Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Company Records

Collection Number: 5533

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Company Records, 1907-1971

Collection Number:

5533

Creator:

Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Company (CNW);

Quantity:

10 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Agreements, records (documents).

Repository:

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

Abstract:

Collection includes correspondence concerning grievance claims and work rules; agreements with major railroad unions; statistics on workers' compensation and hours; miscellaneous legal documents concerning disputes brought before federal boards; and circulars from industry conferences, concerning company-labor relations. Also includes documentation of the Chicago and North Westerns' merger with the Chicago Great Western Railway. Select information from predecessor carriers is also found in this collection.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

William Butler Ogden, a railroad investor (b. 1805), took over the Madison and Beloit Railroad in Wisconsin, extended the lines and later, after the financial troubles of 1857, reorganized the line into the Chicago and North Western Railway, into which the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad was also merged.

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Chicago and North Western Transportation Company [CNW] was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States, often called the North Western. The CNW also called itself the "Pioneer Railroad," because one of its predecessor lines, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, was the first railroad to run out of Chicago. The railroad operated more than 12,000 miles of track in seven states (Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Illinois, Missouri, and Michigan) before retrenchment in the late 1970s. At the height of the railroad era, the CNW was one of the most profitable of the Midwestern railroads and one of the longest railroads in the United States because of mergers with other railroads, such as the Chicago Great Western Railway, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway and others.

The CNW's earliest predecessor, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad [GCU], was chartered in 1836. In 1848, it operated the first steam locomotive out of Chicago. Despite this early success, the GCU had many problems, including an inability to build tracks to Galena, Illinois, one of its supposed terminals, and instead had to rely on an interchange built by the Illinois Central to reach the city. These problems led to it being purchased by William Butler Ogden. Ogden was the first mayor of Chicago and a railroad investor. Ogden had already taken over the Madison and Beloit Railroad in Wisconsin and extended its lines. After the financial trouble of 1857, Ogden founded and incorporated the CNW. The CNW was chartered on June 7, 1859, by the legislatures of Illinois and Wisconsin. Five days previously, it had purchased the bankrupt Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad. Ogden now controlled numerous roads in the Midwest; by 1865, they were merged into one system, the CNW, with over 850 miles of track. Ogden left the company in 1868 and became president of the Union Pacific. This was after one of CNW's predecessor lines, the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Rail Road, had reached Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1867, establishing a direct interchange with the Union Pacific, the first transcontinental railroad. By the end of the 19th Century, the CNW operated on over 7,000 miles of track, connecting such cities as Chicago, Omaha, Milwaukee, Duluth, Rapid City and the Twin Cities.

The CNW opened its Proviso Yards in Chicago in 1929. This facility was the largest of its kind when it was built, containing 224 miles of tracks and a huge diesel shop. The CNW was a "granger" railroad, primarily serving agricultural businesses. Potatoes were ones of its main crops, and the Potato Sheds in its Wood Street Yards were the largest in the world. It also did extensive business in transporting sugar beets, corn and wheat. The CNW also operated extensive passenger lines, including serving as one of the main commuter lines for Chicago.

The CNW was unique among American railroads in that it ran on a left-hand main, which meant that traffic was routed to the left instead of to the right. This was common among railroads built by British companies, but not among American ones.

The CNW was badly affected by the Great Depression, declaring bankruptcy in 1935 and not emerging until 1944 with the surge in traffic that happened because of the mobilization of men and goods for World War II.

The post-war period saw another sharp decline in the CNW's profits, as freight increasingly moved to the highways and the CNW had a large amount of secondary trackage that was a massive drain on the company since the industries on these lines no longer used the rails to ship their goods. However, even with this reality, the CNW still made major acquisitions in the late 1950s and 1960s, gaining control of the Litchfield and Madison Railway in 1958, the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway in 1960, and the Chicago Great Western Railway in 1968.

In 1972, the CNW was sold to its employees and renamed the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company. In 1985, the employee owned stock of the company was transferred to the newly formed CNW Corporation, ending the employee owned period. By 1995, track sales and abandonment had reduced the total mileage of the CNW to about 5,000 miles. The company was purchased by Union Pacific [UP] in April 1995 and ceased to exist as an independent entity.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Inclusive date range: 1907-1971

Bulk dates: 1950-1968

This collection consists of the records of the Chicago North Western Transportation Company's records. The majority of materials in this collection were produced by the CNW's predecessor railroads: specifically the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway [M&StL], a small granger railroad acquired by the CNW in 1960; and the Ft. Dodge, Des Moines, and Southern Railroad, an inter-urban electric line, acquired by the CNW in 1968.

The collection has been arranged into 14 series:

Series I: Correspondence

Series II: Circulars

Series III: Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Motive Power and Operations Data

Series IV: Dispute between the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway and the Federated Shop Crafts

Series V: Employee Manuals

Series VI: National Railroad Adjustment Board Decisions and Awards

Series VII: Federal Railroad Legislation and Emergency Boards

Series VIII: Carrier Mergers

Series IX: National Rules Movements

Series X: Local Agreements, Conferences, and Reports

Series XI: Clerks, Represented by BRAC

Series XII: Yardmasters, Represented by Railroad Yardmasters of America

Series XIII: Dispatchers, Represented by the American Train Dispatchers Association

Series XIV: Agreements, Historic, Between Various Labor Organizations and Ft. Dodge, Des Moines, and Southern Railroad

SUBJECTS

Names:

Braese, O. H.

Jewell, B. M.

Leighty, G. E.

Leiserson, William.

Thompson, E. C.

40-Hour Week Committee.

American Federation of Labor

American Federation of Labor. Railway Employees' Department.

American Telegraph Dispatchers Association

Association of Western Railroads.

Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees.

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen

Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express, and Station Employees.

Chicago and North Western Railway Company.

Chicago Great Western Railway Company (1940-1968)

Eastern Carriers' Conference Committee.

Ft. Dodge, Des Moines, and Southern Railroad

Great Northern Railway.

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad.

Order of Railroad Telegraphers (U.S.)

Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen

Order of Railway Conductors of America.

Railroad Yardmasters of America

Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committee.

United States. Board of Conciliation and Investigation.

United States. Interstate Commerce Commission.

United States. National Mediation Board.

United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board.

United States. National Railway Labor Panel.

United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)

United States. Railroad Labor Board.

Western Carriers' Conference Committee.

Subjects:

Collective Bargaining. Railroads, United States.

Employee fringe benefits. Railroads. United States. Statistics.

Employees, Transfer of. Railroads. United States.

Supervisors, Industrial. Labor unions. United States.

Grievance procedures. Railroads. United States.

Job vacancies. Railroads. United States.

Labor discipline. Railroads. United States.

Layoff systems. United States.

Personnel directors.

Occupations. Classification

Railroads. Employees. United States.

Railroads. United States. Personnel management.

Sex discrimination in employment. United States.

Wages. Railroads. United States.

Women. Employment. United States.

Work rules. Railroads. United States.

Working conditions. Railroads. United States.

Form and Genre Terms:

Agreements.

