folder 29 1927
Bound notebook.
Box 1 Folder 30 1900
May 1900.
Box 1 Folder 31 1941
June 9 1941. Pages 1 - 106.
Box 1 Folder 32 1941
June 10 - 11 1941. Pages 107 - 213.
Box 1 Folder 33 1941
June 12 1941. Pages 214 - 319.
Box 1 Folder 34 1941
June 13 1941. Pages 320 - 384.
Box 1 Folder 35 1947
June 9 - 10 1947. Pages 1 - 108.
Box 1 Folder 36 1947
June 11 - 12 1947. Pages 109 - 279.
Box 1 Folder 37 1947
June 13 1947. Pages 280 - 458.
Box 1 Folder 38 1947
June 14 - 16 1947. Pages 459 - 556.
Box 2 Folder 1 1947
June 9 - 10 1947. Pages 1 - 108. Copy 2.
Box 2 Folder 2 1947
June 11 - 12 1947. Pages 109 - 279. Copy 2.
Box 2 Folder 3 1947
June 13 1947. Pages 280 - 458. Copy 2.
Box 2 Folder 4 1947
June 14 - 16 1947. Pages 459 - 556. Copy 2.
Box 2 Folder 5 1947
Box 2 Folder 6 1951
June 11 1951. Pages 1 - 111.
Box 2 Folder 7 1951
June 12 1951. Pages 112 - 305.
Box 2 Folder 8 1951
June 13 - 15 1951. Pages 306 - 443.
Box 2 Folder 9 1951
June 15 1951. Pages 444 - 638.
Box 2 Folder 10 1957
June 16 1957. Pages 639 - 792.
Box 2 Folder 11 1951
June 17 - 18 1951. Pages 793 - 911.
Box 2 Folder 12 1951
Officer's Report Booklet.
Box 2 Folder 13 1953
April 27 1953. Pages 1 - 144.
Box 2 Folder 14 1953
April 28 1953. Pages 145 - 371.
Box 2 Folder 15 1953
April 29 1953. Pages 372 - 715.
Box 2 Folder 16 1953
April 30 1953. Pages 716 - 923.
Box 2 Folder 17 1953
May 1 1953. Pages 924 - 1041.
Box 2 Folder 18 1955
June 13 - 14 1955. Pages 1 - 194.
Box 3 Folder 1 1955
June 15 1955. Pages 195 - 317.
Box 3 Folder 2 1955
June 16 1955. Pages 318 - 440.
Box 3 Folder 3 1955
June 17 1955. Pages 441 - 553.
Box 3 Folder 4 1955
June 18 1955. Pages 554 - 650.
Box 3 Folder 5 1955
June 20 - 21 1955. Pages 651 - 849.
Box 3 Folder 6 1955
2 Booklets.
Box 3 Folder 7 1959
June 8 1959.
Box 3 Folder 8 1959
June 8 1959.
Box 3 Folder 9 1959
June 10 1959.
Box 3 Folder 10 1959
June 11 1959.
Box 3 Folder 11 1959
Morning. June 12 1959.
Box 3 Folder 12 1959
Afternoon. June 12 1959
Box 3 Folder 13 1959
June 15 1959. Booklet.
Box 3 Folder 14 1963
July 17 1963. Pages 1 - 187.
Box 3 Folder 15 1963
June 18 1963. Pages 188 - 353.
Box 3 Folder 16 1963
June 19 - 20 1963. Pages 354 - 542.
Box 3 Folder 17 1963
5 booklets.
Box 3 Folder 18 1967
July 10 1967. Pages 1 - 186.
Box 3 Folder 19 1967
July 11 1967. Pages 187 - 407.
Box 3 Folder 20 1967
July 12 1967. Pages 408 - 610.
Box 3 Folder 21 1967
July 13 1967. Pages 611 - 857.
Box 4 Folder 1 1967
July 14 1967. Pages 858 - 1154.
Box 4 Folder 2 1967
July 15 1967. Pages 1155 - 1361.
Box 4 Folder 3 1967
July 10 1967. Pages 1 - 186. Copy 2.
Box 4 Folder 4 1967
July 11 1967. Pages 187 - 407. Copy 2.
Box 4 Folder 5 1967
July 12 1967. Pages 408 - 610.
Box 4 Folder 6 1967
July 13 1967. Pages 611 - 857. Copy 2.
Box 4 Folder 7 1967
July 14 1967. Pages 858 - 1154. Copy 2.
Box 4 Folder 8 1967
July 15 1967. Pages 1155 - 1361. Copy 2.
Box 4 Folder 9 1967
5 booklets.
