new york central railroad employee records

7, 1926 - Oct. 14, 1926, Code No. 2; May 1, 1936 - Dec. 30, 1936, Code No. The Clearfield Bituminous Coal Company also owned many water and electric companies throughout its territory. 8-294; Sept. 26, 1930 - Jul. 13, 1926 - Aug. 10, 1934, Code No. - Union Affiliated with the AFL, 1912-1961, Series Vb: American Federation of Labor, Departments Other Than This 4; Aug. 1, 1949 - Mar. 4; Jan. 3, 1950 - Aug. 31, 1950, Code No. The titles are usually rather vague. 35-112, pt. 35-180, pt. Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library. 27, 1922 - May 26, 1922, Code No. The collection materials are organized into 31 series. 35-311, pt. MC-114-14A-158; May 26, 1921 - Sept. 30, 1921, Code No. (NRAB) - filing procedures, individual representation before the Board, Code No. 18; Jun. Commission, Correspondence re Circular Letter of January 19, 1922, Results of meeting of Executive Council Mechanical Sec. concerning the attempts of twenty-nine unions to organize various groups of rai, Code No. 22-28; Mar. . 35-26, pt. 19-7, pt. 2, 1960 - Aug. 28, 1964, Code No. clippings, and statistical data regarding the activities of the U.S. National Mediation Board; The United States Railway Association staff overseeing the formation of Conrail thought that PLE would make a good addition to CR. 30, 1922 - Jun. MC-94-14-83; Apr. Railroad and Railroad Related Collections - Catherwood Library The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company was originally independent, but became part of the New York Central System family in 1889. 11; Jul. United States. in Bryan, Ohio, on July 23, 1966. 35-311-2128, pt. 29, 1921 - Jan. 31, 1922, Code No. 1; Dec. 12, 1912 - May 15, 1961; See also box 158, Correspondence (carbons and originals), reports (many financial), agreements, and case files officials, Correspondence between union officials and insurance MC-217-14A-117; May 21, 1921 - Nov. 14, 1921, Code No. 27, 1961, Code No. 8-173, pt. MC-29-14A-67; May 13, 1921 - Jan. 30, 1923, Code No. PLE thought otherwise, and petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to allow profitable subsidiaries of Penn Central to be allowed to not enter Conrail. 12, 1936, Code No. 22-162, pt. 5; Jul. 35-216, pt. 24-19-A, pt. 35-328-H, pt. 8-136; Aug. 18, 1933 - May 29, 1934, Code No. improve passenger train service; discussion of the Urban Mass Transit Act, Code No. New York Central M-497 set the American rail speed record of 183.85 m.p.h. 4; Dec. 29, 1939 - Jan. 29, 1947, Code No. 27, 1922 - May 4, 1922, Code No. 8-298; May 5, 1923 - Oct. 30, 1923, Code No. Thompson (President, Grand Trunk System Federation, No.92), G.H. 29-1080, pt. 3; Aug. 10, 1917 - Dec. 17, 1952; See also box 159 and 160, Code No. MC-69-14A-95; May 4, 1921 - Sept. 22, 1921, Code No. MC-415-14A-36; Apr. 1; Jun. 3; Jan. 2, 1947 - May 23, 1950, Code No. 8-214; Jan. 23, 1931 - Jul. 10, 1922, Code No. 3; Jan. 16, 1956 - Dec. 30, 1966; See also box 18, Code No. 8-184, pt. 35-63-B-11; Jul. Laborers; and Sheet Metal Workers International Association. 16-1, pt. 11; Jan. 10, 1962 - Dec. 21, 1964, Code No. Co-operation Financial - Pro-rated Bills - O.S. 35-90, O.B., pt. 19, 1938 - Oct. 31, 1938, Code No. 35-63-A-33; Jul. 35-63-C-4; Jul. 29, 1959; See also Box 13, Code No. MC-9-14-115; Mar. 30-95, pt. MC-37-14-41; Feb. 17, 1922 - Mar. 3, 1947, Code No. More specifically, the Baltimore a, Code No. 8-148; May 10, 1923 - Jun. Some of the Clearfield Bituminous Coal and Clearfield Supply Company records are also included in the New York Central holdings.Non-Subsidiary RailroadsThere is a large amount of material about non-subsidiary railroads among the Pennsylvania Railroad records. 