convention representation, additions and revisions to system and local federatio, Code No. 35-166-3, pt. 33-147; May 28, 1942 - Aug. 22, 1946, Code No. 13, 1926 - Sept. 23, 1926, Code No. MC-463-14A-219; Jun. 4, 1926 - Dec. 18, 1926, Code No. regarding contract negotiations; MC-173-14-72; Apr. Each of the parent companies whose records are included in this collection has a long history. 35-328-H, pt. American Federation of Labor (AFL) - a cooperative effort on the part of seven national shop 22-26; Dec. 5, 1933 - Nov. 28, 1955, Code No. 35-135, pt. MC-60-14A-70; May 6, 1921 - Jun. 35-152-B, pt. 3; Jun. 11; Jan. 5, 1953 - Dec. 28. 1, 1966 - Sept. 27, 1966, Code No. MC-241-14A-134; Jun. The materials deal with requests for labor appeared and began to flourish throughout the first decades of the 20th Century. 20, 1938, Code No. 8-311; Dec. 2, 1931 - Jul. 1; Aug. 3, 1944 - Mar. 24-19-A, pt. 29, 1931, Code No. 3C-180; Sept. 14, 1922 - Oct. 21, 1922, Code No. 3, 1947, Code No. 23-82-L; Mar. 19; Jan. 11, 1960 - Dec. 14, 1964, Code No. 12; Sept. 2, 1949 - Nov. 24, 1965, Code No. 35-63-A-12; Jun. 2; Jun. 2; May 28, 1941 - Dec. 19, 1952. 22-30, pt. At least two Grand Divisions composed a Region. 22, 1932 - Jun. 1; Jun. 8-219; Feb. 4, 1922 - Jul. 2; Oct. 2, 1963 - May 25, 1964, Code No. 8-279; Jul. 21, 1961 - Oct. 29, 1962, Code No. International Association of Machinists, and the Brotherhood of Carmen of America predominate. Railroad workers received a special Social Security number until 1964 and a separate pension plan. Established in the mid-1930s, this agency administers federal retirement benefits to the nations railroad workers and their families. 2; Jul. 25, 1924 - Sept. 21, 1934, Code No. 29-2193, pt. Each entry includes the workers name, position and location; the date on the document; the nature and source of the letter; and other information. Cumberland, Philadelphia - Activities of System Federation - Executive Board on 35-63-A-16; Jul. 10, 1922, Code No. 35-493, pt. 8, 1944 - Aug. 23, 1945, Code No. 3; Jan. 5, 1931 - Apr. The United States Railway Association staff overseeing the formation of Conrail thought that PLE would make a good addition to CR. MC-159-14A-72; May 14, 1921 - Aug. 25, 1921, Code No. For example, 'Agreement between the Lake Shore, Michigan & Southern Railway and the New York Central System and the Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railway and the Pennsylvania Company. 1; Aug. 30, 1935 - Nov. 7, 1941, Code No. 9, 1922, Code No. MC-129-14A-21; May 23, 1922 - Jun. 35-549, pt. Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society Archives: Housed at the University of Massachusetts, the archives preserves histories of the Boston & Maine and other New England railroads. Americas first large-scale business, it employed millionsfrom the gandy dancer (track laborer) to the president of the line. 12, 1922 - May 29, 1934, Code No. Records, 5478 mf: AFL-CIO 20, 1950, Code No. 35-311-1970, pt. records (pro-rated bills and receipts}, minutes, and contracts regarding the Cooperative in re Rules governing working conditions, U.S. Railroad Labor Board - Correspondence, American Railway Express Co. - Shop Employees - Negotiating rules and MC-30-14A-75; May 12, 1921 - Mar. Minutes, Etc., 1933-1970, Series XXX: Railroad Unemployment Insurance, Series XVIII: Consolidations, Mergers, Reorganizations and Abandonments, The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company Records document the many facets of the management and operation of the railroad company throughout its long history, mainly from the 1860s through 1999. 7; Jan. 6, 1950 - Oct. 26, 1955; See also box 23, Code No. This book shows the track operated by every division and usually has the name or initials of the owner (lessor) printed beside each route. 