INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS. DISTRICT LODGE NO. 32 (ST. PAUL, MINN.):

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: International Association of Machinists. District Lodge No. 32 (Saint Paul, Minn.), creator.
Title:Organizational records.
Dates:1907-1957.
Abstract:Correspondence, bulletins, reports, circulars, minutes, transcripts of cases before the U.S. Railroad Labor Board, and other material related to the International Association of Machinists, District Lodge No. 32, and to the Railway Employees Department of the American Federation of Labor.
Quantity:8.0 cubic feet (8 boxes).
Location:See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The collection appears to consist of records once in the possession of R. A. Henning, who was at various times business manager, secretary-treasurer, and general chairman of Lodge No. 32. The lodge was apparently open only to machinists employed by railroads in the midwest, including the Great Northern; Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie (Soo Line); Minneapolis and St. Louis; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha; Northern Pacific; and Duluth, Missabe and Northern.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:

United States Railroad Labor Board Proceedings
Great Northern Railway Materials
Northern Pacific Railway Materials
Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway Materials
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Materials
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Materials
Soo Line Railroad Materials
Other District 32 Records


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. International Association of Machinists. District Lodge No. 32 (Saint Paul, Minn.) Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples

Accession Information:

Accession number: 9972

Processing Information:

Processed by: Dennis Meissner, April 2003

Catalog ID number: 990017350780104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseUNITED STATES RAILROAD LABOR BOARD PROCEEDINGS

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151.B.17.7B1Rules and Working Conditions, Volumes 1-14, 20, January-February 1921. 18 folders.
Mimeographed transcripts of the Board proceedings determining rules and working conditions for railroad machinists and shop craft workers.
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151.B.17.8F2Rules and Working Conditions, Volumes 20 (continued), 33-35, February-March 1921. 6 folders.

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Expand/CollapseGREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY MATERIALS

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151.B.17.8F2Labor Board Proceedings: GN cases, 1921-1924.
Reports on 20 labor-related cases before the Railway Labor Board pertaining to Great Northern Railway employees.
Hearing transcript in the matter of the alleged misconduct of H. E. Conklin, January 11, 1919. 200 pp.
"To Employees of the Great Northern Railway," June 27, 1922. 22 pp.
A pamphlet issued by the company regarding a potential strike.
Correspondence, clippings, and printed matter regarding GN strike and GN company union, [circa 1922-1924]. 2 folders.
The union was called the Associated Organization of Shop Craft Employees of the Great Northern Railway Company.
Correspondence regarding action against GN before the Railway Labor Board, [circa 1923-1925].
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151.B.17.11B5Addendum, 1923. 2 linear inches.
Consists largely of papers documenting a GN strike.
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151.B.17.13B7Water service crew.

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151.B.17.11B5Labor Board Proceedings: NP cases, 1921. 2 items.
Proceedings of the annual conventions of the Federation of Railway Employees, Northern Pacific system, 1914, 1917, 1920. 3 items.
Leaflet regarding the Associated Organization of Shop Craft Employees of the Northern Pacific Railway, 1928.
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151.B.17.9B3Night work.

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Expand/CollapseDULUTH, MISSABE AND NORTHERN RAILWAY MATERIALS

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151.B.17.9B3Labor Board Proceedings: DM&N cases, 1921, 1922. 6 folders.

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Expand/CollapseCHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA RAILWAY MATERIALS

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151.B.17.9B3Wage increase and change in work rules, 1923.
H. E. Bock personal file, [circa 1924].
Includes seniority lists of machinists in St. Paul shops.
Diesel engines: Jurisdiction of work, 1939.
Diesel passenger engines: Assignment of shop craft employees as maintenance men, regular run, [circa 1940].

