Railroads

Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Records

drice — Fri, 03 May 2013 11:45:20 -0400

The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (BMWE) was founded at Demopolis, Alabama, in July, 1887 under the name of the Order of Railroad Trackmen, and eventually came to include all workers who build and maintain the tracks, bridges, buildings and other structures of the railroads. Its Grand Lodge headquarters was permanently established in Detroit, Michigan in 1913, and is comprised of System Divisions or Federations, each of which has under its jurisdiction one or more railroad systems and the Subordinate Lodges located on those systems. In 2004, the BMWE merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to become the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Part 1 of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Collection consists primarily of outgoing presidential correspondence for the years 1899-1900 and 1912-1914, preserved in letterpress copybooks, Grand Executive Committee meeting minutes and proceedings for the years 1918-1920, and BMWE Ladies' Auxiliary convention proceedings as well as minutes and correspondence of the Denver and Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) Auxiliaries.

Part 2 of the records are a comprehensive documentation of the organization’s activities related to the growth and decline of railroad systems on an international, national and divisional scale. Organizational documentation includes governing documents, correspondence to and from Presidents and union members, and agreements from 1906-2004, which give insight into a union that at one time had more than 350,000 members. Records specifically document the organization’s founding and history, its administration, and the evolving activities of its members.

Utah Phillips Papers

aorchard — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:19:57 -0400

Bruce Duncan Phillips (1935-2008), better known as Utah Phillips, was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 15, 1935. He became well known as a folk singer, performer, storyteller, and activist beginning in the late 1960s and continued to be a prominent figure in the American folk and labor communities for the following four decades.

The Utah Phillips Papers document the personal, professional, and political activities of Utah Phillips. The papers include correspondence, interviews, writings, notes, contracts, flyers, publications, articles, clippings, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and other materials.

Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Bulletin

kchinery — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:11:08 -0400

Processed

Canadian Railwayman

kchinery — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:10:57 -0400

Processed

Constitutions and Bylaws

kchinery — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:20:16 -0400

Processed

Convention Proceedings, Brotherhood of Railway Carmen

kchinery — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:17:00 -0400

Processed. Conventions 20-23.

Convention Proceedings, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

kchinery — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:08:22 -0400

Processed

Labor: A National Weekly Newspaper

kchinery — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 10:57:38 -0500

Unprocessed. Vols. 1, 3-71. “An official paper of 18 Unions representing railroad, airline, and other workers in both the U.S. and Canada.”

The Black Worker

kchinery — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:03:15 -0400

Processed