18, 1923, Code No. America, Pennsylvania Railroad - Campaign Expenses, Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad, American Federation of Labor General Organizer, Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railroad, Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad, High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad, East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad, Pittsburgh, Shawmut and Northern Railroad, Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railroad, Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri Railroad, Merchants Dispatch Transportation Railroad, Ft. Worth Joint Car Inspectors Association, Dallas Car Interchange and Inspection Bureau. 20-13, pt. by the Railway Employees Department of the AFL and Carriers Under the Provisions of the 6; Jan. 11, 1954 - Nov. 3, 1960, Code No. 14, 1944 - Oct. 28, 1946, Code No. MC-120-14-53; Feb. 26, 1922 - May 8, 1922, Code No. Among the information is the number of, symbols, and other information about every train that passed through these towns on specific dates and time-motion studies done on switcher operations on the three railroads. 2, 1921 - Apr. 1-279; Feb. 26, 1927 - Mar. 20, 1926 - Mar. Brotherhood of Railroad Shop Crafts of America, Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express, and Station Employes, Chicago and North Western Railway Company, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company (1866-80), Citizens Committee for Industrial Americanism, Cooperating (Non-operating) Railroad Labor Organizations, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers, and Helpers. 28, 1922, Code No. 20-44; Sept. 30, 1940 - Oct. 11, 1940, Code No. File 766 contains maps and valuations of all PRR and Lines West facilities in Pittsburgh in 1904.-Box 1, file 583 contains a printed copy of the loading instructions and car spot diagrams for Federal Street Freight Station in Pittsburgh from 1931.-Box 210, file 968 contains a 1919 city plan for Akron, Ohio with maps and 1918 and 1919 tariffs between Akron and Barberton, Ohio.-Box 206, file 770 contains a copy of the 'Annual Report of the Commissioner of the Pittsburgh Transit Commission 1919.' 3C-210; Sept. 30, 1922 - Oct. 22, 1923, Code No. 35-311-50, pt. 4; Jan. 3, 1950 - Aug. 31, 1950, Code No. 3; Jun. 26, 1923, Code No. MC-121-14-75; Apr. 2; Dec. 3, 1942 - Mar. 1; Mar. 30, 1946 - Sept. 4, 1946, Includes correspondence (carbons and originals), financial records, minutes of Executive 33-147; Mar. The New York Central Railroad first stationed business . 22-4-A, pt. MC-22-14A-69; Mar. 33-158, Sec. 24-19-A, pt. 24-19-A, pt. Department and State Federations of Labor, 1941-1968, Series VIIb: American Federation of Railway Workers and Other Outside 35-235, pt. 33-147; Jun. MC-137-14A-159; Jun. MC-111-14A-106; May 18, 1921 - Nov. 14, 1921, Code No. Railroads. 5, 1940 - Dec. 19, 1941, Code No. 35-166-B, pt. Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad - Control - Western Pacific working conditions in connection with addendum to Decision 222, District Lodge No. MC-98-14A-32; Apr. 35-311, pt. 9; May 2, 1967 - Dec. 30, 1969, Code No. 7, 1944, Code No. Detroit Union Railroad Depot and Station Co. Series IV a: International Organizations, American Federation of Labor 7, 1926 - May 15, 1929, Code No. 15, 1922, Code No. Some of it is in either the road and equipment files or the correspondence files, and bulk of it is in the Labor and Wage Bureau files. 35-166-2-O&BV, pt. 4, 1925, Code No. The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board is an organization that administers a retirement pension program covering railroad workers across the nation. Roster, Series XVI: Federal Affairs - Consolidation, Retirements, Pensions, 3; Dec. 22, 1964 - Aug. 30, 1966; See also Box 13, Code No. 20-27; Jul. 35-608, pt. 4, 1926 - Nov. 16, 1926, Code No. MC-345-14A-118; May 12, 1921 - Oct. 3, 1921, Code No. Digital reproductions of selected photographic images are available online. 