Records (documents)

INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Restrictions on Use:

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Cite As:

Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Company Records #5533. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

SERIES LIST

Series I: Correspondence, 1926-1958

Series II: Circulars, 1945-1958

Series III: Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Motive Power and Operations Data, 1930-1949

Series IV: Dispute between the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway and the Federated Shop Crafts, 1920-1953

Series V: Employee Manuals, 1941-1968

Series VI: National Railroad Adjustment Board. Decisions and Awards, 1952-1955

Series VII: Federal Railroad Legislation and Emergency Boards, 1918-1951

Series VIII: Carrier Mergers, 1958-1968

Series IX: National Rules Movements, 1940-1960

Series X: Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. Local Agreements, Conferences, and Reports, 1926-1960

Series XI: Clerks, Represented by the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees [BRAC], 1921-1960

Series XII: Yardmasters, Represented by Railroad Yardmasters of America [RRYMoA], 1922-1960

Series XIII: Dispatchers, Represented by the American Train Dispatchers Association, 1921-1960

Series XIV: Agreements, Historic, Between Various Labor Organizations and Ft. Dodge, Des Moines, and Southern Railroad, 1907-1947

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Series I: Correspondence, 1926-1958
		The correspondence chiefly consists of grievance claims and discussions of the rules surrounding the claims. The major claims regard seniority, including seniority dating, rights, status, and rosters; claims for time- and-a-half; wage rates, including adjustments and wage differentials, apprentice rates, wage increases, and rates for various positions; claims for overtime; claims for back pay; time claims as a result of position abolishment, sickness, and injury; mileage claims; claims regarding reductions in the work force; displacement claims; and vacation claims.
		Other claims regard working conditions, including the issues of inadequate facilities, sanitation, drinking water, lockers, and hazardous conditions; women workers, including the issues of dismissal for marrying, wages, and employment due to the labor shortage; and claims regarding the workweek and the workday, including the seven-to-six- day workweek, six-hour workday, and five-day work assignments. Finally, other grievance cases involve disciplinary actions and suspension; layoffs; transfers; dismissals; reclassifications; and posting of positions in accordance with local agreements.
		Major correspondents include officers of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad, of the Great Northern Railway, and of the Chicago Great Western Railway. Other major correspondents include officers of the following unions: the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen [BRT], the Order of Railway Conductors [ORC], the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees [BRAC], the Order of Railway Conductors [ORC], and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees. Finally, there are numerous pieces of correspondence with officers of the Association of Western Railroads.
		Individual correspondents include G.E. Leighty, (president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers), E.C. Thompson (executive secretary, National Mediation Board), William M. Leiserson (chairman, National Railway Labor Panel), B.M. Jewell (president, Railway Employees Department, American Federation of Labor) and O.H. Braese (president, American Telegraph Dispatchers Association).
		Additional pieces of correspondence are also found in the other series where indicated.
Box 1	Folder 1	Correspondence	1926-1929
Box 1	Folder 2	Correspondence	1928-1929
Box 1	Folder 3	Correspondence	1930
		Includes arbitration agreement between BRAC and Norther Pacific
Box 1	Folder 4	Correspondence	1931
Box 1	Folder 5	Correspondence	1932
		January to March 1932
Box 1	Folder 6	Correspondence	1932
		April to July 1932
Box 1	Folder 7	Correspondence	1932
		August to December 1932
Box 1	Folder 8	Correspondence	1933
		January to June 1933
Box 1	Folder 9	Correspondence	1933
		July to December 1933
Box 1	Folder 10	Correspondence	1934
		January to April 1934
Box 1	Folder 11	Correspondence	1934
		May to August 1934
Box 1	Folder 12	Correspondence	1934
		September to December 1934
Box 1	Folder 13	Correspondence	1935
Box 1	Folder 14	Correspondence	1936
Box 1	Folder 15	Correspondence	1937
Box 1	Folder 16	Correspondence	1938
Box 1	Folder 17	Correspondence	1939
		Includes mediation agreements, ICC filings, and court filings
Box 1	Folder 18	Correspondence	1940
		January to July 1940
Box 1	Folder 19	Correspondence	1940
		September 1940. Contain Memorandum of Agreement with BRAC.
Box 1	Folder 20	Correspondence	1940
		October to December 1940
Box 2	Folder 1	Correspondence	1941
		January to April 1941
Box 2	Folder 2	Correspondence	1941
		May to July 1941
Box 2	Folder 3	Correspondence	1941
		August 1941
Box 2	Folder 4	Correspondence	1941
		September to December 1941
Box 2	Folder 5	Correspondence	1942
		January to April 1942
Box 2	Folder 6	Correspondence	1942
		May to June 1942
Box 2	Folder 7	Correspondence	1942
		July to December 1942
Box 2	Folder 8	Correspondence	1943
Box 2	Folder 9	Correspondence	1944
		January to June 1944
Box 2	Folder 10	Correspondence	1944
		July to December 1944
Box 2	Folder 11	Correspondence	1945
		January to June 1945
Box 2	Folder 12	Correspondence	1945
		July to December 1945
Box 2	Folder 13	Correspondence	1946
Box 2	Folder 14	Correspondence	1947
		January to October 1947
Box 2	Folder 15	Correspondence	1947
		November 1947
Box 2	Folder 16	Correspondence	1947
		December 1947
Box 2	Folder 17	Correspondence	1948
		January to June 1948
Box 2	Folder 18	Correspondence	1948
		July to December 1948
Box 3	Folder 1	Correspondence	1949
Box 3	Folder 2	Correspondence	1950
		January to May 1950
Box 3	Folder 3	Correspondence	1950
		August 1950
Box 3	Folder 4	Correspondence	1950
		September 1950. Contains memorandum of Agreement between M&St.L Rwy and ORT.
Box 3	Folder 17	Correspondence	1956
		July to December 1956
Box 3	Folder 18	Correspondence	1957
Box 3	Folder 19	Correspondence	1958
		Series II: Circulars, 1945-1958
		This series consists of two sets of circulars. One set, from the Association of Western Railways [AWR], contains updates on agreements member carriers have entered into with various labor organizations. They also contain the text of the Agreements. AWR Circulars also contain information on decisions by various boards of adjustments based on interpretations of the previously mentioned agreements. Some of the circulars have attached correspondence, discussing how these interpretations affect either the carrier or their employees.
		The second set of circulars come from the CNW itself. These circulars, issued by the personnel department, inform employees about updates and changes to the Rules, Agreements, and Schedules made between the carrier and the various labor organizations that represent the employees in negotiations. The circulars also interpret the changes, and inform the different classes of employees how the changes affect them.
Box 3	Folder 5	Circulars for the Association of Western Railways	1951
		June to August 1951
Box 3	Folder 6	Circulars for the Association of Western Railways	1951
		September to November 1951
Box 3	Folder 7	Circulars for the Association of Western Railways	1952
		January to June 1952
Box 3	Folder 8	Circulars for the Association of Western Railways	1952
		July to December 1952
Box 3	Folder 9	Circulars for the Association of Western Railways	1953
		January to March 1953
