Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad

Abstract Select records of the Personnel Department of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad [ICRR]. The collection includes select personnel department files dealing with a wide range of subjects including railroad legislation, grievances, arbitration, wage and hour disputes, vacations, unionization efforts on the road, disciplinary issue, and discrimination against, harassment of, and racialized violence against black workers. Also found are historical documents about the ICRR, maps, correspondence...

Abstract

Records of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad and its predecessor and subsidiary companies, consisting primarily of Rules and Regulations books, Schedules of Wages for various crafts, technical manuals for car builders, and agreements with various unions representing its employees.