8-145; May 5, 1923 - Feb. 9, 1934, Code No. 29, 1959, Code No. 8-238; Jan. 4, 1923 - Feb. 7, 1930, Code No. 15, 1924, Code No. 35-235; Dec. 23, 1935 - Apr. 8-291; Dec. 13, 1929 - Dec. 13, 1933, Code No. authorizing representation by System Federation 90 and Strike to Enforce Decision 13, 1947 - Feb. 15, 1965, Code No. 35-63-B-11; Jul. 33-147; Sept. 14, 1944 - Oct. 4, 1946, Code No. MC-74-14A-10; Apr. 4, 1923 - July 5, 1934, Code No. 35-328-K-Comm., pt. 13, 1926 - Nov. 11, 1926, Code No. 8-180; Feb. 7, 1924 - Jun. 22-17; Jan. 12, 1934 - Feb. 13, 1951; See also box 160, Code No. 8-248; Mar. 35-153, pt. Department and State Federations of Labor, 1941-1968, Series VI: Railroad Employees' Department Credentials, MC-125-14A-132; May 27, 1921 - Aug. 6, 1921, Code No. MC-69-14A-95; May 4, 1921 - Sept. 22, 1921, Code No. United States. MC-50-14A-151; May 31, 1921 - Sept. 24, 1921, Code No. . MC-433-14A-119; Mar. MC-432-14A-116; May 21, 1921 - Aug. 2, 1921, Code No. 35-204, pt. 7, 1922, Code No. 27, 1922, Code No. A few board records have survived as well. 11; Feb. 23, 1944 - Dec. 4-5, 1946; See also box 24, Code No. 8-141, Sec 2; Mar. 35-63-C-1; Jul. 30-78, pt. MC-102-14-77; Apr. Also, included are minutes and proceedings, legal In addition, the project participants examined and obtained former PRR, New York Central, and New Haven records from a separate facility in Philadelphia maintained by the Penn Central Corp. Records were distributed to the following project participants. 1, 1933 - Aug. 11, 1933, Code No. 1; Apr. 19, 1931 - Jul. 23-82-Gen., pt. 8-271, pt. 2; Aug. 29, 1947 - May 1, 1961, Code No. 9, 1922, Code No. 35-112, pt. 8-266; Mar. MC-29-14A-67; May 13, 1921 - Jan. 30, 1923, Code No. The new venture boomed until the recession of the early 1980s. The RED Jewell, Fred N. Aten, and Michael Fox, with officers of RED affiliated unions 2; Aug. 23, 1933 - Dec. 31, 1942, Code No. 1; Jan. 15, 1935 - Dec. 10, 1940, Code No. 35-33, Subj. 6, 1930 - May 13, 1930, Code No. 36-2; Jan. 7, 1925 - Mar. 14210, is an independent organization and has no affiliation with any other local or national group.The Society is a fully qualified organization under 501 (C) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and all donations to the Society are tax deductible.Copyright 2010 - 2017 WNYRHS Inc. all rights reserved, New York Central Employee Records - Click to view Database. 1; Jun. 35-626, pt. Each GM's staff consisted of an Assistant General Manager, Assistants to the General Manager and the General Superintendents (GS) of each Grand Division. 10; Jan. 4, 1965 - Jul. 3C-198; Oct. 24, 1922 - Jul. 35-216, pt. 11; Sept. 4, 1963 - Mar. City Railroad - Wichita Valley, Reorganization - Florida East Coast Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, et. 35-311, pt. 2; Jul. 8-206; Dec. 30, 1923 - Sept. 24, 1935, Code No. 17, 1921 - Mar. 4; Aug. 21, 1941 - Feb. 15, 1951, Code No. 8, 1919 - Aug. 10, 1949, Code No. 35-311-1627, pt. MC-35-14A-90; May 4, 1921 - Sept. 22, 1921, Code No. steam, Increased Railway Rates, Fares and Charges, Railroad Passenger Train Deficit Investigation, Ex Parte 72 RE: Subordinate Officials, Craft or Class, Series XXVIII: Correspondence RE: Board of Adjustments, Though the agency doesnt have pre-1937 railroad records, it provides links to repositories that do. 12, 1957 - Jun. 10, 1922, Code No. 35-127; Jul. 35-311-1836, pt. 11, 1933, Code No. 18, 1925, Code No. 3C-211; Sept. 13, 1923 - Oct. 3, 1923, Code No. officials, Correspondence between union officials and insurance 35-493, pt. 30-98, pt. 2; Jan. 20, 1944 - Dec. 6, 1950; See also box 161, Code No. 1; Dec. 29, 1941 - Nov. 30, 1942, Code no. 5, 1945 - Dec. 17, 1945, Code No. 35-333, Comm., pt. 30, 1922, Code No. 2, 1960 - Aug. 28, 1964, Code No. 3, 1944 - Oct. 30, 1946, Code No. 19, 1924 - Nov. 28, 1934, Code No. 20.200.1. 26, 1934, Code No. 35-333, pt. Archival collections may be housed in offsite storage. 2; Feb. 17, 1948 - Apr. 30, 1936, Code No. MC-451-14A-199; Jul. 18, 1946 - Oct. 16, 1946, Code No. 1-a; Sept. 21, 1923 - Mar. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. 