Switchmen's Union of North America Additional Records

Collection Number: 5556

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Switchmen's Union of North America Additional Records,
Collection Number:
5556
Creator:
Switchmen's Union of North America (SUNA)
Quantity:
6 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Arbitration awards, meeting minutes, and correspondence 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.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Switchmen's Union of North America.

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

Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)

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 Records #5556. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

Related Collections:
5034: Switchmen's Union of North America Records
5034 MB: Switchmen's Union of North America Memorabilia
5034 P: Switchmen's Union of North America Photographs
5084: Switchmen's Union of North America Additional Records
5405 mf: Switchmen's Union of North America Constitutions on Microfilm
5406 mf: Switchmen's Union of North America Arbitration on Microfilm
5447: Switchmen's Union of North America Additional Unification Minutes and Convention Proceedings
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
Box 1 Folder 1 1952-1955
Box 1 Folder 2 1952-1958
Box 1 Folder 3 1955
Box 1 Folder 4 1956
Box 1 Folder 5 1956
Box 1 Folder 6 1955
Box 1 Folder 7 1955
Box 1 Folder 8 1955
Box 1 Folder 9 1956
Box 1 Folder 10 1952-1955
Box 1 Folder 11 1952-1956
Box 1 Folder 12 1953-1956
Box 1 Folder 13 1953-1956
Box 1 Folder 14 1953
Box 1 Folder 15 1953-1956
Box 1 Folder 16 1956
Box 1 Folder 17 1956
Box 1 Folder 18 1956
Box 1 Folder 19 1954
Box 1 Folder 20 1953
Box 1 Folder 21 1952-1956
Box 1 Folder 22 1956
Box 1 Folder 23 1956
Box 1 Folder 24 1954
Box 1 Folder 25 1953
Box 1 Folder 26 1952-1956
Box 1 Folder 27 1953-1954
Box 1 Folder 28 1954
Box 1 Folder 29 1952-1954
Box 1 Folder 30 1952-1954
Box 1 Folder 31 1953-1955
Box 1 Folder 32 1953-1957
Box 1 Folder 33 1952-1956
Box 1 Folder 34 1952-1956
Box 1 Folder 35 1954-1956
Box 1 Folder 36 1953-1956
Box 1 Folder 37 1953-1956
Box 1 Folder 38 1952-1956
Box 1 Folder 39 1956
Box 1 Folder 40 1954-1957
Box 1 Folder 41 1952-1956
Box 1 Folder 42 1952-1954
Box 1 Folder 43 1952-1954
Box 1 Folder 44 1954-1957
Box 1 Folder 45 1954-1957
Box 1 Folder 46 1957
Box 1 Folder 47 1952-1956
Box 1 Folder 48 1952-1957
Box 1 Folder 49 1953-1955
Box 1 Folder 50 1953-1955
Box 1 Folder 51 1952-1955
Box 1 Folder 52 1952-1957
Box 1 Folder 53 1954-1955
Box 1 Folder 54 1955-1956
Box 1 Folder 55 1955
Box 1 Folder 56 1954-1956
Box 1 Folder 57 1957
Box 1 Folder 58 1953-1954
Box 1 Folder 59 1953-1957
Box 1 Folder 60 1954-1957
Box 1 Folder 61 1955-1957
Box 1 Folder 62 1957
Box 1 Folder 63 1957
Box 2
Box 2 Folder 1 1953
Box 2 Folder 2 1953
Box 2 Folder 3 1950
Box 2 Folder 4 1950
Box 2 Folder 5 1950
Box 2 Folder 6 1953-1957
Box 2 Folder 7 1950-1953
Box 2 Folder 8 1949-1957
Box 2 Folder 9 1950
Box 2 Folder 10 1950-1953
Box 2 Folder 11 1950-1953
Box 2 Folder 12 1949-1954
Box 2 Folder 13 1948-1957
Box 2 Folder 14 1951-1954
