Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Records
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Scope and Contents
Bulletins, correspondence, convention proceedings, arbitration, grievance, and subject files, meeting minutes, union publications, and ephemera relating to the BLFE, labor relations in the railroad industry in the United States, and railroad labor issues from the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries.
Among the most significant topics covered in the collection are labor disputes, working conditions, and strikes in the railroad industry; railroad law and legislation, particularly at the state level; and black employees in the railroad industry.
Dates
- 1875-1975
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
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 Locomotive Firemen was founded on December 1, 1873, at Port Jervis, New York, to provide mutual support for railroad firemen. The Brotherhood initially emphasized insurance, but by the late nineteenth century had branched out into labor-management relations.
At the turn of the century, the organization changed its name to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLFE) after permitting engineers to join its ranks. In 1969, the union merged with the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Switchmen's Union of North America to form the United Transportation Union.
Extent
201.22 cubic feet
Abstract
Bulletins, correspondence, convention proceedings, arbitration, grievance, and subject files, meeting minutes, union publications, and ephemera relating to the BLFE, labor relations in the railroad industry in the United States, and railroad labor issues from the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries.
Quantity:
201.2 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Newsletters, correspondence, proceedings, case files, minutes (administrative records).
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
- Compiled by:
- CE & CB, January 28, 2012
- EAD encoding:
- Kheel Staff, March 07, 2019
- African Americans -- Employment
- Arbitration, Industrial -- United States
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen (U.S.)
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
- Collective bargaining -- Railroads -- United States
- Grievance procedures -- United States
- Labor disputes -- United States
- Railroad law -- United States
- Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States
- Railroads -- United States -- Employees
- Strikes and lockouts -- Railroads -- United States
- Title
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by CE & CB
- Date
- March 07, 2019
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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