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This collection contains documents and materials produced or used by Canadian Pacific Railway Unions - in particular, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen - in Winnipeg between 1898 and 1968. The collection includes financial records, meeting minutes and logbooks, administrative documentation such as application forms, and cirulars and correspondence.

PE001336.47 · File
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Contains:

  • David Campbell Letters: Oct 2 1920, Investment advice fir the Brotherhood.
  • Morefield Letters: a Winnipeg brother got into trouble in AB and letters are regarding the repayments of debts. July 31 - Dec. 15 1920
  • Consumptive Allowance Letters: Brother Trites was injured and in order to get his Brotherhood EI he must undergo a medical exam. December 16 1920
  • Termination of Strike: Declaration of the end of a legal strike on Dec. 6 1920
  • November Bulletin: Nov. 1 1920. Contains the decisions of the United States Railroad Labor Board in legal matters.
  • Mile Suggestion Letter: Suggestion from Brother green on how to continue to employ a large number of people during the winter months by slightly reducing everyone's millage.
  • Memorandum Of Agreement: Agreement between the North-West Commercial Travellers' Association of Canada and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen 127 (Jan 1 1921)
  • One blank ballot form: Ballot left blank, other side has a series of notes
  • 1922 Directory (43 pp): Directory listing Canadian and American members of the subject union
  • 2 completed beneficiary application forms: filled in by Archibald Alfred Dyer.
  • Monthly financial report:For the month of Dec 1914. has equations written in pencil on cover.
  • “Wage Reduction Movement of 1938":
  • Statement of financial secretary of Winnipeg Northern Lights Lodge, comprised of 4 large leaves (8 pages) in booklet form: stamp dated 18 Dec 1924. signed by general secretary A. H. Hawley/Hareley
  • Approximately 60 blank forms being “Notice of Acceptance of Application of Membership":
PE001336.46 · File
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Comprised of two large hardcover notebooks containing primarily minutes of meetings over an approximately 30-year period, from March 1939 to December 1968, containing 350 pages of handwritten entries. Comprised primarily of original handwritten minutes of meetings, but includes ongoing listings of monthly financial receipts and disbursements, and lists of officers elected from time to time. Both (oversize) notebooks are bound in half leather and marbled cloth (hardcover). One ledger is in Fine condition. The second is complete except that spine is missing and covers are loose at hinge, but there is no loss of text. Both ledgers are internally and externally bright and clean, and the handwritten text is remarkably handsome and legible.

PE001336.42 · File · 1910-1912
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Contains filled-out application forms for membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginmen, Northern Lights Lodge No. 127. Each form contains the name and personal information of the applicant, including their profession and length of work, his the name of his sponsor, and the signatures of the approving committee members. In addition, in printed text, each form includes the terms and conditions associated with making an application to the brotherhood.

Letter from H. R. Ellis
PE001336.41 · Item · June 2, 1914
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Letter, on Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Sioux Lookout Lodge No. 308 letterhead, from H. R. Ellis to Mr. (Illegible). Bremman, on an application by another individual to join Lodge 127.

PE001336.44 · File · Sept. 12, 1916 - Apr. 18, 1918
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Forms, labelled as coming from Canadian Government Railways Transcona Longe No. 813, related to remittance of fees assessed from members. Each form has four parts:

  • A small area which totals fees, collected from local members, that are to be remitted back to head office
  • A table for tallying up back assessments due from members who were previously expelled, but rejoined
  • A table for listing members no longer liable for assessments.
  • A list of members of the lodge.

In addition, enclosed with a number of the forms are receipts for funds remitted by the lodge to head office.

PE001336.43 · File · July 28, 1919 - Dec. 24, 1920
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Assorted documents circulated by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. These include:

  • A Sept. 24, 1920 letter, from W. S. Sloane, clarifying the terms of the Chicago Joint Working Agreement with regards to the membership of associated organizations.
  • A Sept. 1, 1920 letter from A. H. Hawley, on winding-down of the Army and Navy fund, and giving instructions on the disposal of remaining funds, which were provided on an enclosed cheque.
  • An official circular, dated Nov. 20, 1920, on the need to leavy a new special General Assssment on members.
  • The October bulletin from the Brotherhood's Office of President, dated, in pencil, Nov. 30, 1920. The bulletin details ongoing deliberations by the United States Labor Board.
  • An official circular, dated July 28, 1919 issued by the Brotherhood's Office of the Assistant President, and Organizing Department. The circular details and discusses recent changes to the organization's constitution.
  • An official circular, dated Aug. 20, 1919, on a special action taken by the Brotherhood's 28th convention, to provide a war-related waiver, allowing members a longer period to apply for changes to their beneficiary status.
  • An official circular, dated Dec. 23, 1920, issued by the Brotherhood's Office of the President. The circular details and discusses recent changes to the organization's constitution, to accomodate member furloughed from work because of economic downturn.
  • A letter, dated Dec. 24, 1920, and addressed to the Bortherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Railroad Trainmen, in addition to that of the Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, from the respective heads of these organizations, which forewarns against activities by the International Workers of the World.
1956 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.4 · Item · 1956
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are stapled onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings until March, with the names of lodge officers being listed.