1; Feb. 1, 1934 - Dec. 28, 1934, Code No. MC-48-14-73; Apr. 8-211; Feb. 1, 1930 - Nov. 27, 1934, Code No. 13, 1926 - Aug. 19, 1930, Code No. 21, 1921 - Sept. 24, 1921, Code No. MC-242-14A-113; Apr. Further information on this record can be found at its source. 2; Nov. 9, 1923 - Aug. 18, 1964; See also box 17, Code No. 8-286; May 12, 1928 - Sept. 24, 1934, Code No. They are:1. 2; Jan. 12, 1960 - Aug. 30, 1961, Code No. 4; Jan. 9, 1936 - Mar. 7, 1922, Code No. 26, 1934, Code No. 26-27, 1953; See also box 24, Code No. 24-19-A, pt. 3, 1923, Code No. 21, 1963; See also Box 13, Code No. 20, 1948 - Aug. 31, 1949, Code No. MC-113-14-42; Feb. 9, 1922 - May 31, 1922, Code No. 24, 1921 - Jul. 30, 1944 - May 19, 1966, Code No. There are published histories of the PRR and several subsidiaries in various boxes as well as extracts from unpublished ones and brief histories that are part of ICC testimony. 29-213, pt. 21, 1924 - Dec. 6, 1933, Code No. 8-243; Mar. 8; Jun. . The titles are usually rather vague. 1; Jan. 22, 1934 - Nov. 1, 1946, Code No. 17-1, pt. 35-166-3, pt. Also, included are minutes and proceedings, legal records, financial records, 8-195; Mar. 25-26; Mar. 25, 1925 - Aug. 3, 1925, Code No. 15, 1933 - Jun. 22-35, pt. 36-2; Jan. 7, 1924 - Mar. 3; Nov. 8, 1933 - Apr. MC-113-14A-46; May 6, 1921 - Sept. 20, 1921, Code No. The remainder of the records are from corporate offices (Secretary, Comptroller) and records concern PRR subsidiaries located between a line drawn through Altoona, PA and Columbus, OH. MC-53-14A-51; Apr. 8-283; Feb. 7, 1927 - Oct. 15, 1948, Code No. 35-63-C-13; Jan. 5, 1941 - Jan. 9, 1942, Code No. 29, 1935, Code No. 14, 1939, Code No. 1; Apr. 9, 1922 - Mar. MC-92-14-94; Apr. 3; Jul. 8-173, pt. 26, 1923 - Mar. 24-18, pt. Federations of Labor, 1941-1968, Series VIIb: American Federation of Railway Workers and Other Outside Organizations - Not 11, 1945, Code No. 35-127; Oct. 2, 1959 - Jan. 30, 1960, Code No. 2; Jan. 12, 1960 - Apr. 1; Nov. 13, 1933 - Dec. 8, 1938, Code No. 1, 1926 - Apr. 35-166-General, pt. 8-268; Feb. 28, 1925 - Dec. 18, 1934, Code No. We provide service to over 86.5 million customers, traveling in and out of . The PRR, incorporated on April 13, 1846, became by the turn of the century the "standard railroad of the world" and the largest single employer of men and women in the United States. Association, ATL Charter - AFL-CIO - Postwar Planning Committee, Railroad Young Men's Christian Association, Health Insurance Blue Cross-Blue Shield Coverage, Conferences and Seminars - Union Research Personnel, National Railway Apprenticeship Conference, Payments for publications, including journals, Payments for bills re journal subscriptions, Financial Statements on bill payments on office equipment and 1; Aug. 2, 1928 - Nov. 19, 1931, Code No. 1-286; April 1, 1927 - June 3, 1947, Chiefly correspondence (carbons and originals) between major union leaders Jewell, J.W. 2; Jan. 9, 1933 - Dec. 28, 1934, Code No. 35-127; Feb. 15, 1957 - Dec. 22, 1960, Code No. 35-136, pt. 16-9, pt. 8-332; Dec. 6, 1933 - Jul. 217, Tabulation sheets showing tally of ballots cast by employees 9; Jul. 11, 1944 - Oct. 4, 1946, Code No. 35-39, pt. 2; Feb. 16, 1939 - Jun. 8-172, pt. Bethlehem Steel CorporationThis is the smallest record groups and consists of the Cambria Improvement Company minute book for 1951-1965.8. 20-48, pt. 22, 1946; Original list of employees who signed authorization facilities, Washington Agreement - Consolidation of Texas and New Orleans 26, 1921 - Nov. 25, 1921, Code No. MC-88-14A-101; May 17, 1921 - Feb. 8, 1922, Code No. 35-235, pt. 22-82-M, pt. 35-166-3, pt. 16; Jun. 15, 1934, Code No. 16; Jan. 14, 1959 - Jun. Railroad . The subsidiary information consists entirely of annual reports and some Pittsburgh and Lake Erie ICC Reports.4. 