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Expand/CollapseMINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY MATERIALS

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151.B.17.9B3Correspondence and miscellany, [circa 1923-1926].
Recognition and right of representation file, parts 3-6, [circa 1928-1934].
"Applicants Return to [ICC] Questionnaire Relating to Abandonment of Lines of Railway," December 31, 1935. 75 pp.
"Petition to Reopen [ICC] Finance Docket No. 12414...," June 27, 1940. 128 pp.
"Second Amended Plan of Reorganization," June 27, 1940. 58 pp.
M&SL System Federation No. 15: Correspondence, minutes, bylaws, and miscellany, 1935-1946, 1955.
Correspondence regarding assigning a machinist to a welding job, [circa 1941-1945].
"Applications Filed with the ICC Identified as Finance Dockets," [circa 1948-1955].

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151.B.17.9B3Seniority Lists:
General, 1936.
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151.B.17.10F4General, 1937-1938, 1941-1944. 9 folders.
Rule No. 27, 1943, 1953-1954. 3 folders.
Rule No. 37A, [circa 1945-1954].
The rule pertained to returning servicemen.
Miscellaneous, 1938-1943. 2 folders.
Miscellaneous papers, [circa 1923-1957]. 2 folders.
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151.B.17.11B5Miscellaneous papers, [circa 1923-1957]. 2 folders.

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Expand/CollapseOTHER DISTRICT 32 RECORDS

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151.B.17.11B5Monthly reports of secretary-treasurer, 1907-1939. 3 folders.
Miscellaneous correspondence of secretary-treasurer, 1918-1930. 5 folders.
Chicago headquarters, Railway Employees Dept.: Printed agreement circulars, 1922-1923.
Minutes of the National Agreement Committee, August 1921, January 1922. 2 folders.
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151.B.17.12F6Quarterly reports of district business agent, 1908-1919. 2 folders.
Bulletins of the district business manager, 1908-1919. 5 folders.
Meeting of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern schedule committees, 1916-1917. 2 folders.
"Report of Grievances Adjusted Through this Office," 1920-1921.
Conference held at the office of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern, September 22, 1920.
Regarding the settlement of a strike?
Reports regarding Proctor Case, September 1920.
DM&N strike?
Minutes of executive board meetings, 1938-1945. 1 volume.
AFL Railway Employees Dept.?
Information on wages paid to machinists' helpers, 1917.
Railroad Labor Board Statistical Bureau: "Rates of Pay of Mechanics and Helpers in the Maintenance of Equipment Department, and of Coach Cleaners [as of] December 1, 1925. Class I Carriers," March 17, 1926. 1 volume.
Pertains to all U.S. Class I carriers.
Stenographers' bills, 1939-1940.
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151.B.17.13B7Miscellaneous Subject Files:
Jurisdiction over pump repairers with maintenance of way organization: Correspondence and circulars, 1918-1921.
State of Minnesota to change workmen's compensation law to include railway workers, [circa 1932].
Railroad brotherhood legislative committee, 1941-1946.
Miscellaneous information (1941-1945) and 1946 election endorsements.
ICC locomotive inspection, 1950-1951.
Sufficient appropriations by congress for federal locomotive inspection work, 1952.
Protecting employees returning home from military service and establishing seniority rights.
Miscellany, [circa 1922-1957].
R. A. Henning memorabilia, [1933?], 1952.
Two certificates noting Henning's I.A.M. service.
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151.B.17.14F8Personal records files. 4 folders.
National agreement rules, [circa 1920]. 9 linear inches.
A separate file for each rule.
Printed Matter:
Chicago and Northwestern Railway annual reports, 1924, 1925. 2 items.
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway annual reports, 1924-1925, 1929-1931. 5 items.
Proceedings of the 4th annual convention of the northwest section, I.A.M., Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1910. 16 pp.
Labor agreements of machinists and shop craft employees with:
Wabash Line, 1909.
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, 1922.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, 1922.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1926.
Northern Pacific Railway, 1935.
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range, 1939.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Collective labor agreements -- Railroads.
Railroads -- Employees.
Organizations:
American Federation of Labor. Railway Employees Department.
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad.
Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway Company.
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.).
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company.
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad.
Northern Pacific Railway Company.
United States Railroad Labor Board.
Occupations:
Machinists.

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