Box 3	Folder 10	Circulars for the Association of Western Railways	1953
		April to August 1953
Box 3	Folder 11	Circulars for the Association of Western Railways	1953
		September to December 1953
Box 3	Folder 12	Circulars for the Association of Western Railways	1954
		January to June 1954
Box 3	Folder 13	Circulars for the Association of Western Railways	1954
		July to November 1954
Box 3	Folder 14	Circulars for the Association of Western Railways	1955
		March to August 1955
Box 3	Folder 15	Circulars for the Association of Western Railways	1955
		September to November 1955
Box 3	Folder 16	Circulars for the Association of Western Railways	1956
		February to June 1956
Box 8	Folder 6	Association of Western Railways. Circular Letters No. 248-	1945
Box 8	Folder 7	Association of Western Railways. Circular Letters No. 288-	1948
Box 8	Folder 8	Association of Western Railways. Circular Letters No. 390-	1946
Box 8	Folder 9	Association of Western Railways. Circular Letters No. 444-	1947
Box 8	Folder 10	Association of Western Railways. Circular Letters No. 494-	1949
Box 8	Folder 11	Association of Western Railways. Circular Letters No. 516-	1950
Box 8	Folder 12	Association of Western Railways. Circular Letters No. 548-	1951-1956
Box 8	Folder 13	Association of Western Railways. Circular Letters No. 674-	1958
Box 7	Folder 1	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-1-	1950-1954
		Folder 1 of 5
Box 7	Folder 2	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-1-	1950-1954
		Folder 2 of 5
Box 7	Folder 3	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-1-	1950-1954
		Folder 3 of 5
Box 7	Folder 4	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-1-	1950-1954
		Folder 4 of 5
Box 7	Folder 5	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-1-	1950-1954
		Folder 5 of 5
Box 7	Folder 6	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-2-	1950-1953
		Folder 1 of 5
Box 7	Folder 7	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-2-	1950-1953
		Folder 2 of 5
Box 7	Folder 8	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-2-	1950-1953
		Folder 3 of 5
Box 7	Folder 9	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-2-	1950-1953
		Folder 4 of 5
Box 7	Folder 10	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-2-	1950-1953
		Folder 5 of 5
Box 7	Folder 11	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-3-	1950-1954
		Folder 1 of 2
Box 7	Folder 12	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-3-	1950-1954
		Folder 2 of 2
Box 7	Folder 13	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-4-	1951-1954
Box 7	Folder 14	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-5-	1952-1953
Box 7	Folder 15	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-6-	1950-1953
Box 7	Folder 16	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-7-	1951-1954
		Folder 1 of 2
Box 7	Folder 17	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-7-	1951-1954
		Folder 2 of 2
Box 8	Folder 1	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-8-	1951-1954
Box 8	Folder 2	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-9-	1950-1954
Box 8	Folder 3	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-10-	1949-1954
Box 8	Folder 4	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-13-	1950-1954
		Folder 1 of 2
Box 8	Folder 5	Chicago and North Western Railway System. Circulars No. S-13-	1950-1954
		Folder 2 of 2
		Series III: Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Motive Power and Operations Data, 1930-1949
		This series is comprised of information relating to Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway's [M&St.L] motive power. It includes both blank and completed forms for both the Carriers' Conference Committee and the Association of Western Railways. These spread sheets contain information on the types of motive power used by the M&St.L, the repairs made on the engines, the types of rolling stock used, and a rosters of both engines and rolling stock. These statistics are all for the month of December 1948. There are also spreadsheets documenting the number of trips made by different divisions of the M&St.L in August 1930. There are also reports on accidents.
		Of interest are the two blank questionnaires designed to test aspiring firemen and engineers on their knowledge of different types of motive power.
Box 3	Folder 20	Questionnaire on the Operation of Freight Diesels 445 and 545. Blank.
		Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company, Mechanical Department. No date.
Box 3	Folder 21	Questionnaire on the Operation of Alco Road Switches. Blank.
		Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company, Mechanical Department. No date.
Box 3	Folder 22	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-1. Oil Burning Steam Locomotives.	1949
		Blank.
Box 3	Folder 23	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-3. Characteristics of Locomotives.	1949
		Blank.
Box 3	Folder 24	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-4. Operations of Locomotives.	1949
		Blank
Box 3	Folder 25	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-6. Rail Motor Cars.	1949
		Blank.
Box 3	Folder 26	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-7. Use of Diesel Locomotives.	1949
		Blank.
Box 3	Folder 27	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-8. Number of Diesel Locomotives.	1949
		Blank.
Box 3	Folder 28	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-9. Number of Steam Locomotives.	1949
		Blank.
Box 3	Folder 29	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-27. Number of Diesel Locomotives.	1949
		Blank.
Box 3	Folder 30	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-1. Oil-Burning Steam Locomotives. Completed.	1949
		Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company. For the month ending December 31, 1948.
Box 3	Folder 31	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-3. Characteristics of Locomotives. Completed.	1949
		Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company. For the month ending December 31, 1948.
Box 3	Folder 32	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-4. Operation of Locomotives. Completed.	1949
		Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company. For the month ending December 31, 1948.
Box 3	Folder 33	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-6. Rail Motor Cars. Completed.	1949
		Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company. For the month ending December 31, 1948.
Box 3	Folder 34	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-7. Use of Diesel Locomotives. Completed.	1949
		Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company. For the month ending December 31, 1948.
Box 3	Folder 35	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-9. Stream Locomotives. Completed.	1949
		Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company. For the month ending December 31, 1948.
Box 3	Folder 36	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-21. Operating Rule Failures or Infractions for 1944-1948. Completed.	1949
		Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company. For the month ending December 31, 1948.
Box 3	Folder 37	Carriers' Conference Committee Forms D-49-27. Diesel Locomotive for 1946-1948. Completed.	1949
		Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company. For the month ending December 31, 1948.
Box 3	Folder 38	Monthly Report of Railway Accidents.	1947
		To the Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics, Interstate Commerce Commission. September 1947. For the M&St.L Rwy.
Box 4	Folder 1	Association of Western Railways. Form 6-A. Trips Made By Division.	1930
		August 10-16, 1930. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company.
Box 4	Folder 2	Association of Western Railways. Form 6-A. Trips Made by Passenger Trains.	1930