25-385, pt. was active as in organizing, collective bargaining, legislation, apprentice training, political 4; Jan. 2, 1940 - Dec. 19, 1941, Code No. 8, 1921 - Aug. 17, 1921, Code No. 36-2; Jan. 19, 1924 - Mar. 2; Dec. 13, 1933 - Jan. 27, 1934, Code No. 23, 1921 - Dec. 20, 1921, Code No. 2; Nov. 3, 1943 - Dec. 27, 1946, Code No. 8-213; May 20, 1925 - May 25, 1925, Code No. [Identification of item], Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central Railroad Records. Pacific Railroad; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad; Long Island Railroad, Louisville and A Grand Division was composed of two or more Divisions. 19, 1921 - Aug. 19, 1921, Code No. 3; Feb. 2, 1942 - Mar. Provisions of the Transportation Act of 1920 - Correspondence, Etc., 1920-1934, National Agreement Committee - Division 1, 2, and 3, Railway 3C-196; Oct. 23, 1922 - Oct. 24, 1922, Code No. 14, 1922 - Oct. 3, 1934, Code No. 11; Sept. 4, 1963 - Mar. In a few files, the information was compiled by the Lines West predecessor while it was still independent. Saylor, Roger B., The Railroads of Pennsylvania, University Park, Bureau of Business Research, College of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University, 1964. 4, 1923 - May 4, 1943, Code No. chiefly reflecting the merger of the AFL and CIO and its post merger activities. The Brooks A. Bentz Railroad Collection consists almost exclusively of materials associated with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, including passenger and employee timetables, a parlor car wine list and dining car cafe menu, information about the railroad equipment provided for railroad employees, information about the railroad's merger with what became Penn Central in the . This article, which appeared in the Spring 1997 issue of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publication Prologue, provides an overview of NARAs vast holdings of railroad-related textual records, maps, photos and motion pictures. 6; Oct. 10, 1955 - Jul. The Operating Department, under the Vice President-Operations was headquartered in Philadelphia and had the General Managers of the various regions under it. activities affecting almost every aspect of their social and economic status as employees. 2361-2399; Mar. 35-39, pt. 35-63-A-1; Apr. 33-147 Dec. 7, 1943 - Sept. 12, 1946, Code No. RED affiliated unions and the carriers. MC-158-14A-31; Apr. 35-90, Comm., pt. 33-158; Aug. 12, 1952 - Sept. 23, 1960, Code No. 10; Oct. 6, 1923 - Dec. 2, 1949. 1; Mar. 35-166-2-Minutes, pt. 20-14; Aug. 28, 1940 - Jun. Labor Unions. 2; Apr. MC-166-14-A-154; May 24, 1921 - Dec. 18, 1922, Code No. 7, 1922, Code No. 24-19-A, pt. MC-65-14-43; Feb. 17, 1922 - May 31, 1922, Code No. MC-115-14A-112; May 17, 1921 - May 24, 1922, Code No. Convention - Strike Ballots, Letter to all General Chairmen from B.M. 31, 1944 - Sept. 3, 1946, Code No. Union Depot of ColumbusOnly annual reports of the UDC are in this record group.7. 8-179; Feb. 1, 1930 - Mar. Executive Association minutes, June 1, 1945 - December 26, 1968; and RLEA Chief Executive Minutes, Etc., 1933-1970, Series XXX: Railroad Unemployment Insurance, Series XVIII: Consolidations, Mergers, Reorganizations and Abandonments, 18, 1921 - Feb. 2, 1922, Code No. originals), of the RED Presidents: B.M. MC-144-14A-18; May 4, 1921 - Apr. AFL-CIO Railway Employees' Department Records #5478. A-C, Application for Relief from the Requirements of Ex Parte 171 - 35-90, Comm., pt. The Real Estate Department, The Maintenance of Way Department, the Supervising Agents at division and the Superintendents of Stations and Transfers at higher levels, for example, each had what the Penn Central Records Appraisal Project assessment team called location files and lumped together.When examining the data base, there appears to be a great deal of duplication of town names but, in general, each time a place name appears the information in that file is from a different department and if the records are from the same department, they are from a different time period.The locality files contain, depending on the department they are from: accounting records; contracts; specifications for construction projects; property sales and acquisitions; signal system information such as plans, maps, cost estimates, etc. 20, 1948 - Aug. 31, 1949, Code No. 35-235, pt. 35-166-3, pt. MC-156-14A-85; May 17, 1921 - Dec. 7, 1921, Code No. It was placed on the latter list as there is no direct information from the Beech Creek, only information about the Beech Creek, in this box.Some examples of the type of information contained in the PRR collection about non-subsidiary railroads includes:-Box 127, file 2531.5 contains a report made by a committee that inspected the N&W Railway's Roanoke shops in 1921 and notes about the electrification of the line from Roanoke to Bluefield, Virginia.