Box 4 Folder 10 1947-1949
Box 4 Folder 11 1950-1954
Box 4 Folder 12 1968
Box 4 Folder 13 1916
Box 4 Folder 14 1960
Box 4 Folder 15 1961
Box 4 Folder 16 1962
Box 4 Folder 17 1964
Box 4 Folder 18 1922
December 20 1922.
Box 4 Folder 19 1925
May 21 1925.
Box 4 Folder 20 1924
January 4 1924.
Box 4 Folder 21 1960
2 booklets.
Box 4 Folder 22 1962
February 1962.
Box 4 Folder 23 1963
Box 4 Folder 24 1966
Box 4 Folder 25 1910-1919
Box 4 Folder 26 1920-1923
Box 4 Folder 27 1937
Box 4 Folder 28 1943-1948
Box 4 Folder 29 1953-1957
Box 4 Folder 30 1963-1969
Box 4 Folder 31 1903-1967
January 1903 - December 1967
Box 4 Folder 32 1954-1955
Box 4 Folder 33 1967
2 booklets.
Box 5 Folder 1 1963
Folder 1 of 2
Box 5 Folder 2 1963
Folder 2 of 2
Box 5 Folder 3 1968
Folder 1 of 3.
Box 5 Folder 4 1968
Folder 2 of 3
Box 5 Folder 5 1968
Folder 3 of 3.
Box 5 Folder 6
No date.
Box 5 Folder 7 1968
May 6 - 20 1968. Days 1 - 10.
Box 5 Folder 8 1968
May 21 - June 5 1968. Days 11 - 22.
Box 5 Folder 9 1968
June 7 - 22 1968. Days 23 - 33.
Box 5 Folder 10 1968
June 28 - August 5 1968. Days 34 - 45.
Box 5 Folder 11 1968
August 6 - 16 1968. Days 46 - 54.
Box 5 Folder 12 1968
Box 5 Folder 13 1968
Folder 1 of 2. August 16 1968.
Box 5 Folder 14 1968
Folder 2 of 2. August 16 1968.
Box 5 Folder 15 1968
Folder 1 of 2.
Box 5 Folder 16 1968
Folder 2 of 2.
Box 5 Folder 17 1961-1963
November 1961 - November 1963.
Box 5 Folder 18 1964
Volume 1 Numbers 1 - 6.
Box 5 Folder 19 1965
Box 5 Folder 20 1966-1967
December 1966 - June 1967.
Box 5 Folder 21 1963-1967
Drawings and letters.
Box 6 Folder 1 1962
Court documents and correspondence.
Box 6 Folder 2 1959-1963
June 1959 - June 1963. Bound book.
Box 6 Folder 3 1963-1967
July 1963 - July 1967. Bound book.
Box 6 Folder 4 1967-1971
July 1967 - July 1971. Bound book.
Box 6 Folder 5 1965-1968
Box 6 Folder 6
2 booklets. No date.
Box 6 Folder 7 1908-1949
Box 6 Folder 8 1950-1955
12 booklets
Box 6 Folder 9 1956
6 booklets.
Box 6 Folder 10 1958-1960
3 booklets.
Box 6 Folder 11 1964-1969
6 booklets.
Box 6 Folder 12
No date.
Box 6 Folder 13 1902-1908
14 booklets.
Box 6 Folder 14 1910-1919
22 booklets
Box 6 Folder 15 1920-1923
13 booklets
Box 6 Folder 16 1924
21 booklets
Box 6 Folder 17 1926-1929
22 booklets
Box 6 Folder 18 1930-1939
14 booklets.
Box 7 Folder 1 1942-1943
5 booklets.
Box 7 Folder 2 1944
13 booklets.
Box 7 Folder 3 1945-1948
12 booklets
Box 7 Folder 4 1949
11 booklets
Box 7 Folder 5 1950
9 booklets.
Box 7 Folder 6 1951-1955
5 booklets
Box 7 Folder 7 1956
6 booklets
Box 7 Folder 8 1957
5 booklets
Box 7 Folder 9 1960-1963
5 booklets
Box 7 Folder 10 1964-1968
8 booklets
Box 7 Folder 11
No date. 2 booklets.
Box 7 Folder 12 1906-1939
9 booklets.
Box 7 Folder 13 1943-1969
13 booklets.
Box 7 Folder 14 1966
Postcards
Box 7 Folder 15 1966
Box 7 Folder 16 1966
Box 7 Folder 17 1966
Box 7 Folder 18 1966
Box 7 Folder 19 1966
Box 7 Folder 20 1966
Box 7 Folder 21 1966
Postcards.
Box 7 Folder 22 1966
Postcards.
Box 7 Folder 23 1966
Postcards.
Box 7 Folder 24 1966
Postcards.