		August 10-16, 1930. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company.
Box 4	Folder 3	Association of Western Railways. Form 6-A. Trips Made by Through Passenger Trains.	1930
		August 10-16, 1930. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company.
Box 4	Folder 4	Association of Western Railways. Form 6-A. Trips Made by Through Freight Trains	1930
		August 10-16, 1930. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company.
Box 4	Folder 5	Association of Western Railways. Form 6-A. Trips Made by Local Freight Trains.	1930
		August 10-16, 1930. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company.
Box 4	Folder 6	Association of Western Railways. Form 6-A. Trips Made by Other Road Service Trains.	1930
		August 10-16, 1930. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company.
		Series IV: Dispute between the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway and the Federated Shop Crafts, 1920-1953
		This series contains records documenting a dispute between the M&St.L and its employees who worked in non-operating crafts. These employees belonged to the International Association of Machinists; the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, and Helpers of America; the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers; the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers International Alliance; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; and the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America. This series includes documentation on who represented the non-operating employees, including a decision by the U.S. Railroad Labor Board regarding the representation, and the Constitution and By-Laws of the M&St.L Railroad System Association, Federated Shop Crafts AFL, which was deemed the representative organization instead of the American Federation of Railroad Workers. The complete filing of the 1921 case, including a transcript of the testimony before the U.S. Railroad Labor Board, is found in this series.
		Of particular interest is the documentation of the Great Railroad Strike of 1922, also called the Shopmen's Strike. This strike, which occurred in July and August 1922, was a nationwide strike launched by seven of the sixteen railroad labor organizations in existence of the time and the largest railroad work stoppage since the Pullman Strike of 1894. This series contains records of the financial losses suffered by the M&St.L as well as a timeline of strike activities that occurred on their properties.
		Reports on conferences and Agreements between the M&St.L and the Federated Shop Crafts are also located in this series. Also found are changes to the agreement with regards to the seniority rights of employees who served in the military during the course of their employment.
Box 4	Folder 7	Memorandum of Agreement Covering Mechanics' Seniority After Military Service.	1945-1953
		Association of Western Railways Circular Nos. 246 in re Advancement of apprentices, etc. to position of Mechanic. Agreement is between Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company and Federated Shop Crafts, Railway Employees Dept., AFL.
Box 4	Folder 8	Disputes and Mediations between Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company and Federated Shop Crafts, Docket No 4047. [Folder 1 of 2]	1920- 1934
		Includes correspondence; filings; transcript of proceedings before U.S. Labor Board, Docket 979, held December 5, 1921; and the Constitution and By-Laws of the Minneapolis and St. Louis System Association, adopted September 2, 1922
Box 4	Folder 9	Disputes and Mediations between Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company and Federated Shop Crafts, Docket No 4047. [Folder 2 of 2]	1920- 1934
		Includes correspondence; filings with the U.S. Railroad Administration; list of names of members of the System Association Lodge; copy of National Agreement for Shop Crafts; statement of the aggregate cost of the Shop Crafts' Strike of 1922; timeline of events of Shop Crafts' Strike of 1922; and ex parte filings by M&St.L Rwy management with U.S. Railroad Labor Board.
Box 4	Folder 10	Proceedings of the US Railroad Labor Board. Docket No. 4047.	1934
		Federated Shop Crafts, Railway Employees Dept., AFL v. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway.
		Series V: Employee Manuals, 1941-1968
		This series contains bound volumes with information for railroad employees. The manuals cover different aspects of railroad employment. Some are personnel focused, such as the manuals on interviewing, salary administration, and workforce reductions; the directories of payroll numbers and disability ratings also focus on personnel matters. Instructional matters are also covered, both in the manual on preventing workplace mishaps and in the routing guides, which instruct employees on interchanges with other railroads. Finally, a bound volume containing the proceedings of the American Association of Railroad Superintendents' annual conference is also located in this collection.
Box 4	Folder 11	Provisional Occupational Disability Rating Schedule. U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.	1946
Box 4	Folder 12	Payroll Numbers and Area Location Lists	1961-1966
		Lists of employees by union affiliation.
Box 4	Folder 13	Mishap Prevention Handbook. Volume 1.	1968
Box 4	Folder 14	Interviewers' Manual. Chicago and Northwestern System.	1954
Box 4	Folder 15	Report on Workforce Reduction. [Folder 1 of 2]	1965-1968
Box 4	Folder 16	Report on Workforce Reduction. [Folder 2 of 2]	1965-1968
Box 4	Folder 17	Proceedings of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Meeting and Committee Reports. American Association of Railroad Superintendents.	1961
		Bound book.
Box 4	Folder 18	Minimum Wage Poster	1963
		Contains a poster.
Box 4	Folder 19	United Transportation Union Merger. Special Board of Adjustment. Award Nos. 1-17, 20-26	1971
		Claims and decisions by the Board.
Box 4	Folder 20	Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Salary Administration Manual.	1957
Box 4	Folder 21	Wage and Salary Administration
		No date.
Box 4	Folder 22	The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company. Joint Routing Guide. 79-A.	1941
		Bound book.
Box 4	Folder 23	The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company. Joint Routing Guide. 79-A.	1942-1952
		Series VI: National Railroad Adjustment Board. Decisions and Awards, 1952-1955
		The National Railroad Adjustment Board [NRAB] was created by 45 U.S. Code 153, part of the Railway Labor Act. It is overseen by the National Mediation Board, which was created by the 1934 amendment to Railway Labor Act to oversee the arbitration of labor disputes in the railway and airline industries. The NRAB is tasked with arbitrating minor disputes, i.e. grievance arbitrations, in the railway industry. This series contains the NRAB's decision in cases that either affected labor relations on the M&St.L system, or cases that directly involved M&St.L personnel. The latter are all cases of employees' claims for wages, filed by the Switchmen's Union of North America [SUNA].
Box 5	Folder 1	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 1900. Docket No. 1751.	1955
Box 5	Folder 2	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 1901. Docket No. 1760.	1955
Box 5	Folder 3	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 1902. Docket No. MC 1526-99 2-WT-I-55	1955
Box 5	Folder 4	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 1905. Docket 1765 2-MP-CM-55.	1955
Box 5	Folder 5	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 1906. Docket No. 1771 2-IC-EW-55	1955
Box 5	Folder 6	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 1907. Docket No. 1773	1955
		2-PRR-URRWA, CIO-55.
