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[Identification of item], Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen / Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Collection, MS 3, California State Railroad Museum Library, Sacramento, California.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen was founded on December 1, 1873 at Jervis, New York, to provide mutual support for railroad firemen. The Brotherhood early on emphasized insurance, although in the late nineteenth century it became involved in labor/management relations. By the turn of the century, the organization also had changed its name to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, thereby permitting locomotive engineers to hold membership. In 1969, it joined with the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Switchmen's Union of North America to form the United Transportation Union.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen records contain material relating to the national organization, national railroad labor relations, and railroad labor issues, from the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries. In addition, the General Chairman's Reports, which comprise a sizable portion of the collections, relate largely to labor cases on the Southern Pacific, El Paso and Southwestern, and Northwestern Pacific Railroads. Of particular interest is the volume on the arbitration of questions raised by electrification of the Southern Pacific's East Bay suburban operations. In addition to information on these lines, the volume contains testimony describing operations on the Pacific Electric Railway and other Southern California electric routes.
The records of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen are organized in eight series listed below. The first seven are arranged according to the office or organization of origin, and then chronologically within each series. The eighth series, consisting of ephemera pertaining to the Brotherhood, is arranged according to the type of item.
(printed; issued monthly by the Office of the President)
(contains records of meetings)
(bound with Report of Board of Trustees of the General Grievance Committee, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Southern Pacific, Pacific Lines, 1925-1929); 1931, 1936, 1937 (bound with Audit of the Property of the General Grievance Committee, 1930-1937); 1938, 1939, 1941, 1945 (bound with Audit of the Property of the General Grievance Committee, 1938-1946); 1947, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1959 (bound with Audit of the Property of the General Grievance Committee, 1947-1960); Joint Report, 1928 (synopses of cases settled); Material on the SP (pp. 1-414; material on the EPSW (pp. 1-63)
(26th convention, Washington, D.C.); 1916 (27th convention, Denver); 1919 (28th convention, Denver); 1922 (29th convention, Houston); 1925 (30th convention, Detroit); 1928 (31st convention, San Francisco); 1931 (32nd convention, Columbus); 1937 (33rd Convention, Milwaukee); 1941 (34th convention, Denver)
(contains business matters and synopses of settlements of labor/management disputes)
(contains business matters and discussions of grievance cases, settlements of labor/management disputes, and labor/management contract issues)
(pertains to labor issues on the SP); 1917-1919 (SP); 1920-1924 (SP); 1925-1927 (SP); 1929-1931 (SP); 1932-1935 (SP, pp. 70-1436, EPSW, pp. 122-242, NWP, p. 2-55); 1936-1937 (SP, pp. 1437-1981, EPSW, pp. 243-357, NWP, pp. 56-111); 1938-1939 (SP, pp. 1982-2466, EPSW, pp. 358-441, NWP pp. 112-147); 1940-1942 (SP, pp. 2467-3055, EPSW, pp. 442-513, NWP, pp. 148-184); 1943-1945 (SP, pp. 3056-3176, EPSW, pp. 514-697, NWP, pp. 185-259); 1946 (SP, pp. 3717-4247, EPSW, pp. 698-832, NWP, pp. 260-282); 1947 (SP, pp. 4248-4677, EPSW, pp. 833-917, NWP, pp. 283-311); 1948 (SP, pp. 4678-5160, EPSW, pp. 918-1015, NWP, pp. 312-351); 1949 (SP, pp. 5161-5777, EPSW, pp. 1016-1155, NWP, pp. 352-384); 1950 (SP, pp. 5778-6082, EPSW, pp. 1156-1211, NWP, pp. 385-415); 1951 (SP, pp. 6083-6463, EPSW, pp. 1212-1271, NWP, pp. 416-419); 1952 (SP, pp. 6464-6843, EPSW, pp. 1272-1329, NWP, pp. 420-435); 1953 (SP, pp. 6844-7593, EPSW, pp. 1330-1413, NWP, pp. 436-460); 1954 (SP, pp. 7594-8253, EPSW, pp. 1414-1534, NWP, pp. 461-508); 1955 (SP, pp. 8254-8732, EPSW, pp. 1535-1595, NWP, pp. 509-524); 1956 (SP, pp. 8733-8996, EPSW, pp. 1596-1659, NWP, pp. 525-550); 1957 (SP, pp. 8997-9417, EPSW, 1660-1747, NWP, pp. 551-585); 1958 (SP, pp. 9418-9951, EPSW, pp. 1748-1854, NWP, pp. 586-612); 1959 (SP, pp. 9952-10372, EPSW, pp. 1855-1935, NWP, pp. 613-621); 1960 (SP, pp. 10373-11018, EPSW, pp. 1936-2035, NWP, pp. 622-643)Bound with Special Adjustment Board No. 180, Decisions: Southern Pacific; El Paso and Southwestern
Contains transcripts of hearings on changes in crews, instruction, and rules resulting from electrification of Southern Pacific's suburban lines in the East Bay, and a determination of the differences between street car service and suburban electric service.