Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Additional Railroad Booklets
Collection Number: 5894
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:
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Additional Railroad Booklets, 1926-1973
Collection Number:
5894
Creator:
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
(BRT)
Quantity:
0.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
These are the papers of Carl N. Smith, a brakeman and
conductor on the New York Central Railroad, Grand Central Terminal Division. Mr.
Smith was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen [BRT], and served as a
legislative representative, vice-president, and president of the BRT Metropolitan
Lodge, Local 598.
Language:
Collection material in English
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen was founded in 1883 in Oneonta, N.Y. as a
protective and insurance organization. By the time of its merger with three other
railroad labor unions to form the United Transportation Union in 1969, it had the
greatest membership of any of the operating railroad brotherhoods.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen [BRT] was established to represent members'
interests in obtaining a satisfactory contract with management. The first Canadian
lodge was established in Moncton, New Brunswick in 1885, and the first Ladies'
Auxiliary was organized in Fort Gratiot, Mich. in 1889. These records reflect the
union's political and fraternal activities as well as its actions in the areas of
collective bargaining, grievances, and railroad and labor legislation. As the
largest of the unions which merged to form the United Transportation Union in 1969,
the bulk of its then current files formed the basis for the files now held in the
merged union's headquarters.
The rail service members of the BRT included conductors and their assistants, dining
car stewards, ticket collectors, train baggagemen, brakemen, and train flagmen. The
yard service members of the BRT included yardmasters, yard conductors,
switchtenders, foremen, flagmen, brakemen, switchmen, car tenders, operators, hump
riders, and car operators. In 1933, the BRT organized interstate bus operators, and
included them under BRT contracts held with U.S. bus companies.
BRT officers were elected at the Grand Lodge Convention of the Brotherhood, held
every 4 years. The principal officers included a president, an assistant to the
president, a general secretary-treasurer, Canadian and national legislative
representatives, a senior vice-president, BRT representative, and National Railroad
Board of Adjustment representative. The BRT had four governing boards: the Board of
Directors, Board of Trustees and Insurance, Board of Appeals, and Executive
Board.
Inclusive date range: 1926-1973
Bulk dates: 1954-1973
This collection consists of materials collected by Carl N. Smith, an employee of the
New York Central Railroad [NYCRR], Grand Central Terminal Division and member of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen [BRT]. He collected pamphlets from the BRT,
including the BRT's constitution, agreements between the BRT and NYCRR, the By-Laws
for Local 598, and general information on the union. He also collected rulebooks and
timetables from the NYCRR's Grand Central Terminal Division. He also collected
materials on first aid for railroad workers and on the Railroad Retirement System.
Of particular note is the correspondence file, which documents the various actions
taken by rank and file members of the BRT in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Specific
concerns that the rank and file members were concerned with include sanitation
concerns at Grand central Station, the abandonment of lines, the repeal of the full
crew consist in New York State and the subsequent loss of jobs, the perceived
disinterest of the higher ranked union members for the concerns of the rank and
file, and the state of the Railroad Retirement Fund. This collection also contains a
pamphlet advocating for a union that served all railroad operating employees, and in
correspondence Mr. Smith and his fellow rank and file members expressed similar
desires.
Names:
Smith, Carl N.
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Metropolitan
(NYC) Lodge 598.
New York Central Railroad
United States. Railroad Retirement Board.
Subjects:
Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions
Railroads -- Employees -- Pensions -- United
States.
Railroad -- New York (City).
Grand Central Terminal
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)
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Cite As:
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Additional Railroad Booklets #5894. Kheel Center
for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1954-1962 | |
Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1952 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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To Member of the Brotherhood of railroad Trainmen in the State of New
York. C.H. Sullivan, New York State representative, Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1954 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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(Typed copy of pamphlet)
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1959 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Published by the brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Cleveland, Ohio
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1962 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Part I: Protective Department; Part II: Legislative Department.
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1954 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Insurance Department. Amended at the Thirtieth Convention held at Miami
Beach, Florida
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1963 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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by E.A. martin, legislative representative
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Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1926-1955 | |
Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1926 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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New York Central Railroad (Buffalo and East)
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1936 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Between the New York Central Railroad Company, Eastern District (except
Boston and Albany Division) and New York District, and the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1953 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Between the New York Railroad Company (Buffalo and East) Including Troy,
Union, and Catskill Mountain Branch, and the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1955 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Between the New York Railroad Company (Buffalo and East) Including Troy,
Union, and Catskill Mountain Branch, and the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1926-1965 | |
Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1967 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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For employees only
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1945-1972 | |
Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1951 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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As revised January 1951 by Medical and Surgical Section,
Operating-Transportation Division; Association of American Railroads
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1952 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Published by the United Railroad Operating Crafts
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1945 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Prepared by the Railway Labor Executives' Association
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1972 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Excerpts from the Report of the Commission on Railroad Retirement. U.S.
Government Printing Office.
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Format: Pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1958-1973 |