-Box 134 Eastern Division Location Files file 840 contains about three inches of material collected for a report concerning possible coordination among the Baltimore & Ohio, Wheeling & Lake Erie and the PRR in the Canton & Massillion, Ohio areas. investigation of proposed group health insurance plans; the wage and rules mov, Code No. 20-48, pt. 16, 1961, Code No. MC-16-14A-82; May 16, 1921 - Aug. 6, 1921, Code No. 22, 1921 - Feb. 20, 1922, Code No. 8-248; Mar. MC-26-14-1; Jan. 29, 1921 - Apr. 35-153-A, pt. requests for department laws and proceedings; resolutions proposed by Committee on Resolutions 35-100, pt. 4; Jun. are some materials concerning three major Canadian railroads: Canadian Railway, Canadian MC-129-14A-21; Aug. 18, 1921 - May 7, 1931, Code No. Aitken (Raymond E.) Paycheck and Letter 16-9, pt. 6, 1944 - Mar. 22B; Nov. 2, 1934 - Nov. 29, 1940, Code No. 35-153-A, pt. The CBC owned vast coal reserves in and near Clearfield, Pennsylvania and as far south as Gallitzin and Cresson, Pennsylvania. 35-216-2; Sept. 14, 1938 - Jul. 8-322; Sept. 26, 1933 - Jun. Central Railroad; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Norfolk and Western Railroad; Employees' Department, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway - Electrical 1916-1867, Harry S. Jeffrey, Appellant, vs. AFL, International Association of working conditions, Atchison and Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Atlanta and West Point Railroad and Western Alabama The following lists do not attempt to list the railroads about which wage information is available, as there is information about virtually every American and Canadian railroad in the Labor & Wage Bureau files. 20-32; Jul. with RED concerning jurisdictional disputes. 3. 15; Oct. 3, 1950 - Aug. 5, 1951, Code No. 4, 1925, Code No. 16-15, pt. Correspondence, Reports, Minutes, Etc., 1933-1970, National Railroad Adjustment Boards - Notices from RLEA members of 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. Society, Series XXV: Railroad Employees' Department-Master File of Official There is not a lot of information from other than the Central Region, but it is a mistake to presume that because the bulk of the records are from the Central Region that there is no information from anywhere else.Central RegionWestern Pennsylvania Grand DivisionPittsburgh DivisionConemaugh DivisionMonongahela DivisionNorthern Grand DivisionBuffalo DivisionAllegheny DivisionRenovo DivisionEastern Ohio Grand DivisionEastern DivisionPanhandle DivisionWheeling DivisionLake Grand DivisionCleveland & Pittsburgh Division 1920-1928Cleveland Division 1928-1949Erie & Ashtabula DivisionContains some information fromEastern Pennsylvania Grand DivisionBellwood DivisionCresson DivisionTyrone DivisionLines West (Pre-1920) DivisionsErie & Ashtabula DivisionEastern Division Northwest SystemCleveland & Pittsburgh Division 1890-1920 Southwest SystemPittsburgh Division Southwest SystemToledo DivisionAkron Division Southwest SystemColumbus DivisionZanesville Division Southwest SystemIndianapolis Terminal DivisionLouisville DivisionRichmond (Indiana) DivisionLogansport DivisionChicago Terminal DivisionWestern DivisionCincinnati DivisionIndianapolis DivisionMarietta Division merged into C&P Division Northwest SystemPre-Lines West CompaniesErie & Pittsburgh Railroad later part of E&A DivisionPittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati & St. Louis RailwayCleveland, Akron & Columbus RailwayLorain, Ashland & Southern RailwayOhio River & Western RailwayPittsburgh, Fort Wayne & ChicagoPittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula RailwayPRR Divisions except Central Region 1920Eastern Pennsylvania Grand DivisionMiddle DivisionPhiladelphia DivisionTyrone DivisionCresson DivisionCumberland Valley DivisionCentral Pennsylvania Grand DivisionWilliamsport DivisionSunbury DivisionElmira DivisionSchuylkill DivisionNew Jersey Grand DivisionNew York DivisionTrenton DivisionAtlantic DivisionSouthern Grand DivisionMaryland DivisionBaltimore DivisionDelaware DivisionNorfolk DivisionPhiladelphia Terminal Grand Divisionno subordinate divisionsThe New York Central, Penn Central, Clearfield Bituminous Coal, and Pennsylvania Company collections contain corporate and subsidiary records.The Union Depot of Columbus and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie collections contain information from only the parent firm.The Bethlehem Steel Collection contains information from only a single subsidiary. 13, 1960 - Feb. 28, 1961, Code No. 21, 1922, Code No. 3C-192; Sept. 29, 1922 - Oct. 12, 1922, Code No. 8-187; Oct. 15, 1923 - Jul. MC-225-14A-89; May 16, 1921 - Sept. 23, 1921, Code No. railroads who have refused to apply decisions, Appointment of Labor Members to National Railroad Adjustment Organizations - Not Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, 1927-1953, District 50, United Mine Workers of America, Conference with the CIO RE: East and New England, Railroad Brotherhoods and Auxiliaries Associations - 20-40-E. 18, 1963, Code No. For a fee, the agency will look up the records for anyone who worked for the railroads (excluding temporary workers) after 1937 and is now deceased. 24, 1953 - Feb. 25, 1965, Correspondence (carbons and originals), reports, petitions, and published legislative 5086. 24, 1925, Code No. 8, 1944 - Aug. 23, 1945, Code No. 35-247; Apr. During the "Golden Age of Railroads" (1900-1945) railroads were the major mode of transportation for millions of Americans. The General Manager of each region reported to the vice presidents and higher officers in Philadelphia. The Edward H. Weber Collection of Railroad Timetables provides a representative sample of both public and employee timetables, many from companies for which Hagley holds important archival materials or annual reports. 26, 1934, Code No. 8-271, exp. 30, 1936, Code No. 2; May 8, 1926 - Dec. 16, 1930, Code No. 19, 1933 - Apr. Established in the mid-1930s, this agency administers federal retirement benefits to the nations railroad workers and their families. 1; Apr. 4, 1929, Code No. MC-84-14A-123; May 20, 1921 - Aug. 6, 1921, Code No. In 1920, the lessors were mostly absorbed by the Pennsylvania Railroad and Lines West went out of existence. 25, 1934, Code No. E-I, Application for Relief from the Requirements of Ex Parte 24, 1941 - Dec. 19, 1944, Code No. 8-219, pt. U.S. National Mediation Board. 1; Feb. 9, 1926 - Dec. 29, 1931, Code No. Code No. 30-18, pt. Louisville KY New York Central Railroad train car, Louisville KY This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S . 10, 1922, Code No. Railroads. Jewell, Shreveport Joint Car Inspection and Interchange Bureau - B&O Railroad Museum: This Baltimore museum preserves the history of Americas first steam-operated railway with a research library and archives and a collection of artifacts dating from 1827. Railroads in the Northwest in District 32, Division #4 Financial Statements, Minutes of Executive Board Meetings 8-286; May 12, 1928 - Sept. 24, 1934, Code No. . railroads, Federal Workman's Compensation Act for Railroad Employees, Congressional Record on Appointment of Judge Parker, Deep Water Way - St. Lawrence River, Ohio River and Lake 1; Jun. 23-82-Gen., pt. 11, 1922, Code No. MC-170-14A-91; May 17, 1921 - Aug. 4, 1921, Code No. MC-30-14-49; Feb. 26, 1922 - May 29, 1922, Code No. MC-129-14A-21; Aug. 12, 1921 - Sept. 30, 1925, Code No. MC-46-14A-59; May 7, 1921 - Jun. 3C-181; Sept. 14, 1922 - Mar. 7, 1966, Code No. 35-63-B; Jun. 35-311-1968, pt. 1; Jul. 3C-210; Sept. 30, 1922 - Oct. 22, 1923, Code No. 2; Jan. 13, 1958 - Dec. 1, 1966; See also Box 16, Code No. 8-228; Dec. 6, 1923 - Feb. 27, 1934, Code No. S-Z, Application for Relief from the Requirements of Ex Parte 171 - 35-166-2-Minutes, pt. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RailroadThis record consists entirely of annual reports and board dockets and rough minutes of the PLE.6. 6; Jun. 8-270, pt. 35-328-K, pt. 22, 1937, Code No. 6; Mar. 7; Aug. 25, 1947 - Jun. And it was the fastest mode of transportation at that time to carry our ancestors and their goods across the country. 24-19-A, pt. RED MC-108-14A-20; May 4, 1921 - Mar. 20, 1967, Code No. 8-242; Jan. 9, 1924 - Mar. The only NYC 'operating paper' at Penn State is the few letters in the Pennsylvania Railroad files from NYC officials to their PRR counterparts.The Railroad Records Collection is most useful for its documentation of the growth of the railroad industry, its heyday and beginning of the decline.The newer PRR records document the abandonments, demolition and layoffs that began in the late 1920's and continued through the end of the company.In addition to documenting the history of the individual railroads, the railroad records are a good source of information about the growth of early truck and bus lines. 4, 1925, Code No. MC-159-14-45; Feb. 22, 1922 - Oct. 24, 1923, Code No. The surviving New York Central records consist mostly of minute books, accounting records and annual reports. 35-153-A, pt. 22-95, pt. 17; Jul. Information, both loose-leaf and bound, about work rules and pay rates. and Executive 28, 1962, Code No. 8-333; Dec. 6, 1933 - Dec. 18, 1933, Code No. authorizing representation by System Federation 90 and Strike to Enforce Decision 15, 1944, Code No. 8-271, exp. 9, 1922, Code No. 35-63-A-16; Jul. 29, 1929, Code No. 22-110, pt. Collection contains records, 1796-1969, of the New . MC-224-14-4; Feb. 13, 1921 - Feb. 21, 1921, Code No. 35-136, pt. 30-18, pt. correspondence, Council Action Re: Pro-Ration - Monthly Statements, International Transport Workers' Federation, Series X: Department Circulars - Informational Circulars Sent to 22-31, pt. 9, 1942 - May 10, 1944, Code No. 2; Jan. 8, 1942 - Dec. 29, 1964, Code No. 27, 1922 - May 13, 1922, Code No. 6, 1945, Code No. 35-90, pt. 2; Aug. 19, 1954 - May 25, 1965, Code No. 35-285, pt. 27, 1922 - May 5, 1922, Code No. Code No. 22-76, pt. 1; Nov. 26, 1921 - Nov. 3, 1950; See also box 162, Code no. Railroad, Buffalo Terminal Coordination - System Federation No. 27, 1922 - May 5, 1922, Code No. statistical data, and legislative and legal materials regarding legislative proposals to 11, 1944 - Oct. 4, 1946, Code No. 2; Aug. 11, 1939 - Dec. 1940, Code No. Correspondence, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St, Louis Railway (Big 1; Aug. 20, 1934 - Nov. 30, 1938, Code No. MC-223-14A-62; May 7, 1921 - Aug. 19, 1921, Code No. 3; Aug. 5, 1953 - Apr. 35-240, pt. Decision 218 file, Injunction Proceedings Instituted by the Brotherhood of Railway 13; Jan. 18-20, 1950 - Mar. 35-63-C-13; Jan. 5, 1941 - Jan. 9, 1942, Code No. 33-147 Apr. 2; Jan. 15, 1946 - Jun. Located in Old Sacramento, this repository holds corporate records, periodicals, photographs, maps and other materials documenting railroading in California and adjacent states from the 1850s to the present. 29-1080, pt. Eventually, RRGS would like to create a free online database of its holdings. 29-870, pt. 1, 1921 - Jul. 35-63-B-4; Jun. MC-157-14-30; Jan. 6, 1922 - Jun. 2; Jan. 19, 1929 - Jul. 171, Public Documents, etc. records (pro-rated bills and receipts}, minutes, and contracts regarding the Cooperative 6, 1964; See also box 20, Code No. 14A; Nov. 15, 1921 - Apr. MC-440-14A-149; May 31, 1921 - Sept. 23, 1921, Code No. 35-33, Subj. 2; Jun. 86 - Ontario Northland Railroad, K.&M. 2431-2459; Jan. 20, 1961 - Jul. 18, 1926 - Jan. 6, 1927, Code No. 29, 1938 - May 5, 1964; See also box 19, Code No. Railroad ticket collectors.