Box 5	Folder 7	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 1910. Docket 1764.	1955
		2-CNO and TP-EW-55.
Box 5	Folder 8	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 1911. Docket No. 1769.	1955
		2-AT and SF-CM-55.
Box 5	Folder 9	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 1912. Docket No. 1749.	1955
		2-UT-EM-55.
Box 5	Folder 10	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 1913. Docket No. 1775.	1955
		2-SP(PL)-CM-55
Box 5	Folder 53	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 17124. Docket No. 30-088.	1955
		August 4 1955. In re Claim for One Yard Day's Pay. Filing from SUNA.
Box 5	Folder 54	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award Nos. 17122-17124. Southern Pacific Claim for One Yard Day.	1952-1955
		In re Claim for One Yard Day's Pay. Includes correspondence and filings from SUNA.
Box 5	Folder 55	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 17125. Docket No. 30-090.	1952-1955
		In re Claim for One Yard Day's Pay. Filing from SUNA.
Box 5	Folder 56	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 17126. H.L. Murphy's Claim for Time and One-Half.	1950-1955
		In re Claim for One Yard Day's Pay. Filing from SUNA.
Box 6	Folder 1	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 17253-17254. Martin Kearney's Claim for Extra Day's Pay.	1952-1955
		In re Claim for One Yard Day's Pay. Filings from SUNA.
Box 6	Folder 2	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 17139. R. O'Connor's Claim for Additional Day's Pay.	1951-1955
		In re Claim for One Yard Day's Pay. Filings from SUNA.
Box 6	Folder 3	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 17259. Switchmen's Minimum Yard Day Claim.	1952-1955
		In re Claim for One Yard Day's Pay. Multiple filings from SUNA.
Box 6	Folder 4	National Railroad Adjustment Board. Award No. 17260. E. Jacobson's Claim for Foreman's Rate Pay	1952-1955
		Filing by SUNA.
		Series VII: Federal Railroad Legislation and Emergency Boards, 1918-1951
		This series contains records of federal agencies which regulated the railroad industry. This includes the nationalization of the railroads during World War I under the U.S. Railroad Administration and the decision by an Emergency Board in 1942 to ensure that labor disputes did not hinder the U.S.'s war mobilizations during World War II. Also found in this series is the legislation that amended the Railroad Retirement Acts and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act in 1951.
Box 5	Folder 11	Railroad Retirement Acts and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.	1951
Box 5	Folder 12	Report to the President by the Emergency Board.	1942
		July 21, 1942
Box 5	Folder 13	US Railroad Administration Circulars.	1918-1919
Box 5	Folder 14	US Railroad Administration. Supplements to General Order No. 27.	1918-1919
		Series VIII: Carrier Mergers, 1958-1968
		This series contain documentation of various mergers between carriers that occurred during the 1950s and 1960s; this period is sometimes referred to Railroad Merger Era. It began in the late 1950s with the approval of the merger between the Norfolk and Western with The Virginian Railway. The culmination of the railroad merger era was the merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad with the New York Central Railroad in 1968, forming the Penn Central Transportation Company.
		This series contains some of the Agreements of the Penn Central merger, as well as copies of Agreements from other large carrier mergers. These records are present because they were used as templates for the Agreements used in CNW's merger with Chicago Great Western Railway in 1968. The various Consolidation Agreements demonstrate how complicated and unwieldy this process was, and helps demonstrate why the majority of these mergers resulted in larger carrier companies declaring bankruptcy and led to the deregulation of the industry and the creation of national corporations ConRail and Amtrak which operated on what had been the Penn Central's tracks.
Box 5	Folder 15	Merger Protective Agreement and Implementing Agreement No. 1 Between The Great Northern Pacific and Burlington Lines, Inc. and Its Employees Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers	1966-1967
		Consolidation of seniority districts, of terminal services, of terminals through attrition and other means, passenger service, zones, and schedules.
Box 5	Folder 16	Penn Central Merger: Yard Agreement No. 4. Indianapolis, Indiana.	1967
		Agreement between Pennsylvania Railroad and N.Y. Central with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen .
Box 5	Folder 17	Penn Central Merger: Consolidation Agreement, East St. Louis, Terra Haute, and Indianapolis Facilities	1966
		June 1, 1966. Agreement between Pennsylvania Railroad and N.Y. Central with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen .
Box 5	Folder 18	Penn Central Merger: Agreement for Protection of Employees in Merger.	1964-1966
Box 5	Folder 19	Penn Central Merger: Road Agreement No. 1. Indianapolis, Indiana.	1966
		December 1, 1966. Agreement between Pennsylvania Railroad and N.Y. Central with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen .
Box 5	Folder 20	Penn Central Merger: Yard Agreement No. 2. East St. Louis, Illinois.	1967
		January 13, 1967. Agreement between Pennsylvania Railroad and N.Y. Central with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen .
Box 5	Folder 21	Burlington Northern Merger: Agreement for Protection of Employees in Merger.	1962
Box 5	Folder 22	Chicago Great Western and North Western Railway Merger, Rough Draft	1966
		Filed with copy of October, 11 1966 Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central Railroad Agreement.
Box 5	Folder 23	RLEA Meeting re CGW and CNW Merger	1966
		April 14, 1966.
Box 5	Folder 24	CGW and CNW Merger: ICC Examination Report, Labor Protective Conditions	1966
		Appendix to Agreement
Box 5	Folder 25	Seaboard and Coast Line Merger: Agreement for Protection of Employers in Merger.	1966
Box 5	Folder 26	BLE-Terminal Consolidation Agreements Governing the Consolidation of the Ft. Wayne and Ohio Terminal Facilities in the Norfolk and Western et al. Merger	1959-1966
		Sent to CNW Vice President of Labor Relations T.M. Van Patten at his request
Box 5	Folder 27	BLE-Terminal Consolidation Agreements: Interim Agreement. Toledo, Ohio.	1966
		Sent to CNW Vice President of Labor Relations T.M. Van Patten at his request
Box 5	Folder 28	CGW and CNW Merger, Rough Draft	1966
Box 5	Folder 29	Organizational Charts for railroad companies	1958
Box 5	Folder 30	Chicago Great Western and North Western Railway Merger. [Folder 1 of 4]	1968
		Agreements with BLE, BLF&E, and SUNA.
Box 5	Folder 31	Chicago Great Western and North Western Railway Merger. [Folder 2 of 4]	1968
		Agreements with BRT and ORC&B.
Box 5	Folder 32	Chicago Great Western and North Western Railway Merger. [Folder 3 of 4]	1968
		Route Map and Attachments.
Box 5	Folder 33	Chicago Great Western and North Western Railway Merger. [Folder 4 of 4]	1968
		Attachments.
		Series IX: National Rules Movements, 1940-1960
		This series contains records relating to National Rules Movements. The bulk of the records come from the Rules Movement of 1958, but other years are represented. The National Rules Movement were efforts by the railroad labor organizations to change operating rules for railroad employees. The Rules Movement of 1950 was concerned with moving to a 40-Hour week from a 48-Hour week with no reduction in pay. The 1958 Rules Movement was concerned with the operation of rules establishing time limits for the handling of claims and grievances; hiring practices; safety, health, and sanitation; and, accidents. Other issues addressed in Rules Movements of 1958 include vacation and holiday agreements.
