Records, 1920-1954 (bulk, 1943-1945).

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Records, 1920-1954 (bulk, 1943-1945).

The records of the Mutual Beneficial Association preserved in the Pennsylvania Railroad Company archives are fragmentary. As an independent organization, the MBA maintains its own records. Hagley's holdings include bylaws and broadsides describing MBA activities.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6907410

Hagley Museum & Library

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Mutual Beneficial Association of Pennsylvania Railroad Employes.

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The Mutual Beneficial Association of Pennsylvania Railroad Employes, Inc. (MBA), traces its beginning to a meeting of 116 delegates held at Arnfield Hall in Pittsburgh on June 2, 1913. The outward leader of the movement was George Washington Brown, a 59-year old passenger conductor of conservative views. The object was to construct a conservative organization of workers to counter the influence, organizing drives and strikes being mounted by the more radical leadership of the nation...

Hanna, Thomas E., 1954-

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