21-14A; Aug. 10, 1921 - Aug. 15, 1921, Code No. 7; Sept. 18, 1935 - Jul. 29-997; Mar. Materials include 527 bound volumes, 25 reels of microfilm, and 1 reference map. Code No. 1; Jan. 17, 1924 - Dec. 29, 1930, Code No. For example, Box 373, file 2608 contains maps of truck routes used by the PRR for pickup and delivery service at Railway Express Agency stations.Board files from the various companies contain many agreements and discussion about negotiations between the railroads and towns over bridge and track construction and abandonment of facilities.The locality files from the various Divisions and Grand Divisions contain even more of this information, along with maps.Labor historians will find some information detailing agreements between the company and employees and petitions and grievances filed by employees with the company in the Division records, but the bulk of the labor material is in the Labor & Wage Bureau files. 4; Dec. 29, 1939 - Jan. 29, 1947, Code No. 1944 - Oct. 15, 1946, Code No. Jewell, Shreveport Joint Car Inspection and Interchange Bureau - 27, 1922 - Jun. 8-218, pt. 35-166-2-O&BV, pt. 29, 1946, Code No. of Awards of the 2nd Division, National Railroad Adjustment Boards - Submissions in authorizing representation by System Federation 90 and Strike to Enforce Decision 30-94, pt. MC-15-14A-177; Jun. 11, 1941 - Nov. 21, 1960; See also Box 16, Code No. 2; Apr. 35-166-C, pt. These are office files from the General Manager's office and staff officers and from the various divisions that comprised the region. 1, 1943 - Aug. 16, 1943, Code No. 3; Dec. 24, 1948 - Dec. 16, 1963; See also box 20, Code No. MC-37-14-41; Feb. 17, 1922 - Mar. 2, 1921 - May 5, 1922, Code No. 35-333, pt. Four). Of particular interest to genealogists are the Archives and Manuscripts Collections (containing corporate records, personal papers and other unique documents) and the Railroad Accident Reports. 35-166-2-O&BV, pt. Photographs are scarce and are mostly limited to maintenance of way equipment, structures (especially stations) and locomotives. 24-19, pt. (NRAB) - filing procedures, individual representation before the Board, Code No. 18, 1921 - Oct. 3, 1921, Code No. The collection is not open to the public, but SSGHS will do a quick search of records from 1900 to 1949 for free. 10, 1947, Code No. 1; May 8, 1940 - Dec. 30, 1940, Code No. 36-2A; Jul. authorizing representation by System Federation 90 and Strike to Enforce Decision 26, 1963, Code No. 15; Jan. 8, 1957 - Dec. 10, 1958; See also box 24, Code No. The Clearfield Bituminous Coal Company also owned many water and electric companies throughout its territory. MC-211-14A-28; May 5, 1921 - Jul. 1; Aug. 15, 1933 - Oct. 30, 1963; See also Box 13, Code No. MC-167-14A-14; May 2, 1921 - Nov. 5, 1921, Code No. MC-81-14-76; Apr. 35-311, pt. 35-63-C-5; Jun. 30-78, pt. Chicago, IL 60611, Your email address will not be published. Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, PA, has an extensive collection of public and employee timetables of railroads operating in whole or part . 35-127; Nov. 15, 1961 - Mar. 28, 1962, Code No. 35-112, pt. 2; Sept. 9, 1933 - Nov. 6, 1933, Code No. 10, 1952 - Apr. 33-147; Jun. The search gives you basic information about each item and its location within the collection. Decision 218 file, Injunction Proceedings Instituted by the Brotherhood of Railway 31, 1944 - Sept. 3, 1946, Code No. 12, 1932, Code No. 1, 1941 - Oct. 26, 1950, Code No. The company's bureaucratic structure was complex, and a review of that part of it documented in the records that are described below helps to clarify relationships among various offices and personnel. 6; Mar. cards, Code No. 20, 1944 - May 27, 1947, Code No. Railway, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Atlanta and West Point and Western Railway of Alabama, Series XXVIIb: Executive Council - Minutes and Correspondence, 23-82-B, folder 2; Mar. Federation of Labor, Railway Employees Department vs. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Hanson et Executive Council of RED - Jewell, and J.M. 14, 1923, Code No. 5; Jan. 2, 1936 - Dec. 19, 1936, Code No. MC-45-14A-60; May 7, 1921 - Jun.