		The records in this series include Section 6 Notices, in which the Unions notify the carriers of their desire to change the language of their Agreements; records of conferences had between the two sides to negotiate changes; and, circulars from carriers' conference informing other member railroads of changes made to Agreements.
		Of interest are records regarding the efforts of the American Railway Supervisors Association to organize supervisory officials, such as supervisors engaged in mechanics departments of various railroads. The negotiations and Agreements between carrier and labor organization were then subject to the changes requested by the Federated Shop Crafts during the Rules Movement.
Box 5	Folder 34	National Mediation Board. Case No. A-5610.	1958
		Case between St. Louis Southwestern Rwy and the BLE, BLF&E, and BRT re changing Rules of their Agreement
Box 5	Folder 35	American Railway Supervisors Association: Request for Wage Increase and Certain Changes in the Rules of Their Agreement	1955
Box 5	Folder 36	Railway Patrolmen's International Union: Request for Wage Increase and Certain Changes in the Rules of Their Agreement	1956
Box 5	Folder 37	Draft Memorandum of Agreement.	1956
		Between M&St.L Rwy and Railroad Yardmasters of America
Box 5	Folder 38	Memorandum of Agreement Between M&St.L Railway and Railroad Yardmasters of America	1956
		Includes correspondence and minutes to meetings.
Box 5	Folder 39	Mediation Agreement between Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and M&St.L Railway [Folder 1 of 2]	1958-1959
		Includes Mediation Agreement, Case No. A-5987, Western Carrier Conference Circulars, and correspondence
Box 5	Folder 40	Mediation Agreement between Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and M&St.L Railway [Folder 2 of 2]	1958-1959
		Includes Mediation Agreement, Case No. A-5987, Western Carrier Conference Circulars, and correspondence
Box 5	Folder 41	Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen: Notice of desire to change existing agreements	1956-1957
		Circulars 748 series
Box 5	Folder 42	Mechanic Department Supervisors Organizing by American Railway Supervisors Association.	1940-1947
		Includes internal memos, correspondence, circulars from the National Mediation Board, and Rules and Agreements.
Box 5	Folder 44	Non-Operating Crafts. Proposed Changes to Agreements, Wages and Rules	1958-1959
		Section 6 Notices
Box 6	Folder 13	Conductors, Notice of desire to change existing schedule agreements	1956-1960
		Filed by the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen.
Box 6	Folder 14	Firemen and Oilers. Memorandum of Agreement and Claims	1955-1959
		Filed by International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
Box 6	Folder 17	National Rules Movement. [Folder 1 of 3].	1958
		Section 6 Notice Served: 1. The operation of rules establishing time limits for the handling of claims and grievances; 2. Hiring practices; 3. Safety, health, and sanitation; 4. Accidents.
Box 6	Folder 18	National Rules Movement. [Folder 2 of 3].	1958
		Section 6 Notice Served: 1. The operation of rules establishing time limits for the handling of claims and grievances; 2. Hiring practices; 3. Safety, health, and sanitation; 4. Accidents.
Box 6	Folder 19	National Rules Movement. [Folder 3 of 3].	1958
		Section 6 Notice Served: 1. The operation of rules establishing time limits for the handling of claims and grievances; 2. Hiring practices; 3. Safety, health, and sanitation; 4. Accidents.
Box 6	Folder 20	National Rules Movement. Section 6 Notices. Association of Western Railways, Circular Series 875.	1958
Box 6	Folder 21	Chief Operating Officers Quarterly Meeting. Memorandum re Discussion of National Rules Movement.	1959
		Folder also contains correspondence, circulars, and appendixes to old agreements.
Box 6	Folder 22	New Rule for Working Conditions and Compensation. Circulars 753 Series, in re Section 6 Notices.	1956-1959
		In handling Western Union business. Filed by Order of Railroad Telegraphers.
Box 6	Folder 23	Master File. Non-Operating Crafts. Circulars Series 901 in re Section 6 Notices.	1959-1960
		Revision of vacation and holiday agreement between carriers and non-operating crafts.
Box 6	Folder 24	Clerks. Section 6 Notices.	1959
		Revision of vacation and holiday agreement. Filed by Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees.
Box 6	Folder 35	Clerks. Section 6 Notices.	1959
		Designation of Western Carriers' Conference as representative for M&St.L Rwy.
Box 6	Folder 39	Non-Operating Crafts. Section 6 Notices. Circulars and Agreement	1959-1960
		Contains revised Agreements with non-operating crafts.
Box 8	Folder 28	Yardmaster. Section 6 Notices	1959-1960
		Filed by Railroad Yardmasters of America.
Box 8	Folder 29	Yardmaster. Section 6 Notices. Circular Letters. Nos. 856-series	1957-1959
		Filed by Railroad Yardmasters of America.
Box 9	Folder 8	Dispatchers. Section 6 Notices.	1957-1960
		Series X: Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. Local Agreements, Conferences, and Reports, 1926-1960
		This series contains records of the local agreements the M&St.L had with various railroad labor organizations. Also included are reports of conferences between the local representatives of the labor organizations and the M&St.L representatives. These agreements are interesting because of their focus on smaller and more local concerns that are not always represented in the national agreements. Many of these records are about the M&St.L facility on Fort Dodge, Iowa. Of particular interest are the blue prints for a proposed office building, maps of the train yards, and an attempt by the M&St.L to rent space from the Illinois Central Railroad to defray the costs of maintaining their own facilities.
		Also located in this series is a folder containing articles and essays on the issue of featherbedding. Featherbedding is the practice of hiring more workers than are needed to perform a given job. The term is often used by management to refer to labor union contracts which require them to keep a certain number of staff employed, even in instances in which they are no longer needed, such as with the rise of automated workflows that render certain positions obsolete. Certain local agreements are also filed with theses clippings, presumably because the M&St.L felt that these Agreements were example of the same.
		Of particular interest is a file regarding the use of Edifone Equipment to record formal investigations. It is included in this series because it was a policy adopted by the M&St.L and agreed upon by the various locals. However, the introduction of this equipment is indicative of the effects automation began to have on the work, particularly with regard to the clerks and stenographers employed by the M&St.L.
Box 5	Folder 43	Reports on Conferences between Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway and BLF&E	1958-1959
		In re amending agreements to include Ft. Dodge, improve working conditions
Box 5	Folder 45	Minneapolis and Saint Louis Railway. Proposed Office Building. Fort Dodge, Illinois. Blueprints.	1959
		3 sets of blueprints (oversize)
Box 5	Folder 46	M&St.L Rwy. Mechanical Department. Fort Dodge, Illinois.	1958
Box 5	Folder 47	M&St.L Rwy. Request to rent space from Illinois Central Railroad in Ft. Dodge	1957-1958
Box 5	Folder 48	Report re Conference in re Hostler Exams	1959
		Between M&St.L Rwy and BLF&E.
Box 5	Folder 49	Report re Conference in re Hostlers and Building a Wye. Watertown, South Dakota.	1959
		Between M&St.L Rwy and BLF&E.
Box 5	Folder 50	Report re Conference in re Hostlers. Cedar Lake, Illinois.	1959
		Between M&St.L Rwy and BLF&E.
Box 5	Folder 51	Report re Conference in re Hostlers. Oklahoma, IA.	1955
		Between M&St.L Rwy and BLF&E.
Box 5	Folder 52	Report re Conference in re Placement of GP Locomotives.	1959
