Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen of America Photographs
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Scope and Contents
Inclusive date range: circa 1949
Bulk dates: circa 1949
This collection consist of four black and white photographs. On is identified as the General Chairman's Meeting in Chicago, Illinois at the Morrison Hotel on September 24-25, 1949. The second, which has a Toledo, Ohio photographer's stamp on the back, is a picture of 13 unidentified men. The third photograph shows 11 unidentified men. At least one particular man appears in each of these photographs, but he is unidentified. The final picture is a candid shot of men and women at a formal dinner.
Dates
- 1949
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen [BRS] is a labor union in the United States. It was founded in 1901 and represents workers who are tasked with maintaining railroad signal systems, highway-rail crossing warning systems and fabricating railroad signal equipment. The BRS is affiliated with the AFL-CIO and is a member of the Transportation Trades Department.
Extent
0.33 cubic feet
Abstract
A collection of black and white photographs of members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen of America, both formal committee pictures, and one candid photograph.
Quantity:
0.3 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Photographs.
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183> kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
- Compiled by:
- E. Parker, April 01, 2017
- EAD encoding:
- Kheel Staff, April 01, 2017
Processing Information
The photgraph in folder 2 is creased and requires delicate handling.
- Title
- Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen of America Photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by E. Parker
- Date
- April 01, 2017
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Sponsor
- This collection was processed with the help of generous funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853