Borrup, Roger

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Printer and typesetter for Hartford Times, Hartford, Conn.; member of International Typographical Union, Local No. 127; and co-founder of Connecticut Electric Railway Association; of East Hartford and East Windsor, Conn.; b. 1913; d. 1987.

From the description of Roger Borrup papers, 1933-1986. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28412859

Born in 1913 in Plainville, New Jersey, Roger Borrup worked for the Hartford Times as a printer and typesetter for 44 years until his retirement in 1975. A long-time member of the Hartford Typographical Union, No. 127, and completed many of the Union training programs. Borrup became the first secretary of the Hartford Typographical Union before its merger with the Central Connecticut Typographical Union .

Borrup was also the co-founder, incorporator and trustee of the Connecticut Electric Railway Association, Inc., which operates the Warehouse Point Trolley Museum in East Windsor, CT . For more than 50 years he was a member of the National Railway Historical Society, the Seashore Trolley Museum, the Mystic Valley Railway Society and the Railroad Enthusiasts, Inc. His interest in railway travel extended to the editing and publishing of over 80 transportation bulletins, the first having been printed in 1940.

Roger Borrup died 9 September 1987 at the age of 74.

The Hartford Typographical Union, No. 127 was organized in 1864. It represented workers in the areas of design, composition mechanical, color separation, photography, stripping, platemaking, and printing. The Hartford Typographical Union merged with the Central Connecticut Typographical Union, No. 679, in 1977.

From the guide to the Roger Borrup Papers., undated, 1933-1986., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center .)

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associatedWith Connecticut Electric Railway Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Connecticut State Labor Council corporateBody
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correspondedWith New England Allied Printing Trades Association corporateBody
correspondedWith New England Conference of Typographical Unions corporateBody
associatedWith State Savings Bank corporateBody
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Hartford (Conn.)
East Hartford (Conn.)
New England
East Windsor (Conn.)
Connecticut
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American newspapers
Electric railroads
Labor unions
Labor unions
Printing industry
Printing industry
Railroads
Transportation
Transportation
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Newspaper employees
Printers
Typesetter
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Active 1933

Active 1986

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