Box 6	Folder 5	Cost of operating Fort Dodge, Iowa. Freight Station.	1958
		Includes correspondence with Illinois Central asking to rent part of their facilities. Contains freight station maps.
Box 6	Folder 6	Report re Conference in re Tow Engine Crew Consist, Between M&St.L Railway and BLF&E, BLE.	1957-1958
		Possible violation of Article 45 of Agreement.
Box 6	Folder 7	Hours of Service. Compensation for Crews.	1923-1924
		For crews deadheading or being towed.
Box 6	Folder 8	Mail, Express and Baggage, Handling of by Trainmen. Extra Compensation.	1925-1954
		Claims filed with Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Box 6	Folder 9	Piloting: Road. Use of Conductors.	1935-1956
		Claims filed with Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Box 6	Folder 10	Special Trains. Crew Consist.	1924-1939
		Claims filed with Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Box 6	Folder 11	Shop Crafts. Local Agreements, Operating rules. Violations and grievances. [Folder 1 of 2].	1956-1960
		Agreement violations; consolidated code of operating rules; contracting out work; seniority; apprenticeships.
Box 6	Folder 12	Shop Crafts. Local Agreements, Operating rules. Violations and grievances. [Folder 2 of 2].	1956-1960
		Agreement violations; consolidated code of operating rules; contracting out work; seniority; apprenticeships.
Box 8	Folder 21	Power of Attorney and Representation Authorization	1945
		BRT and BLF&E
Box 8	Folder 22	Agreements, In re Five-Day Week.	1951-1955
		With the ORC, BRT, and BLF&E.
Box 8	Folder 23	Memorandum of Agreement to Operate Freight Train from Nemo and Monmouth	1929-1946
		With the ORC, BLE, BRT, and BLF&E.
Box 9	Folder 5	Yard Layovers	1926-1957
		On trains from Nemo and Monmouth.
Box 9	Folder 6	Railway Patrolmen. Agreements.	1944-1954
		3 booklets. Also contains correspondence and circulars.
Box 6	Folder 16	Featherbedding. Newspaper Clippings, Agreements, and Correspondence.	1956-1960
		Includes articles on featherbedding, labor law, agreements with various classes of employees, and correspondence.
Box 6	Folder 15	Use of Edifone Equipment to Record Formal Investigations	1956-1960
		Folder includes a "test recording" on an Ediphone Diamond Disc.
		Series XI: Clerks, Represented by the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees [BRAC], 1921-1960
		This series consists of records of labor relations between the M&St.L and the BRAC locals that represented their employees. Contained in this series are claims from employees, reports on conference between local representatives and management, implementation of agreements, correspondence, and conferences regarding the abolishment of positions that have been made redundant by automated processes.
Box 6	Folder 25	Item 12 on Docket: Inventory Accountant matter.	1956-1958
		Memoranda and notes from conferences re rate of pay for Inventory Accountant position. Between carriers and Clerks.
Box 6	Folder 26	Rate of Pay Adjustments in General Accounting Department	1958-1960
		Conference between carriers and Clerks.
Box 6	Folder 27	Reports on Conferences with Clerks re Job Abolishment	1958
		With regard to decision reached in matter of conference between Boston & Maine Railroad and BRAC Clerks.
Box 6	Folder 28	Clerk. H.J. Fairweather Seniority Status	1959
		August 25 1959. Filed by BRAC.
Box 6	Folder 29	Reinstatement of Clerk, D.F. Jacobson	1959
		Reports on conference between carrier and BRAC.
Box 6	Folder 30	Clerk. Alma E. Britting Resigning.	1959
		Abolishment of her position; Dictaphone recording device replaces stenographer.
Box 6	Folder 31	Displacement Rights of Clerks	1958-1959
		Stenographer pool employees.
Box 6	Folder 32	Relocation of Certain Positions from Local Freight Office to General Office	1958-1959
		Report on conference with BRAC.
Box 6	Folder 33	Abolishment of One Janitorial Position	1959
		Report on conference with BRAC.
Box 6	Folder 34	Force Reduction at Marshalltown Freight Station	1958
		Report on conference with BRAC.
Box 6	Folder 36	Clerks. Reinstatement of Martin Johnson.	1959
		RESTRICTED. Contains Discipline File and Edison Dictaphone recording of investigation.
Box 6	Folder 37	Clerks. Reinstatement of J.F. Walyka.	1959
		RESTRICTED. Contains Discipline File and Edison Dictaphone recording of investigation.
Box 6	Folder 38	Handling and Progressing of Claims. BRAC correspondence.	1959
		October 22, 1959
Box 8	Folder 14	Clerks. Restoration to Furlough Status and Seniority Rights	1959
Box 8	Folder 15	Clerks. General	1924-1925
Box 8	Folder 16	Clerks. General [Folder 1 of 3]	1921-1924
		Contains letter re practice of firing female employees if they get married.
Box 8	Folder 17	Clerks. General [Folder 2 of 3]	1921-1924
Box 8	Folder 18	Clerks. General [Folder 3 of 3]	1921-1924
Box 8	Folder 19	Clerks. Schedules of Pay Rates.	1945
Box 8	Folder 20	Clerks. Force Reduction. E.G. Olson.	1957-1958
		Discontinuance of position in revenue accounting division, and redistribution of wealth.
		Series XII: Yardmasters, Represented by Railroad Yardmasters of America [RRYMoA], 1922-1960
		This series consists of records of labor relations between the M&St.L and the RRYMoA locals that represented their employees. Contained in this series are claims from employees, reports on conference between local representatives and management, agreements, memoranda of understanding, correspondence, and conferences regarding how open positions are advertised on the boards. Of particular interest is the report of the Emergency Board on the implementation of the 40- Hour workweek.
Box 8	Folder 24	Yardmasters Notice. Association of Western Railways, Circulars 759 Series.	1956-1958
		Requesting increase of rate of pay.
Box 8	Folder 25	Conferences in re Bulletins advertising for vacancies in yardwork.	1945-1951
Box 8	Folder 26	Yardmaster Wage Increase. Conference Report.	1958
		With Railroad Yardmasters of America.
Box 8	Folder 27	Yardmaster Wage Increase. Conference Report.	1959
		With Railroad Yardmasters of America.
Box 8	Folder 30	Yardmasters. Wage Claims	1959-1960
		Filed by Railroad Yardmasters of America.
Box 8	Folder 31	Yardmasters. Agreements. Revised Schedules and Rates of Pay.	1922-1927
		Correspondence re negotiations contains coded telegraphs.
Box 8	Folder 32	Yardmasters. Agreements. Rates of Pay and Working Conditions.	1935-1939
Box 8	Folder 33	Yardmasters. General.	1940-1944
		Contains claims, correspondence, agreements, and rates of pay.
Box 8	Folder 34	Yardmasters. Rates of Pay Increases and General Revision of Rules. Agreements and Mediation.	1945-1947
		Includes "Report to the President by Emergency Board Appointed March 8, 1945," circulars, and correspondence.
Box 8	Folder 35	Yardmasters. Agreements and Memorandum of Understanding.	1948-1951
		Railroad Yardmasters of America.
Box 8	Folder 36	Yardmasters. General.	1952
		Contains Agreements with Railroad Yardmasters of America regarding seniority and policies for furloughed employees.
Box 9	Folder 1	Yardmasters. General.	1953-1955
		Contains circulars, claims, correspondence, conference reports, and rates of pay.
Box 9	Folder 2	Yardmasters. General.	1956-1959
		Includes circulars, Agreement for increase in rate of pay, correspondence, and claims.
Box 9	Folder 3	Yardmasters. General.	1941-1950
		Includes circulars, correspondence, and Agreement.
Box 9	Folder 4	Yardmasters. Emergency Board Decision on 40 Hour Work Week.	1951-1956
		Board decision from 1951, three pieces of correspondence relating to decision from 1956.
		Series XIII: Dispatchers, Represented by the American Train Dispatchers Association, 1921-1960
		This series consists of records of labor relations between the M&St.L and the ATDA locals that represented their employees. Contained in this series are claims from employees, reports on conference between local representatives and management, agreements, correspondence, and conferences regarding consolidation and abolishment of positions for dispatchers.