1955 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.3 · Item · 1955
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed.

Additionally enclosed is a postcard, from Ray Scott, General Secretary & Treaurer, signalling reciept of the lodge's annual report for 1954.

1953-1954 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.21 · Item · 1953-1954
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the period, with the names of lodge officers being listed.

1952-1953 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.20 · Item · 1952-1953
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book; additional notes are enclosed on loose yellow pages. One ballot for local lodge office elections is also included. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the period, with the names of lodge officers being listed.

1945-1946 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.14 · Item · 1945-1946
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Addtionally attached is a postcard from W. E. Jones, General Secretary and Treasurer, acknowledging the reciept of the lodge's 1944 annual reciept. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during 1945, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1944 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.13 · Item · 1944
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1943 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.1 · Item · 1943
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1942 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.12 · Item · 1942
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1941 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.11 · Item · 1941
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1940 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.10 · Item · 1940
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Additionally enclosed is a small handwritten note, badly faded, relating to the Aug. 15th meeting.

1939 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.9 · Item · 1939
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. The typewritten text of several resolutions passed by the lodge are also pasted inside the book. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1938 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.8 · Item · 1938
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. The typewritten text of several resolutions passed by the lodge are also pasted inside the book. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1937 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.7 · Item · 1937
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1936 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.6 · Item · 1936
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1935 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.5 · Item · 1935
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1934 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.19 · Item · 1934
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed, while the pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1933 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.18 · Item · 1933
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed, while the pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1932 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.17 · Item · 1932
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed, while the pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1931 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.16 · Item · 1931
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Additionally, appended with paperclips, are the text of several resolutions passed by the lodge, as well as a letter on proposed regulations on firing pools for railway employees in Winnipeg. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed, while the pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge,

1930 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.15 · Item · 1930
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed, while the pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1929 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.2 · Item · 1929
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by a Feb. 14 financial secretary's monthly report, which is glued onto an unused page in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1928 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.37 · Item · 1928
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Accompanying the notes are a number of monthly reports by the financial secretary, pasted on unused pages. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1927 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.36 · Item · 1927
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Accompanying the notes are a number of monthly reports by the financial secretary, pasted on unused pages. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1926 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.35 · Item · 1926
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Accompanying the notes are a number of monthly reports by the financial secretary, pasted on unused pages. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1925 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.34 · Item · 1925
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Accompanying the notes are a number of monthly reports by the financial secretary, pasted on unused pages. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1924 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.33 · Item · 1924
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1923 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.32 · Item · 1923
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. Attendence lists for various meetings during the year are also enclosed, as loose sheets. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1922 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.31 · Item · 1922
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. Attendence lists for various meetings during the year are also enclosed, as loose sheets. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1921 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.30 · Item · 1921
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. Attendence lists for various meetings during the year are also enclosed, as loose sheets. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1920 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.22 · Item · 1920
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Enclosed loosely in the book are a variety of documents, including handwritten notes, correspondence, a reciept from Clark-Leatherdale Co. Ltd. Funeral Directors, internal union forms, and a number of lists recording attendence at various meetings during the year.

1919 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.23 · Item · 1919
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1918 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.24 · Item · 1918-1919
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for 1918; the last entry, however, is dated Jan. 1919. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. Attendence lists for various meetings during the year are also included, either as loose sheets or gluded to the inside covers. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1917 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.25 · Item · 1917
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. Attendence lists for various meetings during the year are also included, either as loose sheets or gluded to the inside covers, as is a circular letter from the overall union to local recording secretaries and officers. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1916 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.26 · Item · 1916
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1914 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.27 · Item · 1914-1915
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for 1914; the last entry, however, is dated Jan. 1915.. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Enclosed loosely in the book are a variety of documents, including internal union forms - especially applications for membership , and additional handwritten notes.

1912 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.28 · Item · 1912-1913
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for 1912; the last entry, however, is dated Jan. 1913.. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

1911 Meeting Minutes
PE001336.29 · Item · 1911
Part of Winnipeg Railway Union Records Collection

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the front of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.