Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen series 4. Subject files, 1890-1968.

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Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen series 4. Subject files, 1890-1968.

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Include materials relating to accident insurance, the proposed merger of Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen with Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, research materials regarding union and railroad history, and miscellaneous correspondence. Accident Insurance Department files include routine correspondence from chairmen of the Order of Railway Conductors Insurance Committee to President Sheppard; Amalgamation files concern the proposed merger of the ORC & B with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and include correspondence between J.A. Paddock (president) with Carl T. Trol (Local chairman) regarding merger (1961-1962), a draft unification agreement (1968) and correspondence of Paul R. Bennett (general chairman, Seaboard Coastline), J.F. Kalka (general chairman), J.O. Niles (general chairman, Missouri Pacific Gulf District), John C. McDonough (Wisconsin legislative representative) with C.F. Lane (president) and O.R. Lundborg (vice-president) (1968) regarding the proposed merger; financial records, including ledgers (1890, 1930-1941); and history files, including a ms. history of the ORC (anonymous, n.d.), data sheets collected for a history of the Railway Labor Act (n.d.), and documents regarding the history of Kate Shelly (railroad heroine of 1881), including a brief recounting of her deeds, and commemorative papers and memorabilia gathered for a celebration of Kate Shelly Day (1953-1957). Also files, notably of the ORC & B's secretary-treasurer, on routine union business.

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Kalka, J. F.

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McDonough, John C.

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