Box 9	Folder 7	Dispatchers. Rates of Pay.	1923-1935
Box 9	Folder 9	Dispatchers. Extra Pay Claims.	1951-1953
Box 9	Folder 10	Dispatchers. Re-Instatement.	1953
Box 9	Folder 11	Dispatchers. Seniority.	1953-1960
Box 9	Folder 12	Dispatchers. Re-Assignment. Notices and Correspondence.	1960
Box 9	Folder 13	Dispatchers. Agreements.	1957
		August 8 1957
Box 9	Folder 14	Dispatchers. General.	1921-1925
Box 9	Folder 15	Dispatchers. General.	1926-1929
Box 9	Folder 16	Dispatchers. General.	1930-1935
Box 9	Folder 17	Dispatchers. General. Correspondence and Other Documents.	1936-1939
Box 9	Folder 18	Dispatchers. General.	1940
Box 9	Folder 19	Dispatchers. General.	1941
Box 9	Folder 20	Dispatchers. General. Agreement and Correspondence.	1942
Box 9	Folder 21	Dispatchers. General. Agreements and Correspondence.	1943-1946
Box 9	Folder 22	Dispatchers. General. Folder 1 of 3.	1947
		Folder 1 of 3.
Box 9	Folder 23	Dispatchers. General. National Mediation Board. Folder 2 of 3.	1947
		Folder 2 of 3.
Box 9	Folder 24	Dispatchers. General. Folder 3 of 3.	1947
		Folder 3 of 3.
Box 9	Folder 25	Dispatchers. General.	1948-1949
Box 9	Folder 26	Dispatchers. General. Correspondence and Circulars.	1950
Box 9	Folder 27	Dispatchers. General. Circulars and Agreement.	1951
Box 9	Folder 28	Dispatchers. General.	1952-1953
Box 9	Folder 29	Dispatchers. General.	1954
Box 10	Folder 1	Dispatchers. General. Agreement and Correspondence.	1955
Box 10	Folder 2	Dispatchers. General.	1956
		Folder 1 of 2.
Box 10	Folder 3	Dispatchers. General.	1956
		Folder 2 of 2.
Box 10	Folder 4	Dispatchers. General.	1957
		Folder 1 of 2.
Box 10	Folder 5	Dispatchers. General.	1957
		Folder 2 of 2.
Box 10	Folder 6	Dispatchers. General.	1958-1960
		Series Series XIV: Agreements, Historic, Between Various Labor Organizations and Ft. Dodge, Des Moines, and Southern Railroad, 1907-1947
		This series consists of historic agreements between the Ft. Dodge, Des Moines, and Southern Railroad and various labor organizations representing their employees. These are a valuable resource for the study of the development of collective bargaining agreements between carriers and labor organizations.
Box 10	Folder 7	Agreement, Memorandum of. Trainmen.	1907
Box 10	Folder 8	Agreement. Conductors and Brakemen.	1911
		1 booklet.
Box 10	Folder 9	Agreements. Motormen.	1911
Box 10	Folder 10	Agreements. Conductors.	1912
Box 10	Folder 11	Agreements. Linemen.	1912
Box 10	Folder 12	Agreements. Motormen.	1912
Box 10	Folder 13	Agreements. Trainmen.	1913
		January 1 1913
Box 10	Folder 14	Agreements. Conductors.	1914
Box 10	Folder 15	Agreements. Linemen.	1914
		June 1 1914.
Box 10	Folder 16	Agreements. Motormen.	1914
Box 10	Folder 17	Agreements. Trainmen.	1914
Box 10	Folder 18	Agreements. Linemen.	1915
		June 1 1915
Box 10	Folder 19	Agreements. Adamson law.	1916-1918
		September 5 1916 - September 5 1918.
Box 10	Folder 20	Agreements. Conductors.	1916
Box 10	Folder 21	Agreements. Linemen.	1916
		June 1 1916.
Box 10	Folder 22	Agreements. Motormen.	1916
Box 10	Folder 23	Agreements. Trainmen.	1916
Box 10	Folder 24	Agreements. Carmen.	1917
Box 10	Folder 25	Agreements. Conductors, Motormen, Trainmen.	1917
		May 7 - 12 1917
Box 10	Folder 26	Agreements. Linemen.	1917
		June 14 1917
Box 10	Folder 27	Agreements. Outside Electricians and Bonders.	1917
		June 14 1917
Box 10	Folder 28	Agreements. Power House.	1917
Box 10	Folder 29	Agreements. Shop Agreements.	1917
Box 10	Folder 30	Agreements. Steam Shovel.	1917
		March 13 1917
Box 10	Folder 31	Agreements. Substation Operators.	1917
		June 14 1917.
Box 10	Folder 32	Agreements. Conductors.	1918
Box 10	Folder 33	Agreements. Motormen.	1918
Box 10	Folder 34	Agreements. Trainmen.	1918
Box 10	Folder 35	Agreements. All trainmen.	1920
		BLE, BRT, and ORC.
Box 10	Folder 36	Agreements. Maintenance of Way.	1920
Box 10	Folder 37	Agreements. Power House.	1920
Box 10	Folder 38	Agreements. Blacksmiths.	1921
Box 10	Folder 39	Agreements. Carmen.	1921-1929
Box 10	Folder 40	Agreements. Interlocking Operators.	1928
Box 10	Folder 41	Agreements. Linkmen.	1921
		January 1 1921.
Box 10	Folder 42	Agreements. Machinists.	1921
Box 10	Folder 43	Agreements. Maintenance of Way.	1921
Box 10	Folder 44	Agreements. Outside Electricians and Bonders.	1921
		January 1 1921.
Box 10	Folder 45	Agreements. Shop Electricians.	1921
		January 1 1921
Box 10	Folder 46	Agreements. Signalmen.	1921
Box 10	Folder 47	Agreements. Substation Operators.	1921
Box 10	Folder 48	Agreements. Blacksmiths.	1922
Box 10	Folder 49	Agreements. Carmen.	1922
		June 1 1922.
Box 10	Folder 50	Agreements. Electrical Maintainers and Bonders	1922
		June 1 1922
Box 10	Folder 51	Agreements. Linemen and Ground men	1922
		June 1 1922
Box 10	Folder 52	Agreements. Machinists.	1922
		June 1 1922.
Box 10	Folder 53	Agreements. Maintenance of Way	1922
		June 1 1922
Box 10	Folder 54	Agreements. Power House Employers.	1922
		June 1 1922.
Box 10	Folder 55	Agreements. Shop Electricians.	1922
		June 1 1922.
Box 10	Folder 56	Agreements. Signalmen.	1922
		March 21 1922.
Box 10	Folder 57	Agreements. Substation Operators.	1922
		June 1 1922.
Box 10	Folder 58	Agreements. Signalmen.	1923
		July 21 to October 1 1923
Box 10	Folder 59	Agreements. Shop Crafts	1925
		July 30 1925
Box 10	Folder 60	Agreements. Bridge and Building Workers	1926
		December 1926
Box 10	Folder 61	Agreements. Conductors, Motormen and Brakemen.	1927
		February to August 9 1927
Box 10	Folder 62	Agreements. Emergency Men.	1927
		February 23 to November 25 1927
Box 10	Folder 63	Agreements. Conductor.	1929
		August 17 1929
Box 10	Folder 64	Agreements. Power House Employees	1929
		February to June 10 1929
Box 10	Folder 65	Agreements. Conductors and Motormen	1930
		March to April 1930.
Box 10	Folder 66	Agreements. Blacksmiths	1932
		February 11 1932
Box 10	Folder 67	Agreements. Carmen.	1932
		February 11 1932
Box 10	Folder 68	Agreements. Conductors, Motormen and Trainmen	1932
		February 23 1932
Box 10	Folder 69	Agreements. Electrical Maintainers and Bonders.	1932
		February 11 1932
Box 10	Folder 70	Agreements. Linemen.	1932
		February 10 1932
Box 10	Folder 71	Agreements. Machinists.	1932
		February 11 1932
Box 10	Folder 72	Agreements. Power House Employees	1932
		February 1932
Box 10	Folder 73	Agreements. Shop Electricians.	1932
		February 11 1932
Box 10	Folder 74	Agreements. Signalmen.	1932
		February 1932.
Box 10	Folder 75	Agreements. Substation Operators.	1932
		February 11 1932
Box 10	Folder 76	Agreements. Conductors, Motormen and Trainmen	1933
		September to November 1933
Box 10	Folder 77	Agreements. Substation Operators	1933
		September to October 1933
Box 10	Folder 78	Agreements. Conductors, Motormen and Trainmen	1935
		August 23 1935
Box 10	Folder 79	Agreements. Electrical Maintainers and Bonders	1935
		February 9 1935
Box 10	Folder 80	Agreements. Machinists	1941
		September 6 1941
Box 10	Folder 81	Agreements. Power House Employees	1942
		March 1942
Box 10	Folder 82	Agreements. Power House Employees	1944
		August 16 1944
Box 10	Folder 83	Agreements. Railway Supervisors	1944
		August 1 1944. 2 booklets.
Box 10	Folder 84	Agreements. Machinists.	1945
		April 28 1945
Box 10	Folder 85	Agreements. Power House Employees.	1942-1945
Box 10	Folder 86	Agreements. Clerks.	1946
Box 10	Folder 87	Agreements. Conductors.	1946
		August 30 1946
Box 10	Folder 88	Agreements. Maintenance of Way.	1946
		June 1 1946
Box 10	Folder 89	Agreements. Trainmen	1946
		June 1 1946
Box 10	Folder 90	Agreements. Shop Crafts	1946
		September 21 1946
Box 10	Folder 91	Agreements. Clerks	1947
		February 3 1947

Contents

Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Company Records

Collection Number: 5533

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