Box 2 Folder 15 1949-1951
Box 2 Folder 16 1951
Box 2 Folder 17 1951-1954
Box 2 Folder 18 1951-1954
Box 2 Folder 19 1948-1954
Box 2 Folder 20 1951-1954
Box 2 Folder 21 1951
Box 2 Folder 22 1951-1954
Box 2 Folder 23 1951-1954
Box 2 Folder 24 1950-1951
Box 2 Folder 25 1951
Box 2 Folder 26 1950-1951
Box 2 Folder 27 1951-1955
Box 2 Folder 28 1951
Box 2 Folder 29 1951-1954
Box 2 Folder 30 1951
Box 2 Folder 31 1955
Box 2 Folder 32 1951
Box 2 Folder 33 1951-1957
Box 2 Folder 34 1951-1955
Box 2 Folder 35 1948
Box 2 Folder 36 1951-1955
Box 2 Folder 37 1955-1956
Box 2 Folder 38 1951-1952
Box 2 Folder 39 1951-1955
Box 2 Folder 40 1955
Box 2 Folder 41 1952
Box 2 Folder 42 1951-1955
Box 2 Folder 43 1952
Box 2 Folder 44 1950-1952
Box 2 Folder 45 1952-1956
Box 2 Folder 46 1955
Box 2 Folder 47 1952-1956
Box 2 Folder 48 1951-1954
Box 2 Folder 49 1952
Box 2 Folder 50 1951-1956
Box 2 Folder 51 1951-1955
Box 2 Folder 52 1951-1955
Box 2 Folder 53 1955
Box 2 Folder 54 1951-1956
Box 2 Folder 55 1952-1955
Box 2 Folder 56 1956
Box 2 Folder 57 1955
Box 2 Folder 58 1952-1955
Box 2 Folder 59 1955-1956
Box 2 Folder 60 1956
Box 2 Folder 61 1955-1957
Box 3
Box 3 Folder 1 1964-1967
Box 3 Folder 2 1962
Box 3 Folder 3 1962
Box 3 Folder 4 1967
Box 3 Folder 5 1961-1962
Box 3 Folder 6 1962
Box 4
Box 4 Folder 1
2 reels
Box 4 Folder 2
Box 4 Folder 3 1962
Box 4 Folder 4 1962
Box 4 Folder 5 1964-1969
Box 4 Folder 6 1969
Box 4 Folder 7 1969
Box 4 Folder 8 1969
Box 4 Folder 9 1969
Box 4 Folder 10
Box 4 Folder 11 1969
Box 4 Folder 12 1969
Box 4 Folder 13 1967
Box 4 Folder 14 1964-1966
Box 4 Folder 15 1966
Box 4 Folder 16 1963
Box 4 Folder 17 1965
Box 4 Folder 18 1963-1964
Box 4 Folder 19 1964-1965
Box 4 Folder 20 1963-1964
Box 4 Folder 21 1965-1968
Box 4 Folder 22 1962
Box 4 Folder 23 1942
Box 4 Folder 24 1959
Box 4 Folder 25 1960-1968
Box 4 Folder 26 1959-1964
Box 4 Folder 27 1953
Box 4 Folder 28 1964-1965
Box 4 Folder 29 1954
Box 4 Folder 30 1955
Box 4 Folder 31 1951-1952
Box 4 Folder 32 1963
Box 5
Box 5 Folder 1 1954-1955
Box 5 Folder 2 1957
Box 5 Folder 3 1944
Box 5 Folder 4 1956-1957
Box 5 Folder 5 1958-1961
Box 5 Folder 6 1942-1943
Box 5 Folder 7 1926-1946
Box 5 Folder 8 1927-1945
Box 5 Folder 9 1942-1943
Box 5 Folder 10 1932-1937
Box 5 Folder 11 1933-1934
Box 5 Folder 12 1949
Box 5 Folder 13 1934
Box 5 Folder 14 1934-1941
Box 5 Folder 15 1930-1938
Box 5 Folder 16 1910-1960
Box 5 Folder 17 1919-1962
Box 5 Folder 18 1964
Box 6
Box 6 Folder 1 1950-1960
Box 6 Folder 2 1947
Box 6 Folder 3 1930-1946
Box 6 Folder 4 1934-1937
Box 6 Folder 5 1962-1963
Box 6 Folder 6 1962-1968
Box 6 Folder 7 1916-1963
Box 6 Folder 8 1964
Box 6 Folder 9 1958
Box 6 Folder 10 1939
Box 6 Folder 11 1941
Box 6 Folder 12 1934
Box 6 Folder 13 1941
Box 6 Folder 14 1941-1942
Box 6 Folder 15 1937-1939
Box 6 Folder 16 1941-1969
Box 6 Folder 17 1967-1968
Box 6 Folder 18 1956-1964
Box 6 Folder 19 1959-1960
Box 6 Folder 20 1967-1968
Box 6 Folder 21 1930-1963
Box 6 Folder 22 1941
Box 6 Folder 23 1933-1943
Box 6 Folder 24 1936
Box 6 Folder 25 1937
Box 6 Folder 26 1941
Box 6 Folder 26 1941
Box 6 Folder 26 1941
Box 6 Folder 26 1941
Box 6 Folder 26 1941